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Something
On This
5age of
Interest
Richmond
To Every
Member
Virginian
Of the
Household
when A Man marries
The novel flom which the play Seven Daes was made
rnm Roberts Rinehart
Author ofMffflMSlME^MAN IN LOWERTEN
Co-.'Tnttt. 1W, The Bobba-MantD Comply
(Continue*! from lestrroav t
"Perhaps j u will give m« credit
for »>m< things." I said wearily - i
did not (five Tnknhlr.. smallpox for
Instance. and—If you will permit ,m*
to mention the fa t Aunt Selina o
not my Aunt Selina "
"That s what I wanted to apeak t
you about," Jimmy went on wr •vh
gdl.v. trvlng not to look at me "Y n
wee, when they were rowing e- about
who would fret the breakfast—I ne"'r
saw such a lot of people: half of them
never touch breakfast. hut, of course,
now they want all kinds of thins''
when th*o were talking. Aunt Selina
Raid she knew you would set It. helrift
the hostess, and responsible, besides
knowing where thins? are kept 1 H*
had fixed his eyes on the orchids, and
he looked shrunken, actually shrunk
Mi "I thought. he finished. “'
might give me a few pointers now.
_and T ■•ould come down In the mum
f Inf, and—and fuss up something. cof
fee and so on. I would say you did
It! Oh. hang it all. Kit. why don't
i you aav somethin*: "
1 “What do you want me to s i> ?’• 1
demanded. “'That 1 love to cook. and.
of course. I’ll fix trays and carry them
itp In the morning to Anne Brown and
J<etia Mercer and the rest, and tl at I
will have the shaving water ready—"
l ■ "I know what I'm going to d<> "
i STItumy said, with a sudden resolution.
* “Aunt Selina and her money can go
to blazes. I am going right upstairs
: and tell her the truth, tell hei who
you are, what I am. and all the rest
of It.” He opened the door.
“Tou’ll do nothing of the kind.'
I gasped, catching him in time. “Don’t
you dare, Jimmy Wilson' Why. what
would they think of me? After let
ting her call me Bella, and him
Jim. if Mr. Harhlson ever learns the
truth—I—1 will take poison.- If we
are going to he shut up here together,
we will have to carry it on. 1 couldn't
atand the disgrace.
In rlpte of an heroic effort, Jim
looked relieved. “They haie been
hunting for the linen closet,” h<- said
more cheerfully, “and there will be
room enough, L think. Ilarhlsmi am!
\ will hang out in the studio; then
are two couches there. I'm afraid
you’ll have to take Aunt Selina. Kit.'
fb “Certain!},'' 1 said oddly. Thai
.... was the wav It was all along. When
y gVer there was something to do that
gir no one else would undertake—any un
’ pleasant responsibility-—that *>ntlr*
*! mongrel household turned with one
gesture and pointed Its finger at me!
t- ’Well, It is over now. and 1 ought noi
j to he bitter, considering everything
It "as quite characteristic of that
ji memorable evening—that Is quite no
Velesque, 1 think) that my interview
with Jimmy should have a sensations
■ ending. He was terribly down. *>i
j? course. and as l was trying to pas.*
| him to get to the door, he caught m>
hand.
i You're a girl in a thousand. Kit.'
he said forlornly. “If 1 were not a*
f damnably, hopelessly, idiotically in
BreBtii with—Homebody else. 1 should be
fi enusy about you.”
jEi “Don’t me maudlin." I retorted
if “Would you mind letting my hand
CHURCH HILL NEWS
(Sww items intended for Oils eolumn may he left in person at the
Giorcii Hill Uonlt, or ’phoned to Madison 738.">.)
The choir of I'nlon Station lg bust
practicing for a concert, which will lie
the afternoon attraction of the picnic,
‘ to be held at Buckroe. July 14th, Many
sr pleasant features, among them,
reunion of former members of the
ifch, who have moved to different
_ rta of the city and suburbs and unlt
M with other churches, have been
planned
; .Miseeg Evelyn and Ida Holdcroft
have left the city for Fort Worth. Te\
»; as to sttsit their brother S W. Hold
$T«ft, Jr. They will visit several of the
Western cities en route, CtmtnnuU. In
dianapolis and St. Louis being among
the number. On their return they have
planned to stop lh New Orleans Atlan
. ta and Charlotte. They expect to i.4
jr from the city about six weeks
jgjf Mrs. William Wtltsnire. of Lisina
‘..''Green, who has been visiting In Rich
mond, has returned to her home >he
{' Was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs
James Hueastep and children, of 71s N
J Twenty-seventh street, who will spend
■e the summer at Rising Green, King Wil
p«*«i county.
