Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-11
SOCIETY LAST WEEK.
NAVY EVENTS OF INTEREST, DE-
SITE THE NOT WEATHER.
FAIR GRADUATES HOLD SWAY.
rho season of Commandments
urtnrS Them Into Prominence
rtosc of several SchoOIs-Two
Dnnccs Gfyrn-PcrsonaI.


The purple pansies nod their heads
1n rapture uncontrolled:
There CLEANS from ont hundred beds
The doisy's heart of gold
sweet William. pinks. and mignonette
Yield fragrance night and noon.
T.niocing lilies anxious fret
TO greet the brides OF June.
orhe brides OF June" were numerous
LIST week. and on Wednesday a dozen or
more couples were married in this city.
r.l accounts OF the weddings were print
81 Thursday morning. The intense heat
las kept society in a quiet state, and only
uost informal entertainments are now
ry,n The sweet girl graduate" holds
ur sputcd sway at this season OF com
rcuccmcnts. The closing exercises of the
Woman's College during the past week
were of more than usual interest The
c.ass-day celebration was especially bright
and joyous. Several Of the girls schools
o. The city also closed last week
The closing exercises Of Miss Ellett's
hool began on Thursday afternoon, June
ISL and continued through an entire week.
Zach class in the school had an evening
og which it presented its especial exer-
clscs. on Thursday afternoon at o'clock
The sixth class gave an interesting talk
on THE Nature Of Plants" The little
girls in their white dresses with their
bright heads crowned with flowers, made
an exquisite picture as they stood in
semi-circle. Each child had a spray in
her hand. OF WHICH she told the history.
For Friday, at $50 o'clock. the fourth
class sent out dainty invitations request
ing the presence Of their friends at "A
Tale Of Two Cites The class sang NV
Marseillais" with spirit after "il'Cn
charming stereopticon views Oh A"s'"""
and France We're shown. ,.
ON Monday at $50 O'CLOCK ine SVFVn'",
..rbtb and ninth classes presented a very
.trractivo rroersmme. Each tiny chlld
rooted a poem about bird, and ended
The evening by singing sWeety, come
INTO These yellow Sands from the
Tempest
ON Tuesday evening. at $50 o'clock. the
first class presented the chronothana-
tolotron. The inventor of this wondrous
machine turned the crank, and Sarah
tAbrah8ms Wife, PharaOh's daughter, St
Cecilia. Cleopatra. queen Elizabeth, Lady
Washington. Joan of Arc. Mother Beck
.Ia.ck. the society girl of 1899. one Of the
Gacchi and the Spirit of nineteenth-cen-
.rr science. culture, and art stepped
.Ifl. one by one. and spoke of them
selves. The costumes were excellent and
t. young ladies seemed 10 have caught
OIL. very spirit of those they personated
Ou Wednesday evening the second class
represented the court OF Queen Eliza
..... When the doors were rolled back
.. stately queen. CARRIED in an exquisite
u-than costume OF pink satin. with
- in her powdered hair, walked ma
--..Iy in followed 10y her maidcns,
... . whom held up her sweeping train.
is her seat on gorgeous throne.
ladies. i'm correct court costume,
grouped themselves gracefully around
.- ITO amuse the gracious queen each
E rlIted poem or ballad from the
l...- at the day. The programme was as
follows. Peredur's Description OF His
l.. from Celtic Romance; Chaucer's
us squire; Spencer's House OF Sleep;
ton from the Mdsummer's Nights
10; The Passionate shepherd TO His
1--we. MarloWe; The Nymphs Reply.
egh. To Celia. Ben Johnson; Ballads
Fair Rosamoni and Chevy Chase.
Tl further delight their fair Queen. the
Irt ladies then danced a stately mea-
.Iro borrowed from Spain. The 1.-THE
forms swayed gracefully TO the weird
music. with click of castanets
After this one of the maldens called in
-. 80 1,l,, 11brso, eono .,r,he
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ral sons, conroe.d bv tbe class 81. onc
Live Queen Bess."
The final exercises took rlacc on Thurs
day evening. when the firth class pre-
scented "a Greek r'av entitled 'The Ely
sian Fields" The little maidens. clad
jpn classic Greek costume. their curls
bound with FLEETS of white. seemed. in
truth. the ROSY maids of Greece. The
stage WIS literally covered with flowers.
and as each maiden told graphically her
TART Of the stirring story. one could
r1ost see The scenes she portrayed. The
play closed with a Greek song. i'm the
piercing sweet cadeuces of which the
hldreu's fresh voices sounded 10 perfcc-
4on Each evening of the different classes
Vas We'll arranged and we'll executed.
and delighted the large audiences who
Witnessed them.
on Friday evening a large audience
Witnessed me c'osins exercises OF MIS-
'It'de Scn0oi on l-'lls u"5'S anu nm
oeisar'eh' me prog "illilv' consisting OIL
German anu I-ils.'S" Gnu 50""
entertaining. a snort InltIinlSSioh was