Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-19

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Saresuro Rebecca Bell. Ellie Maury
Wertb and Amy McRae Werth' WIN
N,eesrs. Idttletou Fitzgerald, Julian me
Kenny Joel Perrin. William WatKihs,
and William Townes. The pleasure
,ho evening was also added to by the
,.resence of Mrs. c. r. Caperton, one Oh
The brightest stars of the galaxy oi
Richmond brides
- ptcbuond golfers are still golfing. On
saturday afternoon a large numper Vi
Richmond's -Four Hundred went OUT 70 I
the links Of the Lakeside Nheel CluD
where some joined in playing very IN
teresting game and others TOOK tno
..a5as+ ,arts OF onlookers. Among those
nresent were Misses Ann Tenant, Juia
Harris. Fannie Lewis, Berta Wexford
virginius Hayes, Kate Harris, Marion /
Harris; Bernard, of Petersburg; skip
with. Boiling, Dimmock, Bessie race |
Lilly Logan, Blankenship, and Mesdames
Abe Warwick, c. u. Smith, h. L. ~ |
Myers Jr.. Scott Parrish, Warren Ben
Palmer, Levin Joynes, Allan Donnan; |
Nichols. of Paris, and Messrs. f. w. Han
newinckel. Robert Powers. Waller Scott, |
Randolph, Holiday, Isaac Davenport |
Horace S. Halves, Richmond Lewis, Ben
Palmer, George Warren, John Bryan,
Edward Scott, George Reid, Edward
Mayo, John Currie, Il. T. ID. Myers. Jr''
Levin Joynes. Dudley Mcdonald Harri-
son Blair. c. 3. Antrim, George Gibson,
Frank Davenport, Symington Campbell.
Scott Parrish C. r. Smith, John Palmer,
Bruce Palmer, and Henry Baskerville.
Miss Mary Donnan gave charming
little dinner party on Tuesday evening.
A number of the diners of the first
water" in Richmond society, were pres
ent. and the dinner very elegant In It's
appointments. The guests were Misses
Mary Currie; Ranlett of Holyoke, Mass;
Lisa Rjerne. Mary Hill, Fannie Mcclure.
Berta Wexford, and Messrs. Langbourne
Williams. Kirkwood Mitchell Donnan,
Victor Williams, Ed. Harrison, and Pal
mer Gray.
/ On Monday afternoon at the Womans
Club Miss Maria Blair gave a tax on
Sidney Lanier. Reading selections from
Lanier's poems and giving suggestive
| comments as she read, she opened for
her hearers the way into the treasure
house of the beautiful thought and say
ings of the great poet. 1t was with much
regret finally that Miss Blair's audience
realized that her lecture was over. Inc
| interest of the evening was increased by
the nresence of several distinguished
guests invited by the chairman, who
were Miss Lily Logan, Mrs. James II.
Blair; Miss Ellen Blair. OF Salem; MISS
Annie Smith, Miss Juliet Lee, and Mrs.
Moomair. Mrs. Robert B. Munford pre-
! sided AT the tea table, with Mrs. s. w.
Travers and Miss Beulah Patterson.
The ladies elected in November to be
members of the club were Miss Elizabeth
Douthat. Miss Beulah Patterson, Mrs.
w. Gordon McCabe, Mrs. l.. X. Dashiell,
Mrs. James e. Kearney, Mrs. wexford
c. Reed, Mrs. Garrett Wall. and Mrs. l.
A. Weller.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. Fox, the novel,
ist and writer of dialect stories, lecturer
and read extracts from his works before
tha Woman's Club and their guests. In
the very interesting sketch which ne
drew az the character Of the mountaineer
of the Eastern States, he emphasized thelr
crude force, which, he SAID, mas Oeen
common to all mountain peoples-to tho
Scot in his Highlands; to the Basque, INC
moundaineer of Greece. and TO the ita-
lians of the Apennines. And equal 10 the
vigor and holiness OF his character Is ms
exclusiyeness. Forms of speech, old haplts
and customs. which have been laid aside
elsewhere, he keeps and perpetuates as
the rocks of his mountains perpetuate
the forms of fish and fern. Inc heh-
lucky mountaineer, he went on TO say,
was very religious. His chlet INTERESTS IL
life are religion and homicide. In lilustra-
tion of the Kentucky crackers " idlo-
svncrasies Mr. Fox read aloud selections
from 1.-THE Kentuclxian" as well as from
his shorter stories, and with a ufaina,io
emnhasis and a faithful imitation OF the
mountaineers dialect which dellshleu
his audience. - No.
The chairman's guests were Mr.. Rose
well Page, Mr. and Mrs. CLIFFORD Ran
dolph. Mrs. Montague, Miss Lilly Logan,
and Miss Taylor: Mrs. Marquis Jones, or
Gloucester; Miss Mildred Hoge OF FRANK
fort. XIV; Miss Emma Hoge, or Stauhloh,
and Miss Hicks, of Lawrencevllle' Inc
hostesses Of the occasion were MIS- isaac
Davenport, Miss Mary Lewis Mrs. H. ~.
DashieIl, ard Mrs. Decatur Axtel' WIN
presided at the tea-table.
Tho entertainment given yesterday eve
ming by Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Myers, III
celebration OF the anniversary OF theII
wedding-day, was denghtiul sociI'
event. The rooms of MIR. Myerss Manu-
some home on Eighth street, were eIec-
tively decorated in green and pink. The
TIGHTS were shaded with pink globes ana
garlands of evergreens were graceIuily
draped about the pictures ana mahteis,
with groups of palms about the rest OF
the rooms. For SeNerdl iouIS the iN"St
floor Was crowded with the many frlencs
OF MIR. and Mrs. Myers, who rendered
them many hearty congratulations on
their anniversary.
On Tuesday night the members or the
Art Club showed THAI they were willing
10 go through a good deal of water IL
not fire in order to see each other. In
spIte OF. the rainy weather there was
quite q large gathering of the club mem
hers nj tie club tea arranged by Mrs.
Hodges and Mrs. Malvin L. Patterson.
and the guests were rewarded for their
coming. Miss Annie Steeger Winston
read for their entertainment her first
published story, called fuckers Tour"
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Malvern II. Patterson, Mrs. Hodges, Mr..
ana Mrs. William C. Bentley, Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Darlington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maury. Miss Annie Wise Mayo; DR..
Rrodnax. OF the University College OF
Medicine; Mr.. Spencer, Mrs. John A.
Sloan. Miss Ella Bruce, Miss Patterson.
Mr.. John Rutherford, Mr.. Jones, and
Mr.. III. T. Hazard.
Ono OF the interests OF the evening was
Mrs Fred Carrington's exhibit OF hand
nainted china. Mrs. CarriDgton's work
showed remarkable harmony OF Ncoloring
and eyenness OF surface. All learned In
ceramics Will remember that china paints
have a persistent habit OF attracting dust,
which would be enough TO spoil the
temper of an angel taking lessons in
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