Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-04-14
Colonial Tea.

A colonial tea o the UeHeHt VI
the reading-room "a given by the
ladies of this place at Washington
Hall Thursday night. Many an
tioues of rare value were exhibited,
among them a cradle bearing the
carved date 1853, (and in which
- Bedinger, grandfather OF
Col. Davenport, and q revolutionary
soldier. was rocked loaned by Mrs.
Davenport miniature Of Mrs. Begbie,
of London, loaned by Mrs. e. p.
Kennedy; a sword used by Major
| Dawson in Indian wars, loaned by
CIV. Smith /; a pastel which belonged
ed to General Washington, loaned by
Mrs. Chew: fintlock pistols used in
the revolutionary war, loaned by
Mrs. Simmons /; an India china punch
bowl owned by President B%uchanan's
ne other and snuffbox of Emperor
Macmillan, loaned by Mrs. S%trother,
old Spanish fans, loaned by Mrs.
STROLLER and Mrs. Mcdonald; shoe
buckles worn at George Ills court
by Jos. E. Lane, loaned by Mrs.
Riddle; silver tankard sent from
Scotland to the ROSES of Bladens-
burg, loaned by Mrs. Riddle; silver
urn, bowl and tray, owned by Judge
Washington. loaned by Mrs. Chew !;
India scarf, owned by Mrs. John
Paca, worked by one of the ladies in
waiting of Maria Fitz Herbert, loaned
by Mrs. E. p. Kennedy; silver coffee
pot and pepper cruet, which belonged
to John Randolph of Roanoke, loaned
by Mrs. D. B. Lucas; silver service
owned by Vice-President Dallas.
loaned by Mrs. Forrest w. Brown I;
a silver urn and pitcher, owned by
Charles Washington, loaned by Mrs.
Thos. Brown; India mug, brought
home by the first sea captain who
sailed from Baltimore, loaned by
Mrs. W. w. B. Gallaber tow books,
brought over in the Mayiower,
loaned by Mrs. button; old Lustra
and English china, loaned by Mrs.
Russell; and curtain bell of old Bal
timore Museum, 1910, and surgeons
case used in Blucher's army, loaned
by j. C. Holmes.
This exhibit was on the stage,
while on the floor were placed the
supper tables, thirteen of them, each
bearing the name of n of the
original States. These were
mented with ancient candleabra, cut
glass and old time china, and at them
the favorite dishes of colonial days
were served. The hall was hung
with flags and bunting and the coats
of arms of the thirteen States
Flowers and plants were in profusion
Mrs. DIR. Richardson was manager
and her assistants were Mrs. Chew
and Miss Riddle. The tables were
presided over as follows:
Virginia, Mrs. Chew and Mrs.
Geo. Washington South Carolina,
Mrs. Mcdonald and Mrs. Beckwith
New York, Miss A. Riddle /; Penusyl-
vania, Miss Dawson; New Jersey,
Mrs. Russell, Miss Rowan and Miss
Emma Brown; Rhode Island, Mrs.
Holmes, Mrs. Barr and Mrs. R. d.
Shueert; Connecticut, Mrs. Tayloe
Perry and Mrs. Eyster; Delaware,
Mrs. w. w. B. Gallaher and Mrs.
81. Gallaher; Maryland, Mrs. E. P
Kennedy and Mrs. j.. NJ. Ransom !;
Massachusetts,, Mrs. Strother and
Miss Keerl; Georgia, Miss Hunter
and Mrs. Johnson; North Carolina,
Mrs. Manning, Mrs. Porterfeld and
Mrs. Neill; New Hampshire, Mrs.
D., b. Lucas and Mrs. Forrest w.
Brown. Miss Chew was at the flower
table.
The walters at the different tables
were the Misses Manning, A%ntoinette
Manning, Beckham, Baylor, Mar
garet Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy,
Annie Aisquith, Charlotte Ransom,
Marie Ransom, Dawson, Mary Alex
ander, Halle Alexander, Annie Nc
Donald, Julia Mcdonald, Mary Lip
pitt, Ida Lippitt, Jessie Logic,
Mamie Richardson, Amelia Hopkins.
Betty Wilson, May Mason, Annie
Mason, Maud Howell, Laura Camp
bell, Katie Timberlake, Katie Por-
terfield, Mary Trussell, Eliza Gal
laher, Julia Lucas, Bette Sublette,
frankie Lewis, Lizzie Br own, Lila
Willis, Julia Merchant, Ollie Parker,
Laura Mitchell, Katherine Berry,
Maria Taylor.
All of the ladies were in colonial
dress and with powdered hair
Many of the dresses worn by them
had heen worn by their grandmothers
a hundred years ago. Despite the
rainy evening a large crowd was in
attendance and the net sum of S115
realized for the object for which the
tea was given.