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ON TH E REVIEWER5 TABLE. ?Whnt H?rer fnr Ihr ? nvnlr? f" By Spencer Borden. .1. II. Franklin Company. Kall Itlvcr, Maas There is probably not another man In tins country who lias devoted as much time and money to tin study of the army mount as has Colonel Spen? cer B?rden, Of Kail River, Mass. This being; so, the author's views are en? titled to great weight It Is wrong to rest the conclusions of Colone! Hor? den asldi without careful consideration simply because he Tails within the class of "type enthusiasts." The tendency] ?on the part 01 many is to accord little I Weight to the views Of one who Per-; slstently harps on a hobby; We are: prone to lose fight of the fact that hoble.s in many cases are the outgrowth i Of a wide knowledge and long exper- . lence. and that the opinions of their, advocates are those of specialists whose knowledge is necessarily more; thorough and valuable than that ot the more geuerni practitioner. But Colonel Bordoti Is not in anj use a specialist except in the general sense, ? that he possesses an exceptional { ^knowledge of all breeds and types of horses. Hi has Seen, owned, und hred many types, Therefore, what he has' lu sa> about one particular hr? ed for | ?one particular purpos? must appeal Iwdth force to the thinking man. He; does hot claim thai the Arab Is thv ? best horse In the world lor all pur- I -poe'es. as many people are wont to be-1 Hove. He. dies, however, point with! compelling argument, supported by the most convincing evidence, to certain matters wherein w-e may use with ad? vantage the Arab blood of which he /is so fond. Colonel Borden hat done that wh'fch ftcw others have done. He lias made a tour of Inspection of the army studs of Europe and he has given us in his emsfll volume entitled, "What Horse for the Cavalry," a succinct and inter? esting re8ttmc of his observations and the view.-, of the most celebrated re? mount breeders ?f the world While his own views are ably presented, yet.' >he leaves the lin.il decision to the. read-! er Co|onei Bordon's book should do much good for It at least brings ihu soldtov face to fa, .? with hi.- problem| ?large or small, Common or well bred hoi s. h Although we have had the most wonderful object lesson is to the value of small horses right before us for years, we have allow, d the hardy little animals of the plain-, capable of the ?most remarkable endurance, to all hut 'disappear, and after a century of ex? perience with them, our military nun [have learned so little that a c^azc for 'the. "heavy-weights" of the hunting field nnd showring has set in The ?Egyptian experiences count for noth? ing, and the pages of history, which deal with the sad career of the Kod ernl Cavalry from IStil to iS6.3 are ig? nored. But even more unaccountable seems the neglect of our army to pro? fit by the British experiences lr. South Afrl a where the horse prob!, m w as only solved by enormous importations of cow ponies from our own Western1 plains. Vet, we still hear talk of large) mounts for our cavalry. Our officers have become obsessed with the hunting' field and show ring ideas, which, while j excellent in their proper place are serving only to lead them astray. There are no finer types of animals in existence than the Virginia and the British hunters. For their particular purposes they are unexcelled, the pur? poses for which they are bred, how? ever, do not properly Include army mounts except for show troops. But the hunting type is at ti:e has a of our solution, 7>oss(vslng In spite of its size, many of the qualities demanded [ by military service. Colonel H?rdens] facts and figures should at least at-1 tract our immediate attention and lead us to Inquire if th< solution of our problem does not lie in the cross of the A sab em the half and three quar? ter bre,i mnres of Piedmont Virginia. The writer had oci aslon to spend over four months In Egypt, dining which time he made a careful study of the mount? of the native troopers These animals were crosses- of Arabic and Hungarian stock The weli-bred mares of Hungary, the greatest horse heeding country In the woiid, are amazingly