The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-16
mrs. ALICE M. TYLER
HAS ASSED AWAY
Literary Editor OF The Times
Dispatch Dies After Illness
of One Week.
FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON
Loved by Multitude of Children
for Weekly Page Created in
Their Behalf.
FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON

Mrs Allco NJ. Tyler. literary editor
OF The Times Dispatch. and one of the
best known women In Richmond and
Virginia, died at her home, 3O1 East
Franklin Street. yesterday morning at
Sis o'clock after an illness of one
week.
For tho past Tow days her relatives
and friends had given up all hone. AL
though she rallied at times and in her
conscious moments had shown slight
| Improvement. She was about sixty
years old.
| The funeral will be conducted from
nor home this afternoon at 1890
O'Clock. The interment, which will be
private, Will be made at WoodIawn, in
Louisa County.
Following arc tho pail bearers: Will
liam Gray. James Branch Cabell. Ben
b. Valentine. S. 3. Woodfln, Richard
Riley. w. Y. Davis. r. +. Taliaferro.
j. st. George Bryan.
The news OF Mrs. Tyler's death will
| bring sorrow to a wide circle OF friends
and to countless readers of The Tines
| Dispatch. who had come to know hc,.
through her writings. For more than
ten years her contributions had been
| n regular feature of the Sunday paper
She was particularly Interested in his
| tory, and her Sketches of Richmond
OF the ante bellum days have found n
permanent place In many Virginia
| libraries.
1t was as editor of tho Children's
| Department of The Times Dispatch,
however. that Mrs. Tyler gained her
greatest following. She was the
founder Of The Times-D Dispatch Chill
| dren's Club, an enterprise new in news
paper making in Virginia, and through
! the correspondence which bound the
members together became the foster
| mother of thousands of young girls
and boys in Virginia and North Caro-
ilna VINO brought 10 her weekly their
| childish trials and attainments. The
children of the two States will mourn
to-day for their kindly editor thta Is
no more.
! Real Service to Children.
Throughout her work as editor or
inc Chlldren's Department she was I'm
spired with an unselnsh desire tn ner-
form real service for tho young read
ers OF the paper. She read palnstak-
! lnSly each ono OF the thousands NJ
little letters mailed to her, and never
tailed to print or write message of
| announcement to those of her grow
ing family who stood In need of IT.
sooner or later every childish letter
was printcd-evcry drawing. no mat
ter how crude was reproduced over
the young artists name
In ADDITION to the department for
chlidrensFNlrs. Tyler formerly conduct
ed for The Times Dispatch the wo-
man department. and the society page
f1ef DOCK reviews We're characterized
by keen insight into the art of criti
cism and We're often reprinted by pub.
| llshers journals as models OF thei,
kind.
To her literary and newspaper &C.
ttvities, Mrs. Tyler added n deem in
terest in the work OF many OF the
historical. civic and Confederate as
a mr. H. ~Ec
| Win these brought her wide circle
Of acquaintance in Richmond. She
was ut the time OF her death. head
quarters secretary OF the Equal sur
frase League Of Virginia. and was
among the pioneers OF the Virginia
movement for the acknowledgements OF
women. For some time Mrs. Tyler
was secretary of the Association Tor
the preservation OF Virginia Antioul-
Ties. While In that office she was &C
tive In the movement which resulted
| In acquiring the John Marshall House
| by the association.
| Long I'm Educational Work.
airs Tyler was the daughter or
James Nj. Trice. OF Woodlawn. Louisa
county, and was married in 1916 TO
John Marshall Tyler She is survived
Louisa County and two sisters, Mrs
r. T. Hunter. of 9l5 East Franklin
street. this city. and Mrs N. NJ. ST.
bert. OF Concord. n. c.
Upon tho death OF her husband
MRS. Tyler took UP educational work
In which she was engaged until she
came 10 Tho Times Dispatch. She
| taught first at the female school I'm
Abbeville, S c., and was later assis-
tant principal OF school IN Admission
Ala. Her next charge was at San An
| tonic. Tex, where she was principal
| OF the Diocesan School. She rave I'm
teaching for n period to take a post
graduate course 1T Nassar College ana
was at one time professor OF the pre-
paratory department at tho Unlversi-
| ty of Arkansas
The rooms of the Equal Suffrage
| League OF Virginia were closed yes-
terday, out OF respect TO Mrs Tyler
and the usual weekly meeting was