The times dispatch. [volume], April 24, 1911, Page 5, Image 5

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Social and
Personal
ANOTHER big oma'tour perform?
ance that will engage the at?
tention of fashionable society in
Richmond before tho season is over
and tho summer at tho various resorts
begun, will be Wlllurd Spenser's most
famous comic opera, "Tho Elttlo Ty?
coon," to be given at tho Acadomy of
Music on May 8 and !), under the dl-,
rectlon of tho Council of Jewish
Juniors, which organization Includes
some of the best known v/omon in the
city. Tho cast will represent some of
tho best amateur talent In Richmond,
and the audlcnco on the two nights
of the performance will be a largo and
fashionable one. A number of box
purtlos will bo given, and tho list of
patronesses Includes a number of tho
leading society women in Richmond.'it
has boon said that the scenery and cos- ]
tumcs will conle direct from a fash- 1
lonuble establishment In New York
and will bo very magnificent indeed.
Guest of Mm. Vondcrhoof.
Miss Elizabeth Conway, of Kred
erlcksburg. Is visiting Mrs. Douglas
Vanderhoof at her home on East Graco
Street. Miss Conway has recently been
in Charlottosvlile, where she was
among tho houso guests at the lllll
Hawos wedding, celebrated in that
place last week. She will remain In
Richmond for about ten days.
Heek From University.
Miss Mary Chalmers and Miss Mary
Traylor, who have boon attending the
Easter dances at the University of
Virginia, have returned to Richmond.
Miss Traylor has as her guest at tho
Chesterfield. Miss Elizabeth Wilbur, of
Philadelphia, who was also at tho Uni?
versity of Virginia for the germans
last v/eok. Miss Traylor and Miss
Wilbur also attended the Point to Point
.races In Warrcnton recently, and were
guests at several functions given dur?
ing their stay there.
VUltlog In Nashville.
Mrs. T. H. Elicit, of Rlohmond, is
spending the Easter season as the
guest of her Elster, Mrs. Walker Ed?
wards, In Nashville, Tonn. Mrs. Elicit
will be entertained a great deal dur?
ing her stay In Nashville, having form?
erly made her home In that city. She
is accompanied on her visit by her
small grandson. Edmund Benson, Jr.
Corey-? Hnley.
Pine Btrcot Baptist Church wns the
nceno of a very pretty wedding last
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, when
Miss Esslo C. Haley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wirt Haley, became the
bride of George C. Corey, of Philadel?
phia, Rev. .1. B. Hudson, pastor of the
church, performing tho ceremony. The
church was decorated with tall palms
and ferns, and Shepherd Webb pre?
sided at the organ.
Tho bride, who entered the church
with her father, wore a beautiful gown
of duchess satin, veiled in marquisette
and trimmed In pcurls. Hor tulle veil
was arranged with orange blossoms
and she carried a shower bouquet of
lilies of the valley. Mrs. Isaiah A. Kiri
sey. tho matron of honor, was gowned
In white satin and carried a bouquet
of pink rbses. I. A. Klnsey was ihe
groom's best man.
The bridesmaids Included: Misses1
Grace. Cosby. Ada Heffloy, Grace Hall
drnu, Ruby Powell, Marie Powers and .
Nora ?R?wo. The wore charming
frocks of pink messallne. draped In
ina rquisctte of the same shade and
trimmed In crystal. They carried as?
paragus ferns, tied with pink tulle.
"O Believe. Me" and "Tho Rosary"
were played by Mr. Webb during the
ceremony.
Eltlle Miss Tholmo. acting as ring
bearer, preceded the bride to tho altar
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Gas Ranges have regulating orifices for
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Sold only by
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Trunks and
Bags
Factory Prices
Entire 3rd Floor
BIG STORE
Northwest Cor. Third and Broad
EXCELLENT
ALARM CLOCKS, $1
Guaranteed for one year.
Smith & Webster. Inc.
