Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
GAY BEFORE LENT.
,sr WEEK \ BRILLIANT On" "
RICHMOND SOCIETY
rcgCES FROM THE BIG BALL.
90 ~ the Most ELEGANT Entertain
,,cnts Given Here ="
,.-.-.I.nr.c Number of Hcccp-
Ions Teas. aud Lunchcons.

ftnnss AftHf 49, ,
o.,, two moro days Of sayety' and
u.s hts peaceful Quieness, Will
.,,... tne hearts OF faded society folk
.,.. ....s., has been a brilliant one, and
1,I..a..y ended by the magnificent
.. .,.r or Thursday evening by the
.-.. washington Memorial Association
... p.achtcrs Of the American Revolu-
>..a the fair society maid can set
With sigh Of content. into early
,.s and Ientcn services, and the con-
....for ol her Easter bonnet.
-....ueck was very gay one. I'm spite
... weather. on Tuesday a multiple
.. NJ ertainments were given. Mrs.
- d. Patterson gave tea I'm honor
,-, porterheld. Of Northport j. l.
&c., her Dawson gave an elegant re-
and that evening a card party.
Ir Miss rutherford I'm honor or
Co.. Brown. OF Germantown. Pa. and
. .-day german held societys atten-
A 0u Wednesday two receptions were
--lnc bv Mrs c. W. p. Brock and
.,r by the Daughters Of Industry
paurs church in honor OF Blshop
.r ON Thursday the Washington
.losed the gayety of the week with
a irish.
Tho beauty and elegance Of the Wash
...t0n Assembly ban is now town talk,
e-. IL Will so down i'm history as one OF
OBJ. most brilliant events this city mas
ever witnessed. ,
Tho receiving party seen from the ha!i'
made "a picture perfect in every detail.
N-s Ciaiborne's statuesque beauty, set
az hv her elegant gown. was n picture
in itself and Mr.. De Herthurne Washing
TON. I'm George Washington's very cos
tune. seemed the fac-simile Of the great
general. 20
the "S.r Roger de Coverly'' as they We're
presented contrasted much with the
stately minuet dancers. who made a low
sweeping salutauon.
The spacious dining-room at supper
presented brilliant sight al, ~"
central table sat Governor L1
and Mrs Tyler. Mr.. de HertbuIne \. ash
,rrfon Mrs James Lyons. Mt. a. H.
,t9-.-,,,. NJ I r. V Daniel Mr
fgomos Boiling. Mrs. Russell Eoolhsol
7f-s 7. T.. Lewis. and Mrs. Hugh Ne..oh
pc ~ Norfolk ON the right or inns
table an the minuet dancers SAT tob. '.1''
ana on the left sat the dancers % '''7
"Sir Roger dc Covcrly.'
,.,--- were noticed were Mrs. James
XCcr+b who seemed TO have just stepped
ONT Of au old picture and wore quaint
heaadrees Of real lace. and procdueu
retticoat. with court train or purple yer
Vet and rare old jewels; Mrs. lhoind-
Rolling MAGNIFICENT court tram Oh i"""
,.-,,1e over a mauvc satin pettcodl
81 e,rnrnerdeld Knox. I'm court tram
10 yellow satin: Mrs. Nirgtnius Ham, q
49,. lovely embroidered pusln empire
Gown. with turquoises; Mrs kopert Ni ,Ti
cord old gown Of pink hrocadt H'
amount ~ old lace and JeWeis VIZ.
,.,,,i7 Derhaps cause surprise. II one ol'
w. r.r,arober the wonderful loan eNnl'
tt+ioD M two years ago. The Brusse'
lint d'Aieuille worn hy Mrs Enders 80
tiDson represented q small fortune
Tho modern gowns which attracted
most attention were the gray saln am
black lace worn hy Mrs. rtleI NO. ~
Mrs. Henry Fairf'Ns crimson So, 81,
-r~s london Carter Borkeleys piac
cain and net amcthysts and pearls
a. 11urh Nelson Pages yellow crepe
Mics NcAnerny's beautiful White lac'
and brooaie: Mrs. a. j. Paynes Whlu
creme. embroidered with purple bowknols
Mrs Walter Christians hiacK pIoC ,aIiy
f7oed with r0bin's-oGg blue NelNel' ms
pe-sie PAGES imported gown OF PIN
h-ocade and black lace; Mrs. James
Teoe's handsome velvet and duchess lac
rroee. Mrs Beverley ~. Crumps yelo'
chiffon over taffeta. and The superb |"Iu.
irocaIcs az Mrs. Russell ltohlnsoh' MIS-
j.. Z. Lewis. and Mrs. \. D. Montague
Mrs c. w. p. Brock and her daughter
-rrs T. L. Hewitt. gave a delightful re
cartion ON Wednesday evening from U
o'clock The handsome parioIS NeI'
raautfulv decorated with pink roses all
..-rstfons relieved by masses OF palms
&c.,, r,rcol, was assisted I'm receiving he
t-il-ds bv her dauehters-Nrs. Edwin j.
rr.r.it+ who wore yellow satin AM
..,bees lace. and Mrs. Floyd Hughes
who wore white satin and Brussels Ia
,fr- Fred Valentine presided over III
.-.a-l-rr and Mrs John Atkinson an
Miss Betty Eurweu Booker at the Iuncn
howl THE Young ladies I'm the olhns
...-,, were Misses chaplin. Helen SteNeh'
wilma Tvle. Florence Tyler, Mar
Forbes. Annie Drcwry. Maggie teIsusol
r.nnfe Ross. Camm, and Mrs. faIIa
Montague. ,,-,.o. T
Powers. Patton. Putney, Perkins Ioe,
purcell Parker Powell. Pemberton' Ia
,,er Patterson James Patterson Ma
Patterson. Perkins Peasants, fIlc'
Yara pcyton Ross Rutherford Ropli
s.v Rocers Randolph Reynolds, Roya
etrudyicx smith Shields stevens, ski
ta~ selden Talbot Taylor. Talley Tod'
,r,rrer Tenant Tyler Hugh Taylol
Thomas White. Williams. Worthan
walker Wormley. ANten. Atkinson. 4
len Alfricnd, AlnSnc, AIchtIt bo-nD
1uok Branch Boiling Buford, BIai
1,rander. Barksdale, Binford, Bowl
Trovn Brodnax. Christian Crm
INN. Carmichael. Cullen, Cooke. Co
claiborne Conquest. Davenport Drew
punlop. Daniel Donnan' DIN. beWit
-, r-l1vson. Edwards. Funston, Fe
lg -'i Fo1rquerean, Forbes, Glazeoroo
cms Gibson. Gordon, Grant, Goodwi
oman Grundy, Guy. Hodges, Ho5 5,lll,,i
- Hoge Hunter Harris. HarW
1im I..rrison. Jones. Jovnes, Johnsto
Jenkins Kellogg. Keith. Lottier, L1 ,3a
.sr Io'rh. Lichtsoot. IAnghorne, Mos
lsy Mosby. Munford, Martin. M Ntao,
Meredith. Myers. Mayo Mlie'' NJ or
Morton. Nash Osterloh. Palmer ne
eants. Landon carter Berkeley y.
Montague.
Mrs Luther Dawson gave oeHsh.i
eat home" on Tuesday afternoon az
residence Of her mother, MIS- l.