X>r. W. Harman Evans and lit to
brother. David, who have been visiting
relatives on K. Grace street for the
i |>ast two weeks, returned to tl.elr home
' la Concord, Tuesday
Miss Ethel Lee Wells, who lias been
visiting relatives on K Marshall for
ij"i the past month, and recently spent sev
L: eral days at Ocean View returned to
ft; Iter home in Petersburg. Wednesday
Mr. Henry T Mills, accompanle I o.v
j^l'teia little daughter. Virginia, visited
: ■ her slater, Mrs. Cherry, of Norfolk
ajiteetly.
fJV Misses Ora Spindle and Phvlis I'.g
g lest on are visiting friend: In Barton
Heights tills week
The Young 1'eople‘a Missionary Socle
ft ty of t'nion Station will meet this
4V are nine at. ft o'clock Tnese meetings
are always enjoyable and a cordial *t 1
corne await* all who attend.
Dr. II. Taylor Hawkins first sergeant
,,uf the hospital corps. Is spending ten
f days with the military encampment at
i Oettysburg
if Mrs- dingenpeel Is visiting tier
daughter, Mrs. Frank Coles, of N. Thtr
.ty-tMftl street
‘-Mrs, R M. Wtldbore, of iOf K Broad
afreet left yesterday for Philadelphia.
’ S •»>' way of boat from West
■ cjtr. and Mrs. W. T. Hancock, Jr.
2?<li E. Grace street, are spending
jfcOmt' time at Um seashore.
f A number of young people enjoyed
Staft indoor picnic In the home of Miss
ttopble Wall, -HI-’ K Main street on
«-• *»*«»**
fifth* afternoon of the Fourth
.•' . Mr* Thos. Davis and children, an t
ftUr*. jftvoy vest iv 1 ,.r. r-i
'MWP the summer in
is,MF. >nl Mrs W A Roberson, of 3.112
'Mroadk atreeL have returned home
m • pleasant visit to Charlottesville.
I«jr were the guests of Mr and Mrs
. auk Roberson
i~- Captain J, F. Mayer, of 2700 E. Grace
:• lie* confined to his home l.v an
ck of gout.
Mr. and Mrs. lywls, of K Broad
rtreet have returned from a pleasant
•lay in the country.
Mr. William Wiltshire, of 71 k N
venty-aeventh street underwent guile
various tpenMoti on hi* throat, re
"|T. While suffering H great deal
In and Inconvenience, Dr Horsley
he will won be entirely rellev
®Ma*t*r Robert Houghton, son of Mr.
Mr*. Robert Houghton, of 31 <13 h
’ Mil 1* very sick with erysipelas.
Hevate Peyton and daughter. <.r
rtottfcsvllle, who have been sper.d
_ Hme time with her brother-in-law-,
W. Sfm, J. Parrish, of E. Grace street,
iturned to their home
i Minnie Corner l’baup. of 3201 K
; Broad street, lias returned .from a
pleasant *dslt to Mrs, 8&m Mallory at
j Meadow station.
«>n** of the most pleasant of the
I Fourth of July outings wtn* the one
I chaperoned hy Mr. and Mrs. Robert An
| drews. A large party of young people
went down the river in a steam laiirict .
and a most enjoyable day was spent
Among the number who went were.
Misses Srnythe, iSallie Hancock, Julia
Andrews, Susie and Kllcn Hates. Bertha
; Atkinson ami Messrs Howard Bates.
F.ddie Kersey and Paul Atkinson and
many others
Miss Mai ale Benedict, of 3103 K Mar
: shall street, has been called to New
port News on account of the extreme
illness of her sister.
Chase City
PHASIC PITY. July 7. The crowd*,
here July 4th were larger than ever be
fore at this time oif year with one ex
'ception and the day w'as tine and the
i crowd was in good spirits and enjoy© j
tin* day to the full
i Brizes were awarded and -happy pou
| Kent ora drove away towards night tilled
j with the pleasured of the occasion of
| the day.
< »ne serious accident in the morning
was the only accident of the day A
young boy named ;Jimmy Roberts was
kicked by at \ IcioiiM horse a.vi injured
badly about the face, nose and mouth.
