The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-30

I noon at the Woman's Club in her lee.
I iure on '"rhc Victorian Spirit and ta
nous Nictorinns | Have Known" Her
! self an author of no little note the
! daughter Of one distinguished man and
! the wife VI AN equally we'll known
! parsonage. Mrs. Wuuds's lecture was 81
succession of personal experiences and
/ Affairs conccrnif; prominent mon aud
women of letters IN the Victorian
! period
! iIer humor was simply delicious. ana
/ her voice was wonderful. Mrs Woods
carried her audience through delight
! iul days of intimacy with the Tcnny-
/ sons and Browning. Iicr rccolIections of
Z Tennyson. she said began before She
was born. Days when az - child enc
played about tic garden and drawing
room Of the rennyson home wher
the bard" as they called him. read
I aloud his poems from lnunuycr!p,
/ when the poet sat ri The head Of his
| table. seated in his great. carved arm
; chair, with its high back al Intimate
| little touches that somehow changed
! the picture In ones mind and bro,,gh,
him closer.
Z Tennyson. George Eliot ana brown
! Ing were the three writer's tina, Mrs
/ Woods talked about yestcrda,. after
! noon. Their was all the color and
! music OF old world pictures in tho
| poems of that day. with Browning ana
| Tennyson painting pictures that will
| surely never fade, end sounding iIori-
! Gus music that will never die out She
( remembers when tho appearance OF a
volume OF verses from Tcunysou wa.
social event. and every man went
honi" with u copy OF ,hcm in his poke,
Ia ,..H I,l ,,.t{
az" OF imagination and the iuiagina.
ton OF the reading public had been
cultivated In Two generations, chiefly
through tn. writings VI Walter Scott
and others OF hi, period. There was
, much real research ami Il decp in,eres,
IN religious questions, and the fashion
and spirit OF this was ali faithfully re-
flcctcd in Tennyson's verses
Optimism marked n feature OF the
victorian period. since II was a time
! OF great prosperity and compare tive
peace, ana the nation looked q, ,he
world through kindly cycs Mrs
her own life. III connection with III,
great friends Of her fathers, and after
! wards her own. were charming. and
( one went with her down the garden
pain behind Tennyson and up the gray
street 20 give her spray OF honcyEucklc
70 drowning. or SAT In uncomfortable
silence upon the sofa beside George
| Eliot II was very real She is an nm
usually gifted ana cultured woman. and
her lecture at tho club will long be re-
! fnemtcred In connection with harry IN
|'"'hNs ana roses and laurel wreaths
III the dim light OF Westminster Abbey
Mrs. John Alunce introduced Mrs
W COOS. and Mrs. /. L. Lewis was host
ess OF the Afternoon Mrs Richsrd
Mcsser. assisted BY Mrs. John II. sou,h-
All served coffee. and Miss EVELYN
stiles and Miss Hawsie Glazebrovk
poured tea The club parlors were dec
orated with pink and white fowers.
Miss Elicit Engaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Elicit. OF Gin
cinnau. ohio. have announced the On.
Sasemcnt Of their daughter, Nancy
lazn"cii' 10 George Franklin Vaughan
~ Lexington. ny The marriage vii!
/, DC celebrated IN Cincinnati some ,i1,e
next month. Miss Ellet, has seyeraj
times visited in Richmond as The guest
OF Mrs. Frank Mccarthy. and has been
much ad...ired in Virginia society.
Entertainments To-day
Mrs. Malcolm G. Bruce will give !,
ounti luncheon Ut Tie Country Club of
Virginia to-day. one hundred guests
have been Invited.
another buffet luncheon 10 take pla &C
to-da" is tina; given by Mrs. Oliver J
sands and her mother. Mrs. c. C. lob
inson, from l To o'clock, in honor of
Miss Edna Sands Durham. The lunch
con viii take place at Mrs sands,.
nome zoos Monument Avenue
One Of the biggest functions o. the
week Will be the annual tea OF the
Association for the Preservation Of yir-
einia Antiquities, which will be given
III the John Marshall house this after
noon from 10 o'clock
me Misses Williams and Miss Eager
are entertaining at tea from ia :
o'clock this afternoon. This affair will
be given AT the home of the Misses viii
Hams, 100" West Avenue.
Mrs. T. Archibald Cary and The
Misses Cary arc entertaining the
Younger society set at tea this after
noon from 10 : o'clock
Entertained Ht Cards.
Miss Lillian Smith Of West Franl,,i,
street. entertained at cards on Satur.
d"S afternoon. The highest score was
made by Miss Ruth Bell Gordon. Miss
"thitaS guests FOR the afternoon were
Misses Elizabeth Knox, Mary IIawr
| Elizabeth Kelley. Nell Rennolds Dor
othy Cullen, Louise Warren. Anna
bever.dse. Ruth Bell Gordon. Geap
i'tcN' sally Gordon, Slary IIaskins
Aylese Dabney. Imogene Gordon, Ruth
Eel and Natalie McE'addcn.
! Enlargement Announced.
Mr. AMI Mrs. c. T.. Trivilltan ba W.
announced the engagement and an.
proachins marriage OF their daughter
Charlotte. to William Ellison Harvey
also or this city.
sicetins Saturday.
Mrs. Charles V Meredith, viii, hc
chairman OF the afternoon on Saturday
oi this week AT o'clock in the equal
suffrage headquarters. 500 East Eroad
street. Al this time the weekly meet
| ing of the league will be hold Mrs
charles @. Boshcr and Mrs. NJ. Il. Har.
ris Will address the league members
and their friends. They will also have
the pleasure Of hearing MIS-. Ida Hilty
stationed In Richmond, by Mrs. Maude
darlington Booth.
Dance at the Hermitage.