Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-25
SOCIAL LIFE AT XMAS
HOLIDAY WEEK no NE QUITE A
GAY ONE HERE.
RICHMOND CLUBS FIRST GERMAN.
.pcnutiful Dance Enjoyed by a bril-
liant Company-Neetings OF the
dewey and No-PriSe-Card Clubs
society Gossip and Personal Notes.

N.xt week.. being Christmas week. will
2, very say. and several large entertain
r.ris viii be given, as wen as many
email AFFAIRS. on Monday the Junior
C-tlon viii open the week; on Tuesday
che delightful Tuesday german holds It's
CHRISTMAS dance: Wednesday evening the
annual Christmas dance, which has been
yur years one Of tho most anticipated
Affairs OF the Christmas week. will be
gwen at "Laournam": Miss wingo will
ave q o~ard-party the same evening;
thursday Miss Rhea Watkins Will also
f,s a card-party. and on Saturday-New-
Near's-Eve-Miss Edna Young will enter
t... q la.ge number Of friends at West
t,o1N'
The large female schools OF the city
Gle Richmond Female Seminary and the
Waman's College-disbandcd for the holt
J.t. last week and scores Of excited and
merry young ladies left with glad hearts
fr . short holiday at home. Every train,
co.. brings Richmond Students home from
,t colleges and boarding schools Of the
s'ate. and Christmas JOY thrills through
GO the city.
Tie first Richmond german. on Mon
CAV n.ght last, was characterized by it's
usual elegance and b~riliancy. The chape-
r.as present We're Mesdames Thomas
Boiling. Byrd Warwick, and Edward
N.yl. The debutantes were Misses
florence Parker. Grace Shields. Phyllis
~LaaEh,rne, Emily Addison. and Anne
Ir.~ry. Others present were Misses
Hottie Ross. Bessie Pace. Flossie Tai
BIT. Claire and Lisa Beirne, Kate Mere
ltl. Maria Moseley. Annie n Leila
Cray. Fanny Lewis. Gabrielle Page.
Baea Watkins. Harris. Ross, Claudia
Palmer. Tunis Of Norfolk. Anne Ten
rsut. Evelyn Gordon. and Leila Myers,
N- and Mrs. Tom Carter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Levin Joynes. Mr.. and Mrs. Burwell Of
Clarke county, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Show,
N-. and Mrs. Ned Palmer. Mr.. n Mrs.
A-5.phus Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. Marye,
Nr. and Mrs. Ashton Starke, Mr.. and
N-s Allan Donnan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Churchill Young, Mr.. and Mrs. John At
krson. Mr.. and Mrs. Moncure Perkins.
Nr. and Mrs. Alfred Harris, Mr.. and
Ars. Waller Morton; Messrs. c. b. An
t-m. LinWOOd Antrim, Saunders Hobson,
Robert Campbell. Stuart Bryan. watt
Elyson. William Palmer. Fake Anderson,
Harrison Blair, Carter Branch, Mae Nc
Ca1e. Leigh Page, William Ferguson,
Arthur Willy, George Gibson. william
Mayo, Richard Gaines, and Carleton Nc
Ksnney.
Chaperoned by Mrs. WEIGH, the
Dewey Club met at the jefferson Hotel
On the evening Of the sd. and was a
most charming affair. The german was
Jed By Colonel 10. Lane Stern, with many
intricate and beautiful figures. Those J
present were: Misses Nora Leary, Mamie
Mccarthy. Mary BufOrd, Maggie Shields,
Edith white. Sophie White. Addie Bowe.
LILY Tyler. Louise Adkins. Louie Whit.
Jock. Adair Minor, Lena Shields. Josephine
Putney. Helen O'Ferrall. PONer Sands,
Stokes. Jane Fisher, Annie Murphy,
and Charlotte Poythress: Messrs. Henry
and Gilmore Hotchkiss, Tom Leary, Pur
McCue. Richard Boyd, James Cowar-
James Cottrell. Robert Whitehurst,
J. Dade Alexander. Cooper Drewry.
CHARLES Willis. Boyd Bland. Paul Tuck,
B.uford. William Taylor, William Tyler,
c.. Guyon. Edward Benson. r. 3. Bowe.
SaHolds OF Washington, McChesney
v~arbrough. John Leary. Otis Morrissette.
md Charles Talbot. The next german
take place on next Friday. and Will
be- a favor" german.
One OF the most attractive social or
,apizations in the younger set is the mo
Card Club" which Is composed OF
.welve charming girls. The first meeting
held at the home OF Miss Getty Nc
7llre. n the second at Miss Estelle de
'aussure's. No gentlemen are Members
Z this club. but at 10 O'Clock tile friends
= the hostess OF the evening are invited
nd a delicious supper served. The mem
.-rs are: Misses Estelle de Saussure,
fanny and Bessy Dunlop, Getty Mcclure,
-lie Carmichael, Elizabeth Weddell, An
lie Drewry. Helen Moseley. Fanny Bragg.
3.rdie Noting, Elizabeth Christian, and
Talcott.
Az in past years. the public feels an
interest in the lectures under the
Of the Association for the Preser-
alton OF Virginia Antiquities. the first
Z which Hon. Francis Lassiter. Of
petersburg, will deliver on December
9th. This lecture will begin at $3.50 at
he hall OF the House OF Delegates. The
ubiect VIII be the Benedict Arnold"
aid. A leaf from the romance OF this
a shing episode will ever be interesting.
ir. Lassiter's reputation and subject VIII
raw Richmond's literary contingent,
which. happily. increases every year.
80
Mr.. w. G. Clarke, manager n proprle- ;
Or Of the Ben Hur pantomime and Ia
leaux. reached the city last week. and
Jrether with Mr.. Morris. the drillmas- 3
ar. Is actively at work in the Interest s
z his Entertainment, which VIII come !
m on the 6th and 7th OF January e
'ho committees are in good working or
and splendid results are anticipated I
rom an the performances.
AT the last meeting OF the general COM
1!ttee tickets were distributed among the
aides 90 DO placed on sale in different =
arts OF the city. BY mistake some or \
lese tickets are not stamped by Mr.. \
Iarke. All persons having tickets I'M !
4mped by the latter are requested 10
',lrn the same 10 the chairman OF their
1sp.tal and have them stamped at once; -
.1eryise they Will not be accepted at y
.e ticket Office for reserved seats. Miss '
larry W. Lewis. chairman Talent and
iaptron Committee, has as her assist ~
% Miss Nanny Winston. and finds her >
most valuable co-worker. .
AIrs. John Kerr Branch. chaperon or y
e "naiads." has secured the following
Jung ladies' for that dance: Misses Lisa =,
s.rne. Sue Skipwith. Claire Bcirne, Adele u
iliams. Emily Addison. Annie Mcclure.
lssie Mcclure. Pegram. Judith Deane. q.
Drcwry, Mcintyre. Jennings. Cor u
m, Bragg. Noting, Shields, Florence
irker, Julia Harris, Edna Forbes, and
ISIS Mcleod. o
Tho Arabian girls are Misses Irene Ro- L
rtsOn. Mabel Robertson, Olivia, Pierce,
llie Nash, Lizzie Morris. Bessie Page,
Brockenbrough, Helen Bate n
.len Robinson O.
.gypuan Gir~ls-Constance Triton, Car
lestesses etaoi (etaoi eta etao shrdlu
KIDD. Louise Kidd. Eleanor Rowe. m
'nestesses Of ApollO-Misses Louise
g.Ngr = prnaua. Ersb.T Hartman An