The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-12
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we have lad very pleasant week-in
TACT little bubbles of excitement have
been coming to the surface and bursting
III All directions. The effect has been far
reachlng and salutary. Rumors of all
Sous OF things are going the rounds and
We would not be surprised to hear. of
anything This is what we call "some-
! th'ng like it" The annual influx of what
someone has been pleased to call the
calico brigade" has commenced and
aeain the chappies are DESERVING their ac-
custonled baunts and rushing here and
there in frantic endeavo- TO he everywhere
Ut once. Sunday clothes have becoue
such IN everyday affair that the cratic
trouser - being slept upon to save time
n lady-we will call no names-re-
| marked that it must be the ''press of cir
| cumstances. She was doing we'll early
| this morning and the doctors are hope
| tui. 1t Is difficult to tell off.hand now
| many girls there are in n flock, but judg-
| ing from appearances Hollins and Vir-
glnia College will be we'll patroniZed this
| year.
Miss Mamie Johnston entertained
lew OF her friends at her home on Sew.
enth avenue on ruesday evening. The
early part of the. evening was spent in
dancing, after whicha bundle party was
given. This was something new. in RoA-
noie ut least. The first prizes were won
bv Miss Monte Read and Mr.. Pike Meade
anu the boobies by Miss Jennie Rogers
and Mr.. Pritchard. The 1T ests were
Misses Helen and Evelyn Edmunds, Miss
Clarke and Miss Dennis, of Florida,
Misses jamie and Mary Rogers, Miss Read
aud Messrs. Van Rawn, G. w. Williams,
Pritchard. Lawrence Davis, w. ..Hippey,
Pike Meade aud Gus Wingfield.
Miss Monte Read gave small sever.
ing" on Thursday in honor of her guests,
the Misses Gdmuhds of Danville Those
present besides Miss Read and the Misses
Edmunds were the Misses Rogers, Miss
Mamie Johnston, Miss Mary johnson,
of Petersburg, and .Messrs.--J -. John
SION, Sydney Johnston, lIorner, Pike
Meade, c. Williams, W. Hippey, Van
Rawn, Hawkins and Ningfeld. The
Misses Edmunds returned to their home
i'll Danville on Friday.
a party of nine took advantage of the
moonlight on Thursday evening aud Jour
neyed to the top of Mill Mountain, where
they had lunch. The road 10 The top is
not ms rough for walking as was EXPECT
ed The party consisted OF Miss Mcguire,
Of Louisville, Miss Alfriend, Of Rich
mond, Miss Dofney, Miss Massie, Mrs
Wexford, and Messrs. VALLEY Davis,
Wood, w Peln and prtcharl.
Mrs. John Trout entertained a small
company of friends on Thursday evening
also Among them were Miss Pleasants,
Miss Wilcox, Miss MAJ tina Trout and
Messrs. Turner, Kent, Hale and Speden
Handy.
Every one will be glad to learn that
Miss Rents dancing class has re. opened
for the season of 1897. Asi lc< from the
very material benefit to be derived from
it the young people have had so many
pleasant entertainments under the direc-
ton of the school that they are more than
pleased that it will not he discontinued.
The seas on was inaugurated with a
german Friday evening which, in spite of
The heat, Was fully up to the standard of
former occasions. The german WAS led
by Warren Wexford. ..Kecley's Orchestra
furnished the very excellent music.
Those prese 1T were Miss Shields with
MIR. Hoffman, Miss DeArmond with Mr..
Shields, Miss Kinsey with Mr. Thomas.
Miss Ellis with Mr.. Hughes, Miss Oar.
nell with Mr.. Glass, Miss Pitzer with
Mr.. Parkinson, Miss Cooke with Mr..
Wood, Miss Patton with Mr.. Neale, Miss
Ritter with Mr.. London, Miss Hyde with
Mr.. Huse. Miss Lacy with Mr. Wexford,
Miss Lacy with Mr.. Jameson, Miss Fig
gait with MIR. Figgatt, Miss Parker with
Mr.. Reid, Miss Clarke with Mr.. Miller,
Miss Burton with Mr.. Moss, Mrs VIII
liam Wexford with Mr.. Hughes. Mrs.
Darnall. Mrs. Kent and Messrs
! Thomas, Bark sdale w Williams Hoooe
Franklin, Iielvestine, Brand, Omahon
dro, Dickinson, Reed and Figgatt
At st. johns Church this morning
Miss Florence Leary and Mrs. w. r.
Hodgson will sing the duet for soprano
and alto, "Quis est Homo, :" from Rossini's
'Stabat Mater" Miss Leary expects to
| leave for Baltimore some time during the
coming week to resume her musical
training under Prof Carlos Sanchez.
| Her voice will be missed from the choir
of St. Johns.
a wild rush was made by some ladies'
the other night to see the fire engine 20
by-but the excitement was found to be
party of serenaders
Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth will leave for
Philadelphia, where they will make their
home, on .hOnday night. Their house has
bee. taken by Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Robert
son Gordon.
| Mrs. Henderson and Mr.. and Mrs
Murphy of Tallahassee, Fla are nj OPS
Jefferson street. Mrs Murphy visited in
| Roanoke last fall as Miss Jennie Hender.
son.