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prominent man and wotwn i
of the country are tnJ
the rMnmion of the
Manufacturers' Association. The
•lie* of these visitors brtng* in
i train a number of charming enter
£,
Oh Monday evening n reception will
f ho tendered the association by the
Richmond Chamber of Comroare#
The Marine band of Washington and '
the Ladies' Boetonla Orchestra all!
furnish Instrumental music at the ex-j
r- Attrition but id ins on Tuesday even In*.1
When wwtety will be prcoertt in full;
force. Miss Gertrude Holt, of boston,
and Mias Francesca Kaspar. of Wash
lngton seloiata, will also sin* at the:
reception Tueaday eveninc. on Weo
aeaday evening a brilliant banquet, at
tended both by the men and women,
will prove * charming function. An
all day excursion down the James on
Thursday will conclude these enjoy-*
•Me affairs
At the Woman's Club.
Teraonal Experiences in Liberia" •
will be the subject of an addresa hy j
Colonel Lockaweaky at the Woman's ;
Club Monday afternoon «4 & «.• clock, I
Colonel Lockawesky's knowledge of :
Liberia cornea from the fountain I
•ouree. for he has had unexcelled op-;
poll unities for observing the country
ttid Its people
Hostesses for the afternoon win be
Mrs. T. C'ary Johnson and .Mrs. George
Bryan. Miss tdaale Archer and Miss
Fanny Mtmford will pour tea. and |
coffee wil I be served hy Mrs. Alexander
Sends and Miss Norton, of Alexandria.!
Interest in Races.
Society la agog ov«r the horse show
and races at the Fair Grounds this
afternoon. The fact that several of
l.filchmond'a society- girla- «Ul (»fie,l
pate in the event makes it doubly at
w\ tractive. Among those who will en
» tertaln their friends in boxes are Mr.
' Balmer Leigh. Mr. John R. McComb.
K Mr. L. M. Vaughan, Mr. K. !!. 8\ d- ,
n«r. Mr. John H. William*. Mr. Thomas
"" ltittherf<Mvrd. Mr James W. Graves.!
Mr. John H. Lyons. Mr. Ashton Htarke. I
Mr. M. Block, Mr. George «*. Hteven*.
Captain John Lsndgtreut, Mr. J. t;
Corley and Mr. Henry W. Anderson.
Miss Knox Honored.
Miss I*»u Madison Knox, of Rich
; aiond. oas the guest of honor at uni
. attractive card party given hy Mrs I
L- Van Fatten anil Mrs. Bailie Smith
In Portsmouth on Thursday. Hand-1
v some lilies and peonies were used in
the decorations, and bridge was plnv
ed.
Engagement Announced.
*’• The engagement has been an- *
r nounced of Miss Grace Sanford, of ]
Bridgeport. Conn.. to Mr. Harry !
Holmes Glldner, of Philadelphia, son I
of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Olldncr, of i
**? Newport Newt.
For Miss William*
* Mis* Alice Vandiver, of Atlanta,
enter (ajped delightfully at bridge
Thursday afternoon in honor of Ml*
Emma Williams, of Virginia, the
guest of Mter Nina Gentry.
The apartment rat artistically rice- !
orated with pink carnations and sweet
k peas and th<> prixea were nand-em
M broidered handkerchiefs
Mies Vandiver received her guests
a earing a lingerie gov n of midnight !
blue routi trimmed in lace, .Miss wil
liams wore jt beautiful gown of pink j
rajah alik. with large black picture '
"hat. end Mies Gentry a pretty gown
of bla> k marquisette over yellow aatA '
m. with which the wore a 1 In li.'imi
trlmnicrj tn yellow pom maws.
T*hguge»l.
MWfT^TTnfTert is lets here in the
engagement of Dr. J Wilbur Chap
man to ALoj Mabel Cornelia Moul
ton, di ught«r of Mrs. ituth Weed on
Moulton, of Providence. It. L, the
wedding to take place in August. Dr.
Chapmen msde meny friend* In Rtch
mond during the series of revival
* service* which he held in the City
Auditorium In January, 18hk. Miss
Moulton belongs to one of the oldest
families in Providence, and since her
graduation from Itrown Cnlverstly
ha* devoted much of her labor and
resources to philanthropic work. She
■ i» a woman of charming manners and
personality.
Vesper Service*.
Mr. Edward Farrell, of the Cnlon
Theological Seminary. will rpeak at
the vesper serlvees at the Young
Woman's Christian Association, 7m*
Hast Franklin *tre«t. on Sunday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Honing's Recitals.
>: As usual, the pupils of Mr. Foiling
*», - and those of Mr*. Bolling have given
y .i recitals along through the winter and
re spring. Home ,,f the selection* were:
i i
*§'
Sonata Fathetkjue.fBirthoven)
Rustle of Spring .(Hinding)
Miss f’arlVn Nachman.