Jewelers?Opticians,
612 E. Main St.
She Likes Candy To-day, and she
likes Liggell's best of all. Pounds, 80c.
Polk Miller's, The Kcxall Store.
J. B. Mosby & Ca,
New Silk Dress . $7/8 o
?14.98. Worth $15.00 to $30.0').
Sale of Silk Dresses
Right from the maker. Re?
ceived Saturday and on sale to?
day?38 Dresses, in foulard and
striped silks; regular 815.00
Dresses, all sizes and
colors; special .....
currying the ring In an Kastor Illy,
ami little Misses Kdna lleffley. Mary
Mitchell and .Nellie Phillips wore rib?
bon girls. Thoy all wore lingerie
frocks. Th? ushers were: J, 1'. Gun?
ther, of Philadelphia; John Pensen,
Richard B. Brown, II. D. Powell, U.
Emory Clayton and l.ee Overtoil Mil- |
ler. Mrs. Haley, mother of the bride,
wore a gown of black satin./elabornte
ly trimmed in Jet, and Mrs. Coroy,
mother of the groom, was gowned In
gray aatln with pearls.
A reception was held at the bride's I
home Tuesday evening for the Immed?
iate families and the wedding party.!
After the ceremony the bridal party
was entertained at dinner at the Jef?
ferson Hotel, a large private dining
room. In which the dinner took place
being decorated for the occasion with,
quantities of La Franco roses, ferns j
and palms. All the lights were shaded [
In pink. Mr. and Mrs. Corey left
oneo for a wedding trip that Includes
Washington. Philadelphia, New .York,
Atlantic City and Niagara Fall? After
May 10 they will make their homo at |
1123 Floyd Avenue. Richmond.
Kxcuraiou to WIUlamMliurg.
Another attractive trip to Willlams
burg has been arranged by the Junior
Auxiliary and the Brotherhood of St
Paul. The trip will be taken on Sat?
urday, April i!>, and will be a most in?
teresting cvont. The committee in
charge Includes: Mrs. Edward Mayo.
Mrs. R?gehe Maxslr. Mrs. Edward Cox,
Mrs. Thomas Pureoll. Mrs. John Charl
ton. Mrs. R E. Osgood, Mrs. Mcade
Clark. Mrs. M. S. Eagle. Mrs. Fred?
erick Nolllng. Misses Pu reell, Jose?
phine Tyler. Helen Stevens. Jennie
Hughes, Kitty Lancaster, Lcttlce Wood?
ward, Judith Anderson, Kate Meadu,
Powers, Sallle Deanu, Dlzabeth Wed
doll. Mary Ball and Rebecca Gordon.
Hin Crosby Engaged.
Says a Baltimore exchange:
"The engagement of Miss Josephs
Crosby, daughter of the late Allen
Crosby, of New Vork, and of Mrs
Crosby, to Roger Brooke Hopkins, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hop?
kins, of Baltimore, is announced. The
marriage will take place in June. Miss
Crosby, who spends her sutnmerB In
North Hatley, Canada, has frequently
visited in Baltimore. Mr. Hopkins Is
one of the most prominent young men
In society, and Is a governor of the
Bachelors' Cotillon Club."
Miss Crosby Is wen known In Rich?
mond.
Visiting In WtiHliington.
Mrs. ll A. Clarke, Mrs. Janic Lynn,
of Occoq?an; Mrs. II. (.'lay Lynn, of
Richmond, and Lynn Anderson, have
been recent guests of Captain M. Lynn
at his home near GordonsvHle, V.i.
After spending several days with Cap?
tain Lynn, the party left for Wash?
ington, T). C, where they expect to
spend some time.
Sea v?Hay.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Ray, of
Washington. I). C. announce the mar?
riage of their daughter, Marguerite
Selone Bay, to Andrew Taylor Seay, of
Shores. Vn., the ceremony having
taken place on Thursday at noon. April
20. Miss Ray cotnes of an old and dis?
tinguished Virginia family. and Is .
widely related throughout the State. ,
Mrs. Geurgc Rady, of this city. Is a j
sister of the br'de. After a wedding j
trip. Mr. and Mrs. Seay will make their j
homo In Shores.
