The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-24

prominent of them took leading Dnrts i,
any indication, they are at length begin.
ninS to expect the men to take little
more care in this direction. Elsewhere il
is understood to be the correct thing for
Il man to appear in evening dress at any.
thing after & o'clock. If called upon for
information in such things | would nm
uouDtedly refer the matter to Ruth Ash
more. Therefore this must be taken MS
Il warning, not rs n criticism
The dancing school german came Off
on Friday evening in spite of the various
other things going on in. town They
are always pleasant. 1t was led by War.
rem Wexford and Miss Kent. Those tax
ing part were: Miss Moss with Mr.. Cum
mings, Miss Crawford with Mr.. King,
Miss Gilmore with Mr.. Portlock, Miss
Bessie Crawford with Mr.. Thomas, Miss
Ritter with Mr.. Addison Miss Price
with Mr. iiooge, Miss Nicholson with
Mr.. Blanks, Miss Hughes with Mr.. Reid
Miss Ellis with Mr.. q hughes, and Miss
Kent with Mr.. Wexford. Stays -NIcssrs
Reed, Hughes, Foster, 1Iodges'and Glass.
Chaperones-Mrs Moss and Mrs. Du-
Rant.
Miss Stras entertained few of her
friends at her pretty home on Thirteenth
avenue 5. w, on Monday evening. A
very pleasant feature of the entertain
ment was the game of the "Flower We'd
ding, in which each of the participants
was required to answer certain questions
concerning the ceremony with the name
of some appropriate flower. In the
Memory contest" Miss Dickinson OBJ
tanned the first prize for being able to
write from memory the greatest number
of articles seen for II short while in
another room. Mr.. Lawrence Davis was
awarded the BOBBY prize-a handsome
doll Those present We're: Misses Rorer,
Is. Rorer, Saunders, Rust, Dorney, Kill
by, Cook, Dickinson, Deaton, MacFar.
land, Stras. .Niessrs. Saunders, Stras,
Wood, Davis, Eberhardt, Nanderslice
Fishburne, Kent. w. Penn, Marston and
Rev. Mr.. Jones, of Trinity Church
1t is rumorcd that IL play will be given
ut an early date for the benefit of the
public library. What it will he or by
whom the parts will be taken is not yet
Known. y good old time' farce would
"go.n
The presentation Of Tennyson's -prin-
cess ut Virginia College OH Friday even
ing was witnessed by the large audience
that it deserved. 1t was well rendered
Few people appreciate the immense
amount of labor and study such things
require, and when it is taken into con
sideraton that the young ladies taking
part are only able to devote II portion of
their time to it. the success becomes nil
the more worthy of praise. The manage
ment of e.college..should indeed be proud
of its clocution and physical culture
classes OF lS96.91
Cards are out for IN informal enter
tainment To he given in honor of Miss
Nellie Marshall, of Orange, at the home
of DIR. w. w. :. Butler on Monday even
ing.
The Whist Club will meet on Tuesday
evening ut the home Of Col Thomas
Lewis This is II small club which meets
for the study of whist alone.
The Misses Rorer will entertain on
Wednesday evening from $50 to 12.
There is some talk o! IL small german
for Thursday evening. 1t will probably
he held ut the dancing school room on
Campbell avenue.
Following is the programme in full of
the first annual celebration of the 13Sth
birthday of Robert Burns by the Burns
Club, of Roanoke, which vii take place
on Monday evening:
Words of welcome, Hon. VIM. A. Glas-
gov.
Invocation, Rev. w. c. Campbell, DID.
Orchestra, bonnie Scotluud.'
Tenor solo. Annie I.aurie,' Prof. =.
c. Lcary.
Recitation. " hairnics Cuddlc Down,
Miss Agnes Bowman
Violin Solo, Scotch Airs W. Valley
Davis.
soprano solo. Bonnie Mary, Of Ar
gylc, Mrs. c. \. McIIugh.
Clarionettc solo, Coming Thro' the
Rye G. Styles.
Orchestra, "Guy Mannering 4"
Toasts-" Robert Burns, Scotland's
Greatest Bard Response by Hon VIM.
Gordon Robertson.
1.-The Scotch.American, loyal alike to
his native. heather and the land Of his
adoption" response by Hon. Thos NJ
Wood.
"Lassies, know her is to love her,
and to love her is II liberal education, -
response bv G.. |. Stewart.
Song and chorus, "Rantin' Robin, j
Devon.
Memoir of Burns,n Il. Lockhart
Aud Lang Sync," by the assemblage
James Richmond, vice president; Fergus
treasurer; II NJ. Darnall, master of cere-
monies
Committees Reception, H. NJ. Dnr.
literature, Thos NJ. Wood, c. |. Stewart,