Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-05

prese ntative our country mas Over bcht w
Mr.. Wyndham Meredith made an inn
promptu little review of the subject. in
which he said the author should rank as
| second-class poet, though several OF his
| dialect poems were entitled to q first posi-
| ton, such M THE Courtire," but the in
| fuepcc of the man was IN his strict nam
! tenance of principle and assertion OF T,ght.
! in which he was noble example 10 All tne
young men OF our country. q.
The next meeting will be at tho homo OF
! Miss Mary Morris Jones, and tho subject
! for discussion and essaye Will DO The Al.
yanccd Education OF Woman" Several
clever young women will handle the CUB
| ject ably we doubt not.
THE HAYWOOD THEATRE PARTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. HARDWOOD gave
theatre party to the sister OF the former.
/ Miss Marv HARDWOOD. and her guests, Miss
/ Lucille Bancroft. Of Louisa county; Miss
/ Cartwright. Of Elizabeth City. n. c.. and
Miss Bussells, of Northumberland county,
I Va. on Ncw~Ycar's night on the occasion
I of the presentation Of III Trovatore" by
( the Boston Ideals. The party occupied
two boxes and consisted OF the young ladies
mentioned, Miss Irene Bodeker. MIR. Charles
Cowalin. and MIR. Henry Harwood. A sup
per at the residence of Miss Harwood was
given after the performance.
On the following evening Miss Harwood
gave "Cotillion to her guests, including
( Miss Bessie Walker, Of King and Queen
county, Va. About fifty young people were
present, and the evening was bright and
delightful Carpets were removed, the
house beautifully decorated with ever
greens and red roses. the chandeliers
wreathed with cedar and red ribbons,
hooks and corners arranged for fee-d-tcfe
with red sofas and lamps and white fur
rugs. and the table decorations oil red, IN
Guiding the glass and china, made charm
ing effect. Mrs W. +. Harwood. the
hostess. was ALTERED in black satin,
Duchess lace with diamonds; Mrs.
John s. HARDWOOD, black lace, yiolets;
Miss Harwood, pale blue silk aud
cauze. Marechai Neil roses; Miss Lucille
Bancroft, pink silk and lace cos
tune. rubies: Miss Carrie Cartwright. white
silk. lilac trimmings, pearls: Miss lusselis,
pink china silk, La France roses; Miss Bes-
sic Walker, Nile-grecn silk, white. roses;
Miss Irene Bodekei, cream silk with silver
cauze. Among the guests were Misses
Julia and Annie Williams, Misses Shell
burne and Adams (Albemarle county. Va,
Misses Berry, Miss Nellie Bargamln, MISS
NAV Fllvson, Miss Jeanie Steel. Miss julia
Yancey. Miss Lee Jones. Miss Bessie Tyler,
Miss Octavia Christian. Misses Pollard, and
Miss Sarah Gwathmey. and Messrs. Har-
wood. Gibson, Cofer. Chelf. Cowal in, Col
Inns. East. BRYANT, Harrison, Dickerson,
Burruss, Farrar. Tyler, Harris, Hopkins,
| Thornbury, Nelson, Raglan, Butler, and
Brown.
/ CHEvALrER srOvILEE.
MIR. Meredith Montague entertained Mr.
Cbevalier Scoyille, of the Boston Ideals, Mt
a handsome supper on thursday evening
after the opera. Delightful music was
given bv Mr.. Scoville, several exquisite
gems from Jocelyn by benjamin Goddard;
one song written for Victor Capoui, L
mi y Co. cnf
Dawn" by the same author Dorm
Pure" Scuderi, LES AmantS de Verone."
and other charming selections, in which
Professor RheinhaTdt accompanied him adj
mirably. The guests were Judge Barton
! fredericksburg, Va, Mr.. William Irigg,
Messrs. Philip. Barton and Triplet Haxall,
Mr.. w. ii. Grant, Mr.. Edgerton Rogers,
Mr.. Joseph Johnston, John 1. Anderson,
and Jacob Reinhardt.
LEGISLATORS.
Messrs. II. u. Flood. james Hay, and
James L. RYAN gave a box party on New
Years evening, and the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Levin JOynes. Miss Fannie Gordon,
and Miss McPhall.