SlretlngH To-rty.
A colled meeting of the Richmond
Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- j
federacy, will be held this morning at
11 o'clock In Lee Camp Hall. It Is j
Important that all members be present j
at this meeting, as several questions j
nre up for Immediate action.
The St. John's Circle of the King's
Daughters will meet this afternoon at
half-past 4 o'clock with M'ss Nell'e
Payne at the Virginia Home for In?
curables. A full altendanco lb desired.
In and Out of Town.
Miss Mable Fletcher, who has been
visiting relatives hero for some time,
has returned to her home, "The
Maples." Vs.
Mrs." Cecil Cornelius Is the guest of
Mrs. Edgar Gunn at 304 West Frank?
lin Street.
Miss Ollle Dement Porry, of Orange,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. E. Rob?
ertson and Mrs. E. M. McClure, In this
city.
Miss Sallie Carter has returned lo
Krodcrlcksburg. after visiting friends
in this city for several days.
Misses Lizzie, and Annie Plummer,
of this city, are guests of Mrs. Robert
D. Mollwainc, in Petersburg.
Mir. Robert .1. Bass and her sister.
Mrs. O. R. Kasten, of 110 North
Meadow Street, have returned from a
three months' stay in Florida.
Mrs. Flora I'ltzgerald, of Farmville,
is visiting her slater, Ar*. Littleton
F'lzgerald, in this city.
Mrs. Michael Long and her daughter,
Miss Kilon Long, of Fredericksburg,
nre spending some time In Richmond.
O. L. Shackelford has returned to
Norfolk, after attending tho Snead
Branch wedding bore.
Miss Mary Wilson, of Waynosboro,
is visiting friends in Richmond and
Petersburg.
Miss Eva Tomes has returned to the
city, after spending Faster with her
sister, Mrs. A. L. Uorringlon. in Cliar
lottosvillc.
Mrs. Jackson Fray, of Madison coun?
ty. Va? is the guest of Mrs. \y. D.
IM wards in this city.
Misn Carrie Harman. of Lexington,
Va., is the guest of relatives in Rich?
mond for several weeks.
Miss Nellie Carter, of Roanoke, is
visiting Miss Trovllllan on West' Main
Street, and will later spend some time
In Norfolk.
Mrs. D. W. Buskins and llitle daugh?
ter have returned lo South Boston,
after spending several weeks In this
city.
James Kite, of the University of Vir?
ginia, Is spending some time In this
city.
Mrs. C. II. Slease and small daughter,
of Now York, are visiting Mrs. C. II.
Slcke), on North Meadow Street.
Joe Tinder, of this city. (3 spending
a few days In Charlottesvillo 88 tho
guest of Oleuson Olnnnlny.
Miss Louise Tyroo has rcturnod to
her homo, near 'Willlnmsburg, Va.,
after visiting friends hero.
Mr. and Mrs. James Patton and sons,
who havo hoen spon 'Ing tho winter
hore, have returned to Bon Air for tho
summer months.
Mrs. A. J. Montague and Miss Janot
Montague have roturnod to tho city,
after visiting relatives near West
Point, Va.
Misses Mary and Addle Rrv'n. grand?
daughters of Mrs.'A. D. Atkinson, who
havo been spending the Easter holi?
days at the Itichmond, will leave on
Tuesday for the fcjwectbrlar Academy.
They have attended Sweetbrlar for
several sessions, and will graduate this
session.
"A Short Illslnry of the Aincrlcnn Peo?
ple."
By Edna Henry Lee Hurpin, of Echo
lllll. Mecklenburg county, Va. The Mac
mlllan Co., 04-C8 Fifth Avenue, Now
York City, N. Y.