Valse, fip. to, No. .1.i Che pin}
Min* Kathleen Marion WinMon.
Mazurka in B fiat.ffhopinV
Lyric, * I -. . . t Grieg t
Master Kam Bluswanger.
Shadow lenrf.f.M.i. Dov eft)
Miss Erir.a Hlnchman.
Barcarolle .(Spindleri
Mlas Evelyn, Christian Richards <>n.
Last Hope ... ... (Gottichalk)
Mi»s ltolierta Mitchell.
Melody and m ale from "Vous dirais
J<* maman.” Op. 22. ... < Dr. Mason)
--Mis*
*4
If I Were a Bird .tHenseet)
11 Tremolo .tGottachalk)
Winston Boiling.
,*» .La Poloma .(ft. R. Mills)
■j? Contemplation .(Mendelssohn)
Mb* Ethel Toons.
, J*oet'« Harp .(Mendelssohn i
Baa de* Amphore* . . . . (Chaminade)
Miss M. Cleudon.
"To a Maiden" Is the title of a
composition by SJf, Bolting, which
.S. tfcaa recently been brought out by one
4 of the large publishing houses. It
*.• was composed especially for and ded
ifr-r lea ted to Miss Kathleen Marion Wln
. gton, of Grove avenue.
; jj-i Musical Entertainment,
wy; Ga Monday evening. May IS, at
*trie o'clock, there will be a musical
!V*x, entertainment given in the lecture
f room of st. Mark's coureh, at the
|. eemer of Clay and First streets.
Ik? Among other pleasing features of the
/* '5 evening a most excellent musical pro
gram ha* Iwn arranged. Miss Kula
* .Hailey will read several rejection*,
tuid a delightful evening is promised
yi'^eyatl who attend.
Personal*.
Mias Norton, of Alexandria is the
gueat of Mrs. Alexander Hands.
,’«IK Mtaa Mary .Pooka, of Baltimore, is
r. tha guest of friends here. Khe will
later go to Norfolk and Ocean view
Mr*. Thomas G. Boggs and Mi^a
You Will
43ie Let biti fjh yottf Carpen
irk,
mates cheerfully furnished
C. W. FLEET,
Tour Kltchon to Not Comport
l'nt«M You ore l-oinft »
“Green Castle”
Kitchen Cabinet
a .
Ttita ti onty ob* of th? nanyde* j
sign* we now hare on our floor.
Rothert & Co., f
Fourth and Broad St*.
. "|
Evelyn Hoggs, of Baltimore, are:
spending the week end with friends!
in this city ami at Old Point Com*:
fort.
* • * _
Mis* Gladys Neale is the guest of
relatives at Walkerton, Vs.
... ,
Mias llii’kok and Mr. Godwin Boy*;
kin are spending the week end In j
Norfolk n« the guests of Mr. and Mr*.
Hugh Nelson Page in York street.
...
Mieses Emil:, and (Heave Gary spent
several days this week In Emporia aej
the guest* of Mr. A. F. Slate.
...
Misses Ida Gray and Nannie Maury1
Quinn, of Fredericksburg, are spend-!
!ng the veek end with friend* in thlaj
city.
...
Mi s J.esiie Foster has returned to
her home in l>eesburg alter a visit*
to friends here
Miss Bettie Clarke is tile guest of j
General John E. Holler in Harrison-j
burg.
Mrs. Virginia Maddox, of Chase City. ;
is visiting friends here.
Mrs. 1>. I'. Yl'hooler. of Fredericks-!
burg. Va.. 1* the guest of Mr*. J.
Taylor Kllyson.
. . .
Miss Eva Talcott hss returned to j
Richmond after staying for aonie time'
in Ie>e»burg as tlie guest of Mrs Tru-i
man Pnrker.
VIRGINIA 1
WEDDINGS
; .. ■ --1
Tlxii-nton—Mi'Hm-rjr. <
ALEX A N DR I A. VA.. May H.— Mias
Berenice it. M. .Harry, r>f Kan Antonio,
'Tex., wan married to Mr. Edward H.
Thornton. of Mouth America, nt
Christ church Thursday. The groom
wan attended hy Mr. 11. O. Thornton,
of Washington, and Mr. Arnos W. Clift,
of tin* city. Rev. W. J. Morton, the
ret tor. performed the ceremony.
ta'lllierlaiul—IlHcro.
ALEXANDRIA, VA., May 14.—Mr.
end Mrs. William J. Rogers, of Osso,
announce the rnsaifi'mpnt of their
daughter. Mias larulsa Monroe Rogers,
to Mr. lane rent e <Lcatherland. of
thb city. The ceremony will take place
at the Potomac llaptlrt church, In
King George county, June S.
LTNCIIBl-RO, VA„ May 14.—Mia*
Halil* 11, Graven was married to Mr.
Edgar H, Fan her at the home of the
bride. Dr. J. A. Thomas, pastor of
Centenary Methodist church, perform
ed the ceremony.
