Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-10
Mrs. A. Randolph Tatum, &.
Miss Tatum. :
January 18th. at $50 I.
Cards


THAT with all It conveys OF graceful
and elegant hospitality, vas the invitation,
received by about seventy-iiye Favored
members OF the younger fashionable set.
II meant even more than charming gra-
ciousness-it meant decorations IN wnich
the color-tone was an exquisite piehaihs
Of pink and green; 1t meant
5uporb supper. and altogether IL
meant a delightful evening. The guests
Included for seven-handed euchre carry
in the evening Misses Stokes, Sanders
Morton. Harris, Talbot, Johnston, len
napt. Hobson. Bosher, Harrison or Balu-
more. Virginia Hayes. Mary Hayes
Nactier. Elsie Cameron, Annie gray
Leila Gray. Roy Ellerson, Altering Meade
McCaw. Brown. Deane, Mary hlll' be
troy. Lima Mayo. Glasgow Rooinson VI
Washington, Anderson, Binford, "aiAei'
Tompkins Garrett Of Norfolk. AZ ~
o'clock the following gentlemen atIlVeu'
Messrs. Townes, Baskerville, Il. y Navy
uobson. w. S. p. Mayo. Willis, Granville
cray Palmer Gray, Anderson, Cham.
Peasants. Young, j.. v Williams. g. N
IVniiams Jr.. rutherford, Gibson
Rragg Holiday. Reid. Blankenship Wen
ford. Halves. Brander. Lucien Talum'
Posher II. L. Caben, j. Currie, 2. II. I.
Caberl. David Currie r. Il Williams
spotswood. A. L. Peasants, Grant DiH'
Navo Binford. Harrison Blair }. BIN
ford r. Kennon, Clemens. Mishier Oh
pennsylvania. The married people pres
emf were Mr.. and Mrs. i. d. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. J. Aston Cabeu, ana MT
and Mrs. Isaac Davenport Ihe pIizeS
were won by Miss Maud Stokes, MISS
Mabel Walker Miss Julia Morton MISS
Annie Cray, and Miss Marianne Meade
That the social features OF the MO-
mans Club claim attention, ana win
most agreeable results, no less than ths
literary, is evidenced in the oe.lsh.iui
teas which occur fortnightly Monday
evening last Mrs. w. /. Sheppard dis
nensed the courtesies, assisted by MIS-
Heard and Miss Lulie Williams. Ihere
seems 10 be an idea prevalent That al
mission 10 the club is surrounded by
great difficulty, involving endless reu
tame and all sorts Of complications. inns
mistake has doubtless acted somewhat
against an increased membership. Inc
prereauisltes to admission TO any orsahl-
zation in which ladies are thrown III
freouent and personal contact are oo-
vions and in this case the only practl-
caI essential Is the endorsation or three
members Of the club, which - Virtuany
a guarantee Of adnA sion, as oeItaihiy
the Judgment of three or It's 'fheihDei
would be sustained by the remainder OF
the club Its objects are purely literary
and social. and It should be encouraged
in every possible way.
The .AIistletoe BALI to be given on
Tho oath of January at the Masonic Tenn
nile was the principal topic OF discus
eion az a meeting OF the Association Tor
the preservation Of Virginia Antique
ties Board Friday afternoon. Inc ar
ranoements in detail have not yet peeh
completed: but II has been decided, III
,,io1y Of the comfort and enjoyment or
the guests. 20 limit the invitations IS
sued so that the ball may not De over
crowded The ball viii in every respect
sustain the established reputation OF the
Association for the Preservation OF VIZ
s,,nia Antiquities as designers ana con-
ductors of entertainments or the hlgh-
est degree Of elegance, and viii be among
II not the chief. social event OF the season.
Tho vvoman's Club is especially fortu-
nate in including in its course or lee
tree such an eminent lecturer and
writer as Hon. Robert Bruce, ranking as
ba does among the foremost platform
orators OF the day. The Albany Evening
Journal says OF him. His lectures are
among the masterpieces OF the lyceum,
which opinion is sustained by press ana
personal notices. u,o
Mr. Bruce will appear before the Wo-
mans Club Monday evening, January
1Sth at $50 o'clock, when he Will lecture
unon Robert Burns. subject whlch
Touches a tenderly-responsiye chord In
the hearts OF all lovers OF a pure ana
simpls life. and OF songs which breathe
forth the very sweetness or the flower
and melody OF birds. Burns's poems are
nature caught and preserved In the love
Hest mood, and Mr.. Bruce is falthIul
interpreter of the Bonnie Highland Lad
die Mr.. Bruce will bee the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. T. William Pemberton.
THE papers to be read at the woman
afternoon" January 18th, will be on the
frst mart OF Faust" by Miss Annie
Emple Sheppard. and on the second part
nv Mrs. T. William Pemberton.
II would be impossible to say too mucn.
and difficult to say enough. In praise OF
Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuarts reading. De-
fore The Woman's Club Friday nisht-
Mrs. Archer Anderson. In her mtroduc-
ton. said that = long-ansicipated plea