Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-29

Mrs Deford's guests were. Desiues si.a'
, Bridges. Mr.. and Mrs. Waldron +, benz,
nap. of New York; Mrs. Galbraith OF
, Cleveland, o.; Mrs. Graham Hobson, MISS
Uobson Misses Condo Bridges. Courtenay
. Bridges, Annie Drewry. Mary Drewry'
Florence Parker. Stegar, Virginia Hayes
and Messrs. Eustis Taylor, John n:
Hutchlngs, Jr.. OF Galveston; George Ban
Hutchins. W. NJ. Bridges. Venable John-
son. NJ. De G. Hobson. j. r. A. Hobson'
Overton stegar, and Charles Drewry'
There was a meeting OF the Consumers
League of the City of Richmond on
Thursday at noon at the Young Mems
Christian Association. This league was
then formally organized. It's officers were
elected, and its constitution adopted. MISS
Lutte Peasants, to whom IL larseS
due the intense interest in the league
which has now a membership or eIeh'y-
five persons, was prevented by sickness
from attending this meeting. MIS- II. -
Minor presided in her place. Mrs Caskie
! Cabell read letter from Miss peasants,
| in which she said that she had been urged
| TO wait until she had regained ner
! strength and could meet the members OF
| the league but feeling that date 10 De
indefinite. and realizing the necessity or
establishing the league on a working
| basis. she felt justified in calling the meet
| ing together She reminded them lhat
| this was an annual meeting and that a
| failure to select the full complement OF
necessary workers would be utterly dis
astrous TO the cause. She then quoted
! the concluding words Of report or Mrs.
| Nothon president OF the New YORK
League who said: "In asking our mem
bers TO uphold the principles OF the CON
sumers' League. we ask them 10 sacrllce
only a very little Of their time or con-
venence. No good cause was ever won
without the giving up OF self-interest. IL
was Lowell. l think, who said that a
man must give himself for principle.
A progressive ''tiddlety wink" party was
given on Tuesday evening By Mrs. wal
ford Hardwlcke, on Church Hin. Alter
a very pleasant evening delicious sup
per was served. Miss Rosa Mayer won
the first prize.
Those present were Misses Hunter Fer
gusson, Rosa Mayer. Carrie Bachelor'
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Moore, Mr.. and Mrs |
William Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hart |
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson, and Messrs. |
George Mayer. Morgan Shepherd Mr.. and |
Mrs. John Sloan, Mr.. and Mrs. Mel. Fer
gussOn
The Thursday Euchre Club me- on |
Thursday night at the residence of Mrs.
Bragdon, on Barton Heights Those
present were Misses Rosa Mayer Mary
Cumbea Scott. Cunningham, Taliaferro,
and Meta Bragdon, and Messrs. Parrish,
Rector, Walsh. Taliaferro, and Clifton.
Last Monday was Virginia-Day al the
Woman's Club, and the programme was
a most interesting one. The most de-
llghtful part of II was the reading Of Tom
Pages Social Life Before the War;" by
Rev. William A. Barr. The rooms were
artistically decorated in the Colonial and
Confederate colors
Mrs Sarah Rutherford gave an elegant
party TO her little niece, Miss Elizabeth
~ heat on Friday evening, from Z TO ii
o'clock. Those assisting Mrs. Ruther-
lord 10 entertain the little ones were Mrs.
Lewis Wheat. Miss jamie Rutherford
Miss Jennie Elicit, Mrs. l.. l.. Lewis,
Misses NJ O. Harvie, Mary Lewis, Sarah
Harvie. and Janet Bernard, of Peters
burg a band of music played charmingly
during the evening. and the young people
danced until the hour came for them re-
.uctantly to go home.
The young ladies and gentlemen pres
ent were Misses Meta Randolph Nora
l.anghorne, Mary VIM, Garlic Minor
Anita Cussens. Grace Neal. Rebecca
Walker, Gertrude and Nora Taylor, War
leld and Fannie Crenshaw, Ellen Tucker,
Rose Archer, Ethel Blair Susie Gibson,
ella Buck. BERTHE Trigg, Carrie Rennolds.
Kate Seldom. Page Royal, Lily West,
McKenny, Mamie Waddill, Susie Mcguire.
Polly Robins, Leila Blair, Ageal Blair,
elizabeth Bentley, Mamie and Helen
Davenport. Misses b. and y. Selden, An
lie Hoge Laura Catesby Jones. Martha
Chaffin l.. and q. Rutherford, Ellen
.yingfeld. Fanny Hobson, Kathleen Mum
ford, Nellie Sinton, Marie Potts, Julia
Ioynes, Laura Tinsley, May Carmichael,
Margaret Mcclure Martha Clarke, Nan
ME Patton, r. and c. Maury, and Louise
harrison. and Messrs. John Harvie, John
3lunce, r. and c. Daniel, Charles Whit
1ck. Edmund Hoge. Nelson and Warner
tobins. H. Rutherford, and Charlie Rose,
Archer Patterson, James Werth, Menerel
Van Doren, h. Davenport, James Chaftin,
pi,hegren. Woolfold Hamilton and Her
1ert Claiborne, l.. and c. Walker, John
5inton, X. Glover John Munford. 7.
Moore. ID. and w. p. Merrill, John West.
Graham Carmichael, Harvie Blair, and
Peyre Porcher.
The reception and literary feast, 10 be =
;iven at the gubernatorial mansion I'M ,
Ter the auspices Of the Association for !
he Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
IN Tuesday, February 9TH, at $50 o'clock,
will I'm every respect be elegant and de- 7
ightful. The spacious mansion In the .
Capitol Park has been cordially tender q
"a by the Governor and Mrs. Tyler. Mrs. :
Tyler will receive. assisted by Mrs. Jo- !
;eph Bryan, president Of the Association &
or the Preservation Of Virginia Antigua \
les: Mrs. j. Taylor Ellyson, and Mrs. j. =
J. Wexford, vice-presidents; Mrs James ,
lyons, recording secretary; Mrs. II. a. n
Claiborne, corresponding secretary; Mrs. n
John b. Lightfoot, treasurer, ana the
members Of the board-Mesdames Archer h
Anderson Thomas Boiling, Caskie Ca :
)en. Z. T. Crump 4. 5. Harris F.. ID. Y
Iotchkiss c. y. O'Ferrall, J. r. Robin r
on, w Il. Robins. Henry Taylor, Jr., r. =
?. Valentine, Il. ID. Williams, Powell \
Dunn. stephen Putney. Henry Williams, q
\ w. CARRIER, and w. c. Bentley.
The literary feature will be readings a.
rom the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, -
edward Fitzgeralds translation of the =
xqulsite eastern poetry. Whoever knows .
Omar" will, Of course, go, and those
Who are not familiar with the pure >,
bought Of the Persian poet should hear n
me Of the most popular and elevating n
contributions TO nineteenth century verse. ~
n poetry. painting and music is Omar
Elihu Vedder's artistic de- ~
ineation Of the sentiments Of Omar are y
we'll known. The music I'm Persian
iarden" is eXquisitely sweet and pathe-
ic. At the Governors house on Tuesday g
he musical programme Will be rendered -