OBITUARY
Michael O'(irud).
' The funeral ot Mr. Mb had O'Grady,
who died In the home of hie brother.
iMr. James B, O’Orady, in Fulton Fri
day. will take place from Wf. Patrick’*
church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The hurtal will la- in Mount Calvary
cemetery. Mr. O’Orady is survived
jby two brothers.
(.eorge W. Oswalt).
Mr. George W. Oswald died in Johns
Hopkins hospital in Baltimore Wcd
| mat day. The hody^ha«^^M»ei^ Vmtnittbt
'!taking place Saturday morning at *0
■o'clock from the home of Mr. Walter
{Oswald, of S03 Soluh Pine str«>et, Mr
, Oswald is survived by four brothers
and three sinters.
Daniel Miller.
HAKRIKONBFRU. VA.. May 14.—
Daniel Miller. 7 4 years old. is dead
near Weyers Cave of rancer. He leaves
his widow, who was Miss Hettle fUon
•or; a son. H. F. Millar, of Denver, and
three daughters—Mrs. John Sroghan,
Fairview. lit; Mrs. Joel Wright and
i Miss Maggie Miller, at home. He was
a farmer and eider in the Church of
the Brethren.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis.
HAUUIHONBUIUI. VA.. May 14.—
Mrt. Elisabeth Davis, 5« years old.
widow of J. Walter Davis, died at
Sprtng Creek. Rockingham county.
Her flrs*. husband, W. C. Graham, died
• many years ago. leaving three chil
dren—C. K. and Roger Graham, of
Florida, and Mrs. J. W. Bolen, of
1 Hprlng Creek. She was a sister of
W. Byron Hlakemore. » prominent
stock dealer of Harrisonburg
Hra Mary Jt. Jenkins.
W1NCHB8TKR. VA., May 14. -Al
though only 35 years old, Mrs. Mary
Malinda Jenkins, wife of George W.
Jenkins, who died Friday after a lin
gering Illness of tuberculosis, waa a
giandmothcr Hh* tvas a daughter of
Charles. Weaver itnd leaves her hus
band. patents, seven thilditfi. three
brother* and lour *UUi.'
Mrs. C. F. Nc.l.
_ MXAVXtQS. VA.. May 14.—Mr*. C.
i F. Neel. 63 years old. {lied last night
from appendicitis after an operation.
She leaves a husband, son and two
daughters
Mm. led C. Ixxig.
HARRIKONIUTKO, VA., May 14.—
Mrs. l,ong. wife of Levi C. ta>flg, a
prominent school teacher of Clover
Hill and last fall a candidate for 1-cg
. I'Jature on Ihe Republican ticket, died
, Friday of cancer of the stomach, Hhe
Is rut rived by two sons, oas brother
and two siatsra
CRIES OF THE NEEDY RING
LOUD IN OUR EARS
NViMk at TfceSletc, Suffering snd Poor u Grest as Evef Before, Bet
Funds Must Come to Proride Them.
1* rrnfiXW
•me Ymortamrt Owitli* of j
RIciMWMd Ml* •MM) for the
alleviation of the mfettai and
want of the worthy afcfc and poor
of the citr during the mumper
Hon much will too give for
the care of the weak ooumuup
tlve, deserted wife, stricken bread
winner and struggling widowed
mother?
Each day's oun of brillianoe and
warmth bring* with it sorrow, sick
ness, hunger and want for "the other
half," and unusual in<le«d la the day
on which soma heart-gripping case isj
not btought forcibly to the attention;
of the Associated Charities.
Entreated on all aides for aid for
families brought faot to face with
Want for the necessities of Ufa be- >
cause they have fait the grip of the!
tawney hand of, death, the disabling;
blow of sickness or the pang of de
sertion, the Associated Charities must1
turn a deaf ear to these supplications;
for bread, shelter and surcease from i
pain. If the people of Richmond do;
not rally to Its support.
With all nature gay, birds singing!
their blithesome lays, more fortunate
men, women and children fresh, bub-'
bling and buoyant at the sound of the
gladsome summer Bong of life, the *uf- j
feeing and want of the Indigent and
unfortunate Is but accentuated and at
tenuated. The contrast Is enough to
embitter them against the inscrutable
make both ends meet and keep body
and soul Intact nettling against In
surmountable odds, held down by the
clutch and pang of pain In their own
bodies or those of their loved ones,
they must needs solicit Sid .and their
t yes instinctively turn toward Dr.,
James iliichansn, general secretary ofj
the Associated Charities, who to them
personifies a protecting angel. In the I
cold, bleak winter months, when ths |
mercury hovers around ths freezing
point and the ground is mantled with
snow, ihelr confidence i* well placed
and their suffering assuaged to the
full capacity of the organisation. With
the coming of the brighter, sunny
months the number of cases on the
roils of the Associated Charities Is but
little diminished, and Or. Buchanan
is hard pressed to determine ths most
urgent canes, but a few of which he
can attend to because of the scarcity
of money.
