[Illustration: The Home of the late Mrs. H. Alfarata Chapman Thompson.]
IDEALIA, A UTOPIA DREAM
or
RESTHAVEN
This interesting and beautiful story, within a few lines of its finish,
was written by Miss H. Alfarata Chapman, Stenographer for many years in
charge of the catalogue department, University of the State of New York,
New York State Library.
Miss Chapman and John W. Thompson were married by Rev. J. Hill Johnson,
Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Catskill, N. Y., September 10,
1921.
Miss Helena R. Goines, a life-long friend, was the Maid of Honor.
William A. Chapman, brother of the Bride, was best man. The other two
friends present were Mrs. John Butler, Mother of the Maid of Honor and
Mrs. Clarissa Mims. Mrs. H. Alfarata Chapman Thompson was a brilliant
young woman, highly educated, having graduated with honors from the
Albany High School and the Albany Business College, and a gifted and
graceful writer. Her demise while visiting her dearly beloved brother in
Cambridge, Mass., June 9, 1922, was a sad and dreadful shock to her many
friends all over the country. Many of the most intimate friends appealed
to me, her husband, to publish the story of the Utopia Dream, which so
beautifully brings the portrayal of the characters of those within the
Resthaven with characteristic sweetness and grace.
To the many friends who may read this little book should remember _that
it is published by request and dedicated to the memory of my devoted
Wife, one of the best types of American Womanhood_, true to her parents,
friends and relatives.