Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-22
GREEN CARNATION.
OSCAR wHDE's ODD BOU-
ToNNIERE AT BALTIMORE
Costume of H1sthctic SVEN on
Charles Street---Dinners,
Germans, and Teas.
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worn by twp or three of our uitra-swells
at the german the other night Tor 'ne
first time. They are not pretty IN
point of fact, they are hldeous. But
Dame Fashion has set her seal OF APP
prevail on them, and voiia Ihey wele'
as is generally known, introduced by
that famous msthete, Oscar Wilde, on
the premier night of his very successiui
ploy. "Lady Windemere's Fan. Mr..
wilde realized that if his play should be
n failure he must rely on some other
means for keeping himself in the public
eve. He poudered, and finally DECIDED
on this anomaly--a green PINK as 0oh-
tonneirc. Both the ply ana tue
flower we're successes 1eyond MS
widest anticipations. When the
audience that night called Tor
the author, after the first act, he APP
peared. and London looked-London
looked again, then wondered. What
did he wear in his button-hole A green
carnation? The flower became the rage
in London. in Paris, in New York, and
now IN Baltimore. The white carnations
are dyed green when fully in bloom. but
the exact process is a secret known to
very few. Those worn here we're I'M
ported from New York. With frock
coat, very tight in the waist, very long
and full in the skirt. 6OutOnn'ere OF
these flowers, white undressed kid
gloves with black stitching and "billy-
cock" hat, and you have picture OF
how one of our swells appeared on
Charles street the other afternoon.
SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
On Monday Mr. and Mrs. James
Swami Prick gave a dinner party before
the german. Miss Mathilde Keyser also
entertained the following guests at din
ner the same evening: Misses Char
lotte Williams, Laura jenkins, Margaret
Mckim, and Anna Gilmor, and Messrs
Walter DeCurzon Poultney, Harry
Lehr Buchanan Merryman, and q.
Snowden Andrews.
The "Monday german OF this week
was neither so large nor so brilliant as
the holiday ones. but the dancing was
oil the more enjoyed for that reason.
William GIlmor Hoffman, Jr., led the
cotilon.
Monday afternoon Mrs. John Ridge
ley, OF Hampton, gave tea for her
daughter, Miss LeOnice kidgeley. She
was assisted i'll receiving by Mrs. John
Stewart, Mrs. William Checkley Shaw,
Miss Nellie Dobbin, Miss Atkinson, and
Miss Poultney.
A BUSY DAY.
Tuesday wasan exceptionally busy day.
Miss Ollie Wilkinson gave luncheon in
the morning to Mrs. Charles McAllister,
Of Philadelphia. Covers were laid for fifty,
among whom were Mesdames Benjamin
Horwitz. Ross Winans, Charles Reeves,
Ross Whistler, Tom Whistler, -
Reuling, and Misses Marie Sterling,
Lucas. and Swami. Mrs. William Had
don Marriott gave tea in the afternoon
to Miss Gretchen Welsh, of Boston.
Miss Nellie Wilson poured tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Hurst gave a
very large dance that evening. Miss
Nancy Hurst, Mrs. Edwin Harvie Smith.
the Misses Gilmor, Miss Flndlay, and
Miss Baldwin. received. Graeme Turn
bull, Willie Peasants. Frank Baldwin,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Williams were
| also there.
Mr.. John Peasants gave an oyster
roast at the Country Club on Wednes-
day evening to MIR. and Mrs. Charles
McAllister Of Philadelphia. Those in
vited to meet them were Mr.. and Mrs.
| Columbus Old. Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Whistler, Miss Ollie Wilkinson, Miss
Laura jenkins, Walter Poultney. and
Gerard Hopkins.
HANDSOME DINNER.
Ex-MavQr James Hodges gave the
handsomest dinner this season on We'd
nesday Out of his stock of celebrated
china Mr.. Hodges used for one course
that set of plates upon each one of
which is painted the portrait Of one of
the dead and gone beauties of the
/ French courts. Those whom he invited
TO dine and inspect these beauties were
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Garrett, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Keyser, MIR. and Mrs.
William Gilmor, Mr.. and Mrs Gustav
thurman, Mr. and Mrs. William Reed,
Mr. and Mrs. George T. NJ. Gibson,
and Judge and Mrs. Albert Richie.
, Miss Loulou Riach gave tea followed
| bg dance Wednesday evening. The
decorations were curtains and smilax
and garlands Of La France roses. A
| huge mound of la France roses deco
rated the centre OF the table, and pink
| shades were used for the lights.
On Thursday Miss Holt, OF Charles
street, gave tea in honor OF her cousin,
Miss Holt. of New IorS. Miss Amy
James poured tea.
/ Mrs. Nicholas Hill also gave a tea
that afternoon, assisted by Miss Sea-
grave. the daughter Of the British Con-
/ sui, Miss Emma Gildersleeve, and Miss
Josephine Poe.
EVENING PARTIES.
Thursday evening Mrs. James Nc
Lane gave a small cotillon for her daugh-
ter, Miss Eugenia McLane
The Misses Ensor gave q theatre
party to see Francis Wilson in honor Of
Mr. and Mrs. McAllister, Of Philadel-
| phia.
Friday afternoon Mrs. William +.
/ Burns gave tea III honor OF Miss Coch-
ran, of Delaware. This tea was unusual
/ ~ charming, as Mrs. Burns's house on
Mt. Vernon place is one of the hand
soonest in the town. Mrs. Francls Taze-
we'll Redwood gave an CAT Home" the
same afternoon. The Fortnightly Assem-
bly,, or "Wall-Flower's Delight" met
on Friday evening, but by that time
everybody was pretty well tired out.
Saturday Miss Amy James gave tea
to Miss Holt, Of New York, and in the
evening Mrs. Dobbin's dancing class met
at the Lyceum Parlors.
The latest engagement which is cre-
ating some talk is that OF Mr.. Robertson
Taylor to Miss Mae Templeman. Mr..
Taylor is one of the Norfolk Taylors,
and his son, DR.. Robert Tunstall Taylor,
married year or so ago Miss Florence
Templeman, who is Miss Macs sister.
Mrs DR.. Taylor will therefore be daugh-
terinlaw to her own sister, and the lat
ter will be grandmother as well as aunt
to the formers children. A rather novel
position.
HOME AGAIN.
Miss Emma Gilderseeve is at home
after couple of weeks stay in Rich
mond.
Miss Lille Day, who spent the holt
days in Richmond, is once more in Mrs.
Cary's charge. Although she is st.
Paul girl she is well known here through
.