In the winter children cry for bread
CHURCH HILL NEWS
(Xew* iabendml for tliia column may be left >■ penoa u the
Church H‘.*i Bank. or 'phoned ta Madlaon 7**S.)
Bellevue Mother*’ Club held |
their last meeting prior to adjourn-i
raent for the cummer Thursday af-!
ternoon at 4 o’clock. There were
sixty in attendance, and the meet in*
was one r,f the most enthusiastic ana
enjoyable ever held in tne city. The
program Included a tine address by
Mr. A. Jl. Hill, assistant superinten
dent. vocal and instrumental music on
I both violin and ptano by several of the
i children. Inspection of an attractive:
exhibit of the work of the pupils, and i
a rectal half hour in which refresh
ment* were served. Mr. Hill selected
as his subject, "Opportunities," and in!
a very forcible manner pointed out
the many opportunities which the
future held, 'and with an enthu.iiasm
which "as an inspiration to his
hearers. lie painted in eloquent words
the possibilities of the Mothers' Club, j
If they but met the opportunities as:
they presented themselves. The ex-1
hlhlt or work done by tne pupils con
sisted of ftillv lnb pieces, and in
. lulled clay modelling, drawing from
life, water colors, product maps, fancy
work, sewing, stenciling, -kindergarten
work, class work, and the output of
the boys' manuel training depart-:
ment. Thla exhibit was splendid, and j
reflected much credit on teachers and ,
pupils. The Bellevue Mothers' Club
is one of the most flourishing In the .
cltv. At the Federation of the Clubs,
which met at the old high school
' building last Monday, the report of
| hIt the clubs allowed Nicholson Club
; leading, with Bellevue a close second.
1 Hut Bellevue is second to none in en- .
thusfnsni and with It* progressive and
wide awake president. Mrs. Bradbury.
It is doing a fine work. Too much
praise cannot be accorded the work
of Mrs, Emma Turner Taylor, who
has been secretary for a number of
years Her etSclency, punctuality and
splendid work has been a potent fac
tor in the club's wonderful growth and
usefulness.
Invitations have been received on
the hill to the commencement oxer- ,
ciavs of the Powhatan Institute. Be
> Iona. Ve.. May 13 to 16. Mrs. Estelle
I ltudd Porter, so well known in Rich
mond. ie principal.
The service* at Ht. Jftmc-a Methodist
- Kpisoopa I- church Sunday, will be of
special interest. The subject of the
morning discourse by the pastor. Rev.
i George Green, will Vie "God's Require
i merit#/' and in the avanlnff, Th«'
Touch of Faith." 1
i The German Ladies* Aid Society will :
'celebrate Its fifteenth anniversary |
Monday. May 1*. from ,1 to 7 P. M. at |
the beautiful home of Its chairman, :
Mrs. B. Kassel. 1904 PleaRant street.;
It. V. V. ltesenegk, who Is an honor
ary member, will make the address.
■t ry Hiiuuuci. nrn ut»«V vizr.
□r. Ho#* i* ftl*o fxp#et#d to be prrt- ,
:-nt This club numbers about 250 and
■m g blessing to the German poor,
imong whom they labor.
K quiet but pretty wedding too*
place at the Bt. James parsonage,
2717 East Marshall. Wednesday. May
LI at 7:30 P. M. The contracting
parties were Miss Ira Shapland and
Mr. William U. Creswell. both of
Highland Springs. Rev. George * •
rsnwjift was th* ofllolttlni mlniiiti'1%
Mr and Mrs. i•reswell will make their
home tn Highland Springs.
The Mlspah Circle will meet this
afternoon at the horn* of Mrs. Edwin
Phuup. 3S12 Esst Broad street.
The one hundred and twenty-fifth
anniversary of the organisation of the
Protestant Episcopal church In tn
ilocese of Virginia. Southern ' Jr
rtnla. and West Virginia, will be <*!•
'rated In St. John s church Wednre
lay. May l* Hev. *Mwtn Xe Gocd
«ln. hlstriographer
* ill deliver an address g /5*
innnel and Work of the First Conven
Ion " based on recent reesarches tnadi
n the original r.cflfds of the
Rev. R. A. Cloodwln, the pre*eh‘ r*‘
< r, will apeak on ''MlU# SeIdsn. the
pat Colonial Hector of
viemorial tablets toRev. Mr. Selden
and Rev. Mr. Buchanan will ke un
"Many Church HHI Ffk
he annual pllgtHnsfs to /*®**°**
lo-day with ». R
m et intereated srtll be Mrs. B- «*►
Mil, of 1*04 Pleasant street, who
:hough *venty years old. goes every
•ear and takes the keanwt enjoyment
n the trip. . . .
