The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-06
IN FASHIONABLE CIRCLES
IocAL SOCIETY NEWS AND 0rHEA
WIsK-PERS0x<Js.
General and speciai-strangers in Rich
mopd--sfiss Clara Bel Planners Re-
citAi-Prospec,ive Pleasures.


tivate her mind: she wanted her TO be
social success, and in Richmond 1t was
impossible for a girl to be at once an
Intellectual and sr'iai success. THIS
was not the case Ia New York, Washing
ton. and other cities, the woman averred.
soiemniy. but II most emphatically WAS
the case in Richmond.
Now, isn't that a funny statement.
gentlemen? Shorn OF its fringe, II
amounts 70 this:
III 1 allow my daughter to deveiope
and strengthen her mental powers, ana
encourage her IA the use OF common
sense. what Is 70 become OF herr NO
human male In the city Of Richmond
wants 90 marry an intelligent girl and be"
come the father OF intelligent children
10 you think I'm going to allo" my
daughter TO ruin her chances for mar
rage with fool in that way?'
Evidently. this poor creature has he
fnoss-gfown eighteenth century notion OF
what constitutes an intellectual woman,
and thinks that an individual OF that klnd
shows her superiority chiefly by uncor-
Feted awkwardncss and spectacles. FUR
Their she imagines that because gen
flcTnan enjoys dancing and takes car
nal delight In cards. he cannot possibly
have brain and serious moments u
which the dancing and the cards hoid me
relation that his dessert does 10 nus olh-
ner.
An intellectual woman is a woman who
knows how to use her mind, ana VINO
shows her brain as clearly in the oecom-
ingness OF her colffure. the ht OF her
gown, the charm Of her manner. the
fine MANAGEMENT OF her home, as in her
ability to discuss topics OF the Day ana
TO handle leading questions. she can
think, and does, like a God-maue cred-
ture. but she can also charm, mas rlch
capacity for enjoyment, and Is decidedly
@ nice person.
Really & Is too bad To- have n Richmond
woman declare that Richmond men are
asses, and that the girls must be mould
ed into fiaccid mollusks IN order 70 ap-
peal To- their masculine taste we don
believe its true, either.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel p. Townsend. or
Baltimore Mr.. David Malcomson. and
Miss Malcomson, of New York, are the
guests Of Miss Grace Lyon, west Grace
street.
Coleman Dragon win spend part OF
the summer at Bar Harbor. His children
will be with him, and he Will entertain
on n small scale. giving little dinners'
dashboard rides, and other festivities ma
tive to that soil. Mr.. Drayton has had an
APARTMENT at the Sherwood studio TINS
winter. and he has given some deliSht1
full dinners and evenings. He is very
fond of the Semi-Bohemian literary set
which makes the Sherwood It's head
quarters. The artists and writers In
mai building have been teaing and dining
one another all winter. Mrs. Drsyton
I.tor fogpa hQr mother abroad.
Miss Mary Gillian will return on tues
day. OF this week, from Augusta, ga.
ON Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, MISS
Clara Bell Palmer Virginia's well known
and brilliant young pianist gave a recita'
at the Z. NJ. G. A. Hall. which was very
largely attented and enthusiastically en-
toved by the music lovers of fashionable
Rlchmond. The audience was repre-
sentative one, and in II were a NUMBER
OF the most fastidious and discriminating
critics In the city. From start 10 nnish'
Miss Planners execution was simply SUI
perb. Her touch lis absolutely magnetic
the sympathetic Temperament of the
born-artist vibrating through every note
There can be no doubt that she has a
brilliant career before her.
on Monday evening. May 9TH, at s:l'
O'Clock, she will give another and ma
recital. also at the Y. NJ. c. A. Hall.
Tickets can he secured from the Rich
mond Music Company, Manly i. Ra-
mos e. Co. the Y. NJ c. A. or from any
OF the following ladies': Mrs. Chas. l.
OFerrall, Mrs Decatur AxteH' Mrs. Johf
Kerr Branch, Mrs. G. OBJ. Cowardin
Mrs. Il. T. Robinson, Mrs Charles TAI
bott. Mrs. r. o. Barbour Mrs. James
patterson. Mrs. F.. ID. HotcAkiss, Mrs
Henry Meloney, Mrs VIM. =. De Saus-
sure Mrs. c. w. 7. Brock, Mrs. j. Tay-
lor Elyson. Mrs. Daniel l.. Fry, and
Mrs. w. l. Johnson.
Dr. Landon u. Edwards, DR.. G. w. T.
Brock, and Or. Joseph A. White left on
Thursday TO attend the Medical Congress
which meets IN galveston, Tex, this
ensuing week.
81 saw the other day." says somebody.
''some interesting portraits of faderew-
ski, at the age Of three, ten, ana elsht-
cen. Between the first and last thert
Is all the difference that lies between
the serious looking child in a check XIII
and the youth who begins TO realize
that he is TO become great In the youth
of eighteen the hair is long and waVy
but not a la halo as now. AS boy oi
ten he was pretty little chap WIT
close cropped fair hair He Is represent
ed al the piano his fingers resting iighuy
on the keyboard. In all these porlrnts
az In the one taken recently, the eA
preston is serious. Those OF MS poyhoo'
remind one of Schumann's little piece !,
his "Scenes From Childhood" entitled
1.-THE Poet Speaks"
Exit CoXey, to the tune Oh All ''e ""'
Back from Moscow
Among the late additions TO 'Curren
Ilterature'' is the recent DISCUSSION De
tween DR.. Hunter Mcclure and the iaeui
~ of the Medical College OF Nirgim'
apropos Of appropriation" and MISS 49,
AUGMENTATION" OF which the latter learn
cd body has thought so highly that the!
have had it bound in book form.
when. during the war the late Genera
.tubal A. Early was In the Shehaiiu0"i
Valley. ne was one Sunday attending
village church. The minister was inclln
"a 10 make the occasion patriotic, ]
nor heroic. and went over the dolngs o
washington, Sumter. Marion, Jackson
49,, since he must halt somewhere
yshen ne thought he had stirred his hear
ers To a high pitch OF admiration N
said: .'Now, IL we had all these honore'
men among us to-day, what would yo'
dor"
Jubal piped out, with his high-pitche'
voice: I'D conscript every ----- one
them" o,
Anropos OF the yearly trip to som
well advertised Already, which we styl
a vacation, let us see whittier the grea
s.,es Of the earth are going 10 resort.
uoward and George Gould. with Mrs
George Gould WILL about the middle o
June sail for England on the Vigiian'
the object being TO challenge the worl'
10 race her. DIR. Talmage will go mrs
10 sag Harbor. and then, aeeompanie'
by his son. will take trip around the
world. Or. parkhurst will go to
rurope, and take an Alpine trip. Lev
p Morton win spend the summer