The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
WEEK OF GAIE|"TI.E||s
IN LEXINGTON.
Charming Hop Given BY Students Of.
Washington and Lee.
TIE u. NJ. i. CADETS GIVE. A HOP.
Mr. and Mrs. Eninscr Entertain in
Honor OF Their Daughter. aud
colonel and Mrs Nichols in
Honor OF Their Nicccs.

LEXINGTON. VA, Jan. 2-spee'ai.-
The close OF the past week has n'a'Aen
she .~aycst week in social circles Whicn
snas been spent in Lexington for some
time. There were entertainments. sccep-
tons, dances galore.
The week opened Monday night Win
charming hop given by the stuaeh's %
the Washington and Lee University oi
tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs G. NJ E1htsei'
Gwho reside u few miles from Lexington
gave a delightful reception IN honor Oh
s.,,e,r daughter. Miss Edinser. The large
and spacious halls. parlors and dlhinE
sonn, were handsomely decorated VIA
sn,ilax and ferns. with mlstietoe
.Snersed in many places. A splendid suPpei
,xas served shortly inter Y, and-ll "as
daybreak ere the guests look 1hei-
parture Among those present "eie 49,
I and Mrs G. w. Efiinger, MISS i.iiihS'
Miss Bessie Poaglre, LeNinEton' MISS L.
ollie Paxton. Mary Baldwin Seminary,
S,a,,n,on- Miss Waits. Miss Mary Moore.
Miss Mary Paxton, Mary BALDWIN semi
nary. Staunton; Miss Wilson, Miss Merritt
Messrs Walker. Watts. Sefeys. sackes'
fstce. GLASGOW, Lee and McCorkie' 'iiso,
Cadets Robertson. Poasue. Brown ana
Pizzini, of the Virginia Military lns'lta'e.
CHARMING RECEPTION
On Friday night Colonel and Mrs. +. w
Nichols gave a charming reception from
I'LL ii z. NJ, in honor OF their po-u-
lar young nieces. Misses EtaInonia ana
Lucy Smith, and Miss Nettie Pratt Ihsre
were quite a large number OF guests pres
ent. and they were all made 10 feel quite
at home, and enjoyed themselves lln-
Intensely. Among those present were: Col
onel and Mrs. L. ". Nichols, Miss Lucy
Smith. Miss Etannon:a Smith. Miss Pres
ton. Miss tNettie Preston, Miss Nett1e
Pratt. Miss jeanette Allen, Miss May Ross.
Giss Nettie Houston, Miss Bette Booker,
miss Fannie Jordan, Miss Booker, Miss
-k1orris, Miss Mary Moore, Miss BESSIE
poague, and others; also. Cadets Bernard.
Lanney, Robertson, Palmer, Pasco, brooke
a En.e Rice, Biscoe, PoagIe, montgomery,
Chill, Brown and PiZzini. of the First
V. NJ L; Cadets Marshall. Daven-
{aM McCabe and Carter, of the Second
lots; Cadets Perkins. Malone. Werth.
Cohen. Downing and Jackson, of the Third
R1.d Fourth Glasses at the Y. M. l.
Y. NJ. I. HOP.
The week closed Saturday night with 3
big dance. given by the cadets at the
Virginia Military Institute. The dance
WIS well attended, and Lexington S
charming bellies turned out in full force.
The dance closed promptly ct twelve. and
dt seemed to be the unanimous opinion
that the hop was the best one that has
been given this year. 1t would DE hard
to pick out which girl received the lar
Eest amount of attention, for there We're
plenty of male dancers. and they kept
ali the girls going at a lively pace, Miss
Lee. OF South Carolina, Miss Eliza Dillon
and Miss Louise peterborough, however.
were especial favorites, and received an
exceptional rush. The chapcrones were
Miss Maggie Frcelard, Colonel and Mrs.
W. 3d. Tucker, Colonel and Mrs. Francis
Mallory. Among the dancers on the floor
We're Miss Lee, OF South Carolina; Miss
Louise Peterborough. Of Lexington; Miss
ELLIE Dillon. of Lexington, Miss Mary
Wilson, Lexington: Miss Bette Wilson.
Lexington; Miss Kate Pendleton, Lex
ington; Miss Norris, Petersburg: Miss
Baker, Iynchburg: Miss Now1in, Lynch
burg; Miss Polk, Galveston; Miss Nellie
Brokenborough, Lexington: Miss Louise
Haskins. Lexington, and others. Cadets
Montgomery, Biscoe, Pasco. Janney, Ber-
mard, Walker, Berry. Boyd, Winston,
t-rairtill, Robertson, Pizzini, Brooke,
Afeem, and Howard. Of the first class;
Cadets Howard, Baskerville, Marshall. G.,
Marshall, J.. Miller, Carter, Hudson, Nc
Cabe, Watson, Wall, Coffee. Hubbard.
91rdtton, Jones, Goodwin. Levy, kean,
Sheppard. Hudsins. Wexford, Roller.
Richardson. Peyton. johnson, r.. Clark.
R. b., Wingo, and Martin of the second
class; Cadets Forbes, Tutweiler. GTasty.
Ward, and Beirne of the third class; Ca
diets Perkins, Jackson. 1.anghorne, Lynch.
Bowfelt, Childs, Mcneil, and Parish Of
the fourth class.
There were also present MeSsrs. Barck-
IL. Tucker. 11ilts, Braker. and others
of the Washington and Lee University.
also Captains i. c. Marshall, Z. Milton
and n. Stockdell, OF the Y. M L