Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-12
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present, and at midnight an elegant CUP
per was served. The balls given by the
jefferson Club are always well managed
and brilliant events.
Miss Ethel McCaw entertained the
IN. G. r." Club on Friday evening at
her parents residence. on west Grace
street. The decorations were carried out
most tastefully and artisucally In green
and white. The young ladies' amused
themselves with many games. the lea
ture OF the evening being three prizes Tor
"a penny for your thoughts. me pest
rrize q beautiful cut-glass vinaigrette,
was 4 tie between Miss Ella Hammond
and Miss Louise McAdams. the former
boing the successful winner. The "boopy'
= urettv study. was received amid sucn
APPLAUSE by Miss Mamie walker anu
the consolation prize" box OF huyisi -
participated in by all the young Hut
was drawn by Miss Peachy harrlspl i'
The little misses presented must p'.
turesoue scene. with their beaming. pre.lv
ELEGANT collation. was served at 10 o'clock.
The fable was a bower OF white chrysa"-
,hemums made doubly beautiful ny
MANY candeIabra. The menu cards, WIN
the club symbol Of "clover lear AZ nc
ton embraced all the daintles OF we
eeoson and each young lady received az
her place a pretty filed souvenir bohDOh
box. Those present were Misses shleius'
Irpshur Walker. T.. Hammond. y. DaHfn-
port. Tompkins. Forbes, WliIams hou-
dar Smith. u. Hammond. NJ Davenport
Irorrison NcAdams. Moulton. Drake,
Drewry, Younger, Doyle Neal d""
others.
Miss Alice I.efebvre gave n delightful
ootillon at the Kindergarten Hall, on
Floyd avenue on Tuesday evening. The
dancers were Miss Elizabeth G. Powers.
Port Royal: Miss Rosena Powers, Port
ROYAL; Misses Virginia Taylor, May
I.efebvre. Katie Jones Lou Reed. GTet-
chen Lewis. Annie Lefe5vre. Amelia Pii-
son. Mrs. George wilkes. Miss Butler;
Miss Marion AUcheauX, POwhatan coun-
ty: Miss Kate Miller. Mathews county;
Misses Sarah Harvey. Emie Thomas;
Elizabeth Jones. Staunton Neal. Por,s-
mouth Va; Met. Powers. Scottsville, Va;
Lou Davis. Scottsville; Messrs. Sanford
Fleming Gilbert Hldgins. Joe Peasants,
James McBair Edwin Tanner. Lansing
Bodeker. Roy Pace. George Wilkes,
Charles Garnett. r. y. BOwe, w Powers
Lefebvre. l.. Fitzgerald, r. Corney r..
c. Warden. b. VI. Allen. Beverly Harvey,
Allen Jones +. J. Sampson, Taylor, Fem
ley. Jack DeTreWlle, Willie X. Bridges,
c. NJ Goodloe. and Robert Arthur. The
chaperones were Mrs. William Powers
Mrs. II. p. Lefebvre Mrs. Burrus, Miss
Tanner. and Mr.. Burrus.
The following are the patronesses Of
the annual charity ball 90 be given at the
Jefferson next month by the lady mana
gers OF st. Paurs Church Home: Mrs.
Archer Anderson. Mrs. James Branch,
Mrs. James Pegram. Mrs George W.
Mayo. MIS-. NJ r. peasants, Mrs.
Churchill Young. Mrs. Judge Keith. Mrs.
Moncure Perkins. Mrs. Ad0lphus Blair
Mrs O. 4. Crenshaw, Mrs. Herbert \.
Claiborne. Mrs. Isaac Davenport Mrs.
Judge Lewis. Mrs. John Lottier, Mrs.
Decatur Axtell. Mrs. Bernard PeytonJ
Mrs. George Elliott. Mrs Lorraine Ruff
fin. Mrs. Barton Grundy. Mrs. John Far
land. Mrs. Dr. Joseph White, Mrs. a. b.
Camm. Mrs. Richard Wilson, Mrs. Allen
Donnan. Mrs. John Blair, Mrs. Frank
Powers. Mrs Ashton Starke. Mrs. Scott
Parrish. Miss Knox. Mrs. J. Hoge Tyler
Mrs. c. p. Stokes, Mrs. Carter Scott,
Mrs 7. 3. Mosby. Mrs. y. y. TONNES.
Mrs Frank d. Williams. Mrs. Reginald
Gillian. Mrs Edward Crump, Mrs. Mere
dith Montague. Mrs. G. T.. Doyle, Mrs.
John Dunlop. Mrs. James Dooley. Mrs.
Edward Buck. Mrs. +. d. Hotchkiss,
Mrs. Cushing Small. Mrs. William Royal
Mrs. Beverly Munford, Mrs. Ben Palmer,
Mrs. James Welsh, Mrs. Alex. Cameron,
Mrs. Robert Blankenship, Mrs. Arthur
Scrivener, Mrs. Hunt Chipley Mrs. S.
w. Travers Mrs. Breux Mrs. i. 3.
Thomson. Mrs. Levin JOynes, Mrs. Ed
mond Strudwick.
The Ladies' Matinee Musicale enjoyed a
pleasant programme Friday afternoon,
which was most agreeably supplemented
by Jeanette Robinson Murphy, who was
present. and gave a short talk, some
character sketches, and several songs
most DELIGHTFULLY."-. She is n clever imita-
tor Of the negro. and possesses a sympa-
thetic. well-cultvated voice, as well as a
most attractive personality.
The programme was as follows: Sketch
Of italian Composers: Witches Dance,
Raganini) Miss SmOOt; Nina, Pergo-
lese) Mrs. Stevens; IntermeZzo, Cavalle-
ria Rusticana, Nlascagni) Miss Allen and
Mrs. stevens; Du Bist VIE Line Blume,
The Mission Of n Rose, Cantor) Mrs.
Duke: Air Trovatore, Werdi) Miss Mary
A. Bell; Menuett, O3occherini) Miss FL
lett
On. Wednesday Mrs. Charles d. Hutche-
son gave a luncheon in honor Of Miss
Margaret Lynn Lewis. daughter Of Cap
tain John NJ. Preston, Of Seven-Mie
Ford. Va. Miss Preston and Mrs. Hutche-
son leave I'm a few days for stanton 10
visit their cousin, Mrs. a. Cochran Raw
lnson.
Mrs. Jeanette Robinson Murphy Is
visiting the city and is the guest Of Mrs.
Strother Smith. Mrs Murphy has con
scented, while here. 10 give a song recital
and lecture OF negro folk lore and plan
tatiOn melodies under the auspices OF the
Ladies' Matinee Musicale, which will take
place AT the jefferson Hotel parlors on
Monday night Mrs. Murphy IS entirely
alone i'm the field she has chosen for her
self and after several years Of close
study. she has arranged q delightful eve
ning's entertainment Astounding in humor
and pathos Her work has been recOg-
nfzed by the scientists Of Harvard Col
lege as a valuable addition 10 the study
of folk lore and the music OF savagery.
and her publications are eagerly sought
after by editors. Mrs Murphy will short
w leave for New York where she will
commence work in filling her winter en-
gagements.