The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-27
LENTEN SEASON
IN PETERSBURG.
An Elegant Tea Toned to Suit the
Solemn Season.
DISCUSS LAND OF THE CARS
Latin Literature Occupied the Wo-
mans Ciub-Thc Next Convcn-
ton of United Daughters
ofthc Confcdcracy
DISCUSS LAND OF THE CARS

PETERSBURG, VA. March 26.-Spe-
cial.-Mrs. II. Noltenius gave tea last
Monday from 3 TO Z. in honor OF her
guest. Miss Mine. OF Brooklyn. n. Y.
This was one OF the most enjoyable of
the "Lenten teas" In conformity with
tho season, there were no elaborate re-
freshments. but the delicious tea was
enjoyed by a large number OF Peters
burg's representative society people.
The receiving party included Mrs. II.
Notenus: her guest. Miss Mine; Mrs.
John Bannister. Mrs. Campbell Pryor,
Mrs George Mason, and Mrs. Marie
Eloise Dunlop.
Mrs Caroline Bowdcn poured the tea.
which was served by Misses Lena Nolte-
MUS. Carrie Pryor, Berta GIN, Nellie
Cooke and Mollie Bowdcn.
Among those who attended were Mes
danes John McGlI. W. II. Platt Julia
Nichols. Henry e. Hardy. Robert T.
Meade. James McClevy, Harrison Waite,
Robert NJ. Sully Styll, John Mann, Dun
can Wright. German Gil. Robert Collier.
Tom Calender. George Bernard. Charles
Constable Archibald Campbell, Alex.
steel. Hugh Jackson. John Cooke, Ches-
ter Shepherd. Edmund Patterson, Wal
ter Jarratt. Fannie Budd. r. II. Davis,
George Cameron. Jr.. W. Worth.
Riddle. Bessie Cooke. Sallie and Mary
Meade bernard. Virginia and Anna Las
sitter. Marie and Grace McGill. and many
others.
BURNING OF MOSCOW.
Mrs. Charles Halls class on Russia
met as usual last Tuesday. when Mrs.
Campbell Pryor read an account Of the
Turning Of Moscow" and n sketch Of
Russia in the time Of Alexander /. Miss
Carrie Pryor read n continuation Of the
same subject. and also Of the Retreat
Of the Grand Army" Mrs. Halls notes
on the same subject. with an account
OF the Coalition Of Russia" at that
time with other countries, was very in
structive.
LATIN LITERATURE.
The Woman's Club met last Wednes-
day and continued the discussion OF
Latin Literature" during the Augustan
period. Mrs. r. NJ Sully read the Angus
tan Epoch" Miss Ida Lownes a sketch OF
the "Aeneid." and selections from the
same: Mrs. Hugh Jackson. Seneca"
Mrs. Hall read selections from Ceveral OF
Nirgirs poems.
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS.
The next convention Of the Grand Di-
vision Of Virginia. United Daughters OF
Confederacy." will he held In ePtersbura
Wednesday and Thursday. 9TH and 9Th OF
| October. 1885 Spring has been the usual
| time Of meeting. but the committee has
| decided upon the fall as more convenient
At present there are twenty-five chap
tiers. comprising more than two thousand
members.
The officers Of the Grand Division are
| as 70 lows:
President. Mrs. ]. NJ. Garrett, Of Bal
timore.
FIRST Vice-President Mrs. J. +. T.
Stuart Of stanton.
Second Vice President, Mrs. " v Ran
dolph Of Richmond.
Third Vice-Prcsido Mrs. Robert t
Meade Of Petersburg
INSPECTOR Mrs y. S. Barney OF Fred
| ericksburg.
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. Johr
Brown. OF Hampton.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Virginius
| Hall, Of Richmond.
Personal.
Miss Lucy Page. OF washington VIZ
has been visiting Mrs. Leigh Page IN
Richmond. spent last Sunday In Peters.
hurg with Mrs. George Cameron a.
/ Mount Erin. Miss Page left on MONDAY
for a brief visit TO Norfolk.
Another guest at Mount Erin was MIS-
Mira Lloyd Dock. Of Harrisburg "a
whose lecture on Forestry before th'
Noman's Club in Richmond last "eeh
| deliqhted all who heard II.
ue's"'0" ORIOLE.