The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18

General OF the United states Major
Gamble and his good wife put the
young lovers on probation, hut they
We're unchangeablN devoted. tile one To
tho other ana so after awhile oppoSi-
tion melted away and i:l2ah.th Gam
bles Judgment was Justified in the
happiness and success which waited
upon her husband. 1t speaks volumes
for the harmony Of household relations
at tho Grey House that Mr. and Mrs
Writ continued to live there for some
years after their wedding No sulk-
Ing then surely and no gloomy shad-
ows, There was laughter and the pass
Ing q young feet up and down It's
stairways. the gatherings around the
long ana hosnitahlc board the brilliant
subtle play of wit between the finest
minds Of most highly cultured com
munity.
The second daughter Of Major and
Mrs Gamble was given iu marriage to
Governor William II Cabcll whose adj
minis,ratlon extended from 1905 10 lSOS
and who afterwards became Judge OF
the Supreme Court OF tho State snort
~ after Governor Cahclls election as
chief State Executive. lis Wire wrote
70 4 friend in New York 10 execute
some commissions for her ana as it is
concerned with matters OF interest to
women Of all periods and ages. some OF
Its paragraphs are quoted here They
say:
Il will thank you to purchase tor me
! the handsomest straw bonnet YOU can
meet with after the spring fashions
+ about these things. your choice may
/ be assisted by some OF the bellies OF
/ your acquaintance"
You win he so good as to inform
mo If an elegant set Of desser. china
can he procured in New York l wish
II to be richly gilt, and adorned WITH
some color ana figure"
II think YOU saw ny tea china.
There is now in town FOR sale a dos-
sert set that is figured just like it, a
/ little green sprig and gold edges. 1t
Il handsome but not SNOWY enough.
/ DR.. BroekenbrouGh has received this
fall very splendid set the edges bor-
dercd an Inch deep with purple and
gold the centre ornamen,ed in like
manner; ground perfectly white /
should prefer mine to be differently
figured, but have no objection to it's
n-ins equally elegant"
You know ] nave set of dinner
china therefore am only In want of a
dessert set If YOU hnd yon can meet
with such you think / should be
f4tdH'n W!tuf VIII thank you to give
ma a description Of the figure number
OF pieces and cost 90 complete set.
foe Will find that the dishes Of dessert
china are not formed like those OF
dinner china. they are varous--sorne
square some ovai-iike boats and
grape leaves
Il VIII also thank you to look on,
for two OF the nandsomcst damask
table cloths the city can produce Thcy
must he each large enough to cover
taolc sixteen feet long four fec;
nine Inches wide. and to hang over
each end ana each Side at least a
your correspondents here VIII give
you the town news. We have had a
number OF bellies from different parts
or the country this winter, who Will,
mere have made no little racket. Mis-.
ward Is the only one Of them lilelS
TO get A husband by the trip. sh,
is to be married the nrst OF mex
month to Peyton Randolph Miss Ed
monia Randolph is also. IT is affirmed
10 marry Tom Preston The Mise:
/. foushee have been worry quiet all win
ter. have not heard OF thair making