Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-17
BLUES AT THE ALUM.
OUR SOLDIER BOYS ENJOYING ROCK
ALUM'S GREAT CAVITY.
Brilliant Entertainments Mark the Height
of the scason--Card Parties and
Concerts-A Fine Company.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dlspatch.I

rating life added in the presence of the
military is the very excess Of buoyancy.
No artist e'er conceived a canvas more
radiant with tint and emotional with atti-
tude than the tabledu brent, which to-day
was placed upon the lawn.
THE GALLANT BLUES.
| A vivid patch or crimson shown from
/ the group from which outpealed martial
music. A little beyond solid phnlanx of
soldierly. men marched in divers forms of
| grace and military exactness of motion.
| A scattered conclaye of small boys.
ever in obedience TO the magne-
/ tism of the "Bumb-a-Laddies." ranged
! themselves upon the sward directly in
| front OF the drilling troops. With the
! trigger clicking response to the command
| to " fire" every small boy keeled over,
! heels IN air, upon the battle-feld-dead
until the same feature was repeated, when,
! for the accommodation of the scene. they
would arise from the dead and the grass to
again keel when the soldiers fired. Enclose
| this picture with its background of shading
| trees and distant blue hills into frame of
| cottages and hotel, every portico crowded
with fair women and fine men, and all ap-
plauding with one voice and yelling Bravo
| for the Blues" and something of tho
scene has dawned upon you.
| captain DOL tuLc0lus ana his COUlpfu1
| have added pleasure in more ways than
one TO the large assemblage here coyened.
Their white camps CLEAN like flock OF
white sheep along the meadow-range. and
| there every visitor IS entertained right
royalty.
AT ITS HEIGHT.
The season is at its height and people,
charming and distinguished in many call
ings, are filling the idle days full Of
pleasantest pastimes so various Of kind
| that 10 disentangle them is q task more
difficult by far than the weaving of them
| into tho gay-hued patterns of amusement.
Dancing has had some pertinacious III
walls in these days OF August that she IS
wont TO call her own. though on several
| occasions the poetry of motion" has
swayed its rule of fascination. Monday
evening the ballroom was brilliant be-
yond the usual in gayety, one rest-day
making its exactions yielded to with I'M
usual fervor.
PROGBEssIyE-EUCHRE PARTY
Tuesday evening the most elegant pro-
| gressive euchre of the season was given by
| Mrs. T.. ID. Hotchkiss in honor of her Sis
| ter, Miss Starke. The decorations wore
| lavish and beautiful and touched every
| part of the furnishing Of the spacious
| card-room. The mirrors. which reelected
| the golded tapers of numberless soft gleam-
| ing candles, were wreathed in clingng
| vines. ferns, and flowers, which also peep
ed at their image by the light Of the
pretty torches. Chandeliers We're also
| festooned with like grace. and upon
| the table the dainty repast was
! also intermiugled with q garnishing
| of FLOWERS. UpOnevory table a tray of sailed
| almonds quoted the excited nerves of the
| happy contestants. After a game of I'M
usual excitement and pleasure Mrs. Saun-
| ders was declared the winner of the first
prize-a very elegant fan. The second
| prize. a murchoir case. was won by Mrs.
| Will Mccormick. of Chicago. Mrs. Queen,
of Coyington, and DR.. Flanagan won the
| boobies. while the two fortunate gentle
med were Mr.. Gives and Dir. G. Mitchell.
Some of the many guests were Mrs. ii.
w. Pace. Mrs. Richard Wright. Miss VIII
liams. Miss Stlres. of Norfolk Mrs. Addi-
| son Cook, Miss Larus, Miss Mamie Syming-
| ton, Mrs. Bradley T. johnson, Mrs. Lewis
| Marshall and Misses Duffy, of Baltimore;
Mrs George A. Laughlln, of Cleveland,
| o.. Mrs. Simpson Tate, of Memphis; Mrs:
| Puryiance Tams and Mrs. Howerson, Of
stanton; Miss Mildred Cullen, Hiss Elise
| Coke, Miss Darlington, Miss Powers, Miss
| Lula Powers, Miss Elicit, Mrs. Frank Ste
gar, Mrs Cannon Flemming, Mrs. Brown,
| Mrs. Judson Watkins, Mrs. Bosher, Mrs.
| VI. S. Smith, Mrs. DR.. Shields, Mrs. Byrd
warwick. Hrs. Samuel G.. Register, Mrs.
| Chalkley, of Richmond; Miss Mamie Nor
| ton, Mrs. Helm, Mrs. Otway Warwick,
Miss Abrams. Miss Goodhue, Miss Cald-
well. Miss White, Miss Webb, Miss Elan
nagan, Mrs. Samuel Graham, Miss STRAIT
| ton. Mrs. Petit. Miss Faust. Mrs. James
Frayser, Miss Resale Slaughter, Miss
| Holmes, Miss Perkins, Miss Margeret Pol
| lard. Miss Rodrigue, and hosts of Others,
while the gentlemen were too numerous to
mention.