Mrs. Clyde Saunders, whose daugh
er. Corinne. Is » studsnt at the Pf
sill leave this afternoon tot Relona,
and warmth, for clothing to protect
tfitimnnM ohm wintry ntwo from
the north and for * place to lay their
wearied and unnurtured forma. The
aick must hare medicine that their
soul* may not take flight tof want
of It. Wood and coal mun he far*
ntehed, elee their marrow freece In
their vetna. Oaunt poverty stalks
about their humble quarters. Pride
runneth before * fall and theae oaeea
are kept from the public aa len* a*
possible, bat with the greedy hand of
death about their throats and suffer*
ink cry out to the Associated Chari
ties and their pteis are answered, for
the Richmond peeple ere humane and
charitable and «e that aid la necs*
•ary.
In the summer the fever-racked
head of the poor typhoid victim mun
be cooled and the temperature kept
low. The consumptive's oought be
come* more harking and the oppres
sive-wsrmth make* him or her ait the
more Uncomfortable, milk and eggs
neede he or she, only for a little while,
for life’s gamut will soon be run for
them. Abandoned mother* with aev
rral children crying for cool water to
quench their parching thirst, and with
the thought of another visit from the
stork goading th«n, are driven well
night to distraction. Strong men Will
ing to work, but unable to find It be
cause of the lull in the commercial
world during th? vacation season—
meant ngleea to him—look upon their
families In want and suffering, but
unable to do the slightest thing to as
toward the Associated Charities, but
theirs will be a forlorn hope unless
(he purse string* of Richmonders, to
whom the fates have been more gen
erous and fortune more kindly, are
loosened, and Vr. Buchanan furnished
with funds with which to do the haul
tlferous charities that are asked of
him.
In the heart of each and every man.
woman and child who visits the office
of the Associated Charities at four
teenth and franklin streets there Is
a pathetic, affecting and eaddening hu
man interest story which would move
a man with a heart of stone. Coming
In dally contact with this aide of Ilfs
and hearing the life stories of the un
favored and unhappy. Dr. Buchanan
Is the best qualified person to know
their lot and needs.
Dr. Buchanan ears the Associated
Charities needs 12,000. How muoh of
It will you give ’ "Cast thy bread
upon the Waters '’
i
to be present at the floats of the In
stitute
Suffolk
SUFFOLK. VA.« May J«.—Com
plimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Irvins
Whaley, of Bristol. Va.. Mr. and Mrs.
Horace H. Phillips entertained at an
elaborate 'at home.” An orchestra
placed during the calling hours from
8:*0 till II P. M.
Those Who assisted in receiving
were Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and
Mr*. Whaley. Mr. Truitt, of Nor
folk: Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Pinner. Judge
and Mrs. J. L. McLemore. Mrs. Her
bert West, Mrs. F. cl. Whaley. Miss
Marc Whaley and Mr. William Wha
ley. of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Withers and Miss Mae Hatley.
Punch was served hy Mrs.' W. If.
Jones, Jr., Misses Louise Britt and
Louise Twitty.
In the dining room Miss Elisa
beth Booker v,-as assisted In serving
by Miss*" There** Nuruev, Bessie
Holland. Pallia and Evelyn Twitty,
El, M. Jones and Mary Robinson, of
Whaleyville.
The decoration* were blooming
laurel, pl.uk azalea* and pink roses,
niarsed against a background of ferns
inrt palms.
Mrs. B. Ferguson and Miss
Alii* McGuire entertained at an elab
orate at horn*, the hours being from
4 to 8:30.
The denotations were in pink and
white, hundreds of roses being used.
Mrs. Ferjuson and Miss McGuire had
with them In their receiving party
Mrs. Koser. of .Shippenberg. Pa.: Mrs.
1 C. Smith, Mrs. Fred Hubbard, of
Washington. O. C., and Mrs. M. W.
Joyner. Mrs. H. R. Dunn, Mias Grace
I Etey and Mrs. H. E. Elam served
■ punch. Mrs G. L. Bell. Miss Katie
i Lewis and Mies Julia Phillips preald
I od In the dinning room.
Mr*. L. n. Tanner entertained at
curd*, til* prizes, a set of hammered
. brass Unger bowl*, a cut glaas dish
and a bronze statue, being won by
; Mrs. Arthur Wosd/ord. Mrs. J. C.
j Halts day and Miss Mary Wright.
Mrs. L p. Hilt was hoste*s to a
j number of friends at a charming re
I caption at the Nanaemond hotel
i Thursday afternoon.
Stoddert
I BTODDKRT. VA., May 14.—The Stod
;«lert school closed on the eleventh with
; a very entertaining and attractive, pro
i cram
i The children of lira. Ellen Guenaut
are with her »let«r, Mre. Louie Crawley.
! Mre Guenaut i« at the hospital.
Mr. John L. Sweep* made a flying vt»
lt to hla. mother in,Buckingham.
Mr Bruce la visiting hla daughter
I Mre. Walter Claiborne.
