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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13
, South Boston Social News.

ibPNNIo ~ ne
south Boston. Va. August lo-Miss
Lurlene Moseley. Mi ana Mrs " n
Moseley and William Moseley.j OF
baguna. Mexico; Rev. G. G. Sydnor, OF
BLACK shear Ga, and Miss Rebecca
brown, OF Ingram. were guests at the
week va
Mrs. Mary ZONES. of WASHINGTON
D. C.. Is visiting her father, Hon, T.
a Glenn. at Glen Mary" near this
place.
TN Miss sn. sra &c Steele. of Danville, is
Lea. on upper Main.
mrs. Henry Jeffress. of philadelphia.
arrived this week to be with her sis,
Ter. Mrs James e. Lpscomb. Jr., who
i hss neen quite sick but is conva-
Robert Terry. of Jacksonville, Fla,
visited South Boston during the week
He was resident OF this place nearly
twenty years ago.
Mrs. J. w. Moseley is visiting her
husband in Harrisonburg, and will
s ssso visit at Rawiey Springs before
September 19 for Bristol, Tenn. to en-
ter Sullins Conservatory of Music fo,.
the coming session.
Walter p. Yancey, OF Lynchburg.
visited south Boston last Sunday "
Mrs Rebecca Hunt, of Knoxville.
Ienn:, is guest at the home of Mrs
Il. w Howard. on Washington Street
Miss Dot Richmond has returned To
her home In Danville. after a pleasant
visit to Mrs. John Walker at the home
OF her parents, Hon. and Mrs. Josenh
Stebbtns. on upper Main.
j. David Norwood and Mrs. Rettie
Norwood. formerly of this place, but
now OF Salisbury. n. c., are visiting
relatives here.
Miss Elizabeth Green and Mrs. Alex
ander r. Green, of this place. left a
Few days ago for New York civ
whore they will visit James Il. Chas.
tain at that place. Ny Chastatn Is
well known here. where he made manv
friends while the guest of Frank n
Edmonson.. On their return trip they
VIII Join the colony at Blue Ridge for
George Norwood. Jr, is spending his
Mrs. John Walker. of Lynchbure.
Hon and Mrs. Joseph Stebbins dnd
Rev. G. W. Maxwell of this Mace
LETT this week for a trip to Waynes.
vile, Asheville and other points Of
Miss Mary Peindexter and Mrs. r
s Barbour. of this place, left TUESDAY
FOR. Allegheny Springs.
Dr. and Mrs. j. Men. Slower. OF this
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BOOK NOTES.

MY Own Story"
In MY Own Story" which the Put
mans will publish in the fall. Princess
Louisa, of Tuscany. ex-Crown Prin-
cess of Saxony. has for the first time
given the authentic inside history OF
the events which led up to her sensa
tional escape from the court of Sax
ony.
The story told in the pages OF her
book is intensely dramatic. that of
an impulsive,. natural girl. full of
good intentions, subjected to the dead
ening rigor of court etiquette and to
absurd and arbitrary notions OF pro-
priety against which all that was in
dividual in her rebelled. AS she re-
fused to conform to the ways of the
court at Dresden, 1t was resolved to
crush her. and TO this end all the con-
temptible machinery that spite could
devise was put in motion
Written With Graphic Pen.
The book is written with a graphic
pen-one wonders in reading 1t why
the Princess has not previously at
tempted authorship. In It's pages are
depicted the austere fanaticism of the
authors father-in law Prince George:
the child-like faith in human nature
of her husband. Frederick August: the
masculinity OF her sister-in-law. Ma
George Won Metzsch. Secrets. of the
House of Hapsburg are also revealed.
The book is storehouse of informa :
ton regarding the intimate history OF
some of the most inaccessible person
ages of the courts of Europe
soon to BE Married.
Katherine Cecil Thurston, whose
latest novel, Max" was published la st
fall. is soon TO be married. according
to cable dispatches from London this
week. The engagement OF the novelist
to Dr. Alfred Buckley Gavin. son of a
wealthy ironmaster. has been talked
about in London society for some time.
but the announcement was kept from
the public. beautiful house in Berk.
ley Square is TO be her home and IL is
probable that the successors to Max"
and The Masquerader" will be writ
ten here. Mrs. Thurston is the daugh-
ter OF a former Mayor Of Cork.
Rcscmblnnces TO Royalty.
The cases of two authors, both of
them women, illustrate the fact that
striking resemblances are sometimes
found between people not related by
family OF even by race. A Kansas ad-
mirer of the author of THE Martyr
dom OF an Empress" sent to the pub
fishers portraits OF this author clip
ped from a magazine and also por-
traits of the new Queen Mary of Eng
land, asking to know IL the author and
the Queen were not the same. Kath /.
crime Cecil Thurston. the author or
Max" and The M8squerader." though
of Irish descent. Is said to hear n
marked resemblance to the Czarina OF
Russia.
Al Long Island Home.
Contrary to recent rumor. Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett author of
The Shuttle" ard The Secret Gar
den,' has not moved to England. She
Is spending the summer at her coun-
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Emory Social News
[Special to The Times.Dlsnatch

