Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-18

the drawing-rooms of the Pace mansion
/ the rich gowns of the ladies present
| the lights OF mirrors. and flashing lamps
1 and candles made beautiful setting
/ for the artistic and intellectual treat
| in store for the large audience there as
sembled. Eugene Field. the poet of In
nocence, OF child nature, of pure and
/ lofty Thought gave Mrs. Cabeu the
| motif for her charming paper, which
| was the Introduction to the delightful
/ evening about to ensue. Some or the
/ choicest bits OF Fields exquisite fancy
| were also read by Mrs. Cabell, and sus-
l gestions from these gems OF simple
| literature made the musical feature OF
| the first part Of the evening. Mrs.
| George Warren sung the Hush a-By.
NV Sweet" after Mrs Cabells introduc-
ton. Then Mrs. Cabell read the dainty
little poem, which suggested Little Boy
Blue" The pathos of these lines draws
| the world nearer to Eugene Field
| strong hand holds Fields verses. and
| tender voice interprets their meaning,
| when Mrs. ,-abell reads. The dead poet,
then, has found a friend. MIR. McCar-
thy sang Little Boy Blue" with much
| feeling. Mrs. Cabell, after his singing,
read. wink, Blink, and Nod" and Miss
| Bessie Pace sang Swing High; Swing
Low"
The second part OF the evening was
| given to the nineteenth-century story
| teller, the inimitable Rudyard Kipling.
His "Brushwood Boy was we'll read by
Rev. A. Barr, and the subtle tenderness
and fine humor was emphasized delight
fully. "They are Hanging Danny Dee
ber." that realistic incident of fine dra-
| matte power was then sung, and the
! magnificent notes of the "RecessionaT
n closed literary feast OF no common
merit. The Professional was sung by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warren. Miss Pace,
Messrs. Bidgood, Jones, and Mccarthy.
Miss Adelaide Watkins accompanied
them On the piano. Afterwards tea was
served. and the lovers of poetry and art
found soace in the cup that CHEERS but
not inebriateS."
Each one of these entertainments give
new Iustre to the culture and ability Of
Mrs Cabell and Miss Pace.
Present were Mesdames Scott Par
rish, Gould, Grigg James Walker;
Misses Blair. Grace Lyon, Virgie Archer
Elise Watkins. Weidman, Stratton, Win
fred. Crenshaw, Sue Wexford. Houston,
Katharine Montague, Tyler, Betty Wat
kins, Rea Watkins, ssIla Waddill, Belle
Taylor, Berta Wellfcgl, Kate Meredith,
BETTY Cooke of the University, Bottle
Booker Theresa Higgins, AIene Stokes,
Crutchfield, Page. Fanny Lewis, Mary
Elizabeth Moore, J Roberta Allen, Ed
munds, Holiday, Elizabeth Hayes,
Myers, Carolyn Martin; AIesdames Mark
Lloyd, Norton Savage, Grace Shells,
Hazard, Fry, Holiday, WinGiiold,
Charles Davenport, ~. A. Crenshaw'
Junius Mosby, G. b. Sydnor, Jr.. ID. M.
| Travers of Long Island. James Caskie,
John Lottler, Junius Morris, Jackson
Guy, McCabe w. G. Neal. A. c. Small,
w. II. Robins, L. V. Breeder, Clifford.
Caperton, Mr. and Mrs. Marie White
4 I'll. "
-. w. p. Brock, r. A. Palmer, G. +.
Doyle. i. II. Nash, Albert c. Bruce
Howard Hoge w. S. Forbes, C. v. Mere
dith, Ida Ellerson, j. II. Montague
James Patterson. LEROY. John Dunlop.
J. Is Branch, John Lyons. Silas Shell
burne. Thomas Boiling. John Enders,
Moncure Perkins. +. c. Hair, I. Good
enour, Young, Etchison. and james Keith.