I Mies Annie Garn4»t has re*-,,—,
j home after quit a a long Plait to her
i deter In Matthew*
The Kundgv-school which la held at
, the Stoddert school houae la a large an
; Interesting one.
The tobacco crop In thla aectlon will
! he late an the plants are email, due to
the drought of March,
j There u a fair promise of a good
crop of fruit thla ya*r«
(Special n. The Richmond Virginian.)
FRA.VKMX. VA,. May 14—Ml*.
Ixllft Gary, who haa Men vtaltlng in
Norfolk and Williamsburg, hag return
ed home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J, Camp arc apend
»na the week in Maw Tprk.
Mlaa Edna Wllborn. of Tannaaaee.
la vtaltlng her friaad. Mlaa Buala Story,
on First avenue.
Hies May t'amp haa returned from
Lynchburg, chore aha attandad the
marriage of her friaad. Mlaa Margaret
Myar i. - - Tf —
Mr* R. Bryant and chtldraa, «f
Pcrtamcuth. ere yJMfttac ¥**. #• A*
Jackaon, dh Nigh. -
Tha Franklin
is Filled by the
Bell Telephone
The requirement of the modern office and home is for comprehensive
telephone service. This is supplied only by the Bell System.
Your Bell Telephone keeps you in constant touch with everybody
locally and by means of the extensive long distance lines yon can
talk to any point reached by the Bell System. • If yon ere not a
subscriber you are depriving yourself of one of the most valuable
assets of the age.
Efficient Service
Reasonable Rates
Southern Bell Tel* & Tel.
Company ol Virginia
closa Friday, May 20, after the most
aucceaeful year tn It* history.
Quite a number of people went
ahopptng In Norfolk Saturday from
this place, among whom wore Mr.
and Mr*. W, O. Briatow, Mtaa Wlllte
Camp, Miaa Camilla Lsarj’. Mr*. W.
H. Stroud and Misses Willingham and
Leftwlch, of the Seminary faculty.
On Tuesday evening, Mr*. C. C.
Vaughan. Jr., entertained the Metho
dist Young People's Circle la honor
of the tlret anniversary of Us organi
sation, at her home on High etreet.
Memorial Day exerolaea were held
thlt afternoon at Poplar Spring ceme
tery. Dr. tt. K. Johnaon waa tha
speaker for the occasion and hia sub
ject was "What Is Death*”
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
KINO GEORGE, VA-. May 14.—Mr.
and Mrs. Raleigh C. Taylor, of Ansted.
W. Va.. and little son, Raleigh, are
visiting Mrs.' Taylor’e mother, Mrs. j
William Taylor, at "Powhatan,’' on the :
Rappahannock.
Miss Helen Caruihers, daughter of |
Dr. V. O. Caruthers, is visiting her
cousins, the Misses Nlndt, In Fred
ericksburg, en route to Richmond,
where she will be a guest of friends.
Mr. J. T. Payne, of Farnhatn, Rich
mond county, Is on a busineea trip in
King George.
The fishermen along the Potomao
land Rappahannock rivers are about
closing up their spring fisheries after
the most successful season in many
years.
Miss Josie I. Brown left to-day for
Washington, where *he will be a guest
of Miss Gladys lloleolm and other
friends fo rsome weeks.
Miss Louise Winds, of Fredericks
burg. who has liten spending some
time with relatives here, has returned
hotne.
Misses Mary and Nannie Garnett,
of Washington, are guests of their
cousin, Mrs. Harry Wills, at her beau
tiful home on the Potomac.
“The Washington" of the Washing
ton and Norfolk Steamboat Company
has been sold to the Joy Une of New
York. "The Waahington” has run on
this line Tor several years. “The
Southland" will take her place.
Mrs. Elba Byrd Wallace, of Fred
ericksburg. and her daughter^ Mrs.
Robert Knox and Mias Ellen Wallace
have been guests for a week of Mrs.
■Wallace’s father. Mr. Henry Byrd
Lewis, at "Clere.*’ „
Tha cement foundation of Si. Mary s
Protestant Episcopal church at Colon
ial Beach, has been completed and
work on the structure begun. The
cornerstone will be laid Mas; II with
Masonic ceremonies. It Is planned to
have the church ready for dedication
In July or August.
Mrs. Rosalie K. Stuart has retevnsd
from a visit to friends in Washing
ton.
“iraorr
ThsWtBoyy19 Bri^^of UG BnpttSt
its month to parode with thslr com
iny to Hollywood Memorial ejwrcteea
Mrs. 8. R. Gary requests all of the
embers of the choir to be st the
lurch. Saturday night •*,*/ returned
Mr & wentM
dile£l? to the Odd Fellows Conven
Srs. R H. Hart, who has been very
for several months is “greatly Im
ar2d, tad la able to be out again.