H.
Emory. Va, August 12.-Dr. -. p.
Mcconnell, who has been away on
educational matters most of the sum-
mer. was home a few days recently.
On last Saturday he delivered an ad.
dress before the Washington County
Sunday School Association, in session
at Meadow View.
President J. r. Henderson. of vir
GINA Intermont College. delivered an
address before the County Sunday
school Convention at Meadow View
Sunday.
Professor F. NJ. Crockett. of Jones'
vile Is here spending n few days re-
viewing old scenes and memories OF
his college days.
Rev s. b. Vaught. financial agent
for Emory and Henry College. was
mere Wednesday making arrangements
TOR the razing of the old and the rear
ing OF the now college building.
Rev. a. r. Brooks left Thursday 10
deliver an address before Sunday
scnool convention in Smyth county.
Professor j. l.. Hardin la in Tennes.
see this weekrin the Interest of the
college. 'e
David Snodgrass and wife. of Green
held community, left Monday for
East, where they will spend several
weeks with friends and relativsa.
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Waverly Social News
[spociai 10 The TImes.D,snatoh

u!tP, 70 ne iimes-DlSpa tch.l
Jesse f. West spent this week at Nt the
virginia Hot Springs He was ac-
companied by his daughter, Miss
grace, and Miss Evelyn May Conclud-
West and Miss May went to Beokiev
W. va, where they will be the guests
OF Trends for several weeks
M, MT, ana Mrs. G f. Smith have re-
turned nome. after five weeks visit
Mr.. Smiths mother. Mrs. 7, X. Smith.
or Talbotton, Ga, returned with
them and will be their guest for the
month of August
Waverly 80
Miss, Miss Anna Briggs, of Sussex. is
visiting in the homo Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M a Brown, In West End.
Gray and Mrs. lillian Vaughan have
returned to their home here. after
spending three weeks at the seaShore
Miss Willie Martin has returned
f nJme; after spending week with
Misses Clara and Margaret Jeter. Of
OF Mrs. B. NJ Chappcll. on Copper
haunk Avenue.
Spending a month with relatives II,
Mr.. and Mrs l. NJ. Hancock. after q
vacation of two weeks. returned to
Waverly on Tuesday
c. d. West. of Newport News snept
Sunday with friends here.
Mrs. II. a. Gray and Miss Charlton
Scuiiy left Friday for Franklin, where
they are the guests Of Mrs. Hattie
Oscar Fl. West returned home Tues
day, after spending week with
friends in Norfolk.
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Hot Springs Social News.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch !


Hot Springs. Va. August I'm ad-
dition to Its regular August patronage,
the Homestead has been taxed to tho
utmost this week with several hun
ISOLATION here with their families for
the twenty-third annual convention
on the Sth. 9Th and 10th. and many
are remaining through the month. II
was tho sixth consecutive meeting of
the association at Hot Springs. and
was az usual turned into social
gala time and reunion of graduates
or the University OF Virginia and the
much entertaining was done for the
members by the cottage contingent
and hotel Visitors. among whom they
Some Of the events of the week
were tho association banquet Thurs
day night at the Homestead. when the
efter-dinner speakers included Pro
lessor Armstead NJ. Dobie. of the Uni
versity of Virginia, and Judge C, F.
Moore. of New York.
Numerous outdoor teas have been
Casino. and among the hostesses have
been Mrs. E. l.. Robinson. of Rich
mond. who, with Mrs BENJAMIN Shep-
ard and her daughter. Miss Moreman.
Mrs. L. l.. Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs. j. ALI
ston Cabell, Mr.. and Mrs George NJ.
Chichester. Miss Lillian wickersham.
MISS Mary Rodman. Rear Admiral and
..
Hamilton and Mrs Hamilton, george
X. Rogers and others.
inc Misses Gladys ingalls, and
Abbie Barnard entertained house
party at InEallecote during the week
The guests included Miss Monica
Mitchell and Messrs Mark and Lin
coin Mitchell. James, Minor and John
Stettinius. of Cincinnati. and Franklin
Ellis. of Washington.
The moonlight nights this week
nave been particularly enjoyed by
visitors. who have taken advantage
OF them for moonlight rides and sup
per parties; A party taking moon
night horseback ride the middle of the
week was made up of Miss Wicker
sham Miss Mary Carlisle. Miss Mary
rogers, Miss Hirsch. G. r. Rogers. r
NJ. Scovil and j. p. Cochran
. About twenty young people made
the climb up Delafeld Path a night
or two ago and enjoyed a moonlight
supper on the summit OF the noun
tain tan. They included, among others.
MISS Rebecca Jiles. Miss Margaret
Robertson. Miss Helen Norris, Rev !
"a. Norris and DR.. williams
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Bowling Green Social News.

