Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . and(whose daughter, Kate MasonRowland, late lived with MissMason at Washington) andMrs. Laura Ann ThomsonChilton, now of Richmond. The work of Miss Masonhas been recorded often inprint, notably in the AtlanticMonthly and in Mrs. Davissbook, and she was herself aforceful and piquant writer,whose pen has been much indemand. Only in the February ofthis year, the brave, loyaland gentle nature of this ven-erable lady of another dayyielded to a sudden stroke of paralysis. She never rallied and,on the 17th of that month—when this page was ready for thepress—she
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . and(whose daughter, Kate MasonRowland, late lived with MissMason at Washington) andMrs. Laura Ann ThomsonChilton, now of Richmond. The work of Miss Masonhas been recorded often inprint, notably in the AtlanticMonthly and in Mrs. Davissbook, and she was herself aforceful and piquant writer,whose pen has been much indemand. Only in the February ofthis year, the brave, loyaland gentle nature of this ven-erable lady of another dayyielded to a sudden stroke of paralysis. She never rallied and,on the 17th of that month—when this page was ready for thepress—she passed into her better life, painlessly and almostimperceptibly. About her bedside were the few still left ofthose nearest and dearest to her; but the thousands whoknew her name, yet had never seen her face, sent to thema true and deep sympathy that was heartborn and a , Washington, and all Virginia will mourn forMiss Emily; but the general regret has no limits of sec-tion. All who knew of her even, feel that a vital. emily virginia mason in her92d year BELLES, BEAUX AND BEAINS OF TEE SIXTIES 389 link between the past and the present has been broken. No memory of womans work in trying days is without anecho Virginian, who labored beside her, almost asearly and in the same rich field of Charity and Love. Thename of Miss Sallie Tompkins,—sister of Col. Christopher and Aunt Sallie as she was known to thosenear hei—glows freshly today in the heart of many a bravefellow who is still here, only through her ministrations atthe Tompkins Hospital at Richmond, of which she was thehead and soul. Original, old fashioned and tireless inwell doing, she was as simple as a child and as resolute asa veteran. She is Hving as these lines are written, I think,near the capital in which her work was done; but she is veryold. She bears the unique distinction of being the onlywoman commissioned as captain in the Confederate Army. From the group of noble wome
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