SS. ,TOit«%ou0.V$?t
tlloTluU Hughes is very sick at hsr
5£ R^bim'who ha* been very
It at his home here Is some what
BmM l-ewl. smlth Who *£ •££
id on at the Retreat last wseit. wm
le to be brought home on Thursday,
a vsmsiss -»•
MlJnMwvVwd Annls Southard of
“tVvIlK are visiting ‘b** t20U,,n,‘
.■•Misses Allen, of this vleinity.
I Highland Springs
Mr. C. F. Hollis has gona on a
oonth’a vacation to visit his sister,
tiles Thelma Hollis. In Rochester,
nd., and to take In points of interest
n OMo. West Virginia, Kentucky and
Indiana.
Mrs. Fry. of KUamla avenue, who
ins been sick for quite a while, is now
nuch Improved.
Mr. Moore is very ill st his home
m KUanla avenue. -
Mr C. I Hollis Is suffering very
noeh from a severe case of neuralgia.
Mias Maggie Garrett is very stek
rtth the meaalee at die home of her
later, Mrsm^UcharxUoa.
The mandolin club met Thursday
tight at»« practiced new pieces for
be coming entertainment given by
he Daughters of liberty.
Tha subject of the eervice in the
nltartan church Sunday at it A. M.
rlU be "Odr PaUh A* Seen at Weft
—-- —
l*v» H
held. The subject of addreM till he
"Catherine Maria Sedgwick and Her
Work."
Mr. D. R. Wilson, of Richmond,
was heartily welcomed by a company
of people at Highland Springs on last
8unday, who had oome together lb
the Unitarian church to hear an ad
dress froth him Oh that occasion. The
meeting Was a very profitable and in
teresting one.
Fulton News
News items may be left at Nel
sen’s Furniture Store, or phoned
to Madison 474*.
A pretty, quiet wedding took place
Thursday night at No. 800 Nicholson
street, when Miss Ruth Wsddili and
Mr. Robert Merrldew were united In
marriage by the Rer. H. F. Jones, of
the Fulton Baptist church.
The parsonage society of Denny!
Street church will meet Monday night;
with Mrs. E. M. Bell on Seventh street'
Mrs. Stout, of "Belmont" Fulton!
Hill, has been removed to the Shelter-;
ing Arms Hospltsl for operation.
Mr. Michael O'Grady died at the ■
residence of his brother, Mr. James E.:
O'Grady, on Denny street, Friday ef-1
ternoon.
Mis* Corat Butler and Miss Msyms
Woods have gone to spend a few days
i with their cousin. Miss Mayme Butler,
I of Varina.
1 Mr. Ernest Chslkley, of West Point
ha* returned home, after a visit to his
sister. Mrs. George Butler, of Seventh
street.
Mrs. r.ucy Webster met with an ac
cident Thursday at noon while lean
ing over the bannisters in her home
she became dissy and fell down the
stairs. Fortunately she was not se
riously Injured.
(Speeiai to The Richmond Virginian.)
WINCHESTER. VA.. May 14.—Dr.
and Mrs. J. A. Richard left Thurs
day for Richmond, where they wUl
spend iirnie time with friend*. Dr.
i Richard will attend the 'commence*
j inent exercise* of the University Col
lege of Medicine, of which he is a
graduate.
Mm. Harmon Brown Boll, of Bal
' timore, who has been upending some
1 timo with relatives in Winchester, re
turned home of Thumday.
Mm. Louis M. Xniton and her little
daughters have gone to Annapolis,
Md.. to Join Lieutenant Commander
Xulton. who -will be connected with
the Naval Academy immediately after
] the completion of the cruise of ths
{Atlantic squadron.
I Mm. Edward Giles, of Washington,
D. c.. is visiting relatives snd friends
in Winchester.
Rev. R. Ashiln White, of Gerrards
town, W. Va.. visited his brother. Mr.
W. 8. White, at his home on .Fair
mount avenue, this week.
Mrs. Harry K. Russell is visiting
friends in Baltimore this week.
Sirs. Joseph W. Hunter, of Philadel
phia. Is visiting the Misses Nuiton,
Miss Catherine ' Russell, of Fair
mont, W. Va., Is visiting Miss Mary
Hack. .
Mr and Mrs. J. Luther Maphls are
spending several days In New Fork.
Rev. William D. Bmith. rector of
Christ church, has returned from
Chicago, where he was In attendanca
at the congress in Interest of the
Laymen’s Missionary Movement.
Mrs. Henry H. Little, of Norfolk,
who has been visiting her mother.
Mrs. Dr. D. B. Conrad, returned home
this week.
Mr. Luclen Carr. Sr.. who htm been
spending the winter In Cambridge.
Maas., has returned to Winchester for
the summer.
Miss Kellie Dtffenderfer Is visiting
relatives end friends in Baltimore.
