The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-18
MINUET DANCED IN COSTUME
Tho BcnutiruI story Acted In Panic.
milne by Norfolk society Folk
The Affair ~ DazzIins Success
Given by the daughters or,hc Ans
cricnb Revolution.

! me pantomlme was given with an
] elegance which almost defies descrip-
t!on. The audience was composed of
| the elite of the city. the beautiful au-
| dit'ui um of the Academy Of Music
handsomely decorated in national COL
ors, and the music was by the Naval
POST Eand, under the Skilful leadership
| OF Prof. Price. The ladies on the stage
were radiantiy beautiful, while those of
the audience were none the less SO. In
| deed. the scenes both on and off the
stage presented pictures of loveliness
rarely seen in our play house, and will
long be remembered
Just before the rise of the curt lin
Miss EliZabth y. Taylor was escorted
before the footlights and sang as Il
prelude to the pantomime the old bal
lad OF the Mistlctoe Bough The Deo-
Pie of Norfolk have often heard Miss
Taylor sing, but never so syeetly AS on
iast evening. Her voice WAS as soft as
a summers sigh. " hen the last notes
OF the beautiful song had died away,
the curtain ran UP. presenting the bar
onial nall Of the Baron de Clifford, with
the Relieving cast Of characters in
Guiding the baron and baroness. who
were seated on the baronial throne:
Baron de Clifford. Mr.. James e. Dun
can; baroness de Clifford, Mrs Geo. &c
Mcintosh; Lord Lowell. Mr.. Duncan
! "tiSi, i-ii! NiHlSNEa. Tue Dflin. vi lSS
sally Wake; Agnes. 4 maid Mrs. Fer
gus Reid: Dame Winifrcd. n housekeep-
CT. Mis. Hugh Nelson Page: Steward.
Mr.. H. Keeling; bridesmaids, guests,
pages.
Inc hall presented a scene of beauty
and was gay with ;slrlands of holly and
bouShs of mistletoc. for the occasion
was the wedding OF the daughter of
the home, Lady Gincvra to Lord Lowell
Ia IN
ing dancers: Miss Fanny Leigh MIR
Harry Goodrich; Mss Ids Gordan, Mr.
r. Calvert Taylor; Miss Elizabeth Lau-
der. Mr.. Saunders; Taylor; Miss Emily
Baker, Mr.. George Goodrich; Miss Ian
don Walton. Mr. Allied Walton: Miss
Norvel Craighill. Mr.. Richard c. Tay-
Tor; Miss Bessie Chamber line, Mr.. Per-
cy Jones; Miss NJ. MEG. Chamberlaine.
Mr. Hugh Henry; Miss Alice Ramsey.
Mr.. Walter Taylor: Miss Julia Dewey.
Mr.. Washington Reid; Miss Rosa Nc
Bee, Mr.. Tyler Smith; Miss Lssic Hill
lard, Mr.. Wellington. Hardy
Their execution OF the minret WI :
the mos; beautiful OF tina; always beau
tiful dance eve" seen in this city.
Another charming feature of the en-
tertlinment was the May Pole dance by
Miss Alice Kelly, Mr. Carson Dobie;
Miss Flossie Waddy. Mr.. a. p Thorn.
'Ir.; Miss Lucy Baylor, Mr.. Randolph
Cooke; Miss Mary Lou Cooke. Mr..
Charlie Hunter; Miss Susie Reed. MIR.
Washington Taylor, Jr.; Miss Margucr-
tic Taylor, Mr. Russell Hardy; Miss
BESSIE Doyle, Mr.. John D. VIM; Miss
Lucy Hardy Mr.. Charlie Tunstall; Miss
Alice Williams, Mr.. A.mistead Dobic:
Miss Byrd Page, Mr. Lee Taylor; Miss
| Miss Alice Old, Mr.. Garnet Jordan:
Miss Co.nelia Truxton, Mr. Walter
Payne.
Miss Alice Kelly was the queen in the
dance. and it is faint praise to say
that the little lady looked the queen
;hat she really is.
In scene l. where the bride. Lady
Gincvra, ran away ana concealed her
self in playful Glce. Miss Wake did
some realistic acting, and the same
can be said, and les said with emphasis,
n the work of Mrs. Hugh Nelson
Page as Dame Winifred. the old house,
Keeper in the final and closing scene
OF the entertainment. In this work
she was ably assisted by Mrs. Fergus
Reed as the maid. Throughout the
pantomimc Mr.. Duncan Pullcr as Lord
Lowell was capital. his work especially
in the final scene being exceptionally
good. The Baron de Clifford of Mr.
James j.. Duncan was just what his
friends expected it would bc-cxcci-
lent. In fact. if we were 10 attcmpt
to speak in detail of all those who
acquitted themselves with credit, and
who helped to make the entertainment
what IL really was-thc best ever given
in NGrfolk-it would require columns
3f The NirEinian 10 do so. and yet
The tale would be but half told. 1t
Is sufficient. then, to say thar all were
good and deserved the thanks Of the
large audience which is given with
Ir
director. should feel proud Of the sue
Gees and the satisfaction with which
| his work was received last evening
The costumes We're rich and elegant
and never was taste better displayed
in their selection
In The entertainment The following
appeared as bridesmaids: Miss E,lnsc
Waldr"p Mss Gueu!ian Morgan Miss
Louise Taylor, Miss Virginia Gordan.
Miss iictty Hnrdy, Miss Emily
Vaughan
Village Childrcr-Mr. Merritt Cooke.
Mr. Wickham Taylor. Mr.. John II. Tay-
Tor. Mir. ltichard Waldrop, Misc Jean
Cooke, Miss Hattie Page, Miss Leila
Hobsnn.
Tagcs-Dav:c Jordan, Hugh Nelson
Page Richard Taylor, Thomas Newton
Page,
Wedding Guests-AIrs. Rarton Myers.
Mrs. John Graham, Jr.. Mrs. H. II. S.
ltahdy. Mrs. John Quimby, Mrs. Chas.
iAdr.dgc. Mrs. John Old. Mrs Little
ton Waller, Miss Lizzie Pickett, Miss
Belle Irvine
COMMITTIaES.
Dccorative-Mrs. James Y. Leigh
| Mrs. Walter II. Doyle. Mrs. William
sharp, Miss Elizabeth Tunstal, Mrs
| Burruss, Mrs. Alfred Walton, Mrs.
John WiIlamG, Miss Alice Bland, Mrs.
| Edwin iioff. Mrs. c. q. Nash
| Minnct-Mrs. George Mcintosh. Mrs
| L!ttlcton Waller Tazwcll