Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-04
POETRY OF MOTION.
SIR ROGER Dc covERLEy AND THE
COSTUMES FORT.
The Coming BaiI--Ths Participants IN the
Dancc-A Brilliant and Picturesque
Affair Promised

For some DAYS past Richmond society
has been on tho tip-toe OF expectation re-
carling the bali that is to take place at
the Theatre on the night OF the SOth TINS
month for the benefit Of the Society TOR
the Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities.
Last year. IL will be remembered, q ball was
given for the same object, which passed
of with great ecid', and the feature OF
which was the minuet. The coming ball
promises to be repetition Ok the success
Of last year in all the essentials Oh pic-
,uresqueness and brilliancy.
SIR RooER DE oovErrEf.
Arrangements. for the ball Of the goth
ere being rapidly perfected, and It's lea
ture will be the dancing OF Sr, Roger ae
Coverley. The costumes OF the, ladies VINO
will take part in the dance will be short
wasted gowns. patterned after the style. OF
those worn in the time of the Empress Jo-
sephine. and the dress of the gentlemen
will he nrovided by costumer IN New
York. the occasion. therefore, VIII repro,
duce in scenic effect and spirit most
cbarminr picture Of other days-a picture
from which the portrait-painters OF CEN
tury AGO would have delighted to take
figures.
THE COMMITTEE TO BfPokI.
On Wednesday evening there Will DC
meeting of the various committees having
charge OF the arrangements Tor the pan
and the report of these colnmlttses ~
awaited with great interest. All the
dancers who will interpret the poetry OF
motion. which is beautifully illustrated III
Sir Roger de Coyerley. have not been Sc
leeted as vet. but the list 80 far as COM
nIcted ia az follows: Mrs. William u.
kovall. Mrs. Allan 4. Donnan. Mis-. WI
liam n. Talbot, Mrs. John Enders, Mrs.
G. 10. Workman, Jr., Mrs. Lucien Iatum.
Miss Lucy Blair, Miss Mary Cullen, MISS
Martha Bagby, Miss Bessie race.
Miss Annie Loighi Camm, MISS tsi ia
denny McPhail. Miss Bruce Williams,
Mr. MEADE Haskins, Mr.. Sale Watkins,
Mr.. John r. Anderson, Mr.; Cherries u.
Boiling. Mr.. Dudley Mcdonald, M. Allan
n Donnan. Mr.. w. VI. Talbot, MIR. James
branch. Mr.. Carter Scott, Mr.. Edward
Uavo. Mr.. Charles L. Workman, Jr.. MT
William Massie, Mr.. John rutherford
Mr.. Fred. Peasants, Mr. John Il. Young.
These ladies aud gentlemen aud such
Others as may hereafter be selected 10 par,
tlcipate in the dance will be entertained
by Mrs. William l.. Royell some night TINS
week. on which occasion business VIII pe
combined with pleasure and the time and
place for rehearsals decided upon. a
drawing for positions in the dance VIII
also take place and partners Will pc chosen.
The ball will differ from that OF last year
in the respect that whereas nj tue hrst Dali
every one was required to be in costume,
on the coming occasion all save the slr
Roger de Coverley dancers will wear the
ordinary evening dress, thus producing q
contrast that cannot fail 10 be most
striking. As tho dance is the genesis OF
the Virginia reel it will be like placing
"nosegay Of old-fashioned flowers rep
resenting our grandmothers in the centre
of some design of the modern florist. II
will be centre-piece from the. colonial
garden, fringed with a border from inc
conservatory Of the present day.