Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-08
SOCIAL BALTIMORE.
a FEvERIsHLY GAY NEW YEARS
WEEK IN The MONUMENTAL CITY.
Sir. Lays funcheon for Two pebnfantes'
Grand Ceiiiion st Lehman's Hall
Engnrements-yioiet Wedding.
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,corro.nona.ace Of the Richmond Dispstcn.l
R.r-ruony. January 7.-This-New-
Years week.-Mrs. been decidedly an on
week ~ in society. Christmas week was
wildly. feverishly gay, and already every
NIGHT for next week is taken mp. but, I'M
exnIainable "a it is, the fact remains that
so far the new year has been too young to
entertain.
Receiving on New-Year's day is custom
of the past. No one thinks of such thing
now. You often hear some one signing ior
the good old day ~ as IL was ten or NJ
teen wears ago, but in truth society does
NOT miss II. IL was very firing for the Ia
dies. and even more SO for the men, VINO
had TO GET through with their hundred VS.
its ON this day TO be "in it." And 50 the
custom has departed, and not house re-
ceivedn ON Monday. The clubs, however,
kept open house for members, non-meui-
hers. and strangers, and an elaborate lunch
was served during the day.
HOLIDAY LUNcHEoNs.
An innovation. and a most acceptable
one. Is the giving of luncheons on mondays
to which men are invited. iuncheon 70
a man il tara inoOgnitd. lie has heatu nus
ststers sneak of them as the jolllest sort OF
Il
street. had very few destinations last Mon;
day when she invited about one hundred
people TO meet Miss Arlington, OF mobile;
and Miss Mary Colston, the de6mdne ana
the daughter OF Captain 4. Nj. toiston
Luncheon was served at numerous small
tables, with about SIX persons az taole;
/ The house was decorated with molly ana
| the Mandolin Club played through ths
meal Among those present were the
| Misses Colston, Miss jenkins, Miss Lucas,
Miss Dobbin. Miss McKim, Miss trick,
MIR. and Mrs George Gibson, MIR. and Mrs
W. Ellis Coale, Charles Martin, Walter
de Curzon Poultney. Gerard Hopkins,
Brooke Hopkins. George Tiffany, Robert
| Cbamberlaine, etc. Monday afternoon
| Mrs John Moncure Robinson ana tue
Misses Robinson gave tea, to when sew
| eral hundreds of people went. There were
no decorations. Those assisting to receive
I were Miss Olivia Gill, the Misses Charlotte
| and Rebecca Williams, Miss Gilmor, Miss
| Didier, Miss Saunders. Miss Lucas, MISS
Jenkins, Miss Keyser, and the Misses
| Gary.
BRILLIANT GERMAN.
The german on Monday night was an
unusually large and brilliant one-large
because Of the numerous strangers ana
| colleoe-men in town-and brilliant be-
cause, in honor of the day, the decorations
were on q much more elaborate scale than
usual. The stage, teie-d-tee-rooms. ana
stairways were tropical IN their PERCUSSION
| of palms. and ropes of holly and ever
| green were stretched from the central
| chandelier TO the corners and sides OF
old Lehman's Hall. The cotillon itself;
which, on account of the crowd, couid
! hardly be termed success, was Ied Dy 20
| lumbus O'Donuell Lee. Those present were
General and Mrs. John Gill Mr; ana PITS
| Howard Munnickhuysen, Mrs. John Mum,
| cure Robinson and the Misses Neliye ana
Champe Robinson, the Misses Coiston, tne
| Misses Gary, Miss jenkins, Miss Sadle
| Price, Miss Stirling Miss Louise Morris
| Miss Lucas, Miss Atkinson, Miss Doboln,
| Miss Keys. William +. Lucas, Jr., Robert
| Lebr. Robert Riddell Brown, Captain
| Berkeley MacCaulay, Captain Harry rem
nipgton. q. Snowden Andrews, Walter
| Poultney. and Beauregard Howard; also,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, DR., OF Now
| York. Mrs. Dyer gave small supper eiter
| the cotillon at the home of her aunt MISS
Patterson. on ST. Paul street.
DEBUrANTEs' DANCE.
Tuesday night there was a small dance
| for the dfbrddi,tss of next season and the
younger set in general. 1t was arranged
| bv Douglas II. Thomas. Jr., and ). Hough
| Cottman, Jr., and was declded success.
| ~
| Fortnightly Assemblies, or, as they are
| fan,iliarIy termed Wall-Flowers' De
Ight.D because Of the abundance of
| dancing men. There was no supper and
no co.illon. The patroDesse9 are Mrs.
| Rasil Ciildersleeye, Mrs. Frank L. Clark,
Mrs. George Reuling, and MIR. Nelson
There lave been a number of theatre
parties given this week to see Herman
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| here socially and was entertained at potn
the Baltimore Club and the Maryland
Mrs. Waller Morton. of Richmond, spent
| the HOLIDAYS with Colonel and Mrs. Mcln-
| tosh, on ST. Pau street.
| Bishop and Mrs. Alfred Nj. Randolph
| have also been IN town for the past two
| weeks and several dinner parties have been
given in their honor.
Miss Emma Gildersleeve flew away &c
| Richmond the beginning Of the holidays
but is expected back on Monday. Miss
| Gildersleeye has the most charming Mon
day afternoons, where the cleyerest people
In town are always 10 be found just at
o'clock.
MATRIMONIAL.
The engagements announced this weeB
are: Miss Genevieve Thompson, the
daughter of Mrs. James Nj. thompson
formerly of Springfield. Mass, but now o
st. Paul street. Baltimore, to Mr.. YATES
Pennington. Also Miss Eta Ridgeley
one of the most beautiful women in Baltl.
more. and ono of tho old HAMPTON
Rldgeleys, to Mr.. Paul Gaylord OF Phiia
delDhia. ais mother was Miss Paul anC
the SISTER OF Mrs. William Waldorf Astor
The only marriage of the week was the
violet wedding" of MISS Elizabeth Du
laney Ridgsley to Mr. Sydney IL. Reed, OF
Gallatin, Tenn. In the decorations. th'
costumes. the flowers, everything. th'
violet idea was carried out. There wer'
no bridesmaids. The brides gown was
coat of violet velvet bordered with iur
with enamel buttons. The collar aud era
vat were of point lace. The skirt was Of
gray broadcloth. and around the bottom
| .raa An edrinp OF fur and gold beads.