; he was carried to Harwell and Maddox
Drug Store and given prompt atten
tion by I>r. H. L. Burwell and was do
ing well at last a counts.
Mr. Howard Newcomb and Miss
Mary Inge, both of Charlotte county,
were married earl} Monday morning hy
the Rev. JJ. T. Williams at the parson,
ag* here In Phase Pity, the young
F< tFRTH of pleasure at Phase Pity.
The ^ base Pity hove, who were in
tin* trim, beat the Kevsvilb boys at
base ball in Monday afternoon's game,
the sides fighting hard and a good deal
| of r* ;ii solid mud clinching to the vir
! tors. Hame foftw called at 3:30 and
the or- 7 to 1* in favor of
Phase Pit/ todtfh. Ho.boine boys and
practice more,*.
Papt, JTom Cunningham and family,
of Richmond u ere seen et.joyiug their
-ms-tty friends mi the street® Monday.
Mrs. H H Harden, of West point,
with h*r young son. are the guest of
Mrs Jas Hardy on I’pper Main.
Mrs. Tom Fry and baby, of South
Boston, are spending a few weeks in
town at the .Vouit-my.
Mrs. Chandler, a Normiillte. at the
home of Dr. Adam T Finch during the
Summer Normal Session.
Miss Rena Jon*-®, of Lawrenavllle;
Miss Lunsford, of Durham, N. C\; Miss
Mu hum, of Danville, and Miss Crymes,
of Kevsvilb . are w ith Miss Lena \V„ot
ten on Main street for attendance at
the Phase Pity Nonna! Summer School.
Mr. and Mrs John A. Britton, and
little son, John. Jr . of Richmond, are
the guests of The Hibson.
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•Oh. c6me now, Kit.” ho implored,
“we've always • >t along f.<» well. It’*
a shame to let a thin* like this make
us had friends. Aren’t you ever go
in ft t*> forgive me '”
Never.” said promptly “When I
once got away, i don‘t want aver to
see you again. I was never so hu
miliated in my life. 1 loathe you!”
Then 1 turned around, and. of
•rourse. there was Aunt Selina with
her eyes protruding until you could
have.knocked them off with a stick,
and beside her. very red and uncom
fortable. Mr Harhlson"
"Bella!” she said in a shocked
voice, ‘ is that the way you speak to
your husband' It is high time 1 came
here, ! think, and took a hand in
this affair ”
"Oh, never mind, Aunt Selina.” Jim
said, with a sheepish grin Kit—
Bella is tired and nervous This is a
h—deuce of « situation. 4\'<* - er—ser
vants. and all that.”
But Aunt Selina did mind, and
showed it She pulled the unluck)
Harbtson man through the door and
dosed it. and then stood glaring at
both of us
“Kvery little quarrel* is an apple
knocked from the tree of love,” she
announced oratorioallv
“This was a very little quarrel.”
Jim said, edging toward the door, a
- a green apple. Aunt Selina, a col
icky little green apple ” But she
was not to be diverted.
“Bella.” she said severely, “you said
you loathed him. You didn’t mean
that.”
“But I do ” I i ried hysterically.
“There isn’t any word to tell how I—*
how l detest him.”
Then I swept past them all and
flew to Bella’s dressing room and
locked myself In. Aunt Selina knock
ed until she was tired, then gave up
and went to bed.
That was the night Anne Brown’s
pearl collar was stolen’
CIIAPTKR VI.
A Mighty Poor Joke.
< >f course, one knows that there
are people who In a different grad*1
of society would be shoplifters and
Pickpockets. When they are restrain
j ,ed bv obligation or environment the>
( become h little overkecn at bridge, or
take the wrong sables, or stuff a gold
laced brut'h into a muff at a recep
tion. You renumber the ivory dress
ing set that Theodora Buoknell had.
fastened with fine gold chains? And
the sensation it caused at the Buck
nell cotillion when Mrs. Van Zire went
sweeping t«* her carriage with twe
fe« t of gold chain hanging from th<
front of her wrap?
(To be Continued.)
Barton Heights
Mr. and Mrs. «* A. Rady have re
turn* rt from Washington, where he
spent his va*atton. and they an- now
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i visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. (’.
It*. Rady.
j Mr. ('aboil Rady, who spoilt the
i past two weeks at Ocean View, re-1
turned home Tuesday.
