Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-06
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travelogue through the beautiful
Isle of Ireland escorted by Mrs JOS
ienh Ruffner of Charleston, West Va.
One could almost smell the frag-
| rance of the purple fushia hedges
and see the silver giisten OF her
| sparkling waters. Mrs. Ruffner jour
| ned them onward through the land
of the Shamrock.
"Once a bit of heaven fell into the
The very spot that shamrocks ever
shall be
| So the angels spoke it and gathered
then and there
Armfuls of stardust and reaped q
harvest fair:
Then they took bit OF silver
TIC make its lakes so grand;
And, when it all was finished,
They called it Ireland"
Her historical data were interest.
ing and instructive while the bits
of humorous dialogue interpersed
made her talk most attractive ana
the familiar sweet lines from some Of
the Irish poets, especially Tom
Moore fell upon her enchanted
hearers most pleasantly.
| In concluding with her experiences
i after being entrapped in the war
zone. her return, journey would have
been tragic if she had not brought
out some OF the eomical incidents Ell
toure. and while her hearers would
have loved to have accompanied hei
through Ireland in person as well as
in imagination, they would have
foregone the return trip to Americ"
! with hardships.
! Miss Kitty Steele Barrett enter
tanned last evening at buffet supper
in honor Of her house-guest, Mis-"
Barbara Campbell, of Charlestowh.
/ w. Va.
f.! Her guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Jul
! ian Burke, Miss Anne Lewis Jones.
Miss Elizabeth Dulanev Herbert.
Miss Esther Burke, Mrs. Louis Scott,
! Miss Harriet Douglas, Miss Janet
Kuhn, Miss Lila Barrett, Miss Emily
johnson and Messrs Robley u.
Brumback, Arthur Herbert, Cecil X.
Sherman, Ward Boswell, Jack Bar
rett, Beauderic Howell, James Doug,
lass and Waiter Foster:
Miss Barrreett's guests later al
tended the Dansant given for the
benefit Of the associated charities.
Miss Janet Kuhn, of Washington.
! is spending the weekend with Miss
Harriet Boiling Douglas. in Cameron
street.
, Miss Lucille Sherwood entertained
at a very pretty and attractive birth
day party yesterday evening at her
! home at 429 south Lee street. Among
those present were Misses Ruth Mer-
! chant. Helen Potter, Annie Potter.
! Sarah Edmonds, Madeline Birrell
! Gladys hewitt. Alice Sutton, Margu-
! e"ite TIGER. Helen Penn. Geraldine
! Ticer, Leona Wood. Audrey Beach.
Flora Davis. Annie Henderson, Marg-
aret Stuart, Lola Sherwood, Ruth
Sherwood, EIinor Sherwood. and Mas
tiers Courtney Roberts, Elmer Smith,
Lawrence Gaines, James Sutton, Muir
ry Stuart. Arthur Spillman, Gibson
Shirley, Raymond Lash. Linwooj
Simpson. Reginald Padgett. Leslie
Rowland. William Gambler. Julian
Upton. Irwin Padgett, Henry SHEER
wood, and Sherman Sherwood.
The Alexandria Branch of the Wo-
mems Peace Party held a we'll at
tended meeting yesterday afternoon.
at the residence Of Mrs. T. Marshall
| Jones, the chairman. and number Of
new members were received, and al
the next meeting, Wednesday, after
noon, February 10, all ladies interest
ca in this movement are invited to
he present. Arrangements are being
made FOR an open meeting and en-
tertainment February %. All
branches Of the. peace Movement will
hold meetings ON that day.
RICHMOND THEATRE.
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