The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
Social and p rsonal

Court of Appeals of Virginia presided.
! Judge Keith made a brief but golden
speech He said that these peopIe
were assembled to commemorate the
completion OF the pious task under
taken by the Association. fo- the Pres
erNatlon OF Virginia Antiquities and
that the work would bear it's own ties
tiihohy as TO how we'll that task had
been carried out He paid glowing
tribute to Chief Justice Marshall Of
All the great men whom Virginia has
fnothered the name OF Marshall stands
second only 10 Washington, since he
laid the foundation of this country
so broad and so deep that we to-day
may enjoy the assured blessing or
peace under law. Judge Marshall was
preceded to the Supreme bench of III
United States By four great and bril-
liant men: they had left tho Constitu
ton a dead letter. he left it a living.
practical instrument
Judge Keith said that 10 the intel
ligent efforts of tho house committee
of the A. r. V. y. and its able and
eihcient chairman Mrs. Walter
Christian to the city of Richmond and
its Council, who. by it's vote. conveyed
the deed of the property to the asso-
cation, and 70 the descendants of the
family of Judge Marshall. who had so
generously contributed and loaned so
many interesting relics and furniture
was due the gratitude of the people
OF the city and State, for il is by the
combined efforts of all that this work
mas been brought to happy = con-
clusion
lie extended tho thanks OF the as
ISOLATION IL them and praised in his
own. as well as the behalf OF the A.
+, V. A. the accomplishment OF this
undertaking Judge Keith closed his
speech by introducing Mrs William
c. stanard. the historian OF the
ISOLATION.
Mrs Stanard read an extremely able
and interesting paper on John Mar
shall 1t was generously spiced with
the most fascinating personal bits
about the life OF the great man. and
made him seem, just as Mrs. Stanard
said that She wanted him TO seem a
real flesh and blood human beng and
not the bronze figure OF a demico
set up high out Of our lives and en-
tirely out Of touch. She sketchcd the
cary part OF his life with delightful
humor. reared as Judge Marshall Was
In frugality on frontier farm. the
oldest OF fifteen other little MarshalIs
in home where one really came Ia
contact with the books that he must
have read and touched the blue bro
cade gown that his mother wore for
best occasions lie had Monroe for his
scioomate in the little school in West
rnoreland, where his father and Wash.
inEton had learned their little Latin
and less Creek. and he had the com
Partnership always OF clever parents.
She sketchcd the boy as a soldie-
setting forth from oak HILL" in Eau
quier County. over dale and over hill
and It vas when John Marshall went
a-soldierhnS across tha green fields
OF his native county that one comes
upon the greatest rival OF Blackstone
in the life OF the able jurist There
den speech made from stump. the
man. ever simple in his tastes with
out ostentation. yet always dominat-
ing his fellow men and swayinS them
with his power; John Marshall the
beau, at WILLIAMSBURG John Marshall,
the LAWYER where at the bar his pow
ers Of mind and character met instant
recognition, and John Marshall. the
accountant sravely writing the price
of his wifc's bonnet down in a note
book. He practically made these
United States during the third par;
Of century that he was upon the
Supreme bench
1t was very intimate and delight
full paper about such a DISTINGUISHED
parsonage, who seemed at once to come
TO be your friend across the wide
years that have passed since he lived
in tho house that is so chara ctcrs tic
Of its creator. with its wellbred suf-
fcience. its chastc entrance and sturdy
and simple lines. He had FOR his friends
the mon, who with their families. COM
posed the society that made Richmond
famous; his club life, his home life
his life as A great statesman. all were
touched by Mrs. Stanard and made
into n whole tina. was altoge ether fas-
cinatinG and charming TO her audi
encc.
The Right Rev Robert A. Gibson
-. d.. pronounced the henedi ction and
a reception followed these eercises
Prominent Enlargement.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry T. BurwelI. of
Chase CITY. announce the enga cement
of their daughter. Mary Douglas. to
John Paul Graft. IT., OF Roanote. the
wedding to take place some timc ca US
In June Miss Burwell is well known
in Richmond where she has several
times visited as tile guest of Mrs j.
Allison Hodges. She was educated at
TIollins College, and has great many
friends throughout the State.
Visiting Here.
Mrs. rerhunc, better known AS
Marion Ilarand is visiting here. Mrs
TIE. hume is the guest OF Mrs. S H
llawcs at her home in Ginter Park
and will remain In Richmond for some
weeks
ROanoke Wedding.
pretty wedding took place Tues
day afternoon In Roanoke. at O'Clock
in Christ Episcopal Church, when Miss
Mary Annette Burns. daughter OF
stephen Burns of Pulaski was mar
i folk, the Row. Archer Boogher per-
fha