Rev. I>r. Andrew Broactrfs, of Car
oline county, was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Seth Gayle this week
Mr. C. Frank Kaj. of Washing
ton, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Rady.
j Mrs. M. K. Harris, of Rrookland
Park, returned home Tuesday from
a visit to Virginia Beach.
Mr. J. E. Rose, Jr., has returned
I from his vac ation trip to Washing
ton. Norfolk and Virginia Reach.
Mr. Phillip Brown is spending his
vacation in Ocean View.
Miss Kathleen Gregory and her
I unc le, Mr. Retcher Boone, has return
ed from a visit to friends. In Wash
ington.
Mrs. Seth Gayle and daughter.
Hois, left Wednesday for Essex coun
ty. where they will spend .some time
j visiting relatives.
| Mrs. E. B. Bowden left Wednes
day for Dendron. Surry county.'
where she' will spend two weeks vis
i Ring Mr. and Mrs. John Hundley. 1
Mrs. I. T. Wallace, of Church Hill,
• who has been spending some time ‘
with her son. Mr. E. M. Wallace, has ;
gone home.
, Miss Mary K. Peck, principal of j
! the Ginter Park school last year, has |
I resigned to accept the position ns i
instructor in geography in the State
normal school at Farmville. Miss
Mamie Glasglow. a graduate of the j
Farmville normal, has been elected ,
■to till the vacancy
Miss Peck and Miss Mary Hawes
Tyler, teacher of history in Barton
j Heights high s« hool, have left to at
tend the summer session at (’olum-i
bia University in New York.
Miss Elizabeth Cobb, who was prin- 1
c ipal of the Barton Heights high
; school for the past two sessions, was
married last week to Mr. Claude
Pritchett in Martinsville. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hundley and
children, who have been visiting rela
| tives in Barton Heights and Hit h
! mond for ten days, left Wednesday
for their home in Dendron, Surry
county.
! Mr. E M. Fee left to-day for Xor
1 folk, where he expected to spend sev- ■
! oral weeks.
1 The vestry of Epiphany c hurch will
meet Thursdav night at 8:30 o’clock
in the church.
W. A. Maddox, superintendent of
the Henrico county schools, left Tues
day night to take' a six weeks' course
in Columbia University, ,Nmv York.
Miss RouTse We|denfeld is quite i
! sick.
Mrs. B. H. Melton and family will
I leave Friday to spend some time at
Virginia Beach. *
i
Harrisonburg
I t Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
HA KHlSONI.il'I tG, July 7 Saylor j
Hawse. the ringleader of the mob that
! threatened to lynch Rink Barber Mom- *
day. was fined $l!0 ami costs In the I
mayor's court Hawse lives near
. Kduni, Rockingham county, and was at
tending the celebration in Harrison
burg
i The funeral of James I,ee, the victim •
of Barber's bullet, was held this morn
ing from the family residence on
<'amp-bell avenue
IMnk Barber, the Augusta county ne
* gro, who did the shooting, awoke front
his drunken stupor ten hours after the1
tragedy and became verv despondent
when told that he had killed Bee
Barber says he can remember noth
ing of the shooting He says he had
been drinking all day and was very
drunk. Sheriff (’arlckhoff kept fifteen
i men heavily armed at t;ie jail all night
to prevent further attempts at lynch
ing.
When bight came on and the crowds
began to leave town the excitement
subsided and no further trouble was
ha<3.
A special grand jury had beer, sum
moned for July 18, to take Barber'.*
case.
While taking wood from the wood- j
box in the kitchen. Adam Baker near j
, Timberville Hockinghatn county, was !
! twice bitten on the hand by a deadly j
« opperheiid snake that ! i> < «»ri-• *•.11 • »i
in the box. A physician av*<i Baker'«
lif*1 by prompt treatment.
The town council of Harrisonburg
last night created tti* o:li<f of assls
tant superintendent of public work
tiN i.-r the salary of $'."0 and requiring
the office, to be tilled i>> a civil engi
neer Applications for the position are
coming.
What bids to be a popular innovation
was ^started to-night when J >r H H
Sherman field Methodist weeklj pra\
er meeting on th lawn in front <>f the
parsonage. The practice will he con
tinued during th*- wai m went tier
Louisa
i Special to Th" Hichmond Virginian.)