MRS DRANcH's THEATRE PARTY.
Mrs. John p. Branch gave theatre party
on Thursday evening IN honor OF her
daughters guest Miss Orme, on the occa-
sion of the presentation of the opera Faust
ut the Academy of Music. A very elegant
supper was given at their residence after
wards. The guests were Miss Frances scout
Miss Jennie NcPhail, Miss Lou Adkins,
Miss Mary Cullen Miss Orme, Miss Branch,
MIR. and Mrs. j. Kerr Branch. MIR. and Mrs.
Levin Joynes, and Messrs. Frank Dayen-
port. Charles Stripgfellow, w. Mothersill
England), Fred. Peasants, Eugene Mas;
sie. George Cunningham, Fred. Scott, and
General Charles Anderson.
Poi who hoC hQon tho OUnCf of
Miss Branch. has returned TO her home III
Cleveland, O.
DIR. CURRY DIETs TIE GOVERNOR.
DR.. and MIS-. J. l.. NJ. Curry entertained
Governors Mckinney and Lee on Thurs
dav evening at a dinner, followed by an in
formal reception. The floral decorations
/ were gorgeous calla-liies, American Beauty
roses. and hoops or bracelets Of violets for
each lady tied with violet ribbons. The
gu were Governor Mckinney, Gov
or e.. Mr.. Joseph Bryan, Mr. and Mrs.
Pin iaxall, Mir. and Mrs. John Dunlop,
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter Mcclure. MIR. and
Mrs. John =. Branch, Miss Josephine
LYONS. Mr.. Thomas rutherford, Captain
Allison, and Mr.. william Workman.
MRS. HUSTEEs PARTY.
Mrs. John Hunter gave a small evening
party TO Miss Julia Morton on Monday eve
ming. Among the guests We're Miss Nor
ton. Miss Bertha Peasants, Miss Kate
Wallace, Miss Sallie Talbot, Miss Sallie
Deane, and Messrs. Young. WORKMAN,
TYLER. Wilson. Valentine, Marshall, Leake,
Shackeford, Patteson, Parrish, and Nc
Kenney.
MRS. PEMDERToN's PINK LUNCH.
Mrs. T. William Femberton gave de-
lightful little Pink luncheon" on New
Years day exclusively TO her Sunday
school class. Misses Emily Glasgow Lucy
Wallace, Hattie Reid, Lotto Blunt, Mary
Chalmers, Dicie Denoon. Alice Bering, Ida
Chambers, BERTHE Chesterman, Eva Miller,
Alma Watson, and Mrs Leila Munce.
The epergne of fruits and flowers was
composed of mass of pink roses and
grapes, and the pink-shadcd fairy-lamps
and candelabra cast roseate hue over
everything, aud on the bright faces of the
merry young girls grouped about the table
provided with every dainty.
COLONIAL ASSEMBLY.
Interest in the Colonial Assembly gathers
with time, and the preparations are going
forward. The question of costumes being
an interesting one, | am authorized TO
say that antique gowns may be worn by
all who are SO fortunate as TO have them,
but they will be the eXception-not the
rule. The Empire, Dlrectoire, or Jose
phine costumes NAV be used, and fabrics
may be simple or handsome. grave or gay,
as the inclination of the wearer may sug-
gest. The hair NAV be powdered, paint and
patches worn, high collars, short waists,
straight skirts lace 'kerchiefs, wide belts,
large buckles. curled wigs or queues, any
thing picturesque and becoming which
might have been worn century ago. Our
forefathers were not all rich, nor are we.
and we may picture such "a ball as they
might have attended and imagine many TO
have worn even simpler attire than we see
in modern times and arrange our toilets &C
cordinely. The minuet. danced by sixteen
couples in costumes, will be an attraction
in itself sufficient to make the ball bril-
liant, and the other features Of the enter
talnment will be equally as pretty. The
list of the minuet dancers will comprise
the names of some of the most prominent
married ladies in Richmond society and
will be given as soon as completed.
SUPPER AFTER OPERA.
Messrs. Alexander. Barton, and William
Cameron gave handsome supper after the
opera on New-Year's night TO some OF their
young friends at their fathers residence.
Franklin and Sixth streets. The guests
were Messrs. Hoge Gillian, w. Gwathmey,
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