similar In many respects to our VirglnlftV fvhltnals, and In my rvrrt wind 1 'liafe hern satisfied since seeing thr Egyptians, that for military service, Ihey arc the best mounted troops In the world. What change has been made In their mounts daring Iba past ten years I am unable to say. bul It stinis certain tluit Lord Kit? chener In the midst of Ills troubles Iii SOtith Africa recalled the iittli horses he bad known In Egypt; so small that they ar. used by British officers foir polo. Of all the horses In the world, the row pony of the West, the Cossack pony of the Russian Steppes, and tin hotsc of the desert have probubl) seen the hardest service; They are all small and light, few measuring fifteen hands. If. as Collnel fterden points out. there is one lesson to be learned from the military experiences of the past. In ail countries, ,t certainly Is that the ideal cavalry horse must be small, and that he is impro "cd !>?? good blood. Years of horse breeding should haw taught us that while we can create types, ?e cannot change the laws of nature. Vet. animals from 15.2 up ate pre? scribed for aur calalry, and our of? ficers, intoxicated by last. of the Show rinc. nr.- growing more partial each year to tin heavy-weight. The War Department should remember the; troopers and expend a part oi its .-ii ergy luring tin present revival <?/ things equine Upon remounts. A rprinkllng of .-ros-. eountr> horses and steeple-chasers is excellent tor lh? amusement of our ofiicers, out they;! alone win not mount our troopers nil time of need j Th. re is this to he said in favor of' present conditions, however, and thatl is they evidence an awakening which; has been long in coming. Perhaps; af- 1 ier a p. rl?d of conftision, the smoki Will clear away, and the recruits in the she-Wring, having had their chanci after delusions, will settb down tu business. It win not b< long before It is realised that the real competition ot our army with other nation- will be \ in the Held and tiiat the men must do a part of the riding Rut time is val- j nable and time is fleeting, and our en listed nu n an- lumbering along far | to th' tear while all eyes ate tlXed upon the brilliant few who race ahead in their reckless (light over post and' rail forgetful of all i Isr hut the haute ecole of Satituur. and right here is where pur military horsemen an being led far all. id In their quest of a charg? er! The type WhICh is being estab- . Itshed in the minds ot the people may' be. a charger type, nit iv< arc con-j strained to inquire, is it the type tori Central Turk, thr grass tiebis of Lou douti and Albetnarle. or for the varied1 country of Mexico and the far West.! with their mountains and arid plains? If Jumping ability is the true test then o'ir present charger type is a good one, With sufficient sty;, for the park., Mi must pave size and weight for the hiintjng held. But it ability to carry, greaf weight over rugged hills and j parched wastes on short rations, is the ; true test. th?n thr type of charger now! seen in our show rings is decidedly a . false type. The size and weight which makes for the one prerludev to recall the sad fate of those glorious Hyde Park chargers In the hills and on the volts of South Africa. There Is a point beyond which ho amount of breeding and perfection of conformation will carry the larger animal, and however courageous he may he it is of no avail when forage and water are lacking. It Is iust as wrong to award a ribbon in a charger .lass to all animal incapa? ble of long sustained effort under known military service conditions, as it is to give a ps'.-r recognition in a ''suitable to become hunter class." or to give a pug dog a prlr.e in a setter or pointer event The horse may be a good hunter or jumper and the pug a good dog of hi* kind, but they ate simply not in the right class. Our Cavalry and Horse Ariil'erv are .it present mounted on large; soft boned; coarse mongrels, In which draft stork preponderates. with a noticeable admixture of the graceful and courageous lunk-head. As Colonel Horden plamlv shows, efen bur present source of supply, undesirable as it is. Will soo.i fail and then vv'.K'n It I? loo late, therj .?ill be -?cvisit .