Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-15
9th YEAR
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hichmond this spring. Mary. Mary.
rHuite contrary. does not answer that
hcr back yard is full OF cookie shells
and silver bells and pretty maids all
III - row but that she has neat little
beds Of lettuce and parsley, butter.
beans, tomatoes and onions all In a
row. The rose bushes arc hcdged about
with such an array OF summer Jvegc-
tables that they Will not know their
own pink buds whcr they come out TO
bloom in May. and the other naughty
little garden flowers viii have 10 hoo:
mol with the homcIy Old ,uruip sala..
ma beans. whether tho! like it or no..
You see. these be parlous times" and
10 be patriotic ono must be econom-
ical, especially on the food question.
Society has entered into the garden
ing project with almost unprecedented
interest. and hoes and trowels arc much
moro fashionable than knitting needles
these days One woman says that she
Understands that potatoes arc To be as
popular as sweet peas for garden
crop. and that tomatoes are 10 form
the most decorative part OF most of the
summer gardens. II is very Interesting.
IL is so Interesting to note the change
In women i'm general. for not so many
years ago the majority of women were
good and kind to those whose lives
touched theirs, but tho vast peoples OF
the whole world existed only in the dim
H!stas OF far-away part OF the earth.
and II seemed wholly unnecessary TO
bother about them. with the exception
ot the "hcathcn." The heather have
never been forgotten in any century.
Pink ice cream and all tho Erccn-barrcl
, mite boxes YOU ever saw have been
al n
remember. Lots Of your gold pennies
went to them: you ought TO know. But
II Is beautiful to see tho spirit OF
kinship and understanding that seems
to have sprung up between the women
OF the world OF to-day. Therefore. we
spade and dig gardens, that some on.
clsc's child may not ianguish and die
for lack OF food: that some one elsc's
home may be supported that tho sol
diers who will go forth to battle for
our sacred places may he fed and sus-
tanned. II is a beautiful patriotism.
- \ number Of charity affairs Will en-
cage the attention Of society this week
Tomorrow afternoon Miss Frances T.
Scott has loaned her drawing rooms for
a meeting held in the interests OF tho
Industrial school for Homeless Boys. at
Covington. The meeting will be held at
4:30 o'clock at Ii2 West Franklin
street. aud is for the benefit Of tho
school. All interested are invited. and
talks will he made by J. Hosc Kicks.
Rev. &. G. Thurbcr and Rev. George
Floyd Rogers.
Tuesday there will be a subscription
card party given b. the Dorothea
Payne Madison Chapter. Daughters of
1872. AT tho Country Club Of Virginia
at ::3o O'Clock. and tea viii be served
after tho game
Ice Chapter. United Daughters Of
Contedcracy. is also giving a benefit
card party on Wednesday, afternoon.
This affair will be held at tho home Of
Mrs. Newton McNcigh lo2S Yves,
Franklin Street
Miss Nancy Patton Will be maid Of
honor in Washington on Wednesday a.;
the wedding OF Miss Russcllc Cecil
daughter OF Colonel and Mrs George
Russell Cecil. and Alfred l.. Bruch. OF
Manassas Only relatives and intimate
friends will attend tho ceremony.
The marriage OF Miss Otcy Wood
Moss. daughter of Mrs. Ovcrton Moss
OF Bcav"r Dam, to Edgar Bernard
English OF this city. will he quietly
celebrated on Thursday.
y number OF Richmond guests will
go TO SUFFOLK Saturday to attend the
wedding Of Miss Margaret Gold Wright.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs w. j..
Wright. to George Clarendon Nurney,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Nurney.
The ceremony Will take place at the
home OF the brides parents.
One OF the most interesting affairs
of tho week will bo the Return of
Mother Goose" which will be given for
. the benefit OF the Bureau or Vacations
for Women. This affair will he given
at the jefferson Saturday afternoon by
a number OF lovely girls and boys. 1t
will he big human flower garden.
under the direction Of Mrs. Hubbell. as
Mother Goose. and the little people of
Richmond will be out in fun force to
attend IT, TRENT WITT