The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-06

mo regular meeting OF tho board
OF directors OF the Confederate Won
the first Thursday In May until tho
first Thursday In next month. Tho
meeting has been postponed UNI
til Juno. owing to tho absence from
the city Of tho president and several
members OF the board.
Tho usual weekly suffrage meeting
VIII be held At league headquarters
on Second street. between Broad and
Grace. tomorrow afternoon at 4.3O
o'clock. The meeting Will be address
ed by Miss Adele Clarke. of this city,
and her topic Will be Laws of Virginia
Concerning Women Compared With
Those of Suffrage States" Tho public
is cordially invited TO attend.
general meeting OF the Associa ton
FOR The Preservation Of Virginia An
Equities was held At the. John Marshall
House yesterday morning Quite x
large number OF new members were
reported, and the society is hoping
TO add still more largely to the mem
town committee, Mrs. John IL. Light
foot, was welcomed. after an absence
on account Of illness. She reported
;nany visitors during April at James
town. Many shrubs and trees have
been presented 10 the committee. many
OF mem OF historic interest. She re-
ports that the grounds were looking
beautiful last week. when she was
there for several days.
request from Thomas Moore that
the association ascertain the history
marker OF date 1881 on Grove Avenue,
IN the yard of q property once owned
by former Mayor r. NJ. Taylor. vas
referred TO the landmark committee.
or which Mrs. Granville @. Valentine
is chairman. a letter wag read from
Mrs Wendell. president of the Massa..
chusetts Society of Colonial DANES of
america. presenting TO the. Hociety 4
tablet in memory OF Major General
Daniel Gookin. az a token of the pres
cut friendship between tho two Com
monwealths Daniel Gook!n was a
member Of tho House of Burgesscs in
Virginia, and afterwards moved to
Massachusetts where he attained great
Droniinencc In the affairs OF that state.
the tablet was accepted with appreci-
alton and thanks. II Will be placed on
the wall OF the Memorial Church at
on saturday. May %. Tho memorial
Church committee reported that they
had selected space for this tablet. and
also recommended II space on which TO
place very handsome memorial 10
Pocahontas. which the Washington
branch Is having made. This tablet
VIII be finished in the next few weeks.
and 1t Is hoped that II may be unveiled
during the summer.
The custodian OF the John Marshall
House reported a large number of visi-
Mrs. Preston W. holland. tho chair
man Of the jamestown excursion COM
nittee. is having many inquiries re-
Gartiing the annual excursion, which
is TO take place on May %
The next meeting Of the association
will be held on Wednesday. June 10.
which Is In com,ncmoration OF the dis
covcry by Newport and HIS men of the
falls Of the James. Richmond, on June
10. 1907. This viii he the last meeting
Of the as -ociatlon until October. The
presented.
framed photograph Of the Princess
Pocahontas and her son. copied from
contemporary oil painting In the col
lection of an English county family.
and also one OF Mary Washington's
bedroom, in the Mary Washington
House. Fredericksburg. These pictures
VIII be hung IN the John Marshall
House IN the room where the meetings
OF the society arc hold.