The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-24
THE SOCIAL BUDGET.
THE PAST WEEK IN RICHMOSDy
FAsHIONABLE CIRcLEs.
The Day Nursery and Eye and Var be"s-
ats-The Retreat for the siek-Comings
aud Goings-1he Free Dispenssry.

and Ohio route, will be gratihed 10 ieaI
that the AFFAIR was so successi"i 40 ,
Indicate that the institution WIN pe a Di
t. eive clean gowns. fresh flIN; anu ANA. ot,i
The prompt responsiveness OF the pop
uiar Richmond heart TO appeals Tor sup
port In philanthropic movements is de
nehtful, and numbers OF fashonaDI'
mothers with daintily dressed incentives
20 interest In Franklin or Grace stree
nurseries. thought the opportunity ar
unrivalled one for being jolly" Ia
Mock Tapley. ,,-,
As stated in previous issues. the kin
dergarten and day nursery Is an adj
iunct Of the Woman's Christian Associa-
lion. BIZ which Il is chiefly supported.
although the city I'm recognition Of the
value OF its work. makes II small an
nuaI appropriation. for which the ladies
IN charge are profoundly grateful
rs object IS 20 care for children be-
tween the axes Of four weeks and nine
years during the absence Of their par.
ents In the factories or other places OF
employment. People who need 70 nave
the wOrthiness Of such a work emphasZ-
ed are. indeed 20 be despaired OF. III
HELPLESS. soft-ekinned. tender-limhed M,
rnnltv. with no language but smiles aS1
crows and chucklcs. or pitiful cries doeS
not enpcal 10 them nothing done In pen
md Ink ever will. The "Cry Of inc
children" was the subject 81 famous
poem az whose eloquence many have mar
YELLED. n We take an occasional peep
al the children themselves we shall see
that even q Is less eloquent than they.
The committee In charge was as fol-
lows: Mrs J. p. Walford. chairman; Miss
Lizzie Grattan Mrs. George A. Lyon.
Mrs. w T. be Saussurc. Mrs. Frank Nc
Guire. Mrs. VIM. Westwood, Miss Lulie
Noting. Mrs. Herbert Claiborne, Mrs.
Bland Smith. Mrs J. W. Wilbur. Mrs.
Boswell. Mrs. j. p Harrison Mrs JOS
Me- tr,I f1ric-
tian. Sr.. Miss Maria Blair. Mrs. Myer
Mrs. T. F. Minor. Mrs. s. y. Wilson.
Miss Rebecca Norwood. Mrs. l.. H. Nor
wood, Mrs. Anna +. Rahm. Mrs. w. y.
Williams. Mrs VIM. II. Peasants, and
Mrs woidrop and Mrs. De saussure
Were the chaperones:
Maj. and Mrs. y. II. Nash with their |
very attractive guest. Miss Mary Hatcher |
Goshen.
Mrs w J. Walker will summer at
Old Point and the Warm
Mrs II. T. Robinson expects 10 spend
@ portion Of the heated term at Virginia
Dr. and Mrs Charles V. Darlington
have returned to the city.
1t is very noticeable this year re-
marks an exchange that vacations are
individual. and that people seem TO have
set out 10 have good time without re-
gard 10 fashion
Among the Cabinet ladies' Mrs. Lamont
will go from Washington direct TO her
country home near the city, and with
her children will rest there until the
Washington season reOpens
Miss Herbert and her father VIII take
boating trips. fishing a great deal and !
stopping at points OF interest along the
coast.
Miss Morton. who presides over the
home Of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
VIII 20 10 Arbor Lodge, as the Nebraska
home. Of the Secretary is called, and will
remain there with her nephews and
nieces until the Secretary Joins the fam
lily which Will be after his tour around
the country with an official party.
Mrs. liissell spends part Of the summer
All of the Cabinet ladies' will visit
Mrs. Cleveland at Gray Gables; and it
modations for her guests. il is said which
led Mrs. Cleveland TO have such extern
sive alterations and extensions put upon |
her summer home.
Mrs. Horace DuVal, in company with |
her husband and son. Claude Livingston
Iuval, goes TO Belgium for the two hot
est summer months. Mrs. Duval has
gone abroad every summer for many
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Gerhard Will
forsake their retirement late in August
and Will go 10 LenOX, where Mr. Geb-
hard has beautiful villa. which he has
occupied for several autnmns. making !
1t a bachelors hall on an idealized scale I
one. belonging 10 Mr.. Gebhard's sister.
Mrs. Nelson, and no less elegant in APP
continent and number Of servants Mrs.
Nelson NAV launch her daughter Miss | q
Belle, In society this season at Lenox. S
The Seward Webbs have already started | [
their mouse parties for the LenOx season.
Ana another form Of society entertain o
ment for the summer will be the form .
ing OF coaching parties 10 drive for a :
week through the country. The coaching Il
parry when was driven last season by c
n j. j n
louehkeepsie and New York and [,
thence TO Newport. will be copied by Z
'tn'is VINO own coaches and can drive "a
fOur-in-hand. "
The Managers of the Retreat For The y
sick offer a program of unusual at !,
ractiVeness I'm "a series OF excursions TO y
faces of interest TO be given at short +
intervals during the summer months for g
ne benefit of the institution. n
FIR on June 27th next Wednesday, a
ONES the annual picnic to Ashland: later n
July lith. an excursion TO Watkins n
lien. Rochester, Toronto and Niagara n
nd beside these a chaperoned excursion
. Virginia Beach while the Bar Associa- o.
lon Is In session there. 81
All information desired can he secured :,
rom the President. Mrs. Jenkins: the =,
ecretary. Mrs. John h. Lightfoot: or any ~
,ember OF the Board OF Managers =,
OF late the Retreat has been working =,
gainst difficulties. and as its work has 81
OF been brought before the public prom 49,
lently. those difficulties have not been T.,
nown except very specifically to the 49,
ianv who are warmly interested I'm II -
IL has done and is now doing some OF W W
he very nOblest work ever done among >.
no sick poor OF this city. Its former pro- "
,ges are 10 be found in all parts of III, ~
nv. and its praise Is warmest I'm tho pe
louths OF those whom Il has sheltered
he vast amount OF good which II has Z
one has been done quietly but steadily. sch
nd I'm the face OF some discouragemant | fol
ut the extent OF that good entitla n 10
2 regarded as a public benefaction. He
/
Mrs. James Brown Potter fresh from /
'newed triumphs I'm India In which she aw
nd even Kyrle Bellew are said 10 No Iel
opular and successful, is due at San sII'
rancisco. July LIST. II Is possible that 49,
he Pacific Mall steamer which Is hearing, To- 10.
RS. Potter and Mr.. Bellew once more 10 | nc
merlcan shores may have been detained l.
pweVer I'm quarantine at Toxic. as she me
coming from Chinese ports infected me
I'm the black plague. I'm which event the Ne
acme Coast win have 20 wait with hope an
Ier'ed until a later day for the fair /
IRA and the fascinating Kyrle 10 charm Az
EN- with their art nreN
ne new emperor OF Morocco is named
onul Aziz. As things are going In
AZ country now we will have 10 looL n
4 that he is not Abdul Azwaz. exc
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me or the very prettiest homo we'd poi
lss OF the entire season was that ~ hot
ss Isabelle Paxton Campbell and Mr. ligh
oise Randolph Cannon, which was sol fan