Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-04
SEASON UNDER WAY.
4 NUMBER OF PLEASANT ENTER
rArNxENrs GIVEN LAST WEEK.
DlHCEs, DINNERS, AND RECEPTIONS.
-. second Of the series of Drawing
Room Entertainments q Great sue
~~.s-Charity Bali and Home Tor
ancurabIes' BAZAAR.

Monday. on the same evening the Wo-
mans club gave a most delightful musi-
tsle. On Tuesday society rested BIT
and came out in flying colors On Wednes-
say evening. when Miss Sue skip"ith
rave a charming card-party. On Ihurs-
day evening occurred the wedding OF the
week-that of Mr.. iangbourne Williams
and Miss Suzanne Nolting-;which was
brilliant affair. On Friday an entertain
ing musicale tea" at the Governors Man
sion. given for che benefit Of the Home
for Incurables" by its Junior Auxiliary
made a fitting terminus TO the week For
This week a brilliant charity ball and two
or three interesting private entertain
ments are on the t9pis.
The ladies OF the Board OF Managers
OF ST. PauPs Hore fir the Aged, are very
much encouraged by the good safe OIL
tickets for the charity ball. whlch VIII
be given at the Jefferson Hotel on me
9Th OF December for the benent Oh
the home Tickets for this elegant func-
tion. which viii be one OF the social events
Of the winter. can DC securcu from
,nv OF the lady pasronesses, and at the
syestmoreland and Albemarle clubs.
All the ladies who have sold tickets
sre expected 10 report the number sold
20 Mrs. Archer Anderson at IL west
FRANKLIN street. This is very important
The ladv patronesses are also requested
70 call for badges ,at Mrs. Peasants s.
b east Franklin street, any time AFTER
TUESDAY. The youns; ladies OF the I'm
tertainment Commit ee, of which Mrs
isaac Davenport is chairman, are eN-
pected 10 call at her residence 80 west
franklin. for their badges. after Tues
eay. The gentlemen of the Floor and
Reception Committee will receive their
badges at the hotel.
The committee chairmen are: EXecu-
tice Committee, Mrs. G.. w. Mayo; sup
per. Mrs. L. r. Crump; Tickets, Mrs. a.
Anderson: Music, Mrs. J. Il. Mosby; Pub
Iication. Mrs. J. w. Pcsram Printing,
Mrs NJ. L. Peasants; Honng Ladies Re
ception Committee, Mrs. Isaac DaVen-
port. The young ladies composing the
last-named committee are Misses Eleanor
Kosher. Berta Wexford, Bessie Pace.
Nelly Boykin. Gabrielle Page, Empste
Pegram, Berta Noting. Belle Perkins
Annie MCGUIRE Gusse Mcclure, Susie
Wexford. Rhea Watkins, Kate Talley
Annabelle Jenkins, Marian and Julia Har-
ris. Lima and Mary Mayo. the Misses
Tyler. Virginia Archer. Sue Shpwith.
Della Tompkins. Misses Marian and Ruth
Robins. Leila Tatum. Evelyn Cor
don, Kate Meredith, Virginia Nc
Cleod. Nellie Mayo, Allene Stokes,
Belle Taylor, Waddill, Miss Cameron, and
Miss Houston The floor managers are
Messrs. Adolphus Blair chairman, John
Kerr Branch, T.. c. Mayo, h. T. ID. Myers,
Jr., Crenshaw, Albert NJ. Fish, Judge
Keith, General Charles Anderson, and
J. Aston Cabell.
Nothing in late years has so charmed
the Richmond public as the drawing
room entertainments instituted by Mrs.
Caskie Caben and Miss Bessie Pace. The
last one occurred on Thursday night, and
WAS even a greater success than the
initial entertainment, which was so
thoroughly enjoyed.
This evening was called "in a Persian
garden" In the middle drawing-room Of
--thts ira s-'some Pace mansion, there was g
Persian corner, with low couch. filled
with cushions and covered with rugs.
upon which sat the two Persians-Mr.
YOhannan and Mr.. Sayad--one in the
fun costume of the religious dress of his
country and the other in official costume.
Mr. Yohannan read from the Persian
poet in his own language, giving in a
Few words a translation of the verses.
Mrs. Cabell opened with a short introduc-
tory, Mr.. Yohannan following her, after
which a programme consisting of alter
nate readings By Mrs. Cabell. and the
Musical Cyrcle" which Madame Lisa
Lehman has written during the past year,
On Which she has set the Omar verses to
Tho most original, weird. and beautiful!
music. The soloists were Miss Booker
mud Mrs. Durrett. both Of whom sang
u.ifh CT nj faa1inU OOCitiNrafv fhril1fpO
the audience. There were two quar-
settes-one. Come Fill the Bowl" the
bther az the end, which Miss Booker,
Mrs. Durrett, Miss Camm, Mr.. Reed Hob
ION, and Mr.. Crump, sang most delight
FULLY. making a charming ending to what
was one Of the most unique and elegant
entertainments ever given in Richmond.
Mrs. Cabell introduced the Persians as
ytudents of the Union Theological Semi
Nary TO disprove to their own people the
yeachings Of Omar and his followers.
Two much cannot be said of Professor
Reinhardt, who presided at the piano,
and one may venture the assertion that
IN no one Of the few towns where this
cycle OF Madame Lehman has been rem
5ered (only New York. London, Chicago
Aave the beauties of this new music been
Interpreted in a more mastery manner
Than by Professor Reinhardt, and ihe
delightful singers, the effect enhanced by
the subtle perfume OF "attar Of roses
xhich pervaded the rooms.
The programme was as follows: Intro
nuction, Mrs. Cabell; Persian poem, Mr.
Yohannon; overture. Professor Reinhardt;
reading; soprano solo, Come Fill the
Bowl; reading; soprano solo, Each
Morn Thousand Roses Brings; reading;
rontralto solo, 1.-The Worldly Hope; read
ing; contralto solo, "And Not a Drop That
from Our Lps'I reading; soprano solo. IL
Bent Ny Soul Through the Invisible
-eading. quartette.
Among those present were Mrs. LEROY,
Mrs. j. A. Walker. Mrs. A. G. Bruce, Mrs.
Hoge Mrs. Caperton, Mrs. G. Y. Mere
Nth. Mrs. Arthur Cushing Small Mrs L.
A. Miller, MIS-. w. NJ. Lille, Mrs. Scott
Parrish. Mrs. Grace Shields Mrs. e. NJ.
Eravers, Mrs. Robert l. Parrish, Mrs.
McCabe. Mrs. Thomas Jeffress, Mrs. John
g. Miller; Misses Mary Barksdale, Cullen
Patterson. Lima Mayo, Sue Wexford,
CLAUDIA Palmer, Guillaume, Savage. Helen
Montague. Higgins, Berta Wexford; Alice
Lee George, OF Baltimore; Annie Guy
Widman, Woodbridge Rebekah Zen, Vir-
fie Archer, Meade, Branch, T. Higgins,
HOLIDAY, Bosher, Kate Meredith, Nor
= yam; Mrs. Ida Ellerson. Mrs. Joseph Pat
lcrson. Mrs. Thomas Stokes, Mrs VIII
liam r. Moulton. Mrs r. ID. Bresien,
Mrs. j. A. Welch, Mrs. Aston Cahell,
Mrs. Williams, Mrs John Dunlop, Mrs.
H. l.. Cabell, Mrs Bosher. Mrs. II. A.
Claiborne, Mrs. A. Steel. Mrs r. A. Pat
sterscn, Mrs James Lyons, Mrs 5. q. Hol-
Jaday, Mrs. Churchill Young, Mrs. FORBES