Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-31
MONUMENTAL CITY
HOW SOCIETY SPENT THE HOLIDAYS
THE BACHELORS GERMAN.
Baltimore Beauties who Returned 10 the
Christmas Monday Miss MOrris's
Bouquet-Military Ball and supper.
lCorrespond.nee OF the plsnatch.D

Correspondence OF the Dspatch.)
BALTIMORE, December 29.-I can
scarcely remember a. week when there
has been such a continuous WhiH Of
gaiety. one cannot complain Of the hard
times in Baltimore. There has never
been more entertaining. And this Christ
mas week. besides many dinners lunch
cons, receptions. teas. &c, there has
been n large dance on for every night.
Christmas-Day OF course, WAS 10
certain extent devoted 10 gatherings OF a
moro or less family character. But Mr..
and Mrs. Munuikhuyscn and Atis Char
lotte Williams gave large dinner parties.
Christmas night saw one OK the most
brilliant germans ever given by tho
Bachelors Coullon club. In the decora.-
lions. which were comparatively simple
holly ana eversreenS preicIninatei.
Great ropes Of these were carried from the
central chandelier to the corners Of the
ballroom and festooned along the sides
Of the wall. From the chandeliers hung
huge balls Of qpInk and rel roses q
suspect these were artificial. but as Mr.
Kipllng would remark. that's another
story.
The stage was banked with palms, with
the additional decoration OF BalImore'5
matrons and dowaSers.
Baltimore has given birth 10 many
beauties, many OF them more or less
celebrated. and IL Is a well-kuown fact
that every native Of the Monumental
City. be he or she ever 80 far away, likes
10 appear year after year at the Christ
mas Monday" As every city has It's
peculiar customs 20 this ~ one OF ours
The result Is that this german brings
together those who have IN many cas- =
not seen each other IN years. The grim
reaper mayhap has thinueI the older
ranks. but there Is the younger genera
ton with beauties that in L year OF -
will be widely known.
WELL-KNO ~ WOMEN.
some of the well. -uown Baltimore wo-
men who have married and moved 10
other citlcs but returned for Christmas.
were Mrs. Elisha Dyer. Of New York
formerly Sidney Tuner; Mrs. Harper
Pennington. OF New York. formerly
Lena Theobald; Mrs. Rhiue!anl'r
Stewart, OF New York. formerly RIA
Armstrong; Mrs. Archie Pei, OF New
York, formerly Sadie Price.
Some OF our well-known girls who were
there. but who may hy away AT any day
were Miss Marie Sterling. with Mr.. J.
Lee Taller. OF New York; Miss Hetty
Cary with Mr.. Fairfax Harrison, OF
New York, and Miss Louise Morris. with
Mr.. Freddie Gebharl Of New York. Miss
Morris still maintains the custom which
she lnaugurated OF carrying gigantic bou-
quets OF ylOlets. Some one the other
night suggested that she give prize
TO thu perSn guessing the nearest 10 the
number OF violets used In its manufac-
ture. The most popular guess was l5,OOo,
which about hit II.
Other well-known people az the german
were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tyson. Mr. and
Mrs. James Swan Brick, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Whistler, Dir. and Mrs. Ross VII
mans, General and Mrs. John GIL, Mr..
and Mrs. Gaun NJ. Hutton, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. s. c. Williams Dir. and Mrs. John
X. Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. Wmslow Will
llams, Miss Katharine Tiffany. Miss Laura
Jenkins Mis- Mlthids kyser. Miss
Charlotte w Iliams Miss Mary Washing
ton Keyser. Hiessrs. Robert Rdddl
Brown, Frank Harvey, william ana
Robert Lehr. .. II. Crawford. Or.
Thomas Ii. Buckler, and others. Mr..
john MChlm leu the coIiOn.
After the german Mr. and Mrs. WINS
low Williams gavS very handsome sup
per TO about loD-ons OF those Affairs To
which one goes tired out and cots a great
deal that Ia doesn't want 70 eat and
drinks a great deal that hs doesn't want
10 drink SUN the Williams supper was
a beautiful sas. and everyone had, or
seemed 70 hasv. q very jolly time.
FIFTH REGIMENT BALL.
Tsesday night we had q military ball.
Yes. q genuine one. It was gwen b. the
Fifth Regimeat In thear enlarged arInory,
and was most brilliant affair. All Of
the smart set went aad u. great many
wbs are not u es1 snavt SCI went bur
ms hall was large enougfi foe both. ana
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