Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20

! - --@--,-,,. from the University OF
xfl.s,ss,rpI They are native Virginians'
"a a. ire close OF the civil war ".
Tone. was colonel OF the Twelfth VIZ
,,rta Regiment. Should he accept tne
syesidency OF the University OK Texas'
a sfep his friends are now urging MN
"a take. II will be because ne teeis divine
iv called to do so. Oh Tor more men
like him, and for more women IKE ms
.nt,,a wife. They have the moral courage
AT all times, and under all circumstances
To vote their conscience
A most interesting trio Of women mere
and an from Alabama, are Mrs. BARNEY,
from Mobile; Miss Coleman, from Eutaw'
and, Mrs. Semple, from Montgomery. FOR
the past fifteen years or more SUMMER
after summer, has found them here az
Allegheny, the centre Of cultured
coterie, which numbers among It's mem
beers some of the most stately guests
here. Mrs Semple Is giving series OF
most enjoyable teas. Around her tables
she gathers the young and the old, the
beauty and wit of Allegheny, who Vie
with each other in brilliant repartee.
+ Last night, after a delightful whist
party, Mrs. Spencer served one or her
famous suppers to number oil iriehus
on the lawn. -
MI. w. w. tOilinS, VI floeS']H' '~'
who is the possessor Of quite good tenor
voice. entertained large audience in the
parlors tonight The beautiful piaaist'
Miss Alice Wemple, played his accom-
panlments.
THAT BRIGHT LITTLE WOMAN.
One of the first questions asked by
every new conner to the springs this sum
mer has BEEN who is that bright htt.@
woman. with those wonderful eyes
searching, soulful, yet twinkling win
mschief?' and invariably the ansEer
would come. why. don't you know, she
is our presiding genius" And somehow
we had come to expect this senlus. as
we expect all good things, to remain win
us forever. But on yesterday morning
Mrs. Strother was called TO her home IN
Sherman, Tex.
NEW GUESTS.
Mr.. James S. Dunn, Mr.. r. w. Gorreil
Mr.. J. ID. Cooper, and Mr.. j. f. Gimer,
Winston. n. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. X. j.
Camp and two children and Mr.. j. c.
Parker. Franklin, Va. Mrs. Is. j. wal
thall Mr. Thomas =. Bryan, Mr.. Charles
y. Hearor, and Mr. ". +. Leigh, Rich
mond, Va; Dir. Robert NJ. Hughes, Dir.
and Mrs. William NJ. Jones and daugh~
ter, Miss Virginia, Norfolk, Va; Mr.. i.
+. Duggan, Miss Coleman. and Miss
Browning Coleman. New Orleans, La. I;
Mr.. w. n. Camp. Florida; Mrs. T. i.
Hale and five children, Mr.. NJ. &. jane
son, Mrs. Van Lear. Mr.. j. 5. Boat
wright, Mrs Boatwright, and Miss Ger
trude Boatwright, Roanoke, Va; Mrs. M
T.. Bolinger, Mayfield, KY; Mr.; .. M
Pinnix, Mrs C. +. Kersey and ht.le
daughter, Danville, Va; Mrs. Thomas 4
Stearnes, Newport News, Va; Mr.. il. r.
Lancaster, Blacksburg. Va; Mr.. j. H.
Spencer. Martinsville, Va; Mrs. ID. Is.
Palfrey, San Antonio, Tex; Mr.. and Mrs
ID. II. Barger, walnut Grove, Va; Mrs.
II. Key. Miss Edna Earle Key. Houston
Tex: Miss Mary Pritchard, Knoxville,
Tenn; Mrs Henry Goldsmith and daugh-
ter and Miss Lillian Wildman. Danville,
Va; Dr. b. c. Jones, Marmora, Va; MISS
Bessie Lewis, Meredithville, Va; MI
John A. Winston, Mr.. and Mrs. John D
Glass and child, Lynchburg, Va; Dr. W.
ID. Turner. Messrs Ray and Thomas
Turner, Isle OF Wight courty, va; hr''
w. ID. Cleveland and Miss Abbie Cleve-
land. Houston. Tex; Mr.. W. w. Collins,
Houston Va; Mrs. John b. Wells ana
two children, Vicksburg, Miss; MISS
Hardgrave, oxford, Miss.