Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-29

the improvements IN the A..
woman .n modern times, and gave an IN
teresfln1 resume OF the rights and wrongs
OF wcmcn in the past, as contras,ed VII"
their broader scope In the present.
Mr. page was gracefully INTRODUCED Dy
uisa Mamie B. Winston. chairman OF
the occasion. whose guests were MIS-
Robert l.. Powers and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
con Guy. The guests OF the club were
Mrs Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore; Mrs.
Alexander Tinstall. Washington; Mrs.
Russeu Montague, White Sulphur Mrs.
George Donaldson, Charleston, W. Va
Miss Pegram, Rhode Island; Miss Ste
phenson, Maryland, Miss sallie Richards.
Long Island. Refreshments were served
by Miss Virginia NJ. Peasants. assisted
by Mrs. Shirley Carter and Miss Freed
ley. on Saturday evening at half past
o'clock Mr. Charles Washington Cole
man, OF Williamsburg. delivered very
entertaining address upon Keats. the
poet.
Great interest and pleasant antcipetions
attend the May festival OF music to be
given by the Wednesday Club. under the
direction OF Mr.. Arthur Scriyenor. on
Thursday and Friday evenings. May 18th
and 18th, at the Academy Of Music. This
is the third annual festival by this as
ISOLATION. which has done 80 much for the
cultivation and elevation OF musical taste
and talent in Richmond.
The festival OF the present year will
excel those OF the two previous years.
and will prove the best artistic work yet
attempted by the club. Mendelssohn' s
Hymn of Praise" will be splendidly
rendered: selections from "Tannhauser. -
Mo!iques Abraham" and lighter part
songs, with such solo selections as have
made famous the solo artists engaged.
Madame Blauvelt. now acknowledged
to be the best concert and oratorio singer
on the American stage, who has sung In
Caicago and other large cities with Theo-
dore Thomass orchestra with brilliant
success, possessing n soprano voice OF
exquisite power and sweetness. will take
the soprano solo parte; Air. Mackenzie
Gordon. of New York. will be the tenor,
and Mr.. II. Il. Chase OF Boston, BARI
tone.
The splendid Peabody Orchestra, OF Bal
tlmore, will be engaged as coon as the
honorary list will Justify the expense
The Wednesday Club has for It's presi-
dent. Mr.. Henry T. Maloney; Secretary
and Treasurer, Mr.. Eugene Jones; Di-
rector. Mr.. Arthur Scrivenor. 1t num-
bers nearly 200 members, and its officers
and members contribute their time and
talents free of charge. even bearing
their own incidental expenses. with the
single desire 10 diffuse a taste for high
class music and TO give to Richmond a
choral society and artistic performances.
On Thursday April 9th, at o'clock
In the afternoon, the Ways and Means
Committee OF ladies on the board Of the
Virginia Hospital viii give an Irish tea
at the residence Of Mrs. Hugh NJ. Taylor,
Fifth and Main streets, for the benefit
of the charity wards of that institution.
There VIII be many entertaining features
taken from life on the Emerald Isle
Irish music. Irish dainties. Irish amuse-
ments, and Irish decorations. The ladies
in charge Of this charming entertain
ment are Mrs. T. Ashby Meller Chair
mani. Mesdames T. f. Jeffress, Hugh NJ.
Taylor. J. Allison Hodges. Annie B.
Camm, Edgar Taylor. l.. NJ. Cowardin
Charles J.. Todd. Stephen Putney. T. d.
Neal, j. Bell Bigger. ]. Scott Parrish
George p. McAdams. r. d. Hotchklss
and Misses Lora Chaplin. Matte Harris
jamie Grigg, and Carrie Leftwitch.
A novel Easter entertainment will be
the box party" for the Home for Incu-
rabies by the auxiliary, April 7th, from
TO 8. at llS east Grace street. A fine
musical programme will be rendered, and
ell are cordially invited
The committee consists OF Miss Mary
w. Thomas, president; Miss Margaret
Stringfellow. vice-presdent; Miss Fannie
b. Workman treasurer: Miss Carrie Ell
lett secretary. and Misses Lily and
Daisy Wilson. Mamie Saunders Lizzie
Paterson. Mary Williams, Eva Lawson,
Bessie and Ethel Lockwood. Mrs Mann
$. Valentine. Mrs. w. d. Thomas. Mrs
T. A. Weller. Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Glenn.
Shafer, Mrs. Charles f. Workman, Jr..
Mrs. LAttell Wilson. and assisted by
Misses Gray Bosher, Morton, stringfei-
low. and others.
Preparations for the opera "Powhatan "
are progressing satisfactorily. Everybody
is interested and kind In advancing It's
interests.
Major Cutchins dispenses with the drills
during Easter week. in order that 1.-THE
Blues" may attend. and the committee IS
greatly indebted TO Major Cutchins for
the use Of the armory for rehearsals
suiting the drill hours to the convenience
of the rehearsals
A very successful production OF the
opera is predicted, and with every reason
and there are many young people and
children taking part In the dances and
| choruses
In honor Of the marriage of Pocahontas
some beautiful advertisements are intro.
duced in the third act of the opera Pow
| hatan."
Among these dances IL one which IS
An especial novelty, and Is called "Recol.
| lections of the Past" because OF the
| old favorite' melodies.
Six Of the young ladies are dressed ir
handsome Trilby suits, and six in white
and gold. They are chaperoned by Mrs
| w. S. Murray, of Church Hill.
Trilby girls, Misses Lulye Braxton
| Mamie Cumbca, Marguerite Prosser. Flor.
ence Gretter, Elizabeth Andrews, and
Lillian Gentry. White and gold girls
Misses Lillian Powell, Bessie Scott.
The national dance, chaperoned by Mrs
Benjamin Valentine, will be beautifully
performed by the following misses in
national costume: Mary Drewry, Dora
Dickens Alice Anderson. Emily Knox,
Hattie Tyler. Elsie Boyldn. Ruth Tanner
Helen Finney Josephine Tyler, and Laura
Rutherford.
ia Cicola," pretty and sprightly
Cicilian dance, chaperoned by Misses
Sally Anderson and Georgia Blankenship.
WI &c NV"c ny inc following
little girls in black and gold Misses
Louise Clarke. Louise Fitzgerald, Beth
Fitzgerald, Carrie Steger. Grace
Woods, Hattie and Lima Shields. Alice
Doyle. Peachy Harrison. Olga Rehling.
Nina Newman. Inez Garrison, Stella
Cohen, Louise Mallory. EMILY Blake and
Mary Drake.
The Little Pappooses." who are looked
after by Mrs. Levin Joynes and Mrs. Z.
T. ID. Myers. Jr., are the sweetest little
Indians you ever will see"-Marie Cot
trol Inn.rhi.,1.