Especial to The Times Dispetch.l
Rowling Green. Va, August IL
ents in Cha Thanh
Miss Louise Haines has returned
from visit to Mrs William L. Boyd,
In Richmond.
Miss sadie Blythe. OF Ncwbern. n
G, is visiting her parents. MIR ana
Mrs. b. @. Blythe
Mrs w o. Smith, OF Louisa. ia
sspendlng some time with her mother,
Mrs. keoecca Pegs has returned
tives In Baltimore -
Miss Emma Anderson has returned
burg. 'NN
Mrs; Alice Barnes. OF Savannah, Ga.
Is visiting her mother Mrs Sallle An,
derson.
Mrs. Catharine Lee Bert and daueh-
ter Mary. and Miss Ellen kroaddus
are visiting at the home OF their
Queen county
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photosraphs. belongs to tho little
Plsrimage' series. and has Roslin
Chapel as a frontispieoe.

"under the Roof OF the JunElcp
BY Charles Livingston Bull. L. c.
Page Co. of Boston. through the Pres
eyterian Committee of Publication,
Richmond. Va.
Illustrated with full page plates and
many minor decorations of drawings
from life by the author. this book of
animal life in the Guiana wilds teens
with colorful stories OF the dense.
tropical jungle, the jaguars. who tread
silently down its long darkening aisles
In the waning daylight, and the flocks
OF groove billed ami. known as tho
black witches of the Savannah.
The weird wonderful chant. the
night song of the bowling monkeys in
the liapas. is described and the savag-
cry of the perai. the most bloodthirsty
little fishes in all the waters of the
earth and thence called the murder
ers of the brown water which forms a
POOL as 1t flows through the Jungle, is
effectively pictured.
Again. the martial splendor OF the
ibises. sweeping low
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Its fashionable burying ground. Rico
ieta Cemetery. and the central reser-
votr of its water supply, the Aguas
Corrientes. are pictured most inter,
| estinGly.
The homesteads or farms of the
camp or the country in Argentina.
next engage the attention of the read
er' Here. as the author points out
agriculture Is on n gigantic scale
gram raising having advanced by
leaps and bounds. Keeping pace with
the grain raising is the DEVELOPMENT
OF the live stock industry. The UNIQUE
"sure OF the camp is described as
the gaucho. or South American COW
poF' very useful and necessary man
On the cattle estancias of Argentina.
Mr. Winter costumes the gaucho
picturesquely i'll his wide Turkish
trousers ranging from black to snow
white his tight-fitting boots. his
pohcho or shoulder blanket of bril-
iiant scarlet or purple and his broad
knife inclosed in metal or leathern
scabbard
Most Interesting are chapters filled
with accounts of the Rio de La Plata
and Its tributary streams, of the coun
try through which these rivers flow
OF the Argentine and Brazilian cas-
cades. of the 1qnassu River and of ne
Gran Chaco. or forest plain of tba
: Paraguay River
The reader is pleased to linger over
what is said about Rosario de Santa
re the second city and the chief
wheat market Of Argentina. and to
dwell upon the beauties of Tucumnn
.he centre OF rich sugar district by
that name. La Plata. capital of Bue-
nos Aires province. has magnificent
pupilc nn,lnings. university and Il
hne geological garden.
Patagonia. the land of mystery. and
the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railroad.
enabling the traveller to traverse the
Argentine territory by way of Mem
doza, Villa Mercedes and San Luis.
furnish material which the author
turns to good account. lie has this to
say about The Christ of the Andes.
colossal statue, erected in an Andcnn
pass almost 10000 feet above sea
level In 1904, as symbol of perpetual
peace between Chile and Argentina
The figure of Christ. cast in bronze
from the melted cannon of the two ma
tons. is twenty-siN feet in height In
one hand 1t holds cross while the
other is extended In blessing. and as
or uttering the one magic word
peace"
AS South America is the great com
ing country of the world. this book as
whole. beautifully bound and typed.
which treats In most Instructive and
delightful manner of the republic OF
South America. leading in richness of
resource and commercial activity. can
not fail TO bespeak its own value to
the American reading public. that is
always anxious TO extend it's knowl-
edge Of the Southern half of America
its industries and its advancement.
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place, arc spending some time In Au-
susta county,
Miss Bessie Marshall OF Danviile.
was the guest Of Miss Pauline Motley
this week.
MIR S. b Jeffreys. OF Chase city.
Is visiting her parents. DR.. and Mrs
II. c. Beckett. at Scottsburg
Miss Louise Brookes. of Roxboro.
is the CUES, OF Miss sallie Brookes,
near this place
Misses Esteiie and Thalia White. OF
bfookneel are the guests OF Miss
BESSIE Terry. at this place.
hrS Mlnnte Patterson and two chill
dren. of Richmond: Mrs. n L. Durham
ana two children. OF Lynchburg. and
Hubert Scoggins. OF Durham. were
visitors at the home OF j. G. Patterson
during the week
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"Thc Coward OF Thermopy,ne."

