The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-03
SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE,
PAST wEEk As SPENT ~ FASHION
xBLE CIRCLES.
Ihe Woman's Ciub-Private Entertain
mcnts -Pcrsonni Mcntion-Life on
Church Hill.
The Gjbsop-Todd Verdict.

The Gibson-Todd Verdict
We believe the unanimous sentiment OF
Richmond people is one Of sympathy for
the Rev. W. Il. Hatcher and his family
In the Gitson-Todd suit and its results.
But as far az Miss Gibson is concerned.
we concur In the following from the Rich
mond Star:
Tho verdict rendered IN the suit of Miss
Louisa Gibson against Mrs. Thomas Todd
Sor damages is "a complete yin'ication OF
the young lady plaintif. and Will, we are
sure. be applauded by all lovers OF justice.
whatever may be their religious creed or
social condition
When Miss Gibson declared that she
had been In no wise connected with the
rumors relative 10 Mrs. Hatchcr's stealing
9oods the quartetto or committee from
Srace-Street Baptist church should have
becn content and then and there dropped
the matter Why should the girls word
have been doubted? No wonder she felt
aggrieved and hurt And who can blame
her for seeking redress IN the courts after
the cruel treatment accorded her botn
I'm having her vcracity assailcd ana hti-
eelf sent adrift without any means OF
livelihood?
The idea advanced by Mr.. Pollard, Of
counsel for the defendant. that IL was
orcsumption on the part or Miss '1Dsph
to claim such largo damages Wntn 81"
had been receiving only five dollars II
week. counts for nothing save TO strength
en- the contention of the cynic that men
are measured by their bank account.
Gentlemen OF the jury. you are 10 he
congratulated upon the verdict you nave
rendered. You have done righteous
thing-a brave thing Righteous. becaute
YOU have shown yourselves frlcnus OF
weak and oppressed womanhood brave.
because YOU had the courage to DO II IN
spite Of all ecclesiastical and other boy
coftcrs.
Twelve people sat down TO an elaborate
dinner at the jefferson Hotel tn Thurs
day evening" Mr.. John q. Walker being
their host The affair was a courtesy TO
Miss Irene I.anghornc and Mrs. thisweil
ID. Lapghorno chaperoned the party. Ihe
twelve were the two ladies mentioned
Miss Martha y. ID. Bagby, Miss Marion
Harris. Miss Mary Mason Anderson, Miss
Ellen Hobson: Mcssrs. G. ID. Langhorne,
j. T. Anderson. Roosevelt Page. Frank
Davenport, q. A. and John q. Walker.
Miss IAnghorne's name suggests Mr..
Gibsons TO whose talent an esteemed
Northern contemporary pays its respects
as follows:
THE Gibson girl with her compan-
ions has come for "A season 10 Keepers
Galleries. Was there ever draughtsmas
so adoreJ as Gibson? IL is almost as I'M
possible TO say Mr. Gibson as If his
niche III lHt OF Tau b'1lt
s&hred "a hundred years ago. Copies
from his Life" drawings, of "Ine Prin-
cess This or That" seen anywhere are
sure ycarnngs for the novitiate of the
artistic career.
IL no does not create a school. II viii
b~ by reason OF the individual character
of his work-and what "a direct, manly
e<lf-expreSsion- ii is,
That free. rich. flowing. lustrous line
which follows the form so carcssingly.
and suggests also, In its refined simple
tty. the direction of the light with its
quality or intensity as well as texture
and surfaced Notice the sheen of the
gown of the lady with the hand-slass
upon the Kcppel invitation card. where
wash passes gently into crispest line, or
the melting curves uniting In one shadow
che faces of the Princess Sonia and her
little comforter. ana suggest their equal
IN the work of other pen draughtsmen
Of the figure,
We fear the girls will ink their fingers
On vain who set themselves TO initiate the
unapproachable; but whatever disappoint-
ment they may feel in their own efforts.
they should acknowledge debt Of graft
tude to the man who exhibits the Amcri-
can girl to an admring world, so ire
proachable in mind, body, and estate. As
Mr.. Bridges says
''She Is dressed a la mode, 10 be sure;
but she has a pair OF shoulders under
her coat that can drive an oar through
the water or keep a hunter down TO his
work. She looks square at YOU with intel
ligent eyes that hide a touch of mischief
lurking in their corners. She is healthy
and brave and Independent and well-bred.
She can dance as well as she can run a
Boys Club, and she knows as much about
golf as French or German. She goes 10
church on Sundays. recites the Ten Com
mandments. and reads Life every Tues
day"
But Mr.. Gibson can draw a French girl
as well. with her eyebrows born surprised.
and an Irish Applewoman; and "Ol1
john is varied 10 stand as the Bishop
and rural politician, with a thorough APP
probation of character. That possibly of
making her different from what she
10 why we thank Mr.. Gibson for making
the American girl so nice, and not ner-
vous and irresponsible and illogical. like
Mr.. Howells's women. The Gibson girl
is of the kind that a sensible man might
travel four thousand miles to see
Miss Lila Lans. of Alabama, is the
very attractive guest of the Misses Meade.
There was but a small attendance upon
the tea at the rooms of the Woman :
Club on Monday evening. The funeral of
Miss Caperton Stiles was the sad reason.
Her death was another added to the
list of Richmond's griefs during sea-
son that has been particularly fatal
among her ioveliest young women. At
attive, gifted, popular. her friends find
1t a problem whose solution is not now
that her bright life was so abruptly
brought to a close.
The first of the purely literary even
ings OF the club viii be that of Novem-
Der 4th tomorrow. when Dr. McCaw
Will deliver a lecture, The programme
as published on last Sunday abounds In
excellent promises.
Cards are out to a tea by Mrs. Moncure
Perkins, on Wednesday afternoon. next,
courtesy to Mrs. Gibson, mother of Mr..
&. ID. Gibson.
There were thirty present at Miss
Blairs Introductory lecture. 1885, on
Tuesday afternoon, at 1870 o'clock. The
meeting place is appreciaby more con-
veniont than for some years. and the out
look for enjoyment and profit is very
bright one.
AlCut the same PARTY who made such |
a satisfactory test of Capt. Cusson's quail |
Il.