-us and r ? crt ml nations galore?posMbly an in? vestigation. Tn conclusion, lei us thank Colonel Borden for In? hook, lei urge tnese responsible for the efficiency of our mounted servici to ponder tti?? lesso.;? It contains, and lot us inquire i?f them if it is not hivii time to d<*cido upon anil Vigorously pros.rut ? i dthnlto plan for the breeding of army recruits, a plan bused upon dir experience of \ others ami n i eol.vi anew merely to lie oast aside after futile and cost-! ly cxperimc nt. ' The United Str-.les is reputed to bal one of the liehest countries tn the world. Hungary is one of the poorest. I'll, i avalry horse market In the United states ts in a critical condition. Hun-, gary has the finest horse bredlng sys? tem in existence. It has stood Ihci test of two centuries. Would It not! be well to profit by the experience ?t I lung.I ry. Nature has surrounded civilization with forbidding lands and has decreed that man and beast who enter her wastes shall endure physical hardships. Kurther more, she has put limitations! upon the Hash and bone of her crea? tures But in tip great and ceaseless' process of selection certain types havu' been evolved In conformity with herl requirements, and in the Western halt of our continent. In South America. In' the hills pi S> 'in Atnt'i'Vii .>n r..ld Ak.a, . in the .vo.'bl's ib sort places, aber. . civilization in snuggling for mastery, and whe re war will for centuries con? tinue to pr< vail. It has been ordolne'd by an all wise provision that the warrior's faithful comrade shall oe the horse, of h .. lioart and small stature Wh> then] shall we stiivi to reverse nitur. v Curt wi hot see in that great vista of the! past, which the page., of history con? jure up before us. nature's warriors' careering by in -mdless procession?, the Hun, the Tartar. the Arab. the, Sioux, tip- Mahratta. the Cossacki the: Boor, and all the other horsemen cml-, lient In wui ? How can we longer fail 10 acknowledge th< primal fact, hol secret, of their greatness.' .1. C. Wise. Captain and /\djutan?. Field Artillery Virginia Vols. ??The 'tun from Jericho." By Bdwln Carlllf Litsey. The Ncale Publishing Company, of New York., 11 ;.('. j This is Kentucky, whe re the people j drink deeply and gladly of life, fcei strongly, act decisively, and love mad? ly H you have never been to Ken tuck tli. n go, "The Man From Jericho" will take you there, and if you have been; Hie novel will introduce new and' strikUig characters to you that youl will delight to add to your list ot friends?or enemies. That's the charm of the' book.?its so! natural that you would like u shake! hands with big, level-headed John Glcnnlhg and praise him for hi a hcio-1 ism. until you suddenly see UijI his i attitude toward his bravery is so nr.-I Concerned that you feel yoursol," Small for thinking it extraordinary, Then sou would like to tell Julia Dudley I how sw eet and noble and lovable, and I beautiful you think her, and that you j do hop. .-In is going to marry John, for ypu don't believe the ugly stories that ' are being circulated In Jericho about| im And how you would like to, .'trokc the glossy head of Major Dud-j b y s great colt. "The Prince." This Is the story of a forceful man. who tries to .;seape the wiles of a subtly beautiful woman and prove his right to tin siii that he loves. Sir. Litsey develops the complicated situ? ations adroitly, leading the reader on page b) page. while he wonders whether n clcan-natured man. tempted as Glenning was. win extricate him? self or go ihr way that other men have trod, and thus lose tha high spirited girl that he has risked his life more than once to win. The hook has all the dash and dar? ing that one would expect in a story of Kentucky life of the present time. ??My Life In Prison.* 1 R> Donald Lowrle. Published by ! Mitchell Kennerley, of New Tork and i l-opdon. $1 15 net I This hook is said to hf absolutelv trne and vital Within Its pages passes I the myriorama of prison life. And within its pages may he found reyeja | Hons e.f the divine and the undlvine; l of ptrange humility and ftranger ar? rogance; ,nf big and little tragedies; ! ot love, cunning, hate, despair, hope. There is humor too, though sometimes the ie?t is made Ironic by Its sequel. I And there is romance?the romance of the real, the romance of the numbers .N?? ri?Hiti' up th.