ANOTHER CARD PARTY.
A party of ladies gave progressive
euchre party on Wednesday evening.
which was very much enjoyed. The
ladies' first prize. a red-feather fan, was
won by Miss Stratton, of Memphis, and
the second q basket Of bon-bons by Miss
Juliet Powers. Mr.. George A. Laughlin, Of
| Cleveland, o., carried off the gentleman's
| first prize. a ieweled scarf-pin, and Mr.
| Thomas G. Catchings, of Mississippi, won
the second prize, cigar-case.
TIE LADIES GERMAN.
The largest and most successful german
| of the season was given on Thursday eve
| ming by the ladies'. Some thirty-tiye couples
danced from 10 to 1 o'clock with spirit Of
enjoyment unmarried by tagging steps or
energies. Some of the most beautiful
| figures ever danced were led by MIR. j.
Ferris Camm,. of Savannah Ga;
| Those dancing were Mrs. II. W. Page, Of
| Norfolk, and Mr.. Lewis MARSHALL Mrs.
Richard Wright and Mr.. Reid, Mrs: Bradley
| Il. Johnson, of Baltimore, and Mr.. Deve-
reux DOYLE; Miss Mamie Symington and
| Mr.. Conway Larus, Miss Eta Williams and
| Mr. Thomas Gillian. Miss Mildred
| Cullen and Mr.. Norton, Miss Nor
ton and Mr.. Hughes, Miss Blanche
Dufey and Mr.. Spottswood Crenshaw,
Miss Darlington and Mr. Albert Bryan,
Miss Abrams and Mr.. W. S. Smith, Miss
Flanagan and Mr. Glasgow, Miss Webb
and Mr.. Bull, Miss Daniel and Dir. Mercer,
Miss Faust aud Mr.. Thomas Catchings.
Miss Coke and Mr.. Philip Powers, Miss
! Powers and Mr.. Figgett. Miss Lula Powers
and Mr.. wilkinson, Miss Johnson and Mr..
o. Catchings, Miss Savage and Dir. Dickey,
Miss Elliott and Mr. Butler, Miss Ayiary
and Mr.. Clark, Miss Pollard and DR..
Flanagan, Miss Donnalley and Mr..
| Morton, Miss Sanders and Mr.. Craddock,
Miss Carrie Elicit and Mr.. Stiris.
rEN-P1N AND SHOOTING PARTIES.
Mrs. II. w. Page, of Norfolk, gave a
| charming ten-pln party on Friday morn
| ing. Those playing were Mrs. Richard
Wright. Mrs. Laughlin, Misses Goodhall.
Flanagan, and Williams, and blessrs. Viii
hams, Bull, wilkinson, and Smelling.
A charming shooting party was gwen on
Wednesday morning at the shooting gal
| lery by Mr.. w. Strother Smith. The first
| prize, jewelled lace-pin, was won by Miss
| Mildred Cullen, and the first gentleman's
prize. also q pin, by Mr.. Fred. Poisson. of
| london, Eng. The others present were
Mrs. III. S. Smith, Mrs. Helm, Mrs. Abrams,
Mrs. II. w. Page. Mrs. L. ID. Hotchkiss,
Mrs. H. Latimer, Mrs. James r. Branch,
Miss Abrams, Miss Helm, Miss Goodhue,
Miss Stires, Miss Starke. Misses Powers;
Messrs. Cunningham. Bull. Stires, Catch
| ings. Mercer, Cam, Lambs, Bryan,
Mitchell, Read, Flanagan. and Others.
LEO WHEAT IN CONCERT.
Among the rarest treats Of the week
were two exquisite concerts-one matinee
and one evening-on Friday. Mr.. Leo
Wheat. whose genius as a pianist is unsur-
passed by living artists, held large audi
ence on both occasions spell by his
soulful rendering of several fine selections:
Dir James K. Branch, with his powerful
and rich basso, sang several numbers with
| true artistic ease, while the violinist was
1 ona of the attractive younO ladies of the