LiU'IS.V. Juh. 7. Mr. O. I' limns.
,.Jr. owner and proprietor of the
I.oulsa Hardware Company, one of
the biggest hafiiware concerns of this
section, died at his heme Friday night
from typhoid fever. Mr. Minns is
survived by his father and mother and
two brothers of Charles Clt> county,
anil leaves a wife and two children.
He was one of the most progressive
citizens of l.oui-.i. and his death is
a blow to tti" business interest of
the town. He was buried at Minns
Hall. Charles city e.'Unty. Sunday.
Hist riot I>cputy (Hand Master Geo.
Wright lias just paid a vtstt tit liie Ma
sons of Louisa, ’l l" re was a special call
communication of l>ay Lodge, No. 58.
Friday night to re. five him which
was well attended. The district dep
uty grand master states that the work
is in good shape at Louisa, hut the
craft are profiting greatly from his
Instru otion.
Work has just ! • n begun on the
new road which i- to l>e built north
and south fr>tn Louisa through the
assistance of State :*i. Although the
appropriation to l. lisa county is
smaller than last ar, it is hoped
that at least this . : ud one-half miles
of the sand da.' r .ad will lie com
pleted before the a ■ ailable money is
spent.
All American Football Team Wins.
SYHXKV. NKW SOUTH WALES,
July 7—The all Ami clean football tea
composed of students of Western uni
versities. beat the < Ir inge team by the
score of 11 to 1*. ^
We Have Too Many
Refrigerators
And to move them quick wc have
cut tlie prices on a few good ones
35 per cent, i et one now—you
will never buy them cheaper,
Jones Bros. & Co., Inc.
1418-1420 East Main Street
CASH OK CREDIT.
RICE
IIiri*;. July “.---The Misses Holycross
• »f Ramplin. are visiting at Mrs. Nan
nie Marshall’s.
Mi \\ illii* Walthall is quite sick a*
the home uf his brother, Mr L. B. \yal
Jthall.
All*. Annie Wooten, of Farmville,
spt nt a few days with friends here
las: week,
Miss Bessie Mubard. of Green Bay.
is visitiriK her grandmother, Mrs. Mar
tha Hubbard.
Mis: Mattie Bondurant has left for
Bristol t.» attend the summer normal.
Alls Kulaila Bradshaw spent Thurs
day with Mrs. J. Y. Phillips In Farm
| ville.
Spottsylvania
SPOTSYLVANIA. July 7.—Joseph
\Y. Nussey, -of Richmond, is the guest
; of his IrUrds in Spotsylvania.
Miss Adelaide D. Sdudoth, of Illinois.
' is temporarily visiting in Spotsylvania,
and will spend most of the summer
in Rockingham county.
Miss Teresa Johnso. who has been
j\ tailing t**r some months ip (hester
! tn ld county is at home again.
Miss Norma Sinclair Raines, of
Trenton. New Jersey, is visiting Mr.
Luther Stevens, of Spotsylvania coun
| ty.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Stakeley Col
■man, delightfully entertained a num
ber of their friends at a social a few
evenings since.
Richelieu < ob rnan. of A^aryo, Va.,
j has returned home alter visiting Spot
! sylvania.
Miss Inez Johnson Is at home on her
summer vacation from Chester semi
nary.
Miss Beulah Crow, of Kssex. who
has been visiting In Spotsylvania is
jn-ov the guest of friends in Washing
ton. *
T appahannock
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
TAPPAHANNOCK VA., July 7.—
Misses Nellie Rosier, Nannie l.ewis
and Resale Wilkerson pre attending
the summer normal school in Fred
ericksburg.
Miss.s Ida Ryrd and Ellabeth War
aick, of Richmond, are the guests of
their uncle. Mr. R. R. Krookenbrough.
The steamer Crescent will lake a
large party of excursionists down the
Rappuhannoek July 4 Some of them
will take in the “big day” at Sharp's
wharf, and others will go to Saluda to
witness the unveiling of the Confed
erate monument.
Mrs. S E Kriggs and daughter, of
Chicago, are spending the summer at
the home of Mrs latura Gresham.
Mrs. i>avis and daughter, Miss Ruth
of Richmond, arc the guests of Mrs
W. A, Robinson. Mrs. W It. Robinson
and daughter Miss Elolse, who have
been spending the winter and spring
in Richmond, arrived here to-day
I >r. and Mrs Richard Baghy, of
Scranton, Pa., are enjoying a visit to
Captain and Mrs. A. 1\ Hagbv, of
Tappahannoek.
