Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-21

. hostess done in gold.
: The menu was very complete and eie
: gantly served, beginning with frul
salad In orange baskets, ana continuing
with little neck clans, lobster la Ne"
burg pheasan. and celery salads, agpar-
| agus. individual ices. champagne. ant
| coffee. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs
] Henry Keyser. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles q
Elliott. Mr.. and Mrs Edward L. Crurnp,
, Mr.. and Mrs Warren q. Elliott, General
| Charles Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Southgat'
, Lennon. Mr. and Mrs. y. II. Grundy. Mr..
and Mrs Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. Jane!
Mason. Captain and Mrs. McCabe. Mr.
Clendenen. Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Potts
, Mr. and Mrs. L. l.. Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs
r. g. Bosher, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r.
Head, Mrs. Frederick Tyson, Dr. ano
Mrs. Hunter Mcclure. Mr.. and Mrs
Rawlins L-owndes, Mrs. Camm and Misses
Margaret Stringfellow, Lennon, Eleanor
Bosher, Edna Forbes. Gertrude Sco-
Vile. Jennie vandegrift. Bette Booker,
Gertrude Howard, Louise Burke. the
Misses Camm and Misses Matthews and
| Gray. and Messrs. Gardiner Bootne,
George Gibson, Percy Bosher, McVitty,
Gordon McCabe, Jr., Robert Spilmann,
John Coke, Archie Hoxton, and MIR.
Blakemore.
CHILDREN'S BALL.
The children's ball, on Wednesday eve
ming. was one of the most popular and
| attractive scenes Of the season.
| The ballroom and dining-room were
| artistically decorated in arches of the
beautiful frs. ferns. and wild flowers
| with which the woods around White Sui
| phur abound; flags and hanging baskets
| and other pretty devices made the scene
| quite bewildering. as l25 children marched
| in to the inspiring quick-step by the
| band. and led by Professor Zebley, who
| guides these little ones with the utmost
| kindness and precision. Ices and cake
| were served after the ball, which the
little ones enjoyed with hearty zest. Lit
| tie Misses Jennie and Gladys Head gave
| the skirt dance with singular grace, and
| the lancers quadrilles waltz, and two
step were danced by the whole number
with great spirit.
Among the children dancing were
Misses Frances. Elizabeth, and Alice Pei
ger. BERTHE and Barbara Trigg, Carrie
Rennolds, Jennie and Gladys Head
Violet Clendenen, Louise McAdams
Violet Lockwood, Margaret Allis. Nancy
and Sara Marshall, Mary Rodd, Miriam
Grundy, Florence Hanck, Helen Whit
lock- Carrie and Lucille Stern, Carrie
Kaufman, Edna Halle. Hazel and Ray
Cohen. Elizabeth Wilson, Marie White.
Rebecca White, Anne Keyser, Laura and
Gwendoline Rutherford, Levinas Thomas.
Esther Burke, Rebecca and Eva Dulany,
Elizabeth Lennon, Kathleen Robinson,
Marie Fisher. Elizabeth McLaren. Marie
Potts, Nell Potts. Mary Mercer Dunlop,
Florence Hanck, Elizabeth and Mardita
Elliott, Emma and Elsie Jackson. Nilla
Conner, Elise Parkinson, Barbara Chris
tan, and Masters Thomas Hanck, Ed
gar Whtlock. Walter, Horace, Edward,
and Gordon Strause. Philip and Maurice
Strause. Melvin, Lawrehce, and Ira Stern,
Irwin Kaufman. Joseph knight, Wilson
James, Scott and Bruce Seldom, johnson
Orrick. Robert Taylor. Edward Trgg,
Curry Thomas, oliver Dudley, Hamilton
Claiborne Carter Branch Grundy, Robert
Rennolds, Addison Rennolds, Lewis
Bosher, Charley Stokes. Richard McMil-
Ian. Julian T. Burke. Jr, Turnbull Wood,
Herbert Claiborne, Jr., Irwin keyser,
Jack McLaren. Willie Trigg, Kenneth
Durant, DeCourcy Orrick. Wistar Head,
Thomas Marshall, and William Rodd.
Colonel Richard Dulany is among the
distinguished arrivals Of the past week.
Rev. Arthur b. Kinsolving and his
charming wife from Brooklyn, n. Y. are
popular guests.
Florence Coleman, and John Elliott form
late New Orleans party.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Nowlan find many
old friends to greet them.
Colonel Thomas Smith, formerly Of War
renton, Va, so well remembered by many
friends, is here.
Mrs. A. Q. Holiday, who has so many |
Virginia friends, is accompanied by Miss
Dortch, of Raleigh, n. c.
Mrs. John d. Langhorn. Misses Mamie |
and Alice Langhorne, Mr.. Marshall NJ |
Langhorne, Mr.. and Mrs John IL. Lewis,
and their attractive daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Lewis. Mrs. John w. Daniel, and |
Lieutenant John w. Daniel, Jr.. engineer |
United States army, are distinguished |
guests from Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs Joseph Bryan and Messrs. st. |
George and Joseph Bryan, are here.
An attractive party just arrived is Mrs.
j. Caskie CabeI, Mrs. John Lotter. Mrs.
II. Landon Cabell; Mrs. Albert Richie.
of Baltimore, and Mrs. James Connor, of
Charleston S. c.
Mrs. Charles u. Williams and family,
from Richmond, will spend the remainder
of the summer here.
Captain and Mrs. w. Gordon McCabe,
Mr.. w. Gordon McCabe, Jr., and Mr.. War
ner McCabe have arrived.
Mr.. James w. =. Peters, formerly or the
University OF Virginia, now of Boston,
Mass, is here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Mayo and Mrs
Thomas a. Brander and Miss Elizabeth
Brander, Of Richmond, are welcomed by
many friends.
Mrs. Herbert Augustine Claiborne. the
distinguished president OF the Society of
Colonial Danes of Virginia with her two
handsome boys, has arrived.
Late arrivals from Richmond and the
State are: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bosher.
Captain Cunningham Hall, Rutherford
Rose, John Currie, W. O. Young. John
rutherford. A. s. Willy, Z. V. Williams,
Meriwether Jones, Jackson Miller. James
Y. Farland. II. s. Wexford r. S. Bosher.
Jr., Blair Stringfellow, Mrs. p. Kaufman
and family. Bernard II. Gaines. Peyton S.
Coles, Mrs. Joseph Ruffner. Mrs. Eliza
beth Bland, e. A. Leavy, Mrs. A. NJ. Sub
EFT and Miss Ruth Subett Howard Cor
don, G. w. Cook. and r. c. Jett
Week mt Crocketts.