The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-19
Children's Fancy Hall.

A BRIGHT AND GAY SCENE AT TIE ORKNEY
SPRINGS on TUESDAY NIGur-oRIGINAL
CIIApERoNs---LADIEs WHO APPEARED AS
NURSES IN GENUINE PLANTATION COS
TUME--A LIST OF CHARACTERS.
ORKNEY SPRINGS, Va, August is, 1882.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The event OF the season thus far at Ork-
nev was the children's fancy-dress ball
which took place Tuesday night, and was
pronounced by all who witnessed IL the
best thing of the kind ever seen in the
Valley. The spacious ballroom was beau
tiiully decorated by the deft fingers OF
Misses Hopkins and English, OF Washing
ton: Mrs. Ryland and Miss Harris, OF your
city: Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Luttrell. OF
Washington; Mrs. West and Miss West,
OF Philadelphia, and others.
The grand entrfe took place at 0O'clock,
when about fifty children, previously
trained by Professor Pistorio, OF Washing
ion. in cav costumes and with bright faces,
filed into the room, led by Callie Il. Ry-
land. of Richmond, and Willie Sutton, OF
Baltimore. The little toddlers closing up
the rear were attended by their nurses.
Mrs. L., OF Washington, as Dinah; Mrs.
W., OF Richmond, as Betsy; Mrs. g., OF
Washington, as Chloe; and Mrs. s., OF
Richmond, as Indy-all attired in the most
approved plantation costume-the incvita-
bic handkerchief and white apron. This
part OF the entertainment was inimltably
managed and filled the room with constant
peals Of laughter. Mr.. S., OF HARRISON
burg, as Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
was also an immense hit, and Miss Hop
kins. of Washington, as Mrs. farley,
brought down the house wherever she
went.
The children appeared in the following
characters: Mary Lutrell as Rosebud; Cal
lie r. Ryand, The Shepherdess; Julia
Campbell, Pack OF Cards; Helen Campbell,
snowflake: Annie Thompson, Paper Girl:
Mary Chambcrlin, Persian Girl; Lydia
Warner, Red Ridinghood; Lillian Baxter,
Flower GIRL; Edith Simmons, Patience;
Cora French, Spanish Girl; Lizette Fisher,
Waiting Girl. Matte Ellison, Maud Null
Ter: Cordelia Ellison, Daisy; Ncna Amber
Smith, Dixie: Lillian Yarbrough, Flower
Girl: Hattie Jones, Roman Girl Sadie
Lutren. Pansies; Salie Hamilton, Wood
Nymph; Helen Jones. 30 Peep: Helen
Anderson, Folly; Elmer Moore, Peasant
Girl: Marion Hamilton, 30 Peep; Annie
Outten, Charity Girl; May Anderson, Fern
Leaf; Henrietta Outtcn. bunker Girl;
the Misses LeavenwOrth, Kate Greenaway's
Sisters: Miss Whitehead, Fish Girl; Miss
Mary Tubbs, Sister Seraphina; Miss Jean
Emo. Sister Cecilia; Miss X. Cushing, Sis
ter Angelica; Miss Mary Lewis. Gypsy;
Miss f. Snyder, Fish Wife; Miss Mary
Cushing, Bohemian Girl; Miss Linda
Pechens, Esmeralda; Miss Edith Green
leaf, Gypsy Fortune-Teller: Little Eva
Wise, Mother Hubbard; Willie Sutton,
Highlander; Walter Sutton, Sailor; Victor
Mason, Clown; Hugh Wise, First Base:
Henry Greenleaf. Turk; Henry Wise, Sir
Archibald Govesnor; Ray Greenleaf, Gent
Of Ye Olden Time; Allen Hamilton,
George Washington; Harry Woodward,
Drummer Boy; George Simmons, High
land Boy: Jack Wise, Jack O.
Spades; William Gay Smith, Oscar
Wilde; Julian BossieuX, Advertise
ment; George Anderson, knight;
Howard Hamilton, Mrs. George Washing
ton: Albert McChesney, Sailor Boy: Ash
ley Baggett, Turk; Stephen Ellison,
George Washington Eugene Moore, High
land Boy; II. S. T. Harris, The General;
Mr.. Harry Gardner, Girl Of the Period. l
could hardly ask room to particularize, and,
as Mrs. Darlington says, " comparisons are
odorous." The whole entertainment ai-
forded infinite amusement and enjoyment.
The charming families here from Wash
ington, Alexandria, Baltimore, Philadel-
pha, Richmond, and other points, have
made the season one Of unalloyed pleasure,
and we are ready, for the future, to follow
wheresoeyer our leader, Captain Wood
ward, may direct. RICHMOND.