Among ths speakers who will ad
dress the big meeting hers on Sunday
night at Market-Street Methodist Epis
copal church In the interest of the
Layman’s Missionary Movement will
be Dr. Thomas Nelson Page, the well
known author and scholar; Mr. Wil
liam Knowles Cooper, general secre
tary of the T. M. C. A.; Mr. Law
rence Lee. of Washington, and Rev.
Dr. Rudolph Tsusler, medical mis
sionary of ths Episcopal church,
Tokyo. Japan. „ .
State Senator Hobart M. Ward,
who has been 111 with
for some weak# past. Is now con
valescent.
ms mi sail
ra mi m hi
French West African Governor
Wins Actress Bride After""
Strenuous Wooing.
PARIS, May 14^-M. Merlaad
Ponty, governor of French West
started for
MU*
Onoir that “faint
fair lady.”
Kta wife wu
•«• Thaldy,
Thraa
returning
her company. The
to play on* _ _
the capital of French Wait Afrtsjh
Where the ehtp «w do* to Mop t*
hours. A storm Interfered and M
Phaldr, an obeour* act
months an MUn. Thatdp
ilng from Booth Awsslns
midnight of the day tho ana
wae to hare been played She
the o fling.
The manager decided to Play If
spit* of .everythin*. Matters I
the company ashore at 1 A. X.
governor, his Staff gad the F
colonists wars routed out of bod,
at 3 A. M. (he curtain went tat
Morlaud-Fonty was so taken wWS
the acting of Mila Thaldy that h*
went back of the stag* to coagrath*
vte the actors. He found Mil*. Thai*
dy asleep on a trunk, and was tag
gallant to awaken her.
He couldn't rid himself of thoughts
of the beautiful girl, however, an*
the nest ship that saHad far Frans*
brought him along. He “snngratd
luted" Mile. Thaldy at her home »
this city, and within three days had
married her.
lErSKEUREOO'NOTHINr
LARGER THAN “FLOHr
Supremacy of Etscenfly Launch
Fighting Leviathan Will B#
Short Lived.
■washx.n'otok M»r 14.—wan* taa
Florida, new fighting leviathan of Ik*
near, enjoy a brief supremacy, naval
constructors and designers are bawl*
in* their efforts upon ships which
within a short time will take honors
trom her. By the time the Florida la
equipped, the United State# navy will
have two more ships. the Wyoming
and Arkansas, nearly completed, either
of which, could whip the Florida is
a standstill and then prohebly (ink
her at will.
They are forty faet longer and
twelve 13-tnch guns to the Florida’s
ten. They could hurl ten thousand
two hundred pounds of big sheds
while the Florida is firing i.5*a
pounds. Moreover they have fiva
more 6-Inch guns than the Florida.
Besides these this gsnsral board of
navy has adoptsd tentativs plana (IMP
even greater vessels whkJh will be
equipped with tan 14-tnch guns.
HIPPOPROXI COIXAPfiES; _
scores KtitbiD nr w.%npt
SALT LAKE CITT. UTAH, Mag H.
A score of persons are suffering freta
injuries to-day as the result of the
collapse last night of an laiprovtsafi
hippodrome at Salta Air pevtltoa.
which precipitated hundreds of am
in the water. Nona of the Injured
will die.
Four were seriously hurt. The ceb
lapse cants at the finish of the Johan
ny Thompaon-Feter Sullivan
fight, Sullivan having
— hippodrome
outr The hippddrsae was bullF
piles over the lake, aad when the
fans rushed to the exits a portion
the floor ooliapaed.
ss
»a ef
BUT ONE LICENSE
ON FRIDAY, THE 13*H
Only one couple mstrttMntaUy ta»
dined dared appear in the Hustings
Friday. Mayl*. and request a
(mart .. ... .
marriage.
Thoee
_ who braved this “double boa*
doe” were Mr Qeergs C. Htafstunn. ef
Jacksonville. Fla. and Mies Hattie La
vlnka, of Richmond. __
The license was not, only procured,
bet to ah*w that leva laughs at “kee
l-doos" as well as. at iockswttbs^ the
couple was married immediately there
after. as they "just couldn’t wan.**
Samuel 0. Fleming Popular Stu
dent at Davidaon College
Found Deed in Bed.
(Special to The Wchmond Vlrf»nJ«l,J
RALEIGH. N. .Cm May It.—Mr.
Samuel O. Flemln*. a member of Me
graduating dam at Davidaon Ccttaa*
vu found dead lyln* aoroo* M M
Thursday ulfrM. Mr. Fleming wee la
uaual good health to all appeemnew
until that afternoon. when, be ene
plained that koine not fooMna eo wag,
and uroat-Oe hto room to take e eapb
That vaa the laet am aem ofhfat
alive. - _ -.-gi
Ho waa a member of a promtnowt
South Carolina family and woe, about
twenty y«a re of «r Muring hfir at|>
lego life he hald many important peel
Gone with the varknje college argaid
patten*jfiifcMjff*** the meet ««•«