! Judge and Mrs. Waddlll and the Misses
Waddnl entertained their friends de-
lightfully last week at tea and re-
, ception. The hours for the tea were
! from to T. In these hours the married
people were invited; the young people
. came from to H. The house was effec-
q lively decorated with palms, smiax, and
: ferns, and in the dining-roon La France
= iroses were used on the table. The young
. | girls serving in the dining-room were
| Misses Margaret Cannon, Daisy Cham
Z, ! berIayne. Matte Purcell. Miss Briscoe
of Baltimore, Bessie Ellyson, Emma
| Bowe. Emily Waddill, Louise Mayo.
| and Ellie Carmichael. The punch was
!. served by Miss Louise Allen Mayo, and
!; Miss Daisy Chamberlayne poured the
) | chocolate.
T; Those who assisted Judge and Mrs.
Q Waddnl in receiving were Miss Juliet
h | Waddnl, Miss Mary Waddhi, Miss Bris-
: coe of Baltimore. Mrs. l.. l.. Lewis, Miss
! C. e. Doyle, Mrs. r. William Pendleton,
7; Mrs. John Lottier, Mrs. Robert Chamber
a lain, Mrs. Trevillian Mrs. Doran Wing
$ field. Mrs. S. p. Waddill. Miss Winder,
h and Mrs. Emmett Sheppard, end
= Mrs. Caskie Cabell. Young ladies
= assisting were Miss Emma Bowe,
}; Miss Carrie Holiday. Louise Mayo, Ellie
y Carmichael, Daisy Chamberlain, Misses
8 PARCEL. Harvey. Leake, Ellyson, and
n Emily Waddill
r Among the guests were Mesdames
e Cahill OF Kentucky, ]. Leake. Calvin
: Stewart, Doran Wingfeld. Walter Chris
) tian, William Preston, William Long,
5 Albert Hill, Robert Bosher. ]. r. V.
h Daniel, James Sutton. James Lyons,
n Caskie Cabel, A. T. Alternately. Dabney
i; Crenshaw, Chiles Fenall, James Grigg,
g John A. Cullen, Hartley Carmichael,
S William J. Cowarden, John Lottier. S.
4 l.. Emory Henry Cabell, Addison Hal
h laday, ]. c. Hidden. Henry HARDWOOD.
y Robert Powers, j. II. Craig, Jr., Charles
: Wingo, - Sydnor, r. II. Elicit, Writ
I; Henry, Samuel REGISTER, Stephen Put
e ney, C. E. Doyle, Fred. Valentine, -
h Dashield Alfred Grey. Rolfe Glover -
: Morris, Jane Blair. Charles Vim,
X Luther Dawson, A. +. Wexford. Mon
Il; cure Perkins, Willie Shepherd, -
: Langhone. - McCue, Hoge Tyler,
h - Wight Harry II. Hazard. Norton
h Savage, j. J. Montague, George Ross,
e James Scott Parrish. Il. w. Pemberton,
!; Randolph Tucker. John NJ Price. Ed
r win Coke, Thomas Jeffress Charles It.
5 OFerrall, Robert Chamberlayne, John
5 Etchison, II. II. Maloney, William Boyd.
h Whitmer Boyd, Samuel G. Wallace,
s | Matthew Gilmoure, John ID. Potts,
b George Stewart. r. Blair Fsrrar. w. ].
h | Whitehurst, A. J. Montague. - Lang-
= horn. John Harrison. James Harvie. -
: | Moseley, Carleton Jackson, kirkpatrick.
y Parrish, William Mitchell, - Rucker,
s Charles Straus, John Spencer Latham,
h Walter Jones Blunt. p d. Smith, Morton
K Marye, W. r. Gwatkins. I. N. Jones. r.
:. Nelson, John ID. Christian, William A.
a Crenshaw L. ID. Hotchkiss, l.. l.. Lewis,
5 | Clifford r. Caporton, Howard Hoge, -
b Bodeker, John A. Coke Edward A. Cat
n lin. Aston Cabeil. William Royal, J. A.
n Welch. Warner Moore, - Chalmers.
: John Lamb Everett Waddey, Churchill
!. | Young Ernest Long, James w. Han,
h - Sullivan. John s. HARDWOOD. J. ALI
son Hodges, James Keith. John Glenn,
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