The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-25
JUBILEE WEEK IS
/ EVERY DAY AFFAIR
STRENUOUS TIME FoR VISITORS
hut NOTHING UNUSUAL FOR
HOME FOLKS.
ALL IMONPLACE
HIGH CLASS MUSIC. VICTORY PAR
AIDES. FOOTBALL GAMES. AUTO
RACES, MERE INCIDENTS IN
RICHMOND LIFE.
ALL co hMONPLACE

With excursion rates from all over
the country to Richmond this week.
on account of the jubilee parade AM
the educational conference. the city
Will be filled with visitors. Not only
Is this pleasant thought, but the
fact that there will be innumerahle
ways by which to creep through the
Journey through life and escape
ennri and the b.ues, IL another pleas.
ant thing to allow to hover over ones
mind.
Beginning with the setting Of the
sun this evening. when the gay lights
OF Broad street burst into the gloom
Of the dusk Of departed day. the
theaters will open their doors to at
fractions which appear to be OF
highest class, the weeks Festivities
will start.
One Thing After Another.
Arrangements will be completed for
the big parade OF tomorrow night,
which, IL Farmer Evans Ia kind
promise to beat anything the cit,
ever saw. and after the parade the
tired marcher will dream on his pill
low OF down Of the things to follow
the first Of which will be the grand
concert at the auditorium on wednes.
day night. by the famous New York
Philharmonic society.
This feast of high class music will
lead up to dreams of coming turkey
cranberries and pumpkin pie, with q
full day from school, and half a day
from the shop and the store. and
then the football game, between the
two teams from the great universities
Of Virginia and North Carolina. This
game is looked forward to every year
as the leading amateur event. as well
as leading social affair. Of the early
season. After the game comes the
ball at Masonic Temple.
Other events follow quickly. Comes
the automobile races. in which will be
seen the greatest drivers in the United
States These races will be run FRI
day and Saturday at the fair grounds.
People will come from everywhere to
see them.
Then. on Saturday night. the trains
will carry the travellers back to their
hns'aes. after having spent a week NJ
profit. and pleasure in the great city
Of Richmond.
Home Folks Used to II.
While this week will prove one II
unaroyed pleasure to the visitors, the
people OF Richmond have grown ac-
custnmed TO such things There Is
something every week to divert the
mind and to divert the attention, IL
you please. from either pleasure, or
the more serious things of life.
For instance. next week there will
be twoscore OF the big minds and
big guns OF the country here, IN the
shape OF the governors Of the States
This invasion will prove a diver
SON from the lighter things for a
while, for addresses on wei ghty mat
tiers viii he delivered in between rs
ceptions. dinners, luncheons and SHE
trips
On Tuesday night, December sd,
the city viii receive the visiting gov
ernors at the Jefferson hotel The
next day the party will 20 to Nor
folk. where the citizens Of that town
will add to the pleasures of the out
ing of the governors Returning, a
business session will be held. and
various little parties will be given.
On Thursday there will be several
business sessions. and at night Gov
ernor Mann will entertain at the man
sten. Then comes the big day
The city will give the visitors a
luncheon they will never forget
This will be the afternoon OF Fri
day. That will about end the festivi-
ties of that party. but the city will go
along as though ii hsd never happen
ed, and all hands will get ready to
think about early Christmas shop
ping.
Still, this Is jubilee week