Mrs. William Snead and three chil
ilren, of New Jersey, are visiting at
the home of Mr I.Ioyd L. Snead.
Miss Jeanuette C. Wright is taking
a posy graduate course in music at
the Chautauqua Conservatory of Musics
in New York.
Prof McGuire, of Richmond, was
a recent visitor here.
The Riverside Hotel has been
thronged with visitors ever since the
arrival ut "Miss Summer," In the
day erdtfuet Is a favorite pastiu ; and
in the evenings old and young seek
the rustic benches.
SOUTHWEST RICHMOND
Mr .and Mrs. Clarence Iiurtoti, of the
i Male Orphan Asylum, left Saturday
1 for New York, from which place they
j will sail for Europe. They-will tour
the continent and expect to be absent
| about three months.
Miss Bessie Miter, o 1 102 N. Hacrl
| son street, will spend the summer with
friends and relatives at Glen Allen, Va
Mr. August Krengel, who was op
erated on at the Memorial hospital has
recovered sufficiently tc be removed to
| his home 1518 Floyd avenue.
! Miss Catherine Parrish, of W. Cary.
is having a delightful stay at Ocean
; VI*tv.
Mr Scott Dansey. of 709 Randolph
street, and his friend. Mr. Irving Par
rish. left Saturday to spend several
days at Ocean View.
Mr. Robert E. Brown and son, of
1925 W. Cary are visiting relatives in
Wilmington, Delaware.
I^rge crowds attended the celebra
tion of the Fourth at Idle wood. In
i addition to the usual attractions, the
fireworks were a much enjoyed feature.
Mr. John J. Cullen, of 332 S. Laurel
street, who was so badly burned in the
■ Tredegar Iron Works several days ago.
i is improving.
J Rev. Henry Pierce Atkins, has re
turned from Norfolk, where he officiat
ed p.t the marriage of Miss Mary Cecil
Hudson to Mr. V. Benton White, of
| Greensboro. N. C. Mr. Atkins occu
pied his pulpit at Allan Avenue Chris
tian church at both services.
Misses Blanche Trent and Ivy Leber
were hostesses at a delightful fruit
supper at Forest, Hill, Friday nighi,
to which many of their young friends
were Invited.
Miss Alice Barlow left Saturday for
Caroline, to spend the summer with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Driscoll left Sat
urday to spend several days In Nor
folk .
Mr. Walter Ladd, of 1241 Taylor*
steet, left Saturday for a trip to Wash
ington and Baltimore.
Miss KoXlfia Jennings Bevllle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bevllle,
of 321* W. Main street was married to
Mr. Stover M. Harris, also of this city,
in Norfolk. Saturday morning. vAfter
a stay at Ocean View, they will be at
at home to their friends on W. Main
street.
Master Joe Eohe, of 1208 Ashland
street. Is very sick at his home with
fever.
Miss Besle Wright left the city Mon
day. to he the guest of her uncle at
Buena Vista.
Mrs. Alice Mitchell is visiting her f
parents in Buckingham county.
Misses Florence and Mamie Greene
left the city Saturday to spend some
time in Powhatan.
Miss Lizzie Draper is visiting rela
tives in Charlottesville, Va.
Miss Delia Bullock has gone to
Washington fo ra stay of several
weeks.
FATHERLESS GIRL SEEKS
NEWS OF LOST FAMILY
Two letters, one a brief semi-anony
mous communication, the other a vol
uminous packet from a fifteen-year
old girl In search of an inheritance,
have been received by Sheriff Mercer.
Both letters are from the far West.
The first is mysterious in the ex
treme, concluding with a promise to
explain more fully at some future
■date.
Sheriff Mercer believes that the au
thor, whoever he or she may tie, Is
a relative of Eddie Kay, now behind
the bars of an Atlanta penitentiary,
for the part he played in the recent
robbery of the Richmond post office.
The letter is from Supply, Uklu.,
i and reads as follows:
"Sir.—Could you tell me the birth
place of Fred Cunningham, alias Eddie
Fay. and send me his description and
photograph, and oblige,
• Yours truly
Box 47, Supply, Okla.
] “P. S. — Will give you more partlcu
| lars later."
Strikingly different with almost a
touch of pathos is the second letter,
written by fifteen year old Myrtle R. V.