It Is not often that a woman com?
bine:} to a marked degree literary abil?
ity and that practical and executive
force which enables her to successfully
manage a big Virginia farm, render Its
crops profitable, and write books that
have found their way Into the stan?
dard lists of S0I100I3 and colleges In
many sections of the United States.
.Such a combination of sound Judg?
ment and authorship is found In Miss
Edna Henry I.ee Turpln. a photograph
of whose handsome country home, in
Mecklenburg county, heads this col?
umn. Sho has been known to tho
Pongee
Shirts
In all the best and
wanted colors, with or
without collar; sale
pH?.
train children for honest, earnest. In?
telligent citizenship."
"The Letten? of Iilchnrd Henry I.ee,"
Vol. I? J703-1778.
.Collected &nd edited by James Cur?
tis HaJlagh. Ph. D., L. L. D., of Johns
Hopkins University. The Macmlllan
Co.. of New York, publishers. J2.50
net.
Dr. Dallagh explains the reason and
purpose of his work Tn his preface to
this volume, when ho writes:
"'The Memoir of the Life of Richard
Henry Leo and His Correspondence,' by
his grandson, Richard II. Lee, pub?
lished in 1S25, contains only sonic
seventy letters written by Richard
Henry" Lee, mingled In chronological
dlsordsr with more than twice this
number written to him, and was In?
tended more as a biography than as an
edition of his letters. A still smaller
number of the letters, now long out
ECHO HID., VIRGINIA,
Hie inline of Eilnn Henry Lee Turpln, irhoHe book, "The TIIMnry V>f tie Ainer
lenn People," bun Just appenred. The figure of Minn Turpln, Mantling- beHille
her mare, IJlxle, nppenrit In the foreground of the picture.
American public for some years,
through her books, but her last pub?
lication, a "History of the American ]
People," represents her longest and i
most important work.
!>r. S. C. Mitchell, of the University
of South Carolina, formerly of Rich?
mond College, this city, has written1
an Introduction to Miss Turpin's his-j
lory. Dr. Mitchell read her manuscript
and so did President Wood row Wilson,!
of Princeton University, now Gover?
nor of New Jersey. In their opinion, j
Miss Turpin's history is accurate, com?
prehensive and written in a style
which would nppeal to grammar school
ch..dren. Features of Hie book deserv?
ing special mention arc found In the.
emphasis placed un.cn national de?
velopment during the past fifty years,
and In tho many historical maps and
pictures illustrating the text.
The periods treated of by the book
aro the beginning of American hls
tbrv rllsh Colonies, the Frencli
Knglish contest, the War of the Revo?
lution, the American Republic, the War
Ret ween the States, national develop?
ment and an appendix .including charts,
outlines, the Declaration of Indepen?
dence and the Constitution of tha
United States.
The arrangement of the book is
simple, direct, and calculated to meet
the needs of pupils to whom topics,
suggestive questions and readings
point out the host methods of becom?
ing fully acquainted with Ihe subject
matter of a history necessarily con?
densed Into hriefness, but adapted In
outline to give elementary students
and readers a taste for further Investi?
gation and progress.
Miss Turpin says in the preface of
hftr book: "Thig book Is an attempt
to teil the story of the American peo?
ple In a simple, connected, vivid way,
so as to make their history interesting
and tholr past and present problems
intelligible to young students. Ameri?
can children should learn tho history
of our country and should understand
its past and present problems so as
to bo prepared in their turn, to accept
the sacred trust of Its, guidance.
"The history of America Is one of
physical, mental and moral growth
and progress. To this growth and prog?
ress, each section?North, South, Kast
West?has contributed and la contri?
buting Its part. We mdst recognize
and duly value each a.nd nil. The cul?
tivation of sectional egotism, the in
culatlon of one-sided, narrow-minded
views, aro great evils to any coimnun
Uy.
"It is hoped that this book will bo
useful in teaching American history
so as to inspire true patriotism and to
Books of Fiction
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When a Man Marries, Rlnoharl.
