Jamestown tributes and toasts . D BELLES Here, dusky Matoaka, we drink first to you, With pity so tender, and friendship so true; And Evelyn Byrd, with your pride and your fame, The belle of two countries, who neer changed her name; To the Mary and Martha of Washingtons time We bow low our heads and salute you in rhyme. Dolly Madisons wit in the White House hall, Parke Perkins, the Queen of Centennials ball. The Gibson girl too, with form so divine. All, All, we now hail of Virginias line. But the beauties that raise our glasses higher Are our girls of to-day that we all so admire. Julia jVIag
Jamestown tributes and toasts . D BELLES Here, dusky Matoaka, we drink first to you, With pity so tender, and friendship so true; And Evelyn Byrd, with your pride and your fame, The belle of two countries, who neer changed her name; To the Mary and Martha of Washingtons time We bow low our heads and salute you in rhyme. Dolly Madisons wit in the White House hall, Parke Perkins, the Queen of Centennials ball. The Gibson girl too, with form so divine. All, All, we now hail of Virginias line. But the beauties that raise our glasses higher Are our girls of to-day that we all so admire. Julia jVIagruder Tyler Hill, Va. 151 THE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND Hebes to Mrs. Roosevelt! Rich of sympathy and intuition,large of vision—worthy comrade in the mental life of a greatintellectual leader. Ide:al Wife and Model of JMatebnity! The peer of any queen in dignity and poise, whether doingthe honors of the White House As Hostess to Royaxty, or cooking breakfast at Pine Knot, do\\ii in Albemarle! Julia Wyatt Bullabd. 152. THE PIONEERS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Men are educated more by the eye than by the ear. We read history, the history of our own country and ofones own people. We listen to eloquent speakers on thisinspiring subject. But it is naught compared with the effectupon a thoughtful mind of the study of the early map of ourcountry. There the eye takes in what the mind refused to grasp, thewonderful expansion of that which is now an almost bound-less empire, from the narrow inhabited strip bordering theAtlantic. Not territory alone is suggested by this expansion: Power !The power of arms. Of statesmanship, Of political acumen. Of well-established commerce,Of wealth. Of social , above all, the power of educated thought. I give youthen, and let us lift high our cups, high into the free air. The Pioneebs of Christian Education! who nurtured and matured the National mind and made ourcountry Gods Country. Julia M. , West Virginia. 153 LITERA
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