Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
18th YEAR
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marked tho unusually early return of
he fashionable set to town. Mothers
nd sisters have hastily. set aside
utumn plans and hurried homo to
Id farewell to the boys who were
eaVihg for camp and far-away France.
he station from which the former
Richmond Blues entrained Wednesday
Vening was thronged with people
rom every walk in life. With flags
ying. with gifts of all sorts and de-
criptions. the soldiers departed from
Richmond. and thousands saw them go.
martial spirit pervades the atmo-
phere. One is ashamed of not having
earned to knit; one is ashamed Of
Emitting on pale blue and pink wool;
Pnly those who work in gray and dark
(lue and khaki-colored wool may vir-
uously nod. The task before the
Vomen OF America Is no small one.
There's little room between the stars
n idleness to prate." and there are
very real affairs to be managed and
worked out.
Tho prospect for the season for So
iety is by no means dull. but tho balls
nd large functions will mos,
ainly be greatly curtailed. One hears
JUNIORS Of debutantes. but you seri-
Pusly doubt II there should be any
Fuch thing as a formal debut this win
er. Pleasures may l.. taken in half
way measures. and yet the world of
happiness will not topple about our
ars.
The girls OF America have grown
most serious. War liz serious thing.
nd butterflies belong in summer. gar
ems where red roses blow. and not in
he halls of decision. Women have
topped in to fill the places left vacant
by the men leaving for the various
lamps. and still others will be needed
before the year is out. Again butter
1ies belong to primrose paths. and not
70 the rugged road of duty.
September Is here with real tang
Pf fall in the air. The leaves have a
Vay of suddenly looking brown in Sep
ember, under your very eyes. when
Fou were sure that yesterday they
we're green. September holds the
promise of Indian summer. and it's hazy
Funlisht speaks with a charm that is
Pill It's own. The scarlet and gold OF
pther months will trace its lettering
upon tho last OF it. but the first OF
feptember is genuine fall. brown and
blue and smoke-color
BRENT WITT.
Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. John Cullen Darlington, of
charlotte Courthouse. announces the
fnga gement and approaching marriage
Pf her daughter, Lottie Cullen. to julius
Monroe Stebbins. OF New York. the we'd
ling to take place at "Ville Vue." the
home of the bride, on Saturday. Sep
ember %. On account of the recent
Heath Of the brides father the wedding
Fill be very quietly celebrated.
n Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford Parker. Of West
Franklin Street. have returned to the
:ity. after a visit to their sister, Mrs.
kdolphus Busch. III, at her country
Estate. near Cooperstown, y. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Wallace and
heir children. Virginia and William
Wallace. are spending the weekend in
Richmond as guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Parker. They will leave Tomorrow for
pm extended motor trip to the Berk-
shire Hills. visiting Atlantic City and
New York en- route.
Engagement Announced.
Mrs. Charles P. wertenbaker, of the
University OF Virginia, announces the
Engagement of her daughter, Alicia
Middleton, to Lieutenant John B. Free
man. of Richmond.
Miss "ertenbaker is the daughter OF
fhe late DR.. Charles P. wertenbaker.
Furgeon United States Public Health
Service. granddaughter OF Colonel c.
E. Wertenbaker. of Charlottesville. and
great-granddaughte of William wer-
fenbaker. who was appointed librarian
pr the University Of Virginia bv Thomas
Jefferson, and held that office 70. sixty.
3seven years.
Her mother, formerly Miss Alice De-
Iancey Girardeau. belongs to old and dis
finGuished South Carolina families.
Lieutenant Freeman Is the son of
hr. and Mrs. John c. Freeman, of 2os
North Harrison Street. He was grad
.uated from the University of Virginia
Fn 1915. with the degree of A. B.; was
fhen for some months associated with
the National City Bank, Of New York.
AFTER brilliant record at the officers.
Framing camp at Fort Myer, he was
commissioned lieutenant of field artil
Pery. and is now stationed at, Camp Lee.
Petersburg.
Books by Richmond Author.
Literary circles In Richmond are
greatly interested in the recent pub.
Qica ton of Molly Brown of Kentucky"
and The Carter Girls" by Nell Speed.
which Hurst & Company have Just
published. Nell Speed is the pen name
OF Mrs. Henry Aylett Sampson, of
Richmond. and these books begin an
|other. series for Juvenile readers, which
hre written in charming fashion with
the life centering in this city and the
mountains of Virginia.
Mrs Sampson is a brilliant and gift
led woman and holds no small place in
the literary and social life of this city.
Her books are written in the same do
hightful manner as she talks and her
characters are very real people, well
Drawn and sketched in a most interest
ling style. Her darkey dialect is I'M
usually good. THE Carter Girls" and
Molly Brown of Kentucky" are both
clean and wholesome
books. replete with the humor and
charm OF the woman who wrote them.
70 Spend Winter Here.
Mrs. H. Templeton Smith. of 1910
Colonial Avenue. Norfolk, has closed
bier home. and is spending the winter
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George
pr. Burgess. in this city. Mr.. Smith,
who is a naval officer. has resumed his
duties after a thirty days cave OF