- arithmetical he|| of San Quentln prison. it is a novel lhal absorb* Interest. It is human utterl) That is the rea? son Not only is the very atmosphere of the prison preserved, fiom the colos? sal Renne 61 encagemcnt and Uofence |0B8ne8S. to the small jealousies, exul? tations and disappointments; and only is there a succession ol characters emerging Into the dearest individual? ity and gentltness,?each with Its dis? tinctive contribution and separate value; i>ut beyond the details ami through all the contrasted variety, there is the spell of complete drama.? the drama of life Here the under? world in continuous moving pictures, with the overwdrloi watching. True the stage Is a prison; but Is not all the world a stage? It Is a book thai should oxerclse a profound Influence on the lives of tho caged, and Oh the Wholi attitude of society toward the problems of povcrt) and criminality. "The Sltnpktna Plot." By O. A. Birmingham. The George II. Doran Company, of New York. fl.-'O net. Mr. Birmingham has duplicated In "The Simpkins Plot" Int. previous suc? cesses with tiic character of th< Bev, Joseph John Meldoh in the "Spanish Gold" and "The Search Party ' This story is the unfolding of a ludicrous mistake made by the comic curate of Bally nicy. The humor is real and ir- ( reprewsible. It it a droll and curious story ot the outdoor lite. And the con? clusions and reasoning of the prin? ciple actor Is fnr different from what the reader would expe.-t. The light-hearted curate mistakes an exc.-ii.-nt young lady, a visitor to il l lymoy, for another who has recently tigurrd sensationally m the criminal courts She tells hlth that sho is journeying Into the wilds of Ireland that she may be free from the surveil? lance of tiresbme officials while she perfects her art. His eager imagina? tion at a'nee .tumps at her meaning He plans to use her tor furthering her own plans, and so the plot begins. A complex series of general mix-ups followh in rapid succcsion, uproarious in their humor aiul rich In their quaint portrayal of rustic Irish i haracter. Not the least Of these |a ;l triumphant? ly wilful entanglement of the heart. ??When Mother lets i s Travel In Itnly." By Charlotte M. Martin. Illustrated from photographs. .Mortal. Y-ttd and Company, of New York $1,00 net. > This is a delightful and instructive! book ot trayi 1 for young people An American family Is taken to the vari? ous places ol interest in Italy. Tin start at Genoa and take up in succes? sion Naples. Pompeii. Sorrento. Capri, Amaifi, It> u<?-. Perugia. Assist, i'l.-i crice, Caryl, Sienna, and finally wind ] up in Venice. The story of tlte tour is told in a most attractive manner Nothing dry or suggestive of a history, it reads Just like a novel, and the reader Is lead over the attractive route In such ah easy and pleasant manner that one unconsciously absorbs much ..bout the country In question, about it> cities, its customs and Its people The book abounds in amusing inci? dents of travel and sensible and timely suggestions as to what is worth see? ing in the various cities and towns which the family visit. It is the b.-st hook of its kind that has been published (or a long time, and the reader will not only enjoy It but receive much valuable information "Her Word of Honor." By Kdltn Mac-Vane Little, Brown md Company, of Boston $i.26 net. This Is a truly delightful story, the sort that makes you laugh with a sympathetic catch in your voire. and the sort of story that makes friends Ol all who read It. Th- heroine is a .