Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-17
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PERSONAL

Mr.. g. NJ. Balm left last night over
the c. & o. for the mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Spagat left last
night for Long Branch and Saratoga.
Mr.. Tom Hartyn. of New York, Is
spending few days in the city.
Mrs. f. w. Stock has returned from
two months delightful stay in Michi-
gan.
Mrs. Clinton *. Curtis and Miss Rosa
Perkins will leave over the c. & Q.
to-day for White Sulphur Springs.
| Mrs. Charles f. Yeager, of Reading.
Pa. who has been vitising her sitter.
Mrs. John II. Sisman, of No. IS Olney
road, Client, returned home last night.
Messrs. NJ. II. and NJ. Hirschberg, of
Baltimore, are at Ocean View.
Mrs. Robert b. Tunstall is visiting
Mrs. Douglas Gordon. in Richmond.
Mr.. Charles L. Williams left last
evening over the Southern Railway for
Blowing Rock, N. G
l
of wharves and docks of the Old DO
minion Steamship Line. has returned
from his vacation. While away he went
to New York and to the Blue Ridge
section OF Virginia.
Miss Dollincr Bruce Lee. an accom-
plished young lady from Benefits
| Creek. Va, came down yesterday on
| the Ocracoke on a visit to her many
friends in Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Governor-elect Charles Il. Aycock. OF
North Carolina, has left Old Point for
Raleigh. n. G. The Governor has been
sojourning at the Point for several
days and was accompanied by several
friends.
Capt. George r. Hudson and family
left Wednesday for trip to niagara
| Falls and the Thousand Islands. They
will be absent from the city for about
two weeks.
party of excursonists from Knox
| vile, Tenn, consisting OF Mrs. james
a: Duncan, Mrs. j. n. Mitchell. Miss
Lillian Hazen. Mrs. NJ. l.. Lloyd and
MIR. Hugh n. Lloyd, arrived in Norfolk
yesterday morning. They dined at the
Atlantic. and left afterwards for Vir-
ginia Beach for sojourn of two weeks.
Mrs. Duncan is sister of Mrs. JAS.
| II. watts. OF this city. and n daughter
/ in-law of the late DR.. James A. Dun
cam of the Virginia Conference.
The Misses Facl<us entertained n
number OF their friends at their home.
at Sewell's Point, Wednesday, evening
in honor of their guests. Miss Martha
| Epcs. OF Nottoway, and Miss Eunice
Minton. OF Nansemond. Among those
| present were Mr.. and Mrs. G. y. Pow
ell. Mr.. and Mrs, y. j. Bacllus. Misses
| Flossic Powell. Neva Land. Bessie GUY
! Nirgic Lambert Eunicc Minton. Mar
| tina Epes. Olive and Lillian Rackus and
/ DIR. VIII Sturgis. DR.. Il. w. Sturgis:
Mcssrs. Dave Lambert. John Phillips
Payne Edwards. Prof. j. y. Hank and
Mr. Wales Hank. OF Characteristics:
Mr.. Paul Collins. or Norfolk: DR.. Land
and Or. +. G. Hank.
SHIRT WAISTS IN BALLROOM.
The shirt waist man has been oil
cially and socially welcomed to Char
lesion. :. G.. the most conservative city
perhaps. in the country.
At fashionable seaside hotel 4 ger
man was given last Tuesday night COM
plimentary 10 visitors from Macon. Ca.
ana II was announced that the affair
| would be very swell in its way
! There was ~ large attendance and the
dancing hall was beautifully decorated
and lighted. The hotel is on the from
beach of Sullivan's Island. and usually
there is n stiff sea breeze. which makes
the place delightfully."- cool. The breeze
! tuesday night. however, was dead and
ii was oppressively warm
There was talk at the german about
the shirSt waist man, and it was de-
cided to put the new scheme into effect
! Accordingly the young men Departed
and returned in negligee, looking cool
and comfortable. even if they did ap-
pear in costume weird for n ballroom.
ono visitor wore duck trousers. white
shoes. n white stiff hat and high stand
ing collar and was not adorned with n
! -cr3Nat. He Was-at-home with the
others. however and with their coasts
discarded the young men danced away
the better part of the night. Now
! ihere is move on foot here to make
the shirt waist man & regular institu-
ton.
ANOTHE STEP FOR WOMAN
Mrs. Annie l. " Off. of ST J.o,,is
mas the distinction OF being the first
woman delegate west of the Mississippi
to represent n State in International af
iairs. She has been appointed by Gov
ernor stephens commissioner from
Missouri. to attend the Paris E,xposi-
ton, in behalf of women's work. and
Will sail from New York on the steam
ship st. Louis, September 10.
Her duties will be to study and note
| the developments of all matters of no
culiar interest to women since the %
| lumbar Worlds Fair at Chicago and