Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
however ambitious they

social events, however "h'''
might be. a., To.
The fruit luncheon given by Mrs. 1ei
fires this week In her cosey cot."so
'a,,''hJ,, onioved by all who had the good
Sort,,ne 10 be present. The decorations
80 ~ white and yellow wild flowers
soon,inQ the atmosphere with the deh-
oiors frog-ance CT the nearby fields, from
y,bioh they had been so recently piche"'
,,rose nrescnt were Mesdames Younger
swift. Frazier. Holt Pope, Lard WOO
foIk Buclner, Alexander, and MIS-" M'n-
ME Cox. -, ,,e
The 0rgt children's euchre party OF the
.ooeo, occurred Wednesday afternoon,
ond the little misses and LAOS enteieu
into the game with all the vim OF ,nc
"cro,yn NJ, folks" Miss Leonora swift
VINO 10 n more skiiful euchre payer
,bau many of her elders, won the nrsl
,,irls' prlze. q hat-pin. She won e'o's
zane played-a most enviable reco,u,
Miss Birdie Pennington won the snIS
booby prlze-a stick-pin. Inc Dogs III
nrlze was carried of by Eugene h'ch-
waller. while Ben whitley took inc
BOBBY. ,,oh &c NOW
The tennis tournament, which 80 nv"
under way, Is exciting a goou oe", ~
interest, not 10 say CIV" a.,
r,ovcrs are Messrs. Ayerett, LiDpy'
Ayers. Hughes, ALBANIAN, Lo"cnDu' g., -
ewift q Swift, Alvey, Huger, ana Snep-
- Tho Indications are that MI
.,,orett who IS from Richmond, VIII VIII
brt DIR. Ayers. Of Washington ana MI
r ttbv ~ richmond, will make him 1.-Two
hard" before he does.
me- Dockbridge baseball team on
~ me ,yon a second game from Goshen
ON the latter's grounds The score was
On 70 II. A large crowd OF rooters went
down on the special train and witnessed
~ oonc CAPTAIN Mcclellan, OF the
Goshen team. isn't satisfied yet. so an
otbcr came is scheduled for next tues
dav this one TO be Played on the ROCK
bridge grounds, which have been put IN
good condition by Mr.. Frazier. Mrs'
hughes. who is an enthusiastic adhHer
of the game. after last Tuesdays contest
presented the Rockbridge team with
"pennant" ,
Congressman Lewis, OF Washington
state. whose peculiar personality mas
given him much notoriety In the news
papers throughout the country. was a
ruest here this week. While he could
not honor the springs long with MS pres
once he left his wife here, who Is a most
DIR. Jones this week has been expert
rncnting as TO the effect Of rattlesnake
polsoning upon the blood. He procured
a live RATHER and placed rabbit in the
same box with IL. OF course the reptile
Immediately stung the rabbit, killing 1t
almost instantly The Doctor then Killed
the snake by chloroforming 1t, and e1-
amined the blood Of the dead rabbit. lie
will make a more elaborate investigation
upon his return TO Richmond, where he
vile. IS an equisItion to the younger ele-
The bowling party given by Mrs.
I.owenburg on Thursday morning was
most enjoyable affair.
Miss Lillian Funkhauser, Of Charlottes-
vile, is an acquisition TO the young ele-
mcnt
The prettiest bit Of femininity at the
springs IS little Cora Younger
Miss Minnie Cox, Of Richmond. gives
an impetus 10 every social event which
Is undertaken at the Rock Alum.
The young ladies will next week tender
the gentlemen n complimentary german.
The following were among the arrivals
from Virginia this week: Miss Lacie VIII
liams, Miss Lillian Funkhauser, Char
lottesville; II. J.. Courtney, Richmond;
A. G.. Hancock. Richmond; 4. ID. Lotus,
Lotus; y. +. McClung and wife, Green
Vile: Mrs. Humphreys. Norfolk; John
Sheridan. Nellie Cameron Lee. John w.
Lee. G.. II. Lee. Mrs. Kate Wills, Mrs.
j.. G. Krouse, Miss Anna Krouse, Lex
ington.