-harming Prohch girl who runs aw si? lo America from the home or her Kng llsh aunt, the Duchesa of Portha.vcn. because her beauty is miertereing with the matrimonial prospects of six unat? tractive cousins When she Is seized upon by a rich Am-Tpan woman, whose ohteet is to make capital out of tho I heroine's social connections:, Llll is ipersuadrd to accept Mrs ?'obh's son a.s a husband before she has even s. en him. Then the true-blue American j hero makes his apearame. and the en i suing compilestloria make an unusually charming love-story'. "The r>n> of thr Saxon." Rv Homer Lea. Harper and Broth? ers, of New- York and London $1.80 net I In "The Valor of Ignorance" General New Method GAS RANGES To say that ihr New Method is the REST g1- rang* on Hip mirkii i- ? strong statement to make Nevicrthc less, such is 'Ik fact, and \ve ran sub? stantiate thr- statement. Gome in and see it demonstrated and in less than five minutes lie! 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Our stock is complete with seasonable goods, and you will find an assortment enabling you to select odd piece? to match present furniture or entire suites in many styles and woods and at 'attractive prices. Do nol delay because of lack of room?we will pladly hold any purchase in.nie liow for future delivery when the new home is readv for it. Rugs and Carpets I hi department is replete with floor covering- of cverj description. It ... impossibli to describe in detail the display of Carpets, Rugs. Linoleums, <?'( . an<) t' give ' on an ide i of the vt ry attractive prices. Tapestry llnissels. Velvets, Asmiusters, in beautiful designs; runners for the stairs, in various qualities r.f material; Linoleums for the bathroom and kitchen in appropriate fart, everything that you will need in the way of floor coverings, . ; ? ? tally .it thi- time of thr- year. All Floor Coverings Laid Free of Charge, ri'hor at on.o or held for luturc delivery, and laid whin the home is rcad\. 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Ol-fc.AJ Its ample -i/o and handsome ap? pearance makes it. an adornment to any room, a- well as a very serviceable and comfortable piece of furniture. Store Open' Daily Until 6 P. M. Lingerie Dresses, Linen Suits & Dresses, $9.98 Former Prices $14.75 to $17.50-A Clean Up Sale Practically all size every garment up to in the assortment, and the Mosby standard of style and quality The LINGERIE DRESSES are in white trimmed with lace and embroidery. Extraordinary Bargains in Waists at $1.98 Former Prices $4.50 to $6 Tailored and I.lncerlo Waists at a price one h.ilf to three-fourths under the original figures! Why. we're almost giving them away! Hiir1- .-in?! low iie.-k tv!.s?the Lingeries trimmed with embroidery and lace. AH sizes. The LINEN DRESSES are in blue, laven? der and natural, with lace collars and trimmed with buttons. The LINEN SUITS are in white and natu ral. plain tailored with wide reveres. $3.98 Voi1' n?-p??if>? 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They're boned throughout with duplex stays; have graduated front rlasps. six hose supporters, low ami medium bust, long front. hlp.? and ba k, 98.00 slid f.voo. ItqVAl WOItCESTBH and mumm. COR 5ETS ate for slender and average figures hnd ate made of fine cotttll; medium, low and very low bust: sl\ hose supporters,! I 00, |1M nnd S-'.uo. IIONTON Ml.lt -Til CO It SETH PITTED I'll I iE. I*<m endeavored to arouto Americans ' irom their fancied security from invo-i slop, arid now, in this nf:w hook, Th.-! Daj of th? Saxan." h< .-.wakens as: with a trumpet call the British r.m- j piro to the dajigors which ?ach day! threatens more and more the "thin,! red Saxon line" engirding the earth, j "The ruin of states, like the ruin of families, comes from one cause?ne- I gleet "The Saxon's problems are great, er than those of other nations, he has ' the world against him. and his fron- j tiers are on every sea. A reverse at! any point would imperil the whole em? pire?particularly India its k-ynote?j held less by British arms than British prestige The- author points out tue I principal convergent points Persia, towa-d which Russia, with eyes on ln-i I dia. moves with a glarier-llk? . inevi? table movement. Denmark. Holland anr; tne Netherlands, which Germany, thi ! emhodler spirit of Rlsmark, rov.