Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-30

ginia regiment, in uniform personatinG the
character Of his grandfather. Colonel VIII
liam Trueheart, Of the War OF 1872 Nr.
Littell Wilson personated Sir Walter
Raleigh; Captain g. II. Palmer, Ao?fe-
wood, On English cavalier; Mr.. Douglass
rick, Scottish Lord: Benjamin r. Lips
comb, Engiish nobleman.
The following gentlemen were members
OF the Committee on Reception: hon.
William Writ Henry. Colonel E. L. Hobson,
and Judge Henry w. Flournoy. Secretary
Of the Commonwealth.
w. s. Wortham appeared In acontinentel
suit Of black with gold trimming; Captain
Philip Hsxaii, costume representing . gem
Cabell represented soldier Of the Revo-
lutionary army and member Of the House
OF Burgesses; Mr.. II. L. Powers wore o
colonial costume Of blue satin; Mr.. LOWS
ii. Lightfoot represented his ancestor. Sir
Philip Lightfoot. the Queens counsellor,
in an elaborate costume of velvet and gold; |;
Mr.. Henry G. Watkins, gentleman of tho
seventeenth century; A. @. Young. Lord
Churchill; Wyndham Boiling, English gen.
tleman of the seventeenth century; Ran.
dolph T.. Norris, French cavalier, Colonel
]. Hampden Hoge, Sir Wallace Hubbard |;
Mr.. John Pope, gentleman OF colonial
his ancestor. Colonel Robert Beverley OF
Revolutionary fame; Commander McCur-
ley was In naval uniform.
IN THE BOXES.
The right-hand proscenium box was cc-
cupied by the following ladies: Mrs. Major
James ii. Dooley personated great-gTand-
daughter of Sir Dudley Diggs; Mrs. G. X.
Goldsborough, great-great-granddau
of Mrs. General Washington; Mrs. James
Il. Ferguson, granddaughter of Patrick
Henry, as her grandmother, Mrs. Henry |:
Mrs. Matthew Bland Harrison pcr3onated
her great-great-grandmother Unity West,
descendant of Lord De Ia War;; Mrs.
Heth, wife of General Harry Heth, per-
sonated the great-granddaughter OF Ann
Cary. tho wife of Miles Selden Mrs. Lucy
Elder, great-grea.-granddaughter of John
Fitzhugh. q knight of the Golden Horse
shoe; Miss Glenn Atkinson personated
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, OF Brandon.
Che box opposite was occupied by
Governor and Mrs. Mckinney, Mrs. Fitz-
hugh Ice. Mrs. Philip Haxall Mrs. Miles
Cary, Captain II. G. Mckinney. Miss Boil
ing, OF Wythe county, and Mrs. James
Lyons. The last named was dressed as
Jean Robertson, the grandmother OF her
great-grandfather Patrick Henry. and the
aunt of Lord Brougham. She wore the
made of his hair. Her dress Of black vel
vet had a skirt ofantique silk brought over
to this country by ono Of her ancestors.
The box which had been set apart for
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland was sold at public
auction yesterday morning and was bought
by Mr.. Roger A. Pryor, Jr., of New York,
for 1925. II was occupied by Mr.. Pryor
Ond Mr. Jefferson NJ. Levy, OF New York,
the owner of Monticello, the home of JET.
ferssfl.
The right-hand lress-circle box was oc-
cupied by Mr.. John Dunlop. Mrs. j. l.. Nj.
| Curry. Mrs. John Dunlop, and Mrs. Archer
Anderson.
In the left-hand box were Mr.. John p.
Branch. Mrs. Branch, Mrs. David Gould,
Mrs. Bancroft in elegant costumes, and
Miss Margaret L. Branch, charming
young de6u;dnt.
~ FULL DRESS.
Judge Waller X. Staples, Colonel vii.
liam +. Tanner, Mrs. Thomas, q. Jack
son, Mrs. William M. Archer, Mis-:
| Alice Archer, MIR. George Carter Jack
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard l.. Brown
DIR. j. G.. Beattie, Miss Alice Beartie, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs
George b. McAdams, Major Clay Drewry
Mr.. John jackson. DIR. and ars. 4: J
Moore, Mr.. w: II. Grant, Jr.. Dr. and Mrs
Captain Cabell Davis. Miss Annie Palmer
Mrs. A. d. Atkinson, Mr.. George Palmer
Senator II. w. Moore, Hon. ii. II. Down
| ing, Mr.. and Mrs. B. N. Robinson. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Peasants, Mr.. Il. w. George
| Mr.. s. w. Travers, Mr.. G. +. Workman, Jr.
| Mr.. r. Rand. Wexford, hr. Charles +
Wortham, Sr.. Mr.. A. III. Christian, Jr.
Mr.. Z. l.. Conquest, Senator l.. ID
Yarrell, Mr.; ". G. Preston, Mr.. X
II. whitlock, Senator Little, Mr.. De-
catur Axtell. Major Otway Allen
Colonel Archer Anderson, Mr.. III. Clay
Chamblin, Mr.. +. II. Mcclure, Mr.. eno
Mrs. james ID. Patton, Mrs. J. ii. Mon
tague, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. II. Adams, Mayo
J. Taylor Ellyson, Mr.. Harvey (Philadel
phia), Mr.. b. h. Tiidep lof New York, |
cousin of Hon. Samuel j. Tilden.) Protes
sor John Mcclure, DIR. George Roes, Mr.
John M. Price, Delegate j. T.. Mason, Hon
James Hay. Colonel j. b. Cary. MIR. X. w
Powers, Mr.. I; A. Lancaster, Hon
]. +. Ryan, Major Thomas A. Bran
der, W. w. Axtell (West point), Mr.
George N. Woodbridge. MIR: X. IA
Whtlock. Mr.. 4. ID. Taylor, MIR. >: w
Travers, DIR. j. S. ID. Cullen, Majol
| Fred. Il. Scott Delegates J. l.. Radsord
and A. G.. Preston, DIR. Hunter Mcclure
| MIR. Alexander Cameron, Mr.. Austin Cabell
Attorney-General Scott. Colonel L. III. X
Talcott, Major Il. III. Nash, Mr.. X. @. Nor
ton. DIR. Isaiah White, Mr. George Il. True
man, DIR. Edward Mcclure. Mr.. james +
| Wood.