Saul of Tarsus. Elizabeth '
Miller.
. Forsaken Inn: Anne Kathrins
Green.
Tho Yoke. Elizabeth Miller.
Tho Four Million. O. Henry;
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Presbyterian Bookstore,
212.214 N. .Sixth.
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j of print. In the Southern Literary
I Messenger, the Virginia Historical
Register and half a dozen other publi?
cations, when compared with the orlgi
! nal manuscripts, have been found to
[he so Inaccurate In text, that, like many
I of those of the Memoir, they are un
I safe for the st?dfcnt to use. Printed
I letters with a trustworthy text uro so
I few or so scattered amongst publica
; Hons like W. \V. Henry's 'Patrick
! Henry," 'The Charles 1-ee Papers.' and
'The Dennc Papers' as to be practical?
ly useless. In these cases where the
manuscript was discovered and por
mlsslnn to consult It was granted, tho
letter has been reprinted from tho
manuscript !n order to preserve any
variations that the text contains."
The letters are arranged according
to the order of the years and dates in
which they were written, beginning
With August 27. 1762. They nre dated,
from Richard Lee's home, Chantllly.
Va., from Ph'ladelphla. Baltimore and
York, Pennsylvania.
Tho letters of an American, who,
on .lune 7. 1776. moved in Congress,
where he was representing his State:
"That theso United Colonies are. and
of right ought to bo, free and Indepen?
dent States, that they arc absolved
from all allegiance to the British
crown, and that all political connection
between them and the State of Great
Britain Is, and ought to be, totally dis?
solved"?reflecting the spirit of a peo?
ple on the midst of revolution and In
its midst, animated In their struggle by
I the loftiest sentiment, the most de?
voted patriotism?cannot fall to have
j a vitally Important bearing on Ameri?
can history, cannot fall to be filled
j with Interest for every American who
Is Interpreting tho history of to-day
; and to-morrow by the history of a
yesterday, which laid the foundation
and the safeguard of Amorlcan llhcr
ties.
Whether, the letters are written by
Mr. Lee to tho odlter of the Virginia
Gazette, announcing tho withdrawal of
I his application for the post of onllee
? tor of duties, or to other Americans
and Englishmen regarding the great
public questions then burning in men's
minds, the result is tho same In regard
to the stand taken by the writer, as
one of the patriots who was n leader
in his State and In the Continental
Congress.
That the letters possess the widest
range and are written from a very
comprehensive outlook, taking In do?
mestic, as well as public Interests, may
he seen from the following extract
from one written at Chantllly, July 7,
1770, which says: "You know I have
got the entail of my estate from my
father dockt by writ of ad quod dam
nnm. but not knowing how future
judges and lawyers may explain away
things. I remain uneasy about my
younger children, and wish securely to
provide for my poor little helpless
girls In the following manner: I un?
derstand there Is In London an office,
where any sum of money being put.
draws 10 or more per cent, annually,
that at the end of every year the in
ler>r.t is. engrafted into the principal
and hoth draw Interest. Thai this
continues as long as the putter In
choose::, always observing that If death
interposes, the whole betontes otllco
property. Now I would choose to place
CI00 sterling, for each of my girls
liiere, and let it continue, until they
were of age or married, and then lei
them or their husbands do with It hs
they pleased."
Again, In a letter to Arthur Lee.
Juno 26. 1 774. the spirit of resistance
to tyranny comes uppermost as Is
shown in these words: The first step
taken by our Virginia Assembly was
to appoint the 1st of June, the day on
which hostility began against America,
to be observed as fast- Tho spirit that
this denoted was not liked by tho gov?
ernment and we wero dissolved In two
days afterwards, tho country business
unfinished, no fee bill passed, and the
courts of jnsllco' consequently atopt."
