Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-09-26
Social Events.
A SEPTEMBER GERMAN.

Last Monday night at the Virginia Hotel,
there was a german given by Mr.. w.
Baldwin Wayt, in honor of Miss Laura
Taylor, a very charming young visitor to
Staunton. about to return to her home in
Texas. There were twenty couples in the
figures, and it was voted by all the partici-
pants to have been one of the most delight
full germans that has been given in Staun-
ton. The supper, Of which Mr.. Alex.
'Teabo the hotel manager was the caterer,
was a very fine one, and the pretty tables
were decorated with flowers, the centre
piece being floral pyramid over three feet
high. The following is a list OF the ladies
and gentlemen who participated during the
evening:
Miss Laura Taylor of Austin, Texas.
very lovely i'll light blue silk, point lace and
diamonds; escort, Mr.. w. Baldwin Wayt
Miss Ellen Guigon, pink brocade; escort,
Mr.. Carter Braxton.
Miss Eliza BraXton, cream colored silk,
natural flowers; escort, Dr.. J. B. Catlett.
Miss Mamie Wcstmoreland of Augusta,
Ga, pink China silk; escort, Mr.. j. Walker
McChesney.
Miss Mamie Ellyson of Richmond, Va,
pink India silk, diamond ornaments; es-
cort, Mr.. Rodes Nelson.
Miss Lillian Arthur. white null; escort,
MI. J. Lewis Bumgardner.
Miss Susie Cochran, white lace, d;a-
monds; escort, Mr.. Lacey Gibson.
Miss Carrie Crowle, white lace, blue rib
bons, natural flowers; escort, MI. W. w.
McGuffin.
Miss Bessie Pinkard, black lace, laven-
der sash, diamonds; escort, Mr.. Roger B.
Atkinson.
Miss Maggie Bayly, white lace and
pearls; escort, Mr.. Geo. H. Bell.
Mrs. Haywood, black lace, natural flow
ers; escort, Mr.. G. P. Bryan.
Miss Bryan, pink silk null, pearls; es-
cort, Mr.. Charles Walters.
Miss Maggie McChesney, white null.
lace trimming; escort, Mr.. J. II. Wood
ward
Miss Lillian Walker of Galveston, Texas,
black silk net, gold trimmings, diamonds;
CSCOll, NIL. OIlil CllktSOU.
Miss Anderson of Louisville, KY, white
silk null, n lie green ribbons; escort, Mr..
Barnett.
Miss Ellie Foster, pink silk, natural
flowers; escort, MI. Peyton Brown.
Miss Minnie Mccoy, Nile green surah,
lace trimmings; escort, Mr.. Robt. Black
ford.
Miss Annie Child, cream colored China
silk, diamonds; escort, MI. T. G. Kinney.
Miss Fannie Blackley, white lace, laven-
Gushing.
Miss Belle Hopkins of Tennessee, cream
colored silk, pearls; escort, MI. Fitzhugh
Elder.
Chaperons-Mrs. ]. W. Taylor Of Texas,
Mrs. Dr.. N. Wayt and Mrs. J. D. Crowle.
Stags-Dr. F. l.. Henkel and Messrs.
French, Edward Echols, Kenneth Mccoy,
Hanson Tams, r. L. Stuart of Stribling
Springs, Mat. Fletcher, Geo. c. Walters,
David Fultz and Hugh Braxton.
AFOUR-IN-HAND.
On Tuesday afternoon, four-in-hand
excursion was rendered MI. w. Baldwin
Wayt and his friends by MI. Edward Burke.
Those who participated were Misses Maggie
Bayly, Laura Fitchett of Accomac, May
Turney, of Missouri, Lillian Arthur, Nam
ME Westmoreland, Susie Cochran and
Laura Taylor, and Messrs. G. II. Bell, Mat.
Fletcher, J. H. Woodward, Kenneth Nc
Coy, J. Walker McChesney, Chas. Walters
and w. Baldwin Wayt.
Miss Taylor left for her home in Texas
on the c. 81 o. train on Wednesday after
noon, and large number of friends saw
her to the cars.