The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
THE LOCAL BUDGET.
soclxL HAPPENINGS DURING TIM
PAST WEEK.
c,. aud G.,ns.--Bon Air Increasing
" Popular Occasional J"'''"s'
Regarding Celebrities.

=, ..s nossible to stay In town anu Ma
an ENJOYABLE time. has become 80 -.
a oction that your searchefS 10 =. g.
= most melancholy time OF IT, - -
TO- case OF women proposlns an"
g. o,snosing. Everybody IS gone OF -
o,nv ava the newspaper man nas oi nv
80. 90 ,au back on that giit Oh ms,
s,htch I'm polite circles. - A., irnnoIita
",be creative faculty am u" ia.s ,Sroce-
circles as so forcibi. for In this summer
Iu' a. @tecoptent. ne must 10 t1V,o
Wrs T,hick make an ei0rt an - ~,
crafc nice. racy readabIe "c.'oIi. ~
o,arvsal OF The public eye. or eise "o""-
peI"s,S, % cs of "A society column.
oV r,.o, yri,h the all Of his monocie mere
- 1erv little 10 be- seen on the social
horizon during the past Week. .a e-..-,,
"H,rs "a l. Walker has rctufHeu rom
oiS Point. and viii. in few days, IeeNe
~ Vim SPRING, accompanied by heF
sister 10. Miss Mary Hayes. .r.. r,uot,
Mrs James Patton r MIs Ni' also ie2vs
sborfiy for Warm Springs.
Mrs r.. q. Cabell and family arc
snendipg the summer at the Rock Ntuiu.
Miss Mary Lewis has returned from
N, MTS J '' a. welch leaves shortly for
i' The Misses is Moore will spend the sum
m pr. 4 i.andon T.. Edwards. ioG west Grace rae,
-, g. a dcleg1te 10 the Medical Con-
vention which meets az Hot SPRINGS a.
in August ..o1 ~ the
Or. J. Allison Hodges ft'uhe"
CITY on Saturday. ,.h Nc
The Free Dispensary. IN Nhyn ~
VIM. Hill and other ladies OF II'r,sai,,''s
here have earnestly interest, u ,hs ,uffer,
IS accomplishing great good 10 '"'
Ing poor of the city -. s,,,,,,,er
snss Annie Empee sheppard Is su sum, M,
ing al Anderson; " w, not IN that
picturesque and healthluI SPo'9
MIS- Misses Annie and Leila Gray and Helen
J.sa leave this week for Biue huge
SPRINGS. <.,, 49,, ssf,.
io pr " p r. wits and Dr. ". W. Palmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. James peasants N.S' - -
II. Boykin and family, ana MIS- .Ilss,,,,n Na -
T1easants will spend the summer 81
Mountain Top.
A prisoner at Sing Sing. who was pro
bahlv thn original profoun0er OF the
conundrnn,- "\Vhat vas Ewes straw hat
made OFF, recently painted over the goo, door
OF the prison tne suggestive sisp nan
Cut While You Wait
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayt0n sailed 10, Tor
Liverpool last week on the Teutonic unac-
companied save by her maid
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor have
arrived at Newport from Rhinebeck IN
The steam Yacht Nourmahal. They Viii
spend several weeks at lockwood with
Mrs VIM. Aston
Mr. Richard Watson Glider. who. with
his Wife has been the guest OF Mrs
Cleveland at Gray Gables has returned
10 Newport.
Before leaving America IL is the inten-
ton OF Miss Beatrice Harraden. auihor
of ships That Pass IL the Nignn 10
finish her new novel. il was begun IN
England. and twelve chapters had been
completed. she was not satisfied win
her work. however, and so she hefdn lhe
book over again. MISS h5hIr1 Sena - oV,np
TO a nervous failure so she Is cOpipelcl
90 use her left entirely consequently
she is q slow worker, not being able l"
write for more than thirty minutes at
There Is a little story told across the
water TO the effect that she received an
<offer OF so for a l,Nl word article
from an American paper, when she
was obliged 90 decline for the reason
that the condition was that the aru-
Gle was to be finished on the day he
order was given. Miss Harraden receiv-
ed her education in Dresden, then stud
led in two English colleges. before read
ing for her university degree she look
her degree of Il. a. at the London TIM
verslty In lSS'-
A number of married ladies in the
West End have organized card club,
which is entertained once each week by
one Of the members.
Among the members are Mrs. Edward
MaVo. airs. Isaiah White. Mrs John
TAYLOR. Mrs Hewitt, Mrs. John cullen.
and Mrs John Potts
Last week Mrs. Edward Mayo was the
hostess and Miss Lou Atkins was Il guest
OF the club
Miss Ellen Blair is visiting in Bncking-
ham comfy
Mr. and Airs. fleming ana the Misses
Honning. will. it is expected, return TO
the city next week.
Mr. and Mrs Moncure Perkins are now
Miss Agnes bouthat Is the guest OF
Mrs Robinson, east Main, near Third.
Miss NJ. NJ. Anderson has returned
from Norfolk.
Sarah Bernhardt is said to look very
young of the stage, and not TO have Il
wrinkle. She always rests a hai-hOur
after taking a bath. She recommends a
toilc: preparation consisting Of two
ounces of spirits Of ammonia, two ounces
OF spirits OF camphor, one and a, half
cups Of sea salt, and two cups of alcohol
In support of the accounts of Edwin
Booths excessive fOndness for tobacco
1t is said that when he was on the boards
the great tragedian directed his valet
10 stand at one of the stage entrances
and hold big black cigar with "A light.
so that the moment the scene was over
Mr.. Booth could enjoy his favorte weed
The cigars he smoked were marveis Of
strength. and when not at the theatre
he consumed them after the fashion of
a German chain-smoker. lighting a fresh
one from the stump Of the last.
Cleopatra was a widow. having poisoned
her husband she was the cause of not
little discord in the families Of both
Caesar and Anthony The former took
~. hut 4.
sympathlzed so strongly with the dicta-
tors wife that he was obliged TO send
the Egyptian queen back to her own
country. Anthony gladly ruined himself
for her sake
Cleopatra was blonde with com
plexion Ike ivory, yellow hair and blue
eyes.
IL was Duke Henry. of Brunswick, who
was first observed in the intervals OF a
banquet 10 scan carefully a long strip
OF paper 10y the side OF his plate. and
when the curious guests yentured to in
quire into the nature Of his studies ne
explained that II was sort Of pro-
Bramme of the dishes which he had com
manded from the cook 10 the intent that
II some dehcacy which especially ap-
ptdied To him were marked for q late
stage In the repast he might carefully
reserve his appetite for it, The simpn-
city and beauty Of the idea appealed in
stantly 10 the good dukes conVives. and
the menu card from that moment be
came an institution.
When her husband became governor of
Colorado Mrs. Waite deliberately snubbed
Denver society. The wife of the retiring
executive rendered her an elaborate re-
ception. Most OF the guests afterwarA
called upon her and her card basket vas
nled with invitations to o'clock teas
She, never returned the calls. nor has she
ever entertained.