The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

Barrow, Miss whttiock IL we'll known
In Chesterfield county, and Mr.. Barrow
Is n proanont young business man Of
the southsidc. The marriage will take
place ut an carly date,
Picture NJ usIrni.
a most distinguished company OF
patrons and pRtroncssee Is promised
Edward 3. Curtis, when Inc appears at
tho Academy next Wednesday IN his
picture musical under tho nuepices of
the state Antituberculosis AesociRt!un
and the Nurses Settlement. The so-
cini prominence of Mr.. Curtis contrl
butcd not less to make up this list than
docs tho character OF his unique per
formanco. In New York Mr.. Curtis
appeared under tho patronage of j.
y. Morgan, Mrs. Douglas Robertson
Theodore Roosevelt md others. In
Washington. tho list OF patrons to his
first performance Is headed by the
President of the United Stntos.
Mr. Curtis's Richmond patrons are as
follows; Tho Governor OF Virginia and
Mira. Mann, Licutcnunt-Govcrn und
Mrs. J. L. Ellyson. Mayor and Mrs. n.
{. Richardson. Colonel and Mrs. Archer
Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. T.. d. WI
linms. Mrs. Josephine Lyons Pemberton.
Mrs. Edward =. Valentine, MIR. and
Mrs. G. V. Meredith, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. IL Lindsey,
DIR. and Mrs. Russell Cecil DIR. and
Mrs. T.. u. Lipscomb, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
II. HARDWOOD. Dir. und Mrs. II. d. {.
Maclachlan. Mr.. and Mrs. I. Archibald
Cary. Colonel and Mrs. William Miles
Cary. Miss Celeste Berry, MIR. and Mrs.
Ernest Keesee. Miss Kathleen Ander
son. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. &. Branch. DR..
and Mrs. w. w Moore, Miss Ruth An
derscn, Miss Gillie Cary. Miss Marian
Rylnnd. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Cohen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip SHIELD, Miss Vir-
Einin Randolph Elicit, Miss uennig
hansen, Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Minor.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Camp, c. L. Drost e.
Miss Jennie Taico;t, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
-. Valentine. AIR. and Mrs. w. &. But
Ter. DR.. and Mrs. C. r. Robins. Dr..
and Mrs. +. NJ. Reudc, Or. and Mrs j..
q. Williams Mr.. and Mrs. John T.. ia
cob, Mir. and Mrs c. w. Anderson. Mr.,
and Mrs. Levin Joyncs. Mr.. aud Mrs.
John Stewart Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Bryan. Mr., aud Mrs Julian
Hill Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. iIawes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Scrivenor, MIR. ana Mrs,
Graham llubson. MIR and Mrs. James
~. Crump. Miss Mary Johnston pr
Stuart Mcclure, Mr. and Mrs Henry
Baskerville, Mrs. T.. Mann.
Approaching Marriage.
Mrs. Martha Alice Horner announces
the engagement and approaching mar
riagc OF her daughter Virginia Maiden,
The wedding will take place in Feb.u-
AIRY at the Seventh Street Christian
Church
At the Womnn's Club.
Another treat is expected at the W.
mans Club Tomorrow afternoon, when
Mrs. Margaret l.. Woods. Of London,
England. will speak TO the members
on The Victorian Spirit and Famous
Nictorians Whom I Have Known" OF
,phn SC M. n oS Ill.
late Dean Bradley, of Westminster. and
wife of DR.. II. G.. Woods. Master OF the
Temple and tho late president Of. Trim
ity College, Oxford Frcdens Harrison
says: Mrs. Woods represents at once
the university world. the world OF let
ters and English society in all it's
phases. No academic lecturer can ever
possess the personal charm of brill
liant woman of the world"
She is Il wcll-knowm author as We'll
as lecturer having published a number
OF successful novels Mrs. Woods is
making her first visit to America.
which she reached several months ago.
She came almost directly to Richmond
TO he the guest of Mrs. IS. g. Valen-
tine, winning the hearts OF all who met
her by her attractive personality. Since
then she has been lectur!nS with sue
cess in Washington and many of the
larger cities, and comes back to Nir-
Ginia on professional visit before
returning to England. The lecture Will
begin PROMPTLY at halfpast l.
The Round Table will meet on We'd
nesday Afternoon to discuss Dickens's
Bleak House" under the direction Of
Miss Annie Stsgcr Winston
Art Club Notes.
Last Tuesday afternoon Miss Nora
Houston gave an interesting and val
liable talk on Brittany and the Bretons
inspired by prolonged residence
! among that interesting folk Misc
houston possesses the rare faculty OF
conveying her ideas 10 her listeners in
tho same sense as they strike her, and
the result is that when her talk turns
upon such an interesting topic her au-
dtence are carried in very spirit 10 the
artistic places visited, and they get
a correct idea of the manner of living
of the artistic possibilities and of the
true character OF their environment
MISS houston made 1t plain that the
Breton and his country is one of the
lew artistic remnants left among tile
workaday people OF the continent, and
tho fact that they have preserved them
! serves from the contamination of COM
mcrcialism is largely due TO their arts
tic feeling individuals. The lecturer
made 1t plain that Brittany is the best
place for the artist to come into init
mate contact with the art which infu-
ences the daily life OF the family and
! is members After listening to Miss
Houston's graphic descriptions her lis
teners expressed the desire To see those
beauties so graphically set forth.
The Art Club OF Richmond has
emerged from the partial paralysis
which pervaded It's membership two
years ago. and the prospect for the new
year Is brighter than at any period In
Its varied history. Some disnppoint-
nent has been Expressed that the num-
Der of annual patrons is not moro nu.
inerous but 1t Is confidently hoped
thht with the artistic awakening now
stirring Richmond better fortune Will
follow The attempts at better growth
in the immediate future An annual
Subscription entities IL patron TO nom
inate scholarship for any one In or