Tho last leltor In this first volume of
tho Leo letters Is .addressed to' Honry
Liiurons and contains tho assertion of
tho writer that: "Whilst . live I yti\\
strain every nerve to so euro tho In?
dependence, Interoai and happiness of
my country agaln3t all attempts to' tho
contrary." nr. Rallagh beginn his
profaco with the following statement:
"Richard Henry Lee, sometime presi?
dent of tho Continental Congress and
mover of tho resolutions for a Declarti.
. tlon of Indcpondonco, foreign nlllar.cos
! and a plan of confederation, exerted n
I profound Influence upon political and
constitutional movements in his State
1 and In Amorlca, from tho beginning of
tho Stamp Act to tho cloao of bis pub?
lic, career. In t7!?2. Probably no mem?
ber of Congress, unless It be .John
Adams, served In a more important
capacity and on so many and such ef?
fective committees of Congress, and at
the same lime maintained such liter?
ary activity as is shown In ills ex?
tensive correspondence. Despite these
facts and his contemporary fame as
an orator and statesman and the In?
terest and value of the letters written
I by him during this critical period of
j Amerlcnn affairs, no attempt at any
i thing like a oomprehonslvo collection
of thcBo letters appears to have been
I hitherto made, and his services and
name have been almost forgotten by j
tho public."
This statement will rendor more ap?
parent the great value of what Dr.
TJallngh has undertaken and carried
through ho well, more tttan Jf>0 letters
of Lee apponrlng In tho present vol?
ume. Tho author has occupied the.
chair or history at Johns Hopkins Uni?
versity for a number of years, but ho
Is by parentage and early education a
Virginian. Brownsburg. not far from
Loxlngton. this Slate, was tho girl?
hood's homo of bis mother's family.
His fathor was a promlnoni minister
of the Presbyterian Church and a mis?
sionary to Japan. Dr. M&llagh's schol
ary tastes and the atmosphere of the
great educational centre In which his
work lias established him have es?
pecially qualified hlnii for the task lie
hns undertaken and achloved.
"A Tenderfoot With Pcnry."
By George Borup. Frederick 'A.
Stokes Company, of New York, through
the Bell Book and Stationery Company,
of Richmond.
Rear-Admiral G. \V. Melville. U. R.
N., retired, has written a preface tor
George Borup's book which is dedicat?
ed to tho momory of Ross Marvin. Ad- |
mlral Melville says of the book: "I
commend It to readers of literature, of
exploration and to lovers of books of
travel."
The book commences with tho voy?
age to Oroenland of the Roosevelt, tells
about the taking on board of a num?
ber of Eskimos and the sport ex?
perienced In the catching of the little
auks, by swinging a net on a hoop
two feet in diameter, attached to the
end of a llfteen-foot pole. Walrus
shooting after tho walrus has been
harpooned Is described as being very
adventurous sport.
The arrival at Cape Sheridan, tho
Unloading of the Roosevelt, the send- J
Ing out of scouts, the preparations and I
the final dash 10 the pole precede tho
account given of how Marvin met
death battling alone against the forces
of nature In the Arctic, wilds.
The return trip Is enlivened by
.whale catching, rendered sentimental
by a meeting between an Eskimo bride
and groom and has a touch of the
tragic because of the accidental
wounding of Macmtllnn by Chief En-,
glncr Wardwell. Tho last chapter
rounds up with meeting Whitney, a
lust walrus hunt and then the arrival
In Labrador.
Mr. Borup'b last book paragraph
pays this tribute to Commander Peary:
"What a leader to serve under! Al?
ways kind, considerate, giving us fol?
lows Rood advice, going out of his way
to help us. Had the Commander
been the grim, mllitury martinet or
despot his enemies make him out to be,
ho could- never have, gotten the work
out of either th'e Eskimos or us fel?
lows, and it was due only to bis great
determination, his never knowing
when he was licked, and his ability to
encourage and hold all or us together,
to hold every man to the main purpose
of tho expedition, that the American
flag is where It now Is?at the North
Pole."
