Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-19

kind Any ofliccrrt OF the army. navy. or.
volunteers will bod received In full-dress
uniform, little sssolecism in colonial as
ecmbly. but may rbe regarded as visiting
sontine one cesGtury visiting the other
gone: This MUCH mny be asserted regard
ing tho ticketsf: The price admitting to
tho floor az INF costume) and dress circle
or in evening" dress) will be $3.50, in
Guiding SUPPER. Tickets to the galleries
viii DO soidc at the door, and Will not be
confined s,l sed to nyt as I Gnes,s
requested 20 send their replies as speedily
as possibly to Mrs, F. III. Bovkin, chair
man of tn A. Committee on Invitations.
BSbw TIRE MEN SHOULD DREss.
friJnd OF this praiscwortby under
taking 9makcs this suggestion TO the lady
managers through the DtSpai,h;
Whfn the Colonial ball was frat thought
of ~ general idea was that there sbould
be afparfect reproduction of the costumes
OF YAe last colonial period. C., 177i. The
dIfess OF gentlemen at that time was emf
1yently picturesque and graceful, and we
Ylavc abundant examples 10 use a. models.
Tho portrait of Colonel Warner Lewis. bv
Reynolds, IN tho State Library. and that OF
President William Nelson in the same col
lection are admirable models tor colonial
dress. 1t Is utterly astounding that pei
I NlihS VI Nutn idslc ~ the l1lV managers
should say that an admissible costume
would be a modern dress coat with lace
stitched on the lGpcls and cuGc. That
would be a dress that never has been seen
on the earth. or ia the heavens above il. or
the waters below. Ladies. don't commit
such sOlecism. Send your gentlemen
friends TO the Capitol and let them examine
tho portrait of Warner Lewis and that OF
President Nelson IN the Page family"
Will THR GovEgSos wEAp IT?
A special from Richmond to the Norfolk
LGndlndk says: There is very serious
question that has Just been ra sed here.
which has aroused good deal of public
concern, IL IS whether or not Governor
Mckinney. Iieutenent-G ovcrnor Tyler.
and AttoTncy-General Scott are going 10
put on what Major Tyler calls scissor.tail
coats when they attend the Colonial ball.
None OK these functiOnarlcs are men Of
fashion. They are rather men Of plain.
/ blunt, easy manners, with no taste for the
frlls of society. Investigation has been
going on IN q quiet way for some time 10
find ont whether they really have scissOr-tail
coats. as neither OF them has so far ap-
peared ct any Of the receptions which they
have attended IN one. They 90 with their
Prince Albcrts bnttODed up, and display
great imperturbabliity as 10 the demands
OF such occasions
Since the inquiry about the drcss-euits
oud the ball and The dance has been started
the Governor. who campaigned all over
the Southwest with IN alpcnstOck in hand
and fen down the sides Of the mountains
two or three times, recover ring himself
with great presence Of mind and agility.
has began 20 suffer from his old wound in
the knee, 50 tnat be limps peTceptibly and
fears hr oennOt join the giddy MAJ 81.
Major Z vlcr lgs also acquired a sore foot,
81 L, i Il.
"a prrsby terrain elder and cannot with
pTourictv dance. even II his foot should ia
well ouoush. MaiOr Scott has been heard
III aiing wit. his wife that be might be
spared putting on that thing" meaning
the scis 0r-tail. and Offering to make any
other reasonable sacr fee.
II has leaked ont that the wives have
secretly Dad their husbands measures
iNkeu for their germai attachments and
have them now stored away ready 20 he
pat on. but IT, j. also believed that the
male triumVrato have made a compact
20 roelst ~ the last extremity this innO-
Walton upon their simple democratic
habits.
SPIRITUAL ADVICE AsKED.
governor Mckinney bushes whenever
the matter IS mentioned" the account con-
tinues. while Major Tyler SAYS if the Gov
oruor and Attorney-Gcne:al stand firm he
VIII. Inc itfN. III. itttldIu lJtll6hlut, ilt
president OF Hampden-Sidney College. an
Old clas-mate Of the Governor resby-
teiian oraclc-has been here for week or
moro. and II is suspected that be has been
called IN by the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor to Urbitrate. and, II the worst
comes 10 the worst, 20 issue a dispensatlon
for h,e TWO members, II is stated that the
good Doctor is embarrassed and is inclined
a. fayor the claw-hammer style and 70
comuromise upon not dancing. He iswill-
in- 10 90 half way, ike AttOrney-Geueral
Garland was whom his mother asked him
10 Grant her two tav0rs when h. went to
Washington. Mrs. Garland asked her son
to stop swearing, a. TINT was ipelcgant,
and - change his STYLE OF dress. which was
d7oll and careless. as the demands OF Wash
iuctOr society were more imperative than
those Of Arkansas. General Garland sad:
"Won. mother, / will stop swearing, but
id y viii change my clothes" And he
never has d0nncG the fashionable swallow
tail nor bent the knee to social usage III
such matters.
COSTUMES AnRANGED.
Mrs. Willie Allen returned yesterday
from New York. where she made all er-
engagements for very handsome costumes
for those who will dance the minuet at the
Colonial ball