Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1928, Page 21

TH"FI SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, . O, MOTHER OF POE HONORED IN'SHRINE New Building in Richmond Houses Collection of | Poet’s Writings. Br the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va., November 17.— Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of the | man who wrote immortal prose and | Dpoetry. gives her name to a new fire- | proof building erected at the Poc Me-| morial here to house the priceless col- lection of Poeana. | ‘The latest addition to the memorial | i= a reproduction of the little house in | which the actress-mother died 117 years | #go, leaving a 3-year-old son destined 1o write high on Fame's soroll the im- | perishable name of Edgar Alien Poe. House Becom-- Shrine. Several years ago, largely through the efforts of Archer Jones and his wite of | Richmond, the “old stone house” a little gabled building of stucco, bronze, stone and mortar, and its Oid World | % garden became the shrine of the great | With the dedication artist, who spent the early years of his | part of the memorial sh unhappy life in Richmond. Shielenisnaoey ol ithe The new building. adjoining the old. | actress mother cied 113 years ago. 2 Elizabeth Arrold Poe Bui'di o Edgar Allen Poc (left), in R merican author. The new building POE MEMORI AL ENLARGED ent to th 1d Stone House,” as tep has been taken to perpetuate | ction of the house in which Poe's overlooks a boxwood garden filled with evergrecns, periwinkle and star of Jeru- salem. Ivy clambers over an old brick wall which separates the houses. I tiny border around the shrine white hyachinths and sweet alyssum. Near her #nd the grave in historic St. The hous: where he John's A lady’s beautiful soli- taire diamond ring. Bril- liant stone set in 18-kt. solid gold hand-picrced mounting. 759 $1.50 a Week | churchyard, where his mother sleeps. |his lecture on “The Poetiz Princ rried Virginia | and recited “The Raven” a nor is the site of the old Exchange | was Poc's childhood home | Hotel, in the parlor of which he made | Summer davs his last public appearance. when he gave | frem the old whart a f In a nearby rives with anville G. Diamond Cluster Ring. Beautiful 18-kt. solid gold engraved mounting set with 9 . beautiful, sparkling, white diamonds. Specially priced at i85 Pay $1.50 a Week Pay 75¢c a Week This nationally known wrist watch in a gold filled case, and 15 - jeweled movement — fully guaranteed dust-proof case. The “Proposal” Pair A Beautiful Engagement Ring, set with large stone and si stones; also 3.diamond Wedding Band. 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All for $19.75 Pay 50c a Week Special Men’s Solid Gold Knives $9.50 While they last 701 Tth St. N.W. Open Saturdcy Evenings Till 9 Special Signet Rings Genuine Cnyx stone Sst in zolid gold Mounting L 25c @ Week " | th~ place of the shine he took his final | rture_from -Richmond, leaving by v Baltimore, where 10 days later g Valentine saved the old w | stone house frem destruction in 1912, land the Association for the Preserva- {tion of Virginia Antiquities finally un- dertook its preservation. The late Archer G. Jones conceived the idea of establishing a Poe shrine. Th2 Poe Association in Richmond, founded by Charles Graves, now of the New York Times, had become almost defunct, and it was to this ovganization NOVEMBER 18, 1928—PART T that Mr. and Mrs. Jones went with their plans. % In the Spring of 1922 the shrine was formally opened under distinguished auspices. Since that time the Poe So- ciety, which today finds material ex- pression in new buildings and rare col- lection of articles associated with the author, has grown rapidly. Soviet Russia Visualized. Russia is the world’s largest con-| tinuous country and is second only to the British empire among the world’s landholders. Unlike the British em- pire, however, its possessions are all within _two continents—FEurope and | Asia. Its bleak islands of the north | are neéarer the North Pole than Spitz- | 21 bergen and its southern frontiers are on the parallsl of Norfolk and San Francisco. A trip across the union from its western to its eastern border would nearly equal a round trip from New York to San Francisco. Our Marines a from China. ragua. being LEvery item selected with the thought of meeting the home requirements of those looking for Quality Furniture at lowest prices! Convenient Payments to Suit You. Select These Useful Gifts Now! 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