The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-10
ENGLISH AUTHOR
GUEST Of LEAGUE
Mrs. Margaret Woods Cordially
Greeted at Suffrage Head
quarters by Members.
CHARMED WITH VIRGINIA
Leaves To-Morrow to Deliver
Address at Home of Am
bassador Bryce.

notwithstanding the weeping skies
and sogsy atmosphere yesterday, the
announcement that Mrs. Margaret l.
woods, OF London. England, novelist
and poet. would give talk on the
English suffrage situation at suffrage
headquarters hall, 500 East Broad
street, drew together large body Of
representative Richmond league mem
bers and sympathizers. who extended
an enthusiastic greeting to one of the
most distinguished OF English women
among prcsent-day literary workers
In her country and America, which she
is now visiting for the first time.
Mrs. Woods Is a constitutional SUI
IraEist, as most English people of her
class and profession are. She says that
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is almost the
only woman writer among those she is
Intimately associated with who has
movement in England.
- Mrs. Woods is tho wife of DR..
woods. master OF the Temple in Lon
don n and the daughter of the late Dean
bradley, OF Westminster Abbey. Her
unusual refinement and brilliant
scholarship. AZ well as her delightful
personality. gave immense force to
ner, talk Of Yesterday afternoon. She
day as the guest Of Mr., and Mrs. B. b.
valentine, of 233S Monument Avenue
and Will then leave for Washington,
d. c.. where she will deliver her first
lecture in the drawing room of tho
Hon. James Bryce. ambassador TO the
United states from the Court of ST.
James.
Came to Virginia on Landing.
Yes" said Mrs Woods yesterday to
representative of The Times Dis
patch. yes. came almost Immediate
York. ! had a comfortable voyage over
and the pleasure of meeting some
musical friends of mine who are Civ
Ing concerts in the American metrop-
ginia. about which had heard many
pleasant things from my brother.
These things have realized as truths
since my arrival. for I am most plcas-
antly at home In Richmond and with
Richmond people.
Now. as to my lectures. The one
l am going to give in Washington is
on oxford. where lived during my
Eirlhood days. on it's historic con-
tinuity linking medieval oxford with
the later university. have another
ann,nsr on t modern Oxford and stiil
or Browning and Tcnnyson. frequent
visitors at my fathers home in the
university town. As a child used to
cloak and his rather stern manner. and
] used TO strive to attain an ideal of
heroic courage by compelling myself
70 overcome this fear and shake hands
teacher In the art school at oxford.
which ! attended. and frequently came
into the classroom where ISwas at
work. But knew him less Intimately
than the two | have mentioned"
Impressions of Rhodesia.
Mrs. Woods has vivid recollections
of four-months' stay in South Africa
and of climbing the mountain on the
summit Of which Cecil Rhodes lies
buried. MY brothcr-in law" said she,
controls matters largely in Rhodesia
and ] look back with pleasure to my
stay in that country. II suffered less
than other South African sections dur
ing the Boer War. One .ineHaceable
impression left on my mind by my
visit is that made fby seeing the flow
ers come up out of apparently dry
dust and cover the vcldts In Rhodcsia
with bloom end beauty during the
srring season. love to travel. and
have spent much time In visiting the
different European countries and 9TH
crs in the East"
Mrs. Woods. during her American
tour. will go to Chicago and visit the
English Review contains one of her
most recently published poems. THE
ChanEeling." One of the most beauti-
full and widely read appears in tho
Victorian Anthology. under the title
of 6e ITO or the nSrs gotten n9 rn Xmone
Tragedy" is we'll known and we'll
ranked in literature.
Modest to a degree. yet possessed
OF gentle dignity that individualizes
Grafton and country Mrs. woods's
coming to Richmond is on event that
will be always recalled with pleasure
by those who have had the oppor-
tunity of hearing her and forming her
acquaintance.