Lester, of Kyle, Texas. The script of
the communication Is childish, the
I orthography faulty, and the meaning,
i at times rather indistinct. Evidently
It was no small task for the girl to
1 write the several pages. One can al
most Imagine her bending over her
task a task to her difficult indeed
The girl explain* that she is father
less and in want. Ilefore dying her.
father told her that he had a sham'
In an estate In Richmond, and so she
seeks news (>f the whereabout* of
some of her relatives in this city that
she may receive her just dues and be
enabled to support herself and her
mother.
Her father, gin- says, was I.ee Royal
Lester, son of a l’r. Lester, of Rich
mond. Her father bad three sister*—
Mollie. Hattie and Lillie—-and three
brothers—Jphn. Henry and Joe. Lee
Lester struck out for the West when
he was nineteen years old, settled in
Texas, and married. A daugh
ter. the writer of the letter, was boro,
and a few years later the father died,
(>n his death bed he gasped out to
his wife the story of hts family and
an estate, the details concerning
which were meager in the extreme.
One fact predominated In the dying
man's statement, however. There was
an Inheritance, in which his daughter
had the right to share.
When Myrtle was six years old she
and h-r mother were in want, and
so they advertised In the Richmond
papers, asking that any Lester in Vir
ginia communicate with them
They received no reply, anil the girl
now fears that her relatives are all
dead.
If any are alive, she asks that the
‘sheriff Inform her of their address.
SIMPLE DRESSING SACQUE.
n\ MR«. J % \K FOHI).
Women who are planning a dressing swque for warm weather should
consider this model, for the line* are cleverly shaped to the waist, which
make it parttcultrly suitable for stout person*. Those who wish to make it
can get the pattern
in six sizes that run
from thirty-two to
forty-two 1 n c h e a
bust measure
To copy H In the
medium sizes re
quires about two
and seven-eighth*
yards of good*
twenty-seven inch
es wide, or two and
one-half yards thlr
.ty-sfx inches wide.
Dressing jacket*
are a necessity for
summer and most
women try to have
several of these
negligees. .
A pretty and In
expensive s a c q u e
* an be made from
figured lawn, a fine
variety of which
can be had tot
eighteen cents a >d.
Cross bar dimity
is also desirable
and may be pur
chased at the same
price. To trim the
negligee. as pic
tured, one and one
half yards of Inser
tion .will be need
ed. three and one
half yafds of edg
ing and two yard*
of wash ribbon.
Either thread
lace or Swiss em
broidery may be
used for the pur
pose and will cost
about fifteen cent*
a yard. The wash
ribbon will cost
about twenty cent*
a yard and should
match in color the
figure of the goods.
Wash silk* make
serviceable packet*
for women who
travel. They are
cool, light In weight
can be packed In a
small space and
when sailed may be
washed at night,
dried and w'orn with
out ironing. This
material can be
b ought for from
thirty to sixty cents
a yard, and may be
trimmed with bias
ruffles of the good*
of Val. lace. Cot
ton crepe is also
satisfactory and la
effective decorated
with bias bands and
frills of China silk.
This pattern will serve as a basis from "which may be developed an elabo
rate negligee. Any of the lovely silk or cotton weaves generally used for
the purpose may be selected for such a garment, and motifs and lace edging
of the latter appllqued. Rosettes of b aby ribbon are an additional trimming.
A salmon pink crepe de Thine would be pretty If the colar and sleeve* were
overlaid with motifs of butter colored Val. lace. The edge of the collar and
front closing could be finished with a b road edging of the same lace gathered
lull and allow'ed to fall in cascades.
Dong, loose rows of narrow ribbon p laced on the sleeves', at the neck and
at the waist will add much to tin? attr active appearance.
Any of the sacques described can t* e made at home without the assistance
of a profesional dressmaker, and as no fitting is required they can not help
but be satisfactory if the work is neatly done.
6 SIZES 32 TO 42 BUST
VIRGINIAN PATTERN COUPON.
No. 672. July 7.
Name.
Street and Number.
City and State...
Size Desired..*.
SIZE MUST BE PUT ON COUPON.
To obtain the pattern fill out the above com n and enclose ten cents la
stamps or coin. Address Pattern Pep within a week or ten days alter ore
mond. Va. Patterns will be received artment. Plch.nond Vlrg.uiaa.
dering.