Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-15
THE LITTLE SWEET.
Many Arrivals-A Tncky
ChiIdren's Ball.

SWEET cHALYBEATE. VA, August
Each train brings III mo-.
new arrivals. and the season is now III
full swing. Germans. card paIueS' ''
rides. etc, are the order OF the oay' VI
rather the night. 60. v,,dav
A large party went over last fr'oay
evening TO a german given at INC
Sweet. Among the dancers "eIg -i,5S
Cooke, Ould, Wallin. Boykin' i1u II,.tts
ton, Marshall Dobie, LucHeT' $50,
Messrs. Taylor. Dobie, walton, A-"i.'S
Motif, Jenkins and Gordon. Ihe o"1f
rone were Mesdames Boykin, DObie, ara
Huntington. o.
saturday evening a most amusing al
fair took place-a "tacky" party-Mlss
Cornelia Tucker, OF Baltimore, winning
the prize for being the most srotesque:;
The prize consisted Of a large pasKet u
vegetables. Among the other droll chaI
acters were Misses Kinnerey, ButteIhe'o'
Marshall. Graham, Grandy, ana Mes
danes Baumann Rensford. VAST. Gal-
lier. Messrs Rrockenbrough, Dobie, qua
Kinnerey, Ellis. Birmingham, smith,
Slzer, and Cooke.
Sunday night a small concert was SI.o"
in the parlor. We are particularly Tor
tunate In having such good singers win
US as Miss Graham, OF Texas; Mrs Colu-
nav. of Kentucky; Mrs Chiffon, OF west
Virginia; Miss Butterfield, OF Ohio, ana
Mr.. jenkins, of Virginia.
After the dancing Monday evening MI
Ned. Byers, the well known comedian
Of the "Merrymakers,' OF New 1orN'
entertained a few Of his friends al
watermelon party.
Tuesday morning Miss Ward, OF NOT
folk. gave a small euchre party MT
Chaplin. of ST. Louis, winning the first
prize.
Tuesday night the walters gave very
credtable minstrel performance ana rear
ICED quite a good sum.
The Misses Huntington and Miles en-
tertained a large number of young peo-
pie at a supper after the performance.
wednesday morning the Sweet Chaly-
beates challenged the Old Sweets 10
game of baseball. and again the Ola
sweets were victorious. The following
men PLAYED on our nine: Messrs. w.
Old, Walton, Garrett, Old, Smith, Dople'
Chaplin, Birmingham,
Wednesday night the ballroom was
given up TO the children's fancy oall'
and surely no prettier sight could be
imagined than these dear little tots dress
ed In all sorts OF costumes. Among the
dantiest were Miss Madge Winn, VINO
is only 3 years old. dressed az one
of Hammerstein's most dashing ballet
girls; her little sister. Miss Clara VIM,
as a lovely little page; Master Edward
Chiffon. as Cupid; Staunton Chiffon, as
a warrior; Margaret Grandy, as Red
Riding Hood; Lewis Grandy Boy Blue;
Caroline Hamlln, fairy queen; Carrie
and Lucille Stern, 1.-TWO Little Girls in
Blue: Christine McGeorge. as Martha
Washington; Justin Shal. Boy Blue; Mary
Brooke. Alsatian peasant Emily Graham.
tambourine girl; Paul Richter hunter;
Littleton Waller, yellow kid; Frank
Masie, bakers boy; Beresford Waller,
Highland ladies.
Among some Of the latest arrivals are
Mrs, Miss, and Mr.. Dugal, OF Washing
ton. D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Chaplin, Miss
Chaplin. and Mr. Chaplin, Of 81. Louis;
the Misses Honlow, OF New York; Mr..
Stuart. of West Virginia; Mr.. Louis At
kinson, OF Baltimore. Md; Mr., Gus Dobie,
Superintendent of Norfolk Public
Schools Judge Old and Mr.. Edward Old.
of Norfolk: Mr.. Kerns and family, OF
Churchland, Va.