Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
MANY GOING ABROAD
NUMBER or RICHMOND PEOPLE TO
TAKE EUROPEAN TRIPS.
SOCIETY DURING QUIET LESTES DAYS
rcopte of Fashion Taking an Inter
est In the Approaching Race Meet
iuE-Dances 60 BE Given After
Faster-Pcrsonal Points.

Vaus for Easter trips are being discussed
.r every side. anu II is generally agreed
trat relatives OF a distance are charm
aE II you have relatives, and the rela-
..yas have homes. II is so pleasant TO
visit them. a great many plans formu-
lated In these March days have 10 do with
Che summer months as well as the
Els,ertide. There arc -four or I've par
.as intending 10 spend the summer across
Che Atlantic, n Spain is not so unkind as
go interfere. Miss Annie Rose Walker and
SIP. John Walker left the city on Friday.
.a their way 10 Europe. where they ex-
rart 70 stay fer several months. Miss
Augusta Daniel and Miss Anne Tenant
TOO IL IS said, Will go on a European
tour during the summer. Miss Tenant
ana Miss Daniel are both to be congratu-
lated on their travelling companion.
Others who expect 10 consult Baedeker's
...se-books after June are Mr. Alfred
Harris and his family. Mr.. Harris and
Miss Julia Harris viii spend some time
n New York after the Easter season, as
VII Miss Bosher Miss Meme Myers, Miss
Martin. Miss Bessie Martin, and many
others.
The announcement has been made that
there is 70 be a hall erected at the Uni
E.rsity OF Virginia, I'm memory Of the
alumni who fell in fighting for their State
during the civil war. OF the hundreds
who had graduated from the University
and Joined the Confederate army, $50
we're killed. At Harvard thousands were
-raiuated about the time Of the war; One
hundred and thirty-two were killed. To-
day every one who visits Harvard Gees
au enormous building, raised in memory
" the bravery Of that 1872, while the self
sacrifice Of ten OF our $50 southern soil
-srs has never been commemorated.
Most OF the alumni who joined the Con-
tolerate ranks were very young, and died,
leaving no families to treasure up the
story Of how they turned aside from ca
rlsrs that seemed to hold out such bril-
liant promises in order TO fight for their
state. To commemorate the heroism Of
these young men and boys, then the Con-
tolerate Memorial Literary Society pro-
poses to erect the memorial hall at the
University. There is 10 be a meeting Of
rHe alumni Of the institution living in
Richmond at some early date. Plans will
..a"4 lt AnA ll4tA lhA dSh4iAb NlAb dih VI al
The men IN the United States who have
graduated from the old University at
Charlottesville. IT is calculated that II
every one applied TO should give dollar
the hall would be built and a surplus left
90 the hands OF the treasurer.
The plans for the memorial annex, or
ham, describe a baby panthenon, so far
s the exterior is concerned. Inside the
walls are TO have rows and rows Of book
shelves, filled with books suitable more
for recreation than research. Tables, on
which are inscribed the names Of the
Young soldiers, will occupy spaces be
tween the cases for books. Books and
magazines Of the day viii be added to
make the hall a pleasant reading-room
for the students idle moments during
the year.
Here will be recorded the names of
every student who graduates with his
permanent address, so that classmates
may always be able TO find each other
and keep up the ties formed at the Alma
Mater. on graduation-day the memorial
hall will be the rallying-ground Of all the
alumni who come together from all parts
Of the country. Mrs. Stephen Putney is
the chairman OF the Memorial Hall COM
mittee. Some Of the gentlemen in Rich
mond who are interested in the movement
are Mr.. Joseph Bryan, Mr. J. r. V.
Daniel, Colonel Archer Anderson, Judge
Lamb. Mr.. John +. Mcclure, Judge
George L. Christian, Mr.. y. Randolph
Wexford, Jr., Mr.. Wyndham Meredith,
Nr John l. Williams, Mr.. Jackson Guy,
colonel Gordon McCabe, Mr.. Eugene Mas
sic. General George Wayne Anderson, Mr..
j. Taylor Ellyson, and Major Robert
Stiles.
on Monday, there was a song recital
at the Woman's Club. The announce
ment Of the name of the chairman, with
the names Of those to take part in the
music-making, had drawn large audi
elce to the club parlors, where their eX-
recitation of hearing some fine singers
were eratifed. The chairman was Mrs.
W. d. Thomas, second vice-president of
the club and one Of the alto singers Of
the Wednesday Club. The musicians
were a quartette composed Of Miss
N00maw, first soprano; Miss Porter, Sc
coud soprano; Mrs. Slater, first alto, and
Miss Cofer second alto; besides Mrs.
Jacob Reinhardt, who played the accom-
paniments 20 both the singers and the
violin and cello players; Miss billiard, the
young violinist recently settled IN Rich
m1nd. and Mr.. l.. A. Hoen, cellist. An
other singer was Miss Atlee, the leading
soprano Of Bishop Gibson's church. in
Washington. Miss Atlee must be de-
l.ded ACQUISITION 10 the choir Of st. Mat
taew's church, as she certainly was
90 the little group Of singers here Mon
DAY afternoon. The quartette OF Rich
u8nd's own musicians has just COM
usuccd its career. and along an entirely
urtrodden path. Mems quartettes have
fur years sung at banquets. charity teas,
club reunions. and on otner occasions,
Out there has. so far as we know been
30 female auartctte in the city. Judging
from Mondays beginning, the career OF
the four ladies just mentioned, VIII De
successful one. They sang together WITH
OUT any discussions as TO time ana
tone Especially, In their rendering OF
Dudley Bucks arrangement or Annie
Laurie. the effect was very fine, the |
voices Of the sopranos soaring far above |
The broad. humming tones Of the altos. |
Miss billiard. the charming young girl |
who pIayed The violin, was loudly ap- |
Iaudgd. Mr.. Hoen and Mr.. Reinhardt
are Of course well known as valued
friends Of the club.
The guest invited by the chairman were
Airs. III. a. Claiborne. Mrs. Bev. 1. trump |
1Irs James Patterson, Mrs. preston |
Cooke, Mrs j. Kerr Branch, MISS heVlnd
l1mas Mrs. Sam Martin, MISS AuaH
Minor, Mrs. r. A. Hoen.
The hostess Of the afternoon was mrs
J. Taylor Enyson. assisted by MISS Gun
lagme. Mrs. L. u. Aylett, Miss Beuiah
IaucsCn. and Miss Berta Wexford