Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
ALLEGHANY FOLK.
THE GUESTS OF THIS RESORT
GREATLY ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
THE PLAY "A BOX OF MONKEYS"
liz Was Cleverly Rendered and still
More CIeverIy Described by Our
Correspondent-The Dramatis Per-
sonae.-A Morning Game of Euchre.
Correspondence Of The pIspatch.)

ALLEGHANY SPRINGS, September g.
On wednesday evening the company a
the Allegheny had presented for their en-
joyment the farce. "A Box Of Monkeys
The play brings in breezy western CIR
her lover, who has more than the usua
allowance OF brains, but who is not on tn
= list of elegibles. since he is only the owne
I OF gold-mine-without any gold in II
Then there is an Englishman, also affiict
3 ed with the lack of the almighty dollar
and "very-doncher know, very, very
shy" AS usual, the course Of true Low,
does not run smoothly in the BOX OF
Monkeys" The chief obstacle is an aunt
who seems to be the queen of snobs.
Mrs. Michael, of Galveston, Tex, took
this part. and in a beautiful imported
gown Of cream lace and black velvet made
a splendid, worldly-wise aunt. The only
difficulty was that Mrs. Michael is too
graceful and altogether lovely to take the
part Of any disagreeable character
Miss Irene Tyler, of New Orleans, made
a sparkling little western girl. "a fasci-
mating little angel, with a firm will of its
own" as her lover describes her.
TEE BASHFUL ENGLISHMAN.
Mr. Bailey Fowler. of Atlanta, Ga, took
the part Of the bashful Englishman. who,
| by the way, bears the name of Chauncey
he tied his handkerchief into knots. al
ways said the wrong thing, and stumbled
| over everything around, from his own
| feet up to sofa-in short was model of
| shyness. Whenever he came laundering
! on TO the stage prolonged laughter greeted
| him.
In his part Of the western gold-mine
owner, Mr.. James A. Omberg. Jr., OF Mem
phis, Tenn, could not have been excelled.
lie and Mr.. Fowler were both especially
amusing in the scene where he. Ted.
teaches the Englishman how TO propose.
"All you need" he said, with the air OF
having proposed at least one hundred
times, is experience I'll show you. |
Here Q'ins afghan skirt-fashion about 1
hlmseH and sits on the sofa simpering |
ana smiling over newspaper FAM Now |
then, I'm a perfect lady; propose to me-"
Chauncey: well, now. watch me lead |
up TO my point gracefully. Good evening.
I've been waiting two years to say some
thing.
Ted (coquettishly): ooh, Chaunceyr'
Chauncey: We'll, / have. / love you.
Be my wife"
LESS ABRUPT WAY.
Chaunccy then sets to work to show the
Englishman a somewhat less abrupt way
OF leading up to his proposal
Pinning the afghan about Chauncey and
taking his hand. ne says:
What an exquisite banglei Turkish is
Ii not? May 1 examine it?"
Chauncey: IT'S wished on"
Ted: wished on? BY whom?"
Chauncey: by mamma"
Ted: "Oh, that's all right. Dear little
handr
Chauncey: ooh, you need not hold my
hand" {
Ted: Give me the right to-"
Chauncey: "How?"
Ted: Give me yourself. Then your
hand is my hand. and man has ner-
feet right to hold his own hand. That's {
logic, and 50 On anu So on. I
Thurstons Band furnished very fine {
music before the play. Between the acts \
Miss Cora Weiss, of Galveston, Tex. who
S a fascinating little schoolgirl, with an
irish beautys black hair and blue eyes
'ecited 1.-THE Girl Of the Period" with so =
much grace and sweetness and with such
appropriately cOquettish glances that her 3
audience applauded her to the echo. At
he encore she repeated ships Of the d
sea-" n
She said in closing: j
vi Silllo NC Ndlult OIL NlllOS dow Tree, | I
Blow all my ships safe home 10 me; n
But II thou sendest some awrack, .
To never more come sailing back, ~
Send any, all that skim the sea,
But send my love ship home TO me-" "
After the last word there was a long pr
ause OF appreciation. In the audience 20
'ere two or three who have husbands NJ
nd brothers still at sea pr
A WELL-ARRANGED AFFAIR. br
The whole entertainment--play music,
nd recitation-was brilliantly successfuI; a.
decd, remarkably so. since all the pre- Je
arations were made within less than a u
eek. The stage put up for the occasion ca
as artfstically arranged by Miss Annie Nj
olhoun, with white lace draperies. blue
rniture, and fur rugs. 1t was rather
nall stage. The actors and actresses 60
I'd TO be careful to walk I'm a straight =
Id narrow path, and IT would have been c
possible for any one TO have swung a Ar
t by the tail inside OF its boundaries | MI
II then, that was all right, since no one n
inted TO swing a cat, and no cat want FIR
to be swung. Mr.. James Smithwc1 no
d Mr.. William Omberg were the oblig- an
3 curtain-raisers. led
PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE.
morning progressive euchre game was TN
e OF the features Of the week. The +,
ayers gathered in the ballroom, spent y
'eral hours very pleasantly in endeavor- the
, 10 catch Dame Fortunes golden ia
lies. or course, though, at the Allie ''0
any, we are not altogether dependent
Dame Fortune. We are all such fine A
yers here. Mrs. NJ. C. Michael, of Gal the
ton, Tex, and Mrs Judge Whitehurst, Fri
Norfolk, had the same highest number son
little holes punched in their cards, but Bio
cutting Mrs. Whtehurst turned up an Il
and Mrs. Michael a king. A set OF Mr..
doilies was Mrs. Whitehurst's Dun
'ard. Judge Whitehurst followed the III.
ID example set him by his wife, and tri'
\ the first gentleman's prize, a silver nor
Gil. The consolation prize was award va
to Mrs. w. b. Ceeskind, of New York. IRA
} is the sister OF Mrs. Michael, and one nok
he handsomest women who have visit MIS-
the Allegheny this summer. Her prize Chr
a box of Huylers candy. a,a'
|" 'Ni=AN' Nire
ne german on Tuesday night was as Mrs
lsdht as usuai. f1tteen couples took nett
!, and were skilfully led by Mr.. F. w.
Sedorn, of Danville, and his partner,
5 Nora Gienny. of New Orleans.
nong the dancers We're Miss Nora
my, of New Orleans. white organdie;
Lucie Watson, of Petersburg, Va, pay
k lace gown with bouquet OF red