The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
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| Question: When was Richmond In
eorporated as city, and who was its
first Mayor? M. W.
Answer: II was incorporated in 1852,
and DR.. William Foushee was its first
Mayor.
Question: Which one Of the early
Jaquelins OF Virginia was known as
Lady Ja1uelin." and why?
| r. A. S.
| Answer: r, was Mistress Martha
Jaqueiln. daughter Of Edward Jaaue-
IN, who lived to be ninety-four and
died unmarried. She was called Lady
.Iaquelin' on account OF her arlstocratic
Ideas and bearing.
Question: What is the origin OF tho
name Bermuda Hundred"? G. j.
Answer: 1t was laid out by Sir
Thomas Dale. who gave II its name
from fancied resemblance between
the appearance OF the place and the
Bermuda Islands.
Question: Who was the nrst English
child born on York River, Virginia?
STUDENT.
Answer: Colonel John West. Of West
Point. the son OF Captain John West.
brother OF Lord Delaware, Governor
of Virginia.
Question: Where is the Rt. Rev.
James Madison. D. D.. buried?
Answer: He died ,.arch 8. 1912. and
Is buried in the chapel of William and
Mary College?
Question: What was the name OF
the earliest medical journal published
in Virginia. and when did 1t make its
appearance? a. C..
Answer: II was called The ste;ho-
scope" and was first published In 1852.
Question: BY whom was the brick
wall inclosing the churchyard at
Jamestown erected. and when?
Answer. BY John Amber and WIZ
liam Lee after the Revolutionary War.
| Question: rs the Eagle Hotel, where
the ball Was given to Lafayette in 1924.
| still standing? S. j.
Answer: No. the Eagle Hotel was
burned December %. 1896
Question: Where is the old font, that
was originally used in the Jamestown
Church? f. p. c.
Answer; 1t is kept with other waltz
able relics. In the old powder maya
zine at Williamsburg. that has been
converted into a colonial museum.
Question. When was the Exchange
Hotel. afterwards known as the Bal
lard and Exchange. opened and when
was 1t torn down? B. A
Answer: IT was opened September 2o
1871. and torn down during the latter
part OF the summer of 1900.
Question: Give me suggestion az
to how to arrange for Superstition
party r. b.
Answer: invite thirteen guests. Put
up a ladder on the front porch so that
the thirteen will have TO pass under it
! in entering the house. Borrow all tho
black cats in the neighborhood and
! spill salt In front of each cover Mt ,he
table. Be sure to ask your friends on
Friday, the fath OF the month. ASK
each one TO tell a favorite superstition
Make clubs trumps for the evening in
the after dime. game. and nav. for
prizes scissors. knives and tiny purses,
without the lucky cent. Just before
going into the dining-room manage to
shatter looking glass bought for the
purpose. That will give the fintshins
touch in the way of superstitions.
Question. Please eel me how to
manage flower shower for . bride
| to-be. p. C. S.
| Answer. 1t should oe given the day
before the wedding. Each guest
brings a bouquet of flowers and the
fn Is rhn1, ,1,;tt al
SONS from huge floral hell suspended
in doorway. Have q large ball made
! of wire and covered with ferns, and
I'M closely with flowers: carnations
make a perfect sphere. The ball is
made IN halves and packed with rose
petals. When farewells are being said
/ the hostess pulls a ribbon separating
fthe two halves and releasing the pc
tails, which fall upon the guest In
whose honor the shower is given,
Question: When did Richmond be-
come the capital of the confederacy?
| F. *. D.
Answer: On May 81. 1861.
Question: When was the Chesterfield
Apartment House opened? v. McC.
/ Answer: In October of the year 1903.
question: can you suggest an appro-
pirate sentiment to accompany a birth
Day gift for an old gentleman?
II. T. p.
Answer: This might do: May YOU
never grow older. may each year hence
be subtracted from your age now, and
so Keep you on the sunnytime until
the end of time"
/ Question: Where about in Virginia
should one look to find utopia Bot
called? Is Z, X -
Answer: Adjoining Littletown on
James River the home in early days OF
Captain George Menefe, were some
deep ravines and bottoms included In