Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-08
SOCIETY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Beautiful Entertainments Given De-
smile the Weather-Thc Ball.

sDite the Neather--Thc Bai.
Mrs. James #. Patterson gave beau
tiful tea yesterday afternoon from to
o'clock, in honor of Mrs. Porterfeld of
Northport. l.. l., who is visiting her.
Mrs. Patterson's dainty rooms were aglow
with light ana color, and in spite
of the very bad weather a great many
called. In the dining-roOm the table,
sparkling with silver and cut-glass, pre-
scented a most attractive appearance. In
the middle a centrepiece of pink carna-
lions made splendid touch of color,
and at the corners of the table stood
silver candelabra ablaze with pink can
dies.
Those receiving with Mrs. Patterson
and Mrs. Porterfield We're Mrs. James
Lyons, MIS-. Ben. Purcell, and Mrs. Nir-
ginius Hall. Mrs. George Ainslie served
the tea, and Mrs. George Wayne Ander-
son the punch. The young ladies in the
dining-room were Misses Anne Grant,
Madeline English, Virginia Mcleod.
Marian and Ruth Robins, Maggie
Stringfellow. Nelson of Texas, Cora
Darlington, Stanley Adkins and Anne
Meade
Among the guests were Mesdames John
Harrison. Henry w. Hazard. Henry Glib
son, Bev. Crump, w. Ben Palmer. Mere
dith Montague, l.. G. Minor, Robert
Blankenship, Arthur LEROY, o. a. Cren-
shaw. William Taliaferro, Warner Moore
l.. L. Lewis, Tom Boiling, William Royal.
John Enders, William Robins, Samuel
Wallace. Joseph White. Charles Talbot,
Churchill Young, James Hayes, Frank
Male, Betty Abbott, Adolphus Blair
Edwin Palmer, James Pace; Morgan, Of
Cooperstown; Meade, Samuel Register,
Junius Morris, Misses Berta Wexford,
Mary Lewis, Mary Donnan, Mary Hill,
Bette Hayes, Annie and Leila Gray, Kate
Claiborne, of Caroline; Harrison, Hettie
Jones, of Gloucester; Lindsay, Helen
Montague, Bette and Page Booker, Lila
Tatum, Matte Harris, Annie Moore, Helen
Lea, Virginia Peasants, Della Stringfel-
low. Eta Munford, and others
Mrs. Luther Dawson gave very hand
some tea yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of her mother, Mrs. =. II. Starke,
No east Franklin street. The wide hall
and spacious drawing-rooms were fra
grant with pots of pink aZaleas and glow
ing with pink-shaded lamps. In the din
| ing-room the decorations were cut-glass
vases of Madame Testout roses. Through
! out the afternoon Professor Thilows
Band played delightfully."-. Receiving with
Mrs Dawson were Mrs. Il. ID. Hotchkiss,
| Mrs. +. II. Starke and Mrs. Ashton
| Starke. Mrs. n. A. White presided over
the punch bowl, and Mrs. c. +. Doyle
over the chocolate. The young ladies in
the dining-room were Misses Alice Hotch-
| kiss, Emily GLASGOW, Edna Forbes, Eliza
| beth Martin; Bessie Lee, of Alexandra,
and Carrie Coleman. Among those who
called were Mesdames Reginald Gillian,
E. c. Minor, l.. L. Lewis, Thomas Bran
der, William Talaferro, Robert Blanken-
ship, William Royal, John Enders,
Thomas Boiling, Warner Moore, Selden,
Withheld Forbes, Mamie Werth, Palmer,
John Harrison, Henry Hazard, Robert
Munford, Cooper r. G. Morton, Charles
Talbot. Junius Morris James Hayes,
James Walker. r. William Pemberton;
Misses Virginia Peasants. Hayes. Berta
Wexford. Gullaume, Moore. Munford,
Nina Randolph Mary Lewis; Hettie
Jones. of Gloucester and many others.
The grand Assembly ball. which takes
Mace on Thursday night at the Jeffer-
son Hotel. promises TO be brilliant sue
cess The tickets, which are for sale at
the Jefferson Hotel, are going rapidly.
Mrs. T. c. Minor, Mrs. Il. l.. Purcell, Mrs.
Enders Robinson and Mrs. James Werth
also have tickets. Mr. de Hertburne
Washington. who will impersonate the
immortal George. has arrived in the city.
and will be the guest of Mrs. n. A. Clai-
borne, who, as Martha Washington, VIII
be one Of the hostesses Of the ball. Mrs.
Ellen A. Richardson. a prominent literary
woman OF the North, and the president
OF the George Washington Memorial As
ISOLATION, will be in town for the ball.
The dancers OF the Sir Roger de Cover
ley will have their last rehearsal this
afternoon al az the Jefferson Hotel. II
is imperative for all OF those who are
in this dance 10 be present II Is now
known that the minuet dancers will wear
pure white at the bail The ladies'. with
trains and high ruches and collars. The
last rehearsal was held Monday after
noon. The gentlemen Will wear pura