I must confess, too, that I was disappointed in the appearance of the women in the shopping crowds on Broad Street; for, as every one knows, Richmond has been famous for its beauties.

In vain I looked for young women fitted to inherit the debutante mantles of such nationally celebrated beauties as Miss Irene Langhorne (Mrs.Charles Dana Gibson), Miss May Handy (Mrs.James Brown Potter), Miss Lizzie Bridges (Mrs.Hobson), and Miss Sally Bruce (Mrs.Arthur B.Kinsolving).
In the ten years between 1900 and 1910 the population of Richmond increased 50 per cent.

Her population by the last census was about 130,000, of which a third is colored.

Norfolk's population is about 70,000, with approximately the same percentage of negroes.

In both cities there is much new building--offices downtown, and pretty new brick homes in outlying suburban tracts.