Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-07

Archer. Gertrude Camm, H". ,t,,i
Ship. Of Lexington. va; hai ossrs
FlossIe Talbot. Adele Arcner, s,ase,c
Turnbul. Of Baltimore; William ''" vu'
Eugene Massie Frank Davenport. VIZ
liam Mayo. Dudley Mcdonald huw WI,
Mayo. Harrison Blair, Dolph BAR hln
wood Mitchell. Frank BlankenshiP, NJ
Young. William H. Grant, ana Niiia.n ,
Tompkins. Mr. Dolph Blair led ana '''''
never done so to better advantage
The Richmond Chapter Of the Dausn'..s
OF the Confederacy gave a oehsh'r"
on Tuesday evening last from
O'clock AT r. u. Lee Camp Han. Inc .ea
was given TO promote soclaDlhiy anu
friendship among the Daughters, any -
most successful In attaining ltS -,
Mrs. Norman " Randolph, pIesi' 49,
the chapter and Mrs. Preston ID, .s,t,
choirrnon ~ the entertainment Commit
tee, were assisted in recelNlns " 60
Alfred r. Courtney, Mrs. Charles - oe
den, Mrs. Adde Dunn Lyons. MRS; az
tain Henry Fitzhugh, Mrs. Henry bona .,
and Mrs. Dabney Carr. The young la ',s
who by their charm and attentions a uue.
so much TO the pleasure OF the go '.n,
Misses Fannie MCGUIRE, bveyh e-o,,,a
Gordon. Nina Randolph, Julie Lee, Neine
| Boykin. Bessie Fitzhugh, bzzle Ao"rN'
and Annie white The hall was elapo-
rately and artlstically decorated WIN
| Confederate colors and flags, on Whlcn
shone the soft light Of many lamps rams
and flowers added to the beauty Vi ~
scene. Thus in this hail, ehueaieu =.
every lover of the South by It's NAM, -
associations. and the rehcS ol 'ne 80
Cause II protects, these Daush'eis me-
clasp the hand of friendship ana py pe
coming better acquainted TO work more
heartily together for the cause so dear "
everv southern woman. on entering inc
hall each lady registered her name, anu
the record which contains these names
win be reserved-wTapped In a cover EN-
| blazoned with the badge OF the trdhu
Division of Virginia An inVitatlon was
extended from General Brander TO the
Daughters and all other Confederate So
cieties to attend the presentation OF por-
trait Of the gallant Colonel Willie fest
10 the r. T. Lee Camp The presentation
speech will be made by the gifted ColoheI
| Gordon McCabe on Friday March l2th' 1T
SP. NJ. The name Of such nero as Coio-
mel Willie Pegram should send a thriii
! through every southern heart, ana VIII
insure a large attendance.
Summing, briefly several Of the most
delightful courtesies Of the past week,
must be mentioned two beautiful lunch-
eons-one given by Mrs. Frank Chris
ton, on Wednesday. in honor OF MISS
Katherine Brown. Of Baltimore; and the
other. by Mr.. John Farland, given at the
Westmoreland Club, In honor Of Misses
Watson and Hatton. of Portsmouth.
Miss Michler. of Pennsylvania, was
also the recipient Of similar courtesy
and the luncheon given in her honor py
Miss Mary Williams, will be a pleasant
memory for about a dozen fortunate
friends, Cards. with Mrs. William
/ Archer as hostess, and Miss Brown again
the guest of honor. was the pleasant a.
version last Monday night.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
Of Mr.. Arnold Stefel, of New York, ana
! Miss Matile Leibermuth, daughter of MT
| and Mrs. +. Lelbermuth, OF this CITY,
which is to take place at the JEFFERSON AT
high noon next Thursday The ceremony
will be performed by Rabbi r. n. Callsch'
of Beth Ahaba Synagogue, and lnifne-
diateIy after it the wedding breakfast will
be served at the hotel. This VIII De the
first marriage at the fashionable ana
beautiful Jefferson. The groom-elect Is
connected with the New York college OF
Music.
The party-consisting Of Mr. and Mrs.
| George Wayne Anderson; Miss Lucy
Cooke. of Charlottesville; Miss Roy Ell
lerson. Miss Maude Stokes. Mr.. Lam
caster williams. Mr.. Fred. Noting, Mr..
Randolph Willis. and Mr.. Roosevelt
Page-that left here Wednesday to at
tend the Mardi-Gras at New Orleans Is
reported as having royal time. lnyi-
tations to all the balls and various otner
social functions had been secured before
starting. and every plan laid for com
plete enjoyment of the great carnival
Last Tuesday afternoon an informal
eat home" with Mrs. Norton Savage as
the hostess. was one Of the pleasant
things Of the week Among the callers
were: Mrs. r. b. Slower, and Miss Louise
Jones: Mrs. Wood, Of Ashland; Mrs. Tay-
lor Mrs. Edgar Gum, Mrs. Ran. Norris,
Mrs. Leslie, Mrs. John Mallory, Miss
! Pearl Bodeker, and Miss Irene Bossieux.
virginia may oe proud Of her delegates
TO any congress, but never have her
claims met with fuller Justification than
at the two recently assembled-the Con-
gress OF the Daughters OF the American
Revolution and the National Congress
Of Mothers, at Washington.
Miss Annie s. Smith gave a most in
teresting talk before the Woman's Club
| Friday afternoon on physical Train
ing" She explained the Swedish sys-
TEN Of gymnastics, contrasting its
salient points with those OF other sys-
tens. and gave illustrations Of the same.
After the talk she called out a. class
Of ten little girls-her pupils az Mrs.
Meade's school-and put them through
a short drill, 1.-The order Of one day"
Then Miss Smith answered numerous
questions from the ladies present, win
ming all hearts by her frank and at
tractive manners. She comes to US
from Norfolk, though her early home was
in Lexington, Va. with her grandfather,
General Smith, of the Virginia Military
Institute.
Miss Maria Blair was chairman Of the
evening, and had as her guests Miss
Smiths afternoon class. consisting Of the
Misses Sweeney, Miss Loehr, Miss
Schmidt, and others.
The Ladies' Matinee Musical met at
Mrs. George w. Stevens's, No a9 Floyd
avenue, on Friday afternoon at 40
o'clock, when the following programme
was rendered:
l. Lines on Composers,
Mrs. Chaplin,
. Semiramide ....... ........... Rossini,
Miss Williams-Miss Webster
3. The Last Greeting. ..........S Schubert
Miss Pace.
L. Nalse ......... .SchuOeII-L =
Miss Mera,
5. Ave Maria....... ''SchuDert'
Mrs. Blair
6. Impromptu .,...... SCHUBERT
Miss Swasey.
z. SOlO.... ........... ...s'ss.ss'''-