By Caroline Dale Snedeker. Double
day. Page & Co. OF Garden City, New
York
In The Coward of Thermopylae"
one lives for a space in old Greece
in blithe,- beauty deifying Athens. in
Sparta of the sterner virtues. The
story Itself is fascinating. a boy. Aris-
todemos. snatched from an early child
hood in sunny Athens. is thrust into
the half savage crew Of lean brown
Spartan cubs. to steal or starve. to
survive If he can. Then. after
glmpses of the fierce rivalries of
these Grecian free cities, their incredi-
BILE betrayals of each other to a COM
mon enemy, we are shown the Ror
geous slave army of Xcrxes swarming
ut the gates of Greece. barbarian
hands clutching at us treasures OF
art and civilization.
The historic disaster follows. in
'volving Aristodemos in a private mis-
fortune utterly terrible-ali the tradi-
lions OF his birth and training com
bining In a cumulative agony.
In the working out of the Scared
life. the reader is introduced to the
mysteries of Apollo's oracle at Delphi
"Of the Golden Tripods" The descrlp-
ton OF this Old World wonder, and
of the descent of the God upon the
Pythia. is one of the best things in the
book
Mrs. Snedeker was educated in Gin
cinnati. having been graduated from the
Cincinnati College of Music with hon
ors. She took postgraduate course
there. and many of her musical com
positions have been performed by the
Cincinnati Orchestra.
She has always written, and even as
child the poems of the little Hoosier
State musician were published in the
Cincinnati papers.
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above the wide brown waters that
wash the shores of British Cuiana
make vivid line against the masse1
bright green foliage of the maneroves
ana the heart of the reader is sick
eheo TO near of the slaughter of this
red brigade. at an order sent out nv a
famous Partisan milliner
Inc war between the little wool,y
anteater of the jungle tree-tops and
me ant colonies: the soft, sweet SOL
emn note with which the campanero
CT beilplrd. called the sexton of Tho
Jungle. sounds the requiem above the
oeau' the toll taken of others by tho
irlRate, or man o war birds. coloniz
ca on an islet near Trinidad, and call.
eu among birds the buccaneers; the
WIG cashew, called the tree of life
winch feeds the children of the Jun
gle the pond of lilies far back in
the jungle where the Victoria Regis
the largest OF all the water lilies
grows the black vulture acknowledr-
ed TO be the wide winged monarch of
the jungle: the great igunna. or tho
green dragon of the Jungle and th,,
harpy-eagle, or its crested robber. are
centres around which cluster MANY
desperate encounters among the Jun
gle folk always striving for suprem.
acy.
The book has highly ornamental
covers. and is fine example of jun
gle literature.
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p'rhe Case of Paul Brecn.v

