Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-23
OUR SOCIETY FOLKS.
HOW THE WEEKS AFTER LENT ARE
BEING MADE PLEASANT.
r..,,,g Of the Literary Ciub-Lunchsons
and Dinnsrs-Little Miss Pattons
p,r,bday Party-Personais.

The meeting Of tho Literary Club was
held at the residence of Mir. Alexander
Cameron on Wednesday evening. IL was
ono of the most delightful and successtui
ossemblies of the club held during the
soason. Original poems and sketches were
given by several members winch "eie
especially enjoyed.
Mrs. Edward T. Crump read very charm
ingIy little pastel OF Lake George wn'T1
was daintily expressed. Mr.. hichara III
storv and sonnet entitled "A III is IN
Ueayen.r touching delicately, upon the
the lite of the spnster in Paradise.
Mr.. Roosevelt Page gave an amusing,
almost Thrilling. account of how, Ihree
Yonne LAWYERS Made Love to the same
| Girl" even quoting the same verses "
her. He also repeated from ni mem, ~; q
| sonnet TO his lady love, which, oeing 4ri-
pinal. could not have been repeated 10 her
| before by any previous suitor. fri,
Mr. G.. ". Coleman read several OF MS
noerns with feeling and pathos, Inc
| Castle in SPAN" being particularly az
mired. and Mr.. b. b Munford gave de.
scription of n country, wedding' Wnlcu
many present bad attended Win MN @nu
| had greatly enjoyed.
Mr., A. Sale Watkins seemed born to
rule.n so ably did he acquit himself as
| chairman. but after supper he seemed
eoually adapted to the TOs OF Cnauteur'
rendering several songs in his own lnlmita-
bic style.
MIR. and Mrs. Cameron and Miss Cameron
made the entertainment more than charm
ing by their genuine hospitality, and John
Dabney served one of his elegant suppers.
| The guests present were Mr.: and Mrs.
George Ben. Johnston, NJ. and MRS. An
drew Christian. Dir. and Mrs. Brydon Ten
nant. the Misses Brown of Baltimore, MD,
MIR. Ranlet, Mr.. Jenifer Barton, and Judge
| Staples. The usual members OF the club
The next meeting of the club will be the
| last Of the season and will be gwen by
| the Misses Stewart, at Brook Hill"
Judge Staples gave q very agreeable
| card party at his rooms on Thursday
evening. The guests were DIR. and Mrs.
F.. T. Robinson. Misses Mary Morris
Jones. Mary Cameron Mary Lewis, and
Mr.. Richard II. Gaines. Dir. b. Is. Muntord.
and Judge Leake.
Miss Claudia Stuart gave the third lee
ture of her charming series On Saturday
evening at the residence of Mr.. Aubin l..
Boulware. The subject, Ralph Waldo
Emerson" was treated with the power OF
| one who knows thoroughly whereof she
speaks. and her audience was charmed
| and interested. Tho fourth lecture Will
| be gwen on Tuesday. April 2jth,. at
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. j. Enders
Robinson. 1I3 south Third street. Sub
| ject Emerson and Carlyle"
Mrs. William II. Beae, lady assistant to
the Board of the World's-Fair Managers,
is TO be congratulated upon the fortunate
! selection she has made Of her two assist
ants for the work assigned TO her at Chi
cago, Mrs. j. CGskie Cabell and Mrs. Grace
! Watson Tunstali. These ladies will occupy
and adorn the Mt Vernon house, dong
the honors as true representatives, OF VIZ
| GINA in the home which typites Nlrginla's
| hospitality in her palmy days, and the Sc
| lection of Mrs Beale by the board and or
| Mrs. Cabell and Mrs. Tunstall by Mrs.
| Beae gives universal satisfaction.
| Mrs. Grace Watson Tunstall II the daugh-
| ter of Colonel James Watson. of Char
| lottesville, Va, one of q family distn-
| guished as occupying various positions OF
| prominence and trust. He commanded the
| Lighthouse Cavalry, which acted as escort
to LAFAYETTE on the occasion of his visit to
and was identified with the community IN
which he lived as a true Virginian. His
| daughter Is a woman of dignity and refine
| ment--one in every sense fitted to NIL the
position signed her and fully endorse d
by leading and influential men all over the
State. Her present homo is at Bedford
City, Va.
