The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-24
SOCIAL AN o PERSONAL,

S0ClAL .AN 0 PEI SOMA
The rooms of the lNoman's Club were
well lied yesterday afternoon to listen.
to Miss Alice Longfellow speak on Mt
Vernon Mrs. E.EC. Minor VI Welcomed the
daughter OF the great poet to the Wo-i
mans Club. and Mrs. Emma Ball. vice.
regent of Virginia for the Ladies, Mount
Vernon ton, introduced thel
Speaker. Is
Miss fellowTspoke most interesting
~ of Washington,s home, the manner in.
which it had been saved from falling into
the hands of SPECTATORS, and read ex-s
tracts from the memoirs of Miss Gun
ningham, who started the movement and
suggested that the home of the Father Of
Our Country should be purchased by the
women ofEthe Union and be- kept by them
as q national memorial. u. 81
After the talk the guests hadsthe plea
sure ofs viewing some photographs of
sLongfellow's home, which is now owned
by Miss LongfelIow. and was once Wash
inston's headquarters.
Mrs. Ayiett and Miss Beulah Pattison
poured tea.
: fsthe weather permits the Mixed Four
some, which was to have been played last
Sa turday. will be played at Lakeside to-
day at II O'Clock. The following players
will participate: Mr.. Wingo and Miss
Eppes, with Mr.. Hill and Mrs. George
Warren; Mr.. Claiborne and Miss Mon
tague, with Mr.. Charles Burnett and
Miss Terry; MIR. Tower and Miss Ely
son, with Mr.. and Mrs. sAbram Warwick;
Mr.. Palmer and Miss =Bosher, with Mr..
Levin Poynes and Miss Page; Mr.. Davis
% &,,-3tI Trc
.Symington; Mr.. and Miss Powers, with
Mr.. Binford and Miss Wallace; Wr. Wor-
than and Miss Meredith, with Mr.. Meade
and Miss Edith Jones; Mr.. Harrison and
Miss Ethel Page, with Mr. Mcdonald and
MRS Joynes; Mr.. Pitcher and Mrs. Fer
rell. with Mr.. Browne and Miss Atkins
A most enjoyable musicale and Japa-
nese marriage were given It Emmanuel
Church last evening for the benefit of the
new church building fund.
Mr.. w. ]. Morrissettc, Miss Fanny.
Sullivan, Miss Humphreys. and Mrs Yea
mans contributed to the musical pro-
gramme
In the Japanese marriage, which was
we'll presented, the following young peo-
pie participated:
Groom's Parents. Miss Arargie Goode
and Mr.. Harold Gilliam Brides Parents.
Miss Knight and Mr.. Wilkinson; Co.
Between, Miss Lottie Evans: Bride,
Miss Lee Jeter: Groom, Mr. Henry5Eppes;
Bridesmaids, Misses Manning, Puliiam
Bulah and Bertha Flournoy, Knight,
Michaels. Toney and Wood. The Sedan
Bearers-Messrs. Taylor, Robert Gillian,
Plummer, Mastin and Harvey Jeter.
Mrs. James II. Halsey, OF Philadelphia,
a daughter of General Dabney H. .NIaury,
has sent to Mrs. Nelson Powell, chairman
of the Confederate Carnival, very hand
some pillow to be sold. The money Us to.
be divided between the carnival proceeds
and the fund for marking the unmarked
graves of the Confederate dead in the
Germantown Pa.) burying-g ground.
On background of rich, red silk are
white taffeta squares with autographs.
That Of Mrs. Varina Jefferson Davis is in
the centre. and grouped tastefully around
it are those Of Mrs. ]. r. Jackson, Philip
Alexander Bruce. Thomas Nelson Page,
George w. Cabe1l, General Dabney H.
Maury, j.. Hopl1inson Smith, and Mrs.
Margaret j. Preston. who, few minutes
before her death, wrote the well-known
words of General Robert L. Lee: LET
the tents be struck"
This pillow speaks silent sympathy of
its mission to Richmond. Some of the
ladies in charge of this interesting dona-
ton are hoping that the pillow will fall
into the hands of some Richmond friend
who will donate it to the Confederate
Museum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fairfax and Miss
Anne Tenant have returned from Florida.
Miss Nerriwea Their, of Charlottesville,
is the guest Of Mrs. Caroline Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Davies will leave
shortly for '.Ravenswood," in Nottoway
county.
Mr.. Webster. of Boston, is spending
some time at Mr.. and Mrs. Osterloh's.
Mrs. Charles T. o,Ferrall Jr.. is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Irene Fitz-
gerald, 11Oe Grove Avenue
Miss Corrinne Strause has returned
home after a delightful visit of four
weeks to Mrs. Andrew Saks, in Wash
inSton.
Mrs. Ellen N. Ricketts, is home again
from a pleasant visit to Lynchburg.
Miss Paalzow, Of Floyd Avenue, is visit
ing friends in Petersburg.
Mrs. George Petrie, of Alabama, is the
guest of Misses Kate and Marianne
Meade
Miss Carter is the guest of Miss Grace
Shields.
Miss Sally Randolph is visiting Miss
Anna Deane Carr, 100 East Grace Street
Miss Mildred Hoge, of Kentucky, is
tho guest of Mrs. Howard D. Hoge, TIC
East Franklin Street.
Miss Idras Head. who is visiting Dr..