Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-30
RECEPTION At THE COMMONWEALTH.
The Team. Handsomely Entertained by
the u. Va. Alumni Last Night.

the 4. Va. Alumni Last Night.
The two football teams were hand
somely entertained at the Commonwealth
Club last night, the occasion being the
reception rendered them by the Richmond
chapter OF the Alumni Of the University
OF Virginia.
The affair was attended by fully three
hundred OF the most fashionable or Ken
mond's society people. and besides these
there were present prominent persons
from other parts OF tnis StaIe
and from North Carolina The hand
some clubhouse was a picture Of love-
illness and magnihccnce. Ferns, palms
and chrysanthemums hid the manteis
from view and lent a charming effect to
the interior OF the building. The deco
rations were the work OF Harvey anu
they were in exquisite taste II great
profusiOn.
The orchestra-that OF Vaelkar-was
stationed under the grand stairway anu
d~iscoursed delightfully."- inspiring strains
throughout the evening. In the WESTERN
or white and gold parior, the guests "ere
received. while the supper-rOOm eiho'aeeu
the entire second floor of the Clubhouse
Tables. beautifully dressed and decorate
vere laden with the most tempting solids
and llNllS. -ltEl ~
down by ~rosettss OF orange and blue ana
bl,c and white. and chrysanthemums or
velIow and white were the floral oina-
ments.
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Those who received the visitors were:
Mira Charles T. O'Ferrall, Mrs. Wynd-
ham r.. Meredith, Mrs. George Ainslie,
Mrs. Barton IL. Wise, Mrs. A.. Beirne
blair. Mrs. Thomas y. Carter, Mrs.
George Wayne Anderson, Mrs. jack
son Guy. Mrs. Brydon Tenant, Mrs.
Frank Christian. Mrs. Joseph Bryan, Mrs.
G. W. Il. Brock. Mrs. a. L. Boulware,
Mrs. James Peasants. Mrs. Il. {. Minor
Mrs. George Ross, Mrs. Edward McGuire'
Mrs. George Ben johnson, Mrs. J. H..
Ingram, Mrs. Archer Anderson, and MISS
Bessie FaGntleroy.
They were assisted by Governor O'Fer-
rail-, Windham r.. Meredith, Il. Rand
Wexford, Frank Christian. j. J. Leake,
Jr., Allen Potts, George Ainslie, Rose
well Page, Or. Stuart MCGUIRE. and L.
H.. c. Cabell.
THE LADIES PRESENT.
Among the ladies pre- tent, other than
those on the Reception Committee, were:
Miss +. Il. Mcclure, Miss Nellie Parker.
Misses Harris, Mrs. Alexander Cameron
ard Miss Cameron, Miss Susan II. Nor
ris, Miss Nellie Il. Ryder. Miss Faun-
tleroy, Mis- Ellen HObsOn, Mrs. John
Dunn, Miss Annie l.. Reese. Mrs. j.
Taylor Ellyson, Miss Julia Lee, Miss Nina
Randolph. Miss Mary McCaw. Miss Annie
Mcclure. Mrs. ii. NJ. Smith. Mrs. W. ).
Copeland, Mrs. c. V. Darlington. Misses
Ross, Miss Stella GOrdOn. Petersburg;
Mrs. William IL. Talbot. Miss Julia Nor
ton, Mrs. DR.. ArmisteaG Wexford, MIS-.
S. II. Hancock, Miss Blacker. Mrs.
Wilham r. Trigg, Mrs. Thomas Atkinson.
Mrs. H.. y. Munford. Misses Wexford,
Mrs. Il. i. Valentine, Misses Williams.
Miss L. X. Butt, Mrs. Henry A. VIII
liams, Miss Sallie Bruce, Miss Elizabeth
Martin, Mrs. Wallace +. Brown. Miss
w. NJ. Weidill. Miss Ellerson. the Misses
Gray. Miss Mary. Donnan. Miss Edith
Keese. Misses Anderson, Mrs. Robert
| Lee Powers. Mrs. Franklin Stearns, Jr.,
Mrs. Il. Rand Wexford. the Misses Ten
nant. Mrs. A. Beirne Blair, Mrs. A.. Il.
Guigon. Mrs. r.. II. Scott. Mrs. Thomas
n. Carter, Mrs. George Wayne Ander-
son, Miss Merrill, Miss Bosher. Mrs.
Bosher. the Misses Williams, Mrs. Bar
bour Thompson. Miss Meta Logan. Miss
Yarbrough, Miss Brand Clarke, Misses
Pegram. Misses Stringfellow. Miss Cary.
Miss Watkins. the Misses Williams. Miss
Randolph. Miss Robins. Miss Ould. Mrs.
/. l.. Lewis, Miss Lewis, Mrs. F. ID.
Christian. Mrs. Levin Joynes. Mrs. John
II. Ingram. Mrs. Ashton Starke. Miss
Lucy Wormley, Miss Buford. Miss
Claudia Palmer. Misses Talbot, Miss
Montague. Misses Howard. Misses Blank
enship, Miss Bessie Addison, Miss Fer
gusson. Misses Martin, Mrs. l.. l.. Black
ford. Misses Boykin. Mrs. C.. OBJ. Co
wardin. Miss Eva de Treyille. Mrs. Car
michael. Miss Lindsay. Mrs. and Miss
LanghOrne, Misses Mayo. Misses Dean.
Misses Darlington. Miss Mary Jones.
Miss Branch. Miss Drewry. Miss Annie
Walker, Misses Hayes. Miss Mary Lyons.
Miss Cooke, Miss Guy, Miss Boiling. the
Misses Stewart. Miss Lassiter. Mrs.
White, Mrs. LAMB. Mrs. Lancaster. Mrs.
Grundy, Mrs. Donnan. Miss Ross. Miss
Bruce. Miss Mamie Lay. Miss Mercer
Cook. Mrs. Edward Mcclure. Mrs. John
sen. Mrs. Ingram. Mrs. Archer Arder-
son. Misses Canm. Mrs. Tenant, Mrs.
Bryan. Mrs. Frink Christian. Mrs. Brock.
Mrs. ' Boulware. Mrs. Pieas1nts. Mrs.
Minor. Miss sully. of Petersburg; Miss
Susie Morris. Of Georgia: Mrs ]. Allison
Hodges. Miss Annie n. Henry, Miss
Mamie Hin.
FROM THE UNIVERSITIES.
From the University Of Virginia there
were in attendance Professor M Mrs.
William Il. Peters. Professor G. w. Kent,
Professor Heth Dabney. Professor VIII
liam r. Thornton. Professor w. NJ. Lyle.
: Professor Lambeth, DIR. Christian. and
Messrs. Buriingame. Bosher. Harrisburg.