Mrs J. Caskie Cabell needs no intro
| ductlon to Nirginians. Born and reared
| in Richmond. she Is the daughter of Mr.
John Enders, and granddaughter of John
| Enders, ST., a wealthy tobacconist and
| philanthropist. and descended on her
! mothers side from the oldest and most
distinguished families of Prince George
county, her great-great- grandfather being
Mr.. Richard Taylor, OF Blandford, the
father of Hon. George Keith Taylor. AS q
| woman of rare accomplishments, of un-
disputed influence. of grace of mind and
person. she has no superior IN her State.
| and Virginia may well be content TO be
represented by one so fitted to adorn
her station.
Mrs. Beale and her assistants will form a
trio of worthy representatives Of the type
for which the Old Dominion will ever be
| renowned.
Mr.. John Harrison entertained some Of
his gentleman friends at dinner on Mon
day evening in honor of his brother-in-
law. Mr.. Il. Fl. Lindsey. of Pittsburg, Pa.
The tables were beautifully decorated
with red and yellow tulips and maiden
hair ferns and an elegant menu was served.
Those who were seated were Messrs. II. IL.
Lindsey. Egbert G.. Leigh. Roosevelt Page,
John X. Cary. Dabney Crenshaw, G. OBJ.
Cowardln. William NJ. Hill, Thomas Boil
ling. William II. Grant, Wyndham K.
Meredith, John A. Coke, and John w. Har-
risOn.
A pretty sight was the pink birthday
party of little Mamie Leary Patton on
Tuesday afternoon. when about forty of
her friends came with bouquets and bas-
kets Of flowers aud boxes of bonJons TO
do her honor. Pink roses. pink carnations,
and pink candles and lamps made the
scene as rosy as the infantile fancy. and
the little hostess wore the daintiest of lit
tie gowns ornamented with pink ribbons.
Each little guest was made happy by re-
ceiving pretty cup filed with
sugar plums. A huge pie, covered
with pink tissue paper. IN which
was SOurenir tor each. was passed around
for each to draw pink daisy ribbon and
receive the plum" from Jack Horner's
pie. Those present were little Misses
Josephine Page West Virginia.. Ella
Buck, Frances MYERS, Page Royal. Anna
! Keith Royall, Dorothy Christian. Julia
Ostcrloh, Gwendolin rutherford. Levina
Thomas Marie ana Nell Potts. Ella aud
Archer Joynes. Della Cameron peters
bnrg), Barbara Trigg. Katharine Dickson
! (Norfolk). jamie Moore. Nora Lang horne,
Anna and Louise Purcell. Sue Gray Mary
Moulton, Nora Leary, Elizabeth Cooke,
Edith Donnan. and Masters VIII
liam and Harry Frazier. Alfred Gray, Jr..
EIskIne Buford. Willie Dickson. Jr.. Will
liam Oppenhimer, Charlie Watkins, Charlie
Stokes, Lawrence Talbot, Pickett Lath-
rop, Archie Patterson. Thomas Moulton,
Henry Cowardin. Thomas Atkinson. Edloe
and Talmage Donnan, Robert and Edward
Boykin.
The Misses Stewart gave a charmingly
informal lunch party on Wednesday in
honor OF Miss Rawson and the Misses
Brown. Mr.. G. W. Coleman was the only
gentleman present. The ladies were Misses
Bertha Randolph. Bessie Fauntleroy,
Misses Annie. Norma, and Hope Stewart.
Miss Rawson. and the Misses Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Purcell entertained
the two families of Peasants and Purcell
at dinner ON Monday in honor OF the re-
turn of the bridal couple from their tour.
Mrs. Alexander Archer. Miss Archer, and
M,ec Enllarton ara NJ Old Point