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Dy Olive Schreiner. Kr?nt Frederick
A. Stokes Co.. of New York, througli
tho noli Hook and Stationery Com?
pany, of Richmond.
In the late '80'r. of the nineteenth
century. "The Story of an African
Farm" appeared, was widely road and
producoil a profound sensation In tho
literary world. Tt at once ranked
Ollvo Schreiner as an advanced think?
er, and the lending woman writer of
South Africa.
"Woman and I?abo'r'' In Its present
limits dooB not embody the original
form of a book written by Ollvo
Schrclnor, the manuscript of which
perished In a fire during the Ronr War.
Into what Is hero presented In six.
chapters and an Introduction, tho
witter has put the strong, passionate
force and clear insight.Into life around
her, that has distinguished everything
she has written from the beginning of
her authorship.
"The changes which have taken
place during the past centuries, which
wo sum up under the compendious
term of 'modern civilization.' " says
Olive Schreiner, "constitute our mod?
ern 'woman's labor problem.'
She continues: "Our spinning wheels
aro all broken, our hoes and our grind?
stones passed from us long ago, when
tho plowman and the miller took our
plaoc; day by day machine-prepared
and factory-produced vlnnds take a
larger and larger place In the dlotary
of rich and poor; the army of rosy
milkmaids has passed away forever,
to give place to the cream separator
and the largely male and machinery
manipulated butter pat. lit modern
cilloa our carpets are beaten, our win
down cleaned, our Moors polished by
machinery or extra domestic labor. Al?
ready tho undent needle has been al?
most supplanted by the sowing ma?
chine. Year by year, day by day. there
Is a silently working but determined
tendency for the sphere of woman's
domestic labors to contract ll3olf.
"Time was when the. woman kept
her children about her knees till adult
years wore reached. Hers was tho
training and Influence which shaped
them. Among the wealthier classes ol
to-day. scarcely Is the infant born
when II passes Into the hands of tho
trained nurse, and from hers Into tho
hands of the qualified teacher. A wo?
man of almost any class may have
borne many children and yet at middle
ago be found sitting alone In an empty
house, nil her offspring gone from her
to receive Instruction and training at
tho hands of others. Looking around
then with the uttermost Impartiality
on the entire Held of woman's ancient
and traditional labors, we. tlnd that,
three-fourths of It have shrunk uwny
forever, and that tho remaining fourth
STERLING SILVER.
appeals tr> people of taste. The be'Jt
Roods arc being shown here in a variety
of pieces. With quality is combined,
style and service.
SCIIWARZSCIHLD BROS.,
Second and Broad Streets.
still lends to shrink."
Out of now conditions under which !
women aro living, unless thore Is a,
rooonst ruction of their relationship
with life, must, in Olive Schrelnor'ij ;
opinion, be evolved "the hurrian fo
male parasite?the most deadly mi?
crobe which can make its appenranco
on this surface of any social organism.
"The ancient Chaldean seor," writes
the author of "Woman and I.j?bor."
"had a vision of aOarden of Eden which
lay in a remote past. It was dreamed
that man and woman once lived In joy I
and fellowship, the woman ate of tl'to ?
troo of knowledge and gave to man to
eat; and that both wero driven forth
to wander, to toll In bitterness, be?
cause they had eaten of the fruit.
"We also have a dream of .x, garden,
but It lien In a distant future. Wo
dream that woman shall oat of tha
treo of knowledge togcthor with mail,
and that slue by side and hand doss
to hand, through ages of much toil
and labor, they shall together raise
about them an Eden nobler than any
the Chaldean dreamed of?an Edan
created by their own labor and mado
beautiful by their own fellowship.
"In his Apocalypse, thero was one
who saw a now heaven and a now
earth; we see a new earth, but therein
dwells love?the love of comrades and
co-wnrkors."