BY Anthony Tudor. LII D. T. C
Page Co. OF Boston. through the Pres
byterian Committee of Publication
Richmond. Va. $3.50
case of man who. in endeavor.
ing 10 perfect an apparatus designed
to accomplish brilliant results in cura.
tive and preventive medicine. was in
cured by an explosion a loss of me.
mory and beclouding OF intellect fol-
lowed. He could tell nothing of tho
circumstances connected with the eN-
plosion, and. as a result. became en-.
meshed IN n web of circumstantial
evidence which made him appear as
The murderer OF his young sister.
The two had never been fond of
zach other, being totally dissimilar in
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tastes and character. The girl was
She inhcritor of a large fortune. and
the motive for the murder was sup
posed to be her brothers. desire 10
Set her money
Not being able to defend himself
pn account of his injury. or to offer
any satisfactory explanation. the ac-
rused man was imprisoned for life.
,After come time he managed to es-
cape, a shock similar to that which
had caused his trouble proved its
antidote. his memory came back. ana
by the help OF testimony given in his
ifavor. he was able finally to estab-
iish his innocence.
The plot of the book is Very in
Scniously oontrived. and the develop
ment carried forward with great skill
IN detail.
a prominent character N the book
Is q lawyer politician. elected Cover
ernor Of the State with a chance of
being nominated for the presidency
AT crisis in his career. he learns
that Paul Breen is his son. and that
he was convicted through his efforts
as prosecuting attorney. He sacri-
ices his hopes OF being President to
undo the evil fate brought upon Paul
ind does n noble part in establishing
his Innocence.
a love story renders tho story dou-
bly, interesting The book is as clev-
er as IL Is uncommon
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"rhe Renppenring."

"rhe Renppenrinx."
BY Charles Morice. John " Ra-
phacl. translator. George II. Doran
Co. of New York 81 20 net.
In an introduction written by Con-
ingshy Dawson for a book that has
caused great sensation in France.
and that will be published in America
on September Q. Mr. Dawson says:
Every now and then there appears
book which stirs the heart of ma
ton The Reappearing' is such a
DOOR 1t is written as though IL We're
a matter OF recent history still fresh In
the minds of men. and narrates how
Christ appeared in Paris. December IA.
1910.
There is significance in the fact
that Paris is selected as the scene of
His return. When He came to the
East He appeared in Palestine. the
centre Of religion; when He comes to
the west He appears in Paris, the
centre OF culture.
The book is as extraordinary for
its restraint as FOR it's daring. 1t sur
prises as much ny the things that 1t
omits as by those that 1t includes
For instance. no word is said in crit
iciSm of an established form of gov
ernment' religious or secular. There is
a reason for this Christ addresses
Himself TO individuals and not to in.
stitutions.
The purpose OF The Reappearing'
is to confront society rot with Christ's
teachings as academic theories. but
with Christ Himself as an available
means OF life"
The story tells itself naturally. in a
mixture of drama and Journalism II
is the journalistic touch which gives il
its extreme vividity The leading
characters arc newspaper men, it is
through their eyes that the unfolding
of the mystery1is watched
On December II. 1910. the lsst mage
Of the evening papers in Paris CON
tains no printed matter Nobody
knows the reason. least of all the
Journalists themselves \ large re-
ward is offered TO any one who will
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"Areentinn nnd Her People of To

rArGcntinn md Her People of To-
Day"
BY Nevin o Winter. From the L. C.
Page Co. of Boston. through the Pres
byterian Committee OF Publication
Richmond. Va $500
This book. illustrated from original
and selected photographs by the au.
thor, contains an account of the Gus
toms. characteristics, amusements. his
tory and advancement of tile Arccntin.
tans. and the development and re-
Eources OF their country
The authors preface is enriched by
IN map which gives an excellent idea
sof the extent of Argentina. the num-
Der and relative position of its diff.
1erent States. and the location of ma.
Hionsl and State capitals. The Plaza
Sde Mayo. Buenos Aires. is displayed In
q very attractive frontispiece. and
handsome book covers are decorated
with the state symbols of Argentina
The ex.eft Of. Argentina. its splen-
Hid river system, Its temperature and
climatic conditions. It's farming and
cattle raising. It's history and form Of
government are treated of in the open
5ng chapter.
Otherwise the book tells Of the divi-
zion OF Argentina into two parts
Buenos Aires and the Camp-thc name
given to the country outside of the
metropolis. which is the London New
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"Day Unto Day..

'UUS UuIO IJuys
BY Louis Rowland. The Bobbs Mer-
rill Co., of Indianapolis Ind.
This little volume is made up of a
series of papers published originally
in the Indianapolis News. including an
Advent message, n Christmas talk one
on Lent an Easter thought. the gospel
of Sinking. the test of truth the ques-
ton of heresy. the violence of life. the
future life and others along similar
lines.
The subjects indicated are treated in
a thoughtful, discriminating spirit,
and the book Is we'll worth careful
reading.
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"Ahrond win the r,c,chrr,.r

By Jane FELTON, Campson. l. Page
Co, of Boston. through the Presbyter-
ian Committee of Publication, Rich
mond, Va. $3.50 net
Chapters in this pleasant chatty
volume of European travel life take