Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-05
SOCIETY LAST WEEK.
A BRILLIANT GERMAN BY
THE RICHMOND CLUB.
Meetings of the Literary Club.
Receptions Keep People OF
Fashion Very Busy.

The Richmond germans. ever popular
and delightful, seem to brighten as
they take their flight" for the last was
brilliant and as perfectly enjoyed &c any
of those preceding 1t. The supper was
one Of the best served this season and
the music as bright and inspiring as at
the earlier entertainments. The chape-
rons present were: Mrs. George Ross,
Mrs. I. n. Carter, Mrs. Levin
Joynes, and Mrs. Isaac Davenport.
Other married guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
X. II. WhitIock. Mr.. and Mrs. h. t. ID.
Myers, Mr. and Mrs. ". Waller Nor
ton, Mr. and Mrs. q. b. Nc ADAMS, Mr.
and Mrs. William IL. Talbot, Or. and
Mrs Il. q. Cabell, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomls
Boiling, Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Tabb, Mr..
aud Mrs. George w. Anderson, Mrs.
William L. Royal. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Montague. Mrs. Charles Montague. Mrs.
john Montague, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Allison, Mrs. Albert Grandy (Nor-
,folk, Va, MIR. and Mrs. James
T. Patterson, Mrs. Walter Addison
Mr.. and Mrs. James z. Branch, Mrs. q
Oh. Cowardin, Mr.. and Mira James \.
Welch, Mrs. Il. T. Thorpe, Mrs Arthur
LEROY, Mr. and Mrs Charles Z. Smith.
The Young ladies' were Misses Cora Car
rington, Bona Harrison (Leesburg. Na.),
May Handy. Bessie Addison, Nirgie
Brock, Fannie Ross, BeTta WelIiord
Sallie Wexford. Annie Gray, Nellie
BoykIn, Irene Langborne, Madge Ould, /
Madge Olmstead, Francis Nlichler, Nlr-
gle Archer, Helen b. Floyd louisville,
Ky.), Emma Barksdal Bessie Martin,
Callie Ryland, Joan Clarke (Atlanta,
Ga.), Meta Potts, Mary Mayo,
DammGn, Moale (Baltimors, Md, Ger
trude Camm, Anne Leigh Camm, Eu-
genia Tenant, Elise Williams, Bessie
Pace, Lette Robertson (Charlottesviile),
Helen Cameron, Mary Cameron, Mar
cissa Barton, Martha Bagley, Annls
Howard, Mary Howard. Maud Rankin,
Bessie Shipp Lexington, Na.), hate
Conrad Winchester, Va.), Ellen Bruce,
Bessie Fauntleroy, Lucy Tabb, julia
Coggill, Mary Cullen, Helen Montague,
Lou Adkins, Lillian larbrough, and
Messrs. Anderson, Grant, Stern,
Archer, Reefsneider Baltimore, Md.
Morris Charlottesville, Na.), Raulet
| (Holyoke, Mass. }, Lee (Petersburg),
Blake New Orleans). Johnston, Pegram,
W. Palmer, f. Palmer, Mel onald. l..
Myers rutherford, Potts, johnson,
Baskerville, Blair. Lyons, McAboy. &.
Boiling, Blankenship, holland, Ihoma-
son, Sheppard, Scott, Willy, j. Currle, ID.
Currie, t.. Massle. 5. Watkins, Willis,
Darlington, Davenport, Ferguson. Fish
burne Charlotte syille). Mitchell, j.
Williams, Moncure, Gibson, Frazier.
Workman, Montague. Gaines, Page. ,.
Barney New York J, Hanewnckel,
Young, Shields, McCabe, Talbot, Nj.
Jones, Atkinson, Patterson, Mosby, y.
Peasants, and l.. Pleasants.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrison enter
tanned the Tuesday Euchre Club in
beautiful style on Tuesday evening.
Their charming home, being peculiarly
adapted to artistic and tasteful adorn-
ment. was a strikingly- effective sitting
for the coterie Of attractive people whom
they gathered about them. 1he table
decorations were i'll yellow. A beautiful
Dresden lamp under yellow shade was
yreathed al It's base with yellow mar
cissus. and upon smaller tables
there were silver candelabra filled
with yellow candles under silk shades OF
the same hue. The prizes were the gilt
of Mrs. Harry Frayser, and were very
elegant and unique. The frst-a hand
some cut-glass toilet-bottle with silver
stopper-was taken 10y Mrs. Thomas II.
Leary the second-a velvet pln-cushlon
in a silver standby Mrs. Charles h.
Wortham. Jr. the third-a pair Of silver
prape.scissor. by Mrs. Thomas o. Bar
bour the consolation "a silver paper
cutter-by Mrs. Ashton Starke.
The lady guests were Mrs. William
N. Hill. Mrs. Egbert Leigh, Mrs. James
A. Welch. Mrs. William Waller Morton,
Mrs. DIR. Laird North Carolna), Mrs.
Walter d. Addison Big Stone CAP, Va. ),
Misses Damman and Moale (Baltlmore),
Miss Greer Washington, u. C.)' Miss
Mary Malien Lyons.
Members OF tine club present were !:
Mr.. and Mrs. h. 5. Bosher, Dir. and
Mrs. James I. Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert II. WhitIock, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
f. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. &. OBJ. CO.
wardin. Mr.. and llrs. T. o. Barbour, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Gray, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ashton Starke, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Frayser, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ?. La
throp, Mrs. +. c. Mayo, Mrs. L. H..
Leary. Mrs. Moncure Perkins, Mrs.
John Enders, Mr. and Mrs. William ii.
Talbot. Dr. James T.. Roy, Messrs. II.
Landon Cabell. f. ID. Steger, ,. W.
Trayers, L. b. Thomson, IL. II. john
sou. W. b. Weisiger, +. &. Mayo, W..
Scott Darlington, and William a.
Grant. -,
Mr. and Mrs Charles +. Smith will
entertain the club on Tuesday, the tn
OF February.
The rendition of " Our Boys by the
amateur cast on Wednesday evening was
most credtable performance. As
whole no amateur entertainment has ever
given greater satisfaction in Richmond.
The beautiful tableau Has faithful re-
production of a fine picture, made OF
such material as artists 60 not often ilnd,
a score Of lovely mailens, fresh and far,
and costumed after the model To
perfection, and tue dancing-master'
iilhng his part to thu life. Mrs.
.Gnums Morris and her assistants
deserve all praise for their successful re-
production of 4" The Dancing Master.
And then The Dance of "a. Grand
mothers" under the direction OF Mrs.
Is. Ii. Nash, was picturesque, pIquant,
and graceful. The powdered hair and
Vatican costumes were universally be-
coming and the music fresh and
sparkling. Perhaps there never
we're SO many pretty faces and
forms on any stage before as grac,eo
the Mozart on Wednesday night
The play and its preceding curtain,
raisers showed what careful study anu
n