The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-04
LIFE IN VANITY FAIR.
socftI HAPPENINGS DURING mr.
WEEk PASg.
NV the Fashionable set Have hnJ"fe"
IhcmseiVcs-rhe 'hildrcn'- fi"'n'
rnil-rsrsonals and Ccneraii'ies.

r. society had not much else TO DO
s.ing the week past, 81 could al least
oat and take walk. the weather
.ae been OF tho propitiousiy smiling
f and The temperature Of that Sc
v mild quality. which suggests all
.r.r of SMILES 20 that badly paid
Ola tcnaciously ambitious biped' the
..ne poet who IS equally prone TO
.nr. and fevcrs. and who ~ as a RUE
....,hat weaker Ia his head than on
,.. icss. than which there is nothing
.. conclusive TO be said. However II
is able 20 make small capital out OK
f weather let him.
In the mid-Lonten season there IS 20
DID ,Qc,ted a degrec of social monotony'
.t..h while doubtless beneficial ply
..uy 90 tired out bellies and beaux. Is
Intensely boring to those very people.
I. Now York. and other northern cities
tbe mid-Lentcn entertainments, while
lass brilliant. are usually more novel
and quite as dclichtful as those OF the
winter. but in Rlchmoed almost inc
,niire social programme Is sus2'hu,'' "','
.I,,t element i'm society 20 whom me Sc"-
SON has no deep spiritual slsiih0""N0'
are. Of course. intensely Doie"' .,,.,,o,
last week boredom was sciiicNiio,
.sIi0e5 hv several very delightful soclM
lfhcrings of entirely Informal halW
.,orr them that on Thursday night al
.ro residence of Mrs. Edward Mayo VINO
t.t "a number of friends - enjoy a NUM-
t ~ charming vocal selections rendered
lr Mrs Charles semi.
,,.,rr those present were Mrs. c. {.
nd phau. Mrs j. A. WEIGH, and the MISS
Ross.
tra number of weeks the guest OF Mrs.
T. Buck. has been recently called
t.ne from Oh Point Comfort, by the
d.th of her grandfather
..r and Mrs james Walker returned
ern Florida ON the morning Of FRIDAY
r.f During their absence they nave
visited the West Indies also.
th. engagement OF Mr. Clarke OF
Hartford Conn, and Miss Mary Idse'
ibis city. is announced
,..s Florence Barlow, of The editorial
.T of the illustrated KentuckAan,
l sfouning al che Nt Vernon. MISS
carlow also represents the southern
.zine" and 10 H. i'm the interest OF
rf monthly that she is visiting Ken
rtrI SHE is o. young woman OF most
.rr.lffve address and thorough culu-
r.fon. and recent issue of a LcuisWlle
-t.r has the following TO say OF her;
'rss Florence Barlow is member
he rlustrat. II * ntuckian stan She
.4 TAN. dark-eyed rich ccmpleXioned
r.nc women. with a captivating ad-
dress and polished manners. She abJure5
tna -arg of the DAY. and adopts insteid
lilo technically correct yerbiage OF the
Del.r authorities. She is an intelligent
finely educated girl, and an artist as
vtI htr connections are among the
i..f in fho country. Her father. Milton
BARLOW. was of French Huguenot ana
Scotch descent on the paternal side ana
on fn. mothers % grandnephew of Ben
flmin N.sf and also of Commodore
I0rr Doe was the son Of Thomas ii.
U.rI0.. tha inventor of the Planetarium,
nnI the maker OF the first steam locomo-
r.e 200 the United States.
Milton Barlow assisted in psrfeCting the
plelarum. and was the inventor and
maker of the rinCd cannon. Miss Bar
lows mother was of scotch English des-
cent. tracing her ancestry 10 Sir Robert
Bruce. of scotland. She is sixth I'm line OF
of descent from Lord TOwnley. Of the
|.HI'fI estates. and l8 also in direct
Dino from Lord Taunueroy and Sir itoger
Jones' distinguished men OF their day.
IIN lN I'D" ElduNAHNtIifi bi iNlNhaiA
Ashton. who was f0r many years lead
lHg citizen of Lexington. and High
thurchman.
Miss Barlow prefers 90 remember that
Dor father was a Confederate soldier,
Ithr than dwell amid the archives Of
ancient greatness, and her chief source
off pride is that she d. a Kentuckian
bonn and reared
ono Of the most brilliant social events
Nj mo 4
fi0rm Ball" the committee having it in
barge being composed of the following
WeI-knOwn women. Mrs. George Is.
lloAdams. Mrs. Chas u. Stokes Mrs.
Robert e.. Cabcl. Mrs. Edward Mayo.
Mrs. Benjamin Nash, and Mrs. Moncure
Perkins.
The small people are all TO be in fancy
costume. and flower dance which
1901 Doe participated In by class of
twenty-five Juveniles, will be enc of the
most attractive features of the ball, the
proceeds of which are TO De devoted to
ST. Pduls Church Home. IL is not often
that the very young folks who are 10
make The bellies and beaux of the city
iu several years have given them an en-
tertaiument which is solely theirs, and
there Is TO doubt that under the able
81 anagem mt of the ladies I'm charge, and
in view of the admirable object Of the
DAN. The event will prove Il conspicuous
social ana financial success.
The rOrtnighuy Club Will meet on next
Friday evening az the residence of Mrs.
.ulith g.. Il. Walker.
Miss Montague. Of west Franklin street.
is visiting Miss stuart, of Aspen-Hall
Martirshurg, W. Va.
Miss Margs ret Morehead. OF Durham
y. c., is visiting Miss Saunders. SCI ives
Franklin street. Miss Moorehead i
prominent I'm the social circles OF Nortl
Carolina. and also has many friends her
Who will give her d warm welcome
The many friends of Miss Mary Morri
Jones grievc with her at the irreparabl
loss sustained I'm the death OF her hon
Ored father. Mr.. James Alfred Jones
ana sympathy longs FOR a channel b
which to show itself in its pure depth
During the entire winter Miss Jones
duties 300 the sick room have been OF 81
combining nature that she has been seel
bat seldom out of II. and IL IL possibl
thdt tho mutencss OF the music was fore
seen bv her same months ago when IN
little rilt within the lutte was first per
'epuble but while this may lessen IN
shock 20 her. ia does not lessen IN
pafhos. nor the sense OF loss
Misses Anastasid and Mary Macleod
Howard will return to Baltimore at Eas
ter.
Miss Bessie Fauntleroy left on Thurs
Gay Tor Florida.
Mrs Charles Semff leaves on Wednes
day next for her home at Whtestone
H. T.
Nj t.t.s. rrnf..oreff,