The power of virile and powerful
Imagination and the inlluence. of- a
thoroughly uwnkened and trained In?
tellectually have been levied upon
to enrich Olive Sclirclner's book
throughout- What she has written lh
It comes with great sincerity, and ia
evidently the utterance of her pas,
slonato convictions. She has always
boon identified with what is now
known In the world as "The-Woman's
Movement."
I"Operas Every Child Should Know."
By Dolores Bacon. Doubleday. Page
& Co., of Garden City. Now York. 30c.
net.
For children who love lite most fas?
cinating stories nothing can be better
calculated to Instruct, "nnd delight than
this little volume of operas. It con?
tains the romances nround which have
been constructed "The Bohemian Girl.".
? "Fldello," "Faust." "Carmen," "Robin
Hood." "Martha," "Hansel and Gretel."
"Cavalierla Itusticana." "The Prophet,''
"The Magic Flute." "Pinafore." "Rigo?
let to" "11 Trovutore." "Aldn. and sev?
eral of the Wagnerian operas..
The most interesting events In the
'lives of th# composers aro related;
.snatches of melody and bits of song
arc Interpolated, and everything la
contributed to charm the fancy nnd
delight the Imagination of youthful
readers, who arc Instructed and given
pleasure In equal proportion
If when young people go" to the
I opera, not so much to hoar tbo story
1 as to witness beautiful scenic effects
I,tint bo thrilled by the music, they un?
derstand from what thoy have read
the cnuse of the movement on the
stage, their enjoyment mu3t be far
morn real and genuine.
Ifor this reason, and because many
operas are founded on legendary his?
tory and tradition, this little volume,
with Its beautifully decorated covers
and Its delightful romances, Is highly
recommended.
News of South Richmond
South Richmond Bureau,
The Times-Dispatch.
102a Hull street.
Rhone Madison I'D.
To make the annual award of liquor
licenses, a special term of The Cites
tordeld county Circuit .Court will hi
held this week by Judge Watson, when
applications for renewals and new per?
mits to carry on business lit dealing
in ardent spirits will be heard. This
will ho the only business transacted
by tho court at this time.
Anniversary Celebration. I
Indianola Tribe. I. O. R. M.. will cele?
brate the anniversary of Its foundation
at a special session lo bo held to-nlglu
at R o'clock In Fraternal Hall. Eleventh
and Hull Streets. An olabnruto pro?
gram has boon arranged for the oo
caslon. which will include numerous
speeches and music. A large cluss of
"palefaces" will be initiated.
Announce ItcnuH To-Night.
Announcement of the result of the
canvass of the congregation of the
Decatur Street Methodist Church to
secure money for lifting the dobt on \
tho new Sunday school building .will
bo mode at a meotincr of tho bourd to
be held to-night at the home of *hu
pastor, Rev. CS. T. Forrester.
Funeral <'f .Mr. McCuitu.
The funeral of Henry 1,. McCann,
who died Friday night at his homo In
the Ninth Street Road, took place, yes?
terday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from
the West I3nd Methodist Church.. In?
terment was made In Mauri' Cemetery
Lecture In llaliilirldgc Church.
Rev. .1. H. Knott. Ph. 15.. will lecture
to-nliiht at S o'clock In the Balnbrldgft, ,
Street Raptlst Church, on the subject
of "A Winter Voyage on a Summer
Sea." This will ho desorlptlvo of a trip
through the Mediterranean Sea and the
countries bordering on that body of
water. %?
Cblld'H Panernl.
The funeral of the Infant daughter
? if Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Tarylor, of Swans
horo, who died Frldtty night, took
place yesterday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock. Interment wag. made in Maury
comet ory.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OA STOR I A
Commencing WEDNESDAY, April 26th, we will open our new
Bargain Annex with the most startling SHOE SALE that Richmond's
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no
Lot,
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1 Lot,
49c
89c
$1.49
Ladies' Oxfords, worth up to $5, for $1.48 and $1.98.
Men's $5 Oxfords for $2.40.
Edwin Clapp Men's $6.50 Oxfords for $4.50.'