-ts at outlets to the sea. and the Pacific; where Japan has become a rival Insu lar power. "The Lovers of Snnnn." By Mary Stewart Cutting. JlcBrlde, X-ist and Company, of New York Illustrated by Robert Edwards. $1,000 net "Sanna" was Susanns Corbln, who was a vivid beauty, so richly dowered, i so sufficient to herself that it seemed | almost Impossible to believe a man in? the we.rld could be Indifferent to her e harms Yet there was such a man and his name was TTohnrt Cloud Thi^ man and ! Susanna. or Sanna as her intimates , i tiled her. were Invited tb 0 house party. In the home of mutual friends, i the Thro-.ps fin the way to the house-: party. Sanna met another man, whose' name wa.-, CaHwrlght. They missed the right station, hud a walk in the snow and arrived, good friend.-, before a clrole already gathered around the Throops' dinner t-d'oie. Then the game wjh on. the game that fianna played with the lovers. Just how well she played it. which lover won the game- and why, readers e.f a ramarkably bright and clever book will be mre to find out. ?Vnernnt Verses." By Modeste Hanms Jordan The Cosmopolitan Press, of New York. $1.5f' net A book of verses, which, a.* the writer of them tays. "have been gather? ed between covers, from far and vide,' ?from magazines and newspapers throughout the country, In which they were first published,?a small p.irt of the many ?litten to gratify a passing mood or fancy during the busy days of a busy Journalist. In many of them Is the breadth of out-of-eloor.-. the understanding of one who is at home with nature and loves her: and here, and there Is a not of deeper passiem? a love song attuned to either gladness or sadnesH. ARVONIA I Special to The Times-1 >irr?n tch J Arvonls, Va . August St ?At a convocation of the ReySl Arch Chapter on Thurmiiiv nicht five candidates wer* given the Royal Arch degree?the'highest desree given In this section of th<- fit.atr. They were ns folln?-?- Messrs Scay, Hanson. Raher nn<t PoMce-ll Delightful refreshment* Wer? Piuil nt n inte hour to the members r-rer. enl. Rev Stanley White, who hau hecn tiete for the ran two weeks, left on Monday for I low srdsvllle, Whero he Joins Ii number of frlcnel* In a house parly Riven by Mr. .and Mrs Walker (lllmer He will remain in that neighborhood Until the seminary opens In rtrehmond. when V' Witt re-enter ihere thll fall a* ? member of the middle c.n-f. Alt, *ad Mis. lUUJb CUAndltr ltuoL al Pcnlan, n*?r Arvonl?, sprrr. several days ;n Richmond laut week Mis* [.resit Phillipe, of Newport News. 1? here to Spend -on..- time as rhr Kutst bf Mr. and Mrt John W\ Pit rCI .lohn Thomns. of Norfolk, 1? here vlattthic Iii? srmidir.olhrr. Mrs Martha Jane Kob? ern. M?f Ethel Hughes tu Visum* her aunt, Mrs T. K. Walker. In Bedford City. Mrs Ella Thomas, who has b?>-n vliltlntj bet son. C. '"Iraham Thr.mii, In his he-:,,, hen. has returned to h?r hem.- in Kork t'nlen. Mian Hani,- Foland n> Reott?vllle, Is h'r? visiting Mrs A L Pitta Paul M Jon??, of ss.?r.pardr Buckingham County, ?III loav? within th? r^xt tvrek .-r ten days f;r St. t,oul?. where h? toes to vis? it his brother. Dr. Henry I., .ton'*, who for some, tlntf has n??n desperately Ii In a hospital. Mrs Chart*? XV. K?ol l?fi tot Richmond ti.in werk 10 he with her husband, Mr Charles W. Keel, who ti taking treatment tn a horpltai. Mrs. A. L. Pitta and Min Miriam Pitt? spent several days in Hli.hincnd this week K?v. Plummer P. Jone* Will pr.-.vh in '. hr Pork Union Presbyt? rla n Church on th> first Sabbath In September, short ? i heginnlns ? tertea of ??rv| ? i, which will an for a week nr ten days. Williamsburg [spectaj to T:.e Tlmes-Dlspatch.] \* Uliainsniirg. Va.y Antust jll.?MlBS Julia Armlstead has returned from ?> two weeks visit to Mrs P. T. South all in Amelia County. Miss Grace Beale Is the guest of i. : Stives and friends in Middlesex Cadet Uesslle Hall, United States .savai Academy, Annapolis, is ? ; ? l mg his vacation here with his parents. Mrs Hunter Wynne, of Toano, spent the week hero with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Henley Geddy. Malcolm U..rke>, of Richmond, spent several days here with friends this week. Professor .lohn D Beale. after spend? ing several Jays at Virginia Beach. |s \*.t home. if,- will leave soon for Boanoke to resume his duties in the High School 01 tnat city. Miss Bosa War burton Is at Frederick Hall, where she wont last week to join Miss Cleo Segar's house party. Llttleberry Foster. 