The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-02
IN POWDER And PUFF.
The Colonial Tea For the Benefit Of
the Infant SanltaiIdhl, n,,i
It WAS A MOST BRILLIANT SUCCESS
An Evening OF unnlioycd ricnsurc-
4 Bennilfnl ScGiic- TRANSPORTED
70 Another Country Magnificent
Costumes = Niusic's yo,nnt,,o,Is
swcil-A brilliant Throns.

The handsome ahd hospitabe home
of MI and Mrs. Barton Myers. Inst
evening between the hours Of and II
o'clock. presented II scene which ire
sistaby carried the bcholder back to
the brave old days when powdered per
lwig. dainty brocade, silver buckle and
| treasured miniature were among Tho
indispensibles OF fashion, long Gro thc
bicycle, the new woman and other end
lof-the-century products conspirea to
/ Danish the stately grace and 4na gnificent
courtesy OF colonial days, and make pos
sible The usurpation Of their places by
the more modern and equally charn,inr
IL not SO picturesque, article
The occasion was the Colonial Tea.
gwen for the benefit Of that noble char
lty, the Infant Saniturium mt Virginia
beach. The affair had been unuvoida-
bly, postponed several times and antic
ipation was thereby whcttcd TO the
keenest edge. and 1t Is but mild praise
10 say that the result exceeded The most
sanguine and roseatc dreams. +.
a BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
The spacious parlors. library and din
ipg room, had been decorated for tho
event with delicate taste ana artistic
Skill, though. In very truth, little deco
ration was needed beyond that afforded
by the usual furnishings of the rooms.
each article. itself, not only had its his
tory, but was intrinscally suggestive of
ante days. Here, one
| found an antique dresser that was an
cient hundred years ago; there, a dark
ened sideboard that held upon It's
period From the parlor walls looked
down in silence Upon the gay thronE,
portraits Of family ancestors, whose
grave eyes, one could imagine were
guilty Of the impropriety OF twinkle
as they watched the brilliant array OF
4 = H.,
! them. N''',"a
| IT was an evening of unalloyed plea
sure. the delights of which we're vouch-
Saled 10 some five hundred OF Norrolk's
pest and most apprecative people.
| never was material man more Ecner-
ousiE or more delightfully."- entertained
| than III The dining room and library,
where upon dainty tables were: served
dcllcacles both substantial and other
wise, In themselves unmitigated tri-
umphs. Guests who found their way to
these charmed spots, and everyone did,
were waited upon by the faircst Of hands
ana discussed the good things set before
them to the Voluptuous music of Prof
sores orchestra. or perhaps to the
sWeeter music of soft voices set to the
accompaniment Of nlluring chances
from starry eyes. That there was q
large contingent, who did not hear the
orchestra, because Of this divner mel
ody, can not be gainsaid nor can 1t be
construed rs uncomplfmentary to the
Professor That there were some the
more practical, who only heard the mus
&c OF vollin and cornet, Is equally true
ana cannot be placed to the fault of the
aforesaid soft voices or merry glances
MANGNIFICENT COSTUMES.
IN The parlor. dancing was allowed
and the privilege generally taken adj
vantage OF by lovers Of the art Those
who came were enchanted and left af-
ter lingering rs long as possible, with
regrets ana long for the repetition
OF an evening ut once SO notable and
SO enjoyable
The members bf the reception commit
tee, assisting Mr.. and Mrs. Myers, were
IN costumes of It hundred or more wears
ago. They may not be described here
nor, IN fact, could words do Justice to
them or their effect. Beauty some Way
10 these modern eyes, seems Strangely
enhanced by the quaint garbinG Of so
long ago-thc powder on hair, the patch
on chin, the velvet and the brocade.
and all its accompanying splendors.
Inc quintette of gentlemen who assist
ed were also in costume
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEES.
me reception committee was com
posed Of the following:
Mesdames Barton Myers, ST. John
Caldwell Hardy. George Mcintosh, Al
pert Grandy, Robert Hughes. Quimby,
I l.,a Burwell. Robert Tunstail,
sharp and w. 3. Baldwin.
4 Misses Fannie Leigh, Mary Dobie.
1urkamp, Corneia Tucker, Nina Tav-
lor, Ethel Nicely, Eleanor, Randolph.
Mary Nash Virginia Starke. Tucker.
Alice Ramsey, Gay Blaclford, Starkc
BurWell. Madgc Lamb Mary Tayloe.
annie Vaughan, Farnsworth, Cobb,
Pickett, Landon, Walton.
Also assisting as fair mattresses were
Misses Mary Lloyd. Mary Lou Cooke.
Lucy Baylor, Helen Taylor Jane Ores
ham, Alice Kelly, Gertrude Wake. Belle
Truxton. Marguerite Taylor and Jose
phine Cooke-Ten' Little Maids from
school. also in puffs, powder and be-
buckled slippers, arrayed, however, as
grown up people.
The gentlemen who were honored with
positions on the committee were
Messrs. r. a. Baldwin, w. Is. Baldwin,
T. c. Taylor, r. G. Taylor, Jr.. and
Saunders Taylor.
That the Colonial Tea was the bril-
liant success it was due to the united ef-
Forts of the ladies who had it In charge.
IN whose vocabulary there is not only
no such word as fall but no other goal
than success.