Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-20
READY FOR THE BALL
cHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES REPORT
THE DETAILS ARE COMPLETE.
speciaiiy-Invited Guests Of the Associa-
ticn--How the Programmes are Print
ed-Dancers Rehearslng. &C.


A conference between the chairmen Of
the various committees appointed TO make
ARRANGEMENTS for the Association ball and
the Central Committee of the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
was held yesterday afternoon at 4So
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Parke @.
Bagby.
In the absence Of Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
who has been sick for several days, Mrs.
Archer Anderson presided.
There were present Mrs. John p. Branch.
chairman Reception Committee Mrs. w.
l.. ROYAL, chairman Committee on
Dancing; Mrs. George N. Woodbridge.
chairman Committee on Music; Mrs. G. G.
McPhail. chairman Invitation Committee;
Mrs. G.. w. Bsgby, chairman Publication
Committee and corresponding secretary OF
the association; Mrs. James Lyons. re-
cording secretary of the association; Mrs.
w. X. Meredith, treasurer of the associa-
ton and also of the Ball Committee; Mrs.
]. s. Wexford. Mrs. K. Il. Ball, Mrs. Ar
thur Seldom, vice-president of the Asso-
citation for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities; Miss Martha Bagby, of the
Committee ON Publication, and Mr..
Thomas Boiling. chairman of the Floor
Committee.
Much routine work was transacted by
the meeting, and the chairmen of the yari-
GUS committees reported that nearly all the
details concerning the ball had been ar
ranged.
The invitations for the bali are being
rapidly addressed and will be ready for
mailing by the latter part of the week.
TIE PROGRAMMES FOR THE OCCASION.
The programmes for the occasion are
very tastefully arranged, having the seal
of the association on the cover, while on
the first page the names Of the dancers in
the order in which they will appear, are
given as follows:
Mrs. William L. Royal and Mr.. Charles
E. Boiling.
Miss Annie Leigh Camm and Mr.. Reid
Hobson.
Miss Jennie McPhail and Mr.. Dudley
Mcdonald.
Mrs. Allan E. Donnan and Mr.. William
III. Talbot.
Miss Helen rutherford and Mr.. Edward
Mrs. William H. Talbot and Mr.. James
r. Branch.
Miss Columbia Hayes and Mr.. John Q.
Lowell.
Mrs. Lucien B. Tatum and Mr.. Arthur s.
Wiley.
Miss Bruce Williams and DR.. G. v. Car
ringtOn.
Miss Martha Bagby and Mr.. Thomas At
kinson.
Miss virgie Brock and Mr.. John Mallory.
Miss Bessie Pace and MIR. Allan L. Dom
Miss Elise Williams and Mr.. John b.
Young.
Mrs. Thomas Boiling, Jr., and Mr.. A.
| Beirne Blair.
Miss Gertrude Camm and Mr.. A. Sale
| Watkins.
Miss Mary Cullen and Mr.. J. I. Ander-
| son.
SIR ROGER DANCES.
On the second page of the programme
the dances of the evening, after the Sir
Roger de Coverley" are given. They are {:
2, waltz; 8, polka; 4, waltz; 8, polka; 6.
waltz; 7, polka; 8, waltz; 8, polka; TO-
| waltz.
The names of the Floor Committee are
also printed on this page. They are:
Messrs. Thomas Boiling. Jr. chairman,
| William r. Trigg. Edgerton S. Rogers,
| Thomas NJ. Rutherford, Levin Joynes,
| Andrew II. Christian. Edward L. Crump,
Alfred T. Harris, Robert II. Boykin, Ed
ward Hannewinckel, 10. Lane Stern, and
Blythe w. Branch.
| GUESTS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The only guests of the association will
be Governor and Mrs. Mckinney. as repre-
sentatives of the State, and Mrs. Charles
Washington Coleman, of Williamsburg.
This compliment was conferred upon Mrs.
Coleman by a unanimous vote OF me COM
mittee, as il was in her house at Williams
burg that the nucleus of this important
| association was formed in January, 1889.
| The attendance at the ball will be very
large, and several parties from northern
| cities will be made up to visit Richmond
| at that time.
/ The decorator whose services have been
secured to adorn the Theatre for the dance
| will arrive in the city in few days for the
| purpose of making arrangements to that
| end.
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
Under the skilful instruction of Professor
| Iaube the ladies and gentlemen who will
| participate in the "Sir Roger de Coverley "
are progressing rapidly in their knowledge
Of the dance. Rehearsals will be held next
Wednesday and Saturday.
| Another conference between the Gen.
| trail Committee of the association and the
| ball committees will be held next Monday
| at 4:3O p. NJ. at the residence of Mrs,
Bagby, No. 205 west Grace street.
| Judge East Sent On to the Grand jury.
Judge A. Il. East. the lawyer, whose Or
rest was reported in the Dispatch OF sun
| day. was before the Police Court yester-
day, charged with altering negotiable
note from $35 TO $i85.
! The accused was represented by Colonel
NJ. L. Spotswood and Messrs. ID. G. Rich
ardson and George X. French, the latter
member of the Washington bar.
The only witness for the prosecution was
| Mr.. II. T. East. who told of the circum-
stances under which he endorsed the note,
| which he was quite sure was only for $50
The prisoner denied having changed OF
| altered the note, and said that when II. L.
| East signed it it was exactly as it is now.
| He was sent on to the grand jury.
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