01 North Caro? lina, h.16 been spending his Vacation here witii his parents. Dr. ;an,i Mrs. U, S. Foster. J. Fi Davis, of Louisa, visited his brother. Dr. C. H. Davis, -the llrat of this week. Mrs. J. V. Morris and "Buster' Hunt have returned from a stay at lOcean View. Mrs. Vinln Wore and Mrs. L, W. Roberts, who have been guests o; Mlas .Marie Marshall, at Virginia Beach, have returned to Wllllamsburg, Miss Ivatiierine Howard* of South Boston, who has been the guest of Miss Virginia. Peachy, has returned iiome. .Mrs. James H. Stone has. had as her guests this week, Mrs. Hugh W. .lonep. of Richmond, and iMrfc. R P. Oritinh, of ColunibUs, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Pinns, who have been visiting Mr, Blrina's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 'T. Binns, have returned to their home in Norlolk Miss Rosa Bmory is spending her vacation In Charleston. W. Va . as th guest Of Dr. Irene Billiard Mis.s Jjlllian Youiu;, of Hampton, has been spending several days this week with her sister, Mrs Spencei i,.me Thomas H Geddy, Jr., has returned from a week spent at the seaside, re? sorts. ! Miss Cora Smith has returned from tne University ot Virginia, vvnore. nr.e 1 had heen the guest id Mist, Virginia Mason. 1 .Mis. Van P. ?arrott and children are I home Irom Dublin, where they have been spending the bummer. culpeper ISpecloJ to The Tiines-pispnich | Culpeper, \'a., August .'.1 A party j ox young people lefi Culpeper in a [ in?; wagon with Jour, horse son Wed nestln to the >\ hlch ijoorg Newh morning tor a two <l.i>. fJeo -? 1 U\a tlmora Payne ahri Melon Wu-:dell. . ?anvnu. Mesdames Franklin Dunes m>l Turner, MlfiS Franklo Taunt mal tiK the highest ieor.' won the cli irTae, a Sllvei picture frame, ti rueai - prize, a silver pew ,e( p.-nc vas won by Miss Crlmora Payne. Misses Marion Sampson and Sail Urother entertained onlie a numb. Tnt playing v Jim Rob* Rtxey, Ei ing. Fran Severn N'< Misse k stiofig, i L?i v Ri \V. Fullta Gertrude An Manne Wal Thorn i and Mrs T E Grimsley. Miss Marlon Sampson entertained at a brldgi part) oh Saturday afternoon. Those playing wer. Misses Jennie Latharh U?rth?rri. Kate Cooper, s.illie, Stroth,.!, Florence v.i?.-. N.ta cSrlmsley, Mesdames .Tim Roberts, Fred Hudgins, and Cadcll Smith Mrs 1, V. Nelson. .lr.. was the, hostess of a lciightf.il five 'i indred party on Friday night |n compliment te. the guest of her piece, Miss (Atolle Seal Th. guests r>i honor were Misses Elizabeth Jones, Elizabeth Kelly, Annie Meveridge, Grace; S'eal and Emily; Koogerson, all di Richmond. At the. conclusion ol the games a delightful salad supper was served to the guest;, after which the prizes were presented. Mist Elizabeth Strother won the wo? man's prize for the highest score. Which was n deck of cards A beau? tiful tie, the men's prize, was won by McChesnej Jeffries The consolation prizes we i. won by MIm Uuclle Neal and George Wiltshire Mrs. II, T. Cheli entertained H.o Wednesday Evening Bridge -Club la:-e w-eeit. Those playing were Mesdames Severn Nottingham. Clyde Le$WlS, Fred Hudgins, .-'am Booker, Karle Whet. ? norn, Jim Roberts and Blake; .Misses Byrd Uwi Kati Cooper. Jennie Latham,, Augusta Bennett ?ml Wort ham Mrs. Jim Robert!, won the guest's prize. a, deck of cards Mrs Sam Hooker cap? tured the club prize, an ink stand Leswls Chelf, of Klehmon-1. was tn<v p-iiest on Sunday of Charlie Cneif. Mrs G A Sprinkle entertained a number of little folks on Monday even? ing in honor of her little grandchildren, Misses Mary Myrtle and F#|ma nnri Master Hume Cox. of Richmond After several hours of games the guests wer? invited into the dining-room where der Melons refreshments were served. Can Cancer Be Cured? IT CAN The record of lite Kcllam Hospital IS without parallel In history, ii.?v>ng cuieri to stay cured permanently, with? out the use e.f the knife or X-rnj, nvt.s | P(? per cent, of the many hunelrids o? I sufferers rroni cancer which It haa treated duilni; the past fifteen ymta Wo have be. n i ndorsed by the .-lenato and Legislature of Virginia. Wo guar* ?ntce our cures. . Physicians inn ted free. KELLAM HOSPITAL 1817 Will Main street, lit (11 MOM) - e ? - VI/tC.friAA^