The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18


lngton.
The pound party he.d Thursday at the
She.ter.ng Arms was exceedingly success
full. and the ladies are much gratihed oy
the generous ciona tons received. Gro;
ce.ies, tah,e-lnen, flowers and money,
canao III bount fully and many visitors
called during the day. The ladies IN
charge were Mrs. Z. H Peter, Mrs !"
H. Tatu1n, Mrs. w. II. Neison, Mrs Jno'
Southall, Mrs. L. Is. Jannay, Mrs. George
T. King
Mrs Mary 4. Bell, Of Charles CITY
county. delighted a large audience at the
WonaE's Club Monday afternoon. Mrs.
l.. r. Daslell in her usual happy man.
acr introduced the author and reader.
Mrs. Bell shows great versatility in her
writings. and delineates the old negro
characteristics TO q nicely. Her dialect
is exec lent, and she recited with charm
and finish.
After the readings tea was served. The
guests of the evning were Mrs. E. l..
Bemiss and Mrs. E p. Valentine.
Among the out-of-towr visitors at the
club we're: Mrs. Hoge Gillian, Philadel-
phia; Mrs. Maverick New Orleans; Mrs.
John NIoroso, OF New York; Mrs. w liam
Perkins. Mrs. Luther Sheldon. of Norfolk,
Va: Miss Lowndes, Maryland: Mrs. Ju ia
R. Tutwier, Washington: Mrs. Robert
Prince, Chapel Hill. n. c.; and Mrs.
Thomas Ptnckney, Charleston, S. c.
Tomorrow VIII be the first literary
afternoon of the season and 1.-THE Amer
can Literature Of the Day will be the
subject under discussion, viii. Miss
Roberta 2. Allen as chairman.
A large numoer of ladies' wer:l present
Of tlln 80, r
tecnoon when the Oakwood Memorial AS
ISOLATION presented to the Sold Son;:
room the original history and records OF
the Association from its foundation, April
18th 1865. and several fine old volumes con-
tanning the original roll Of the 5000 Con-
federate dead i1lttGrred in Oalzwo7d.
All the officers OF Oakwood Memorial
Association were present. and representa-
tivss from the Junior lakewood Memorial,
Hollywood Memorial and Junior Holly
wood Memorial Associations We're pres
ent at the interesting occasion.
Hon. D. C. Richardson. on behalf OF the
ladies of the Oakwood Memorial Associa
lion, presented these memorials, in
thrilling and patriotic speech and said
the noble work of the ladies il, preserving
these memorials could not be too highly
appreciated Mr.. Edwin Cox accepted the
books in g most graceful speech.
= The members Of St. johns ard Wedden-
Memorial Churches rendered Rev. z. 4.
Goodwin and his bride a delightful reeep p
ton on Tuesday evening from $50 TO ll:3o
o'clock. The Sunday-scfool room OF
ST. Johns Church was beautifully
decorated in palms and cnrysanth mums.
Curtains were draped at every window, and.
the shaded lamps lent pretty slow to the
scene. Pink and green prsvaled.
Those. assisting Rev. and Mrs. Goodwin
in receiving were Mesdames Miiiiam t..
Farrell, Emily Crump, j. l. Taliaferro.
W. w. Davies. Peyton Darlington. r. T.
Lacy, George Currie J. f. Mayer, j. S.
Moore. Ernest Moore. ". w. Hardwicke
Clarence Franklin. F. ). Crasie, D {.
Richardson, Charles Clenlmitt. c. Bos-
s'euS. T. Jackson. ". S. Blankenshp. Is.
Howard, Misses Harrison. Jones. Elicit
Carrie Minor. Mary Schermerhorn. BESSIE
Hancock, Alice Goodwin. The members Of
the vestry and st. Andrews brotherhood
also assisted in receiving.
The ladies serving refreshms MS were:
Mesdames Kate Tresidder. McNinn. Jas
Bailey. William King. Agnes Mackie, j.
r. Ford. Middleton Weis:Eer. Gretter. j
a. Rennolds, Robert Leftwlcn. "A. i'ucus'
Annie Whitlock and Miss Chalk
A number OF delightful vocal and instru-
menta! selections were rendered during the
evening Mrs. W. S. Murray was chalr-
man of this part of the entertainment, and
those contributing 10 the enjoyment OF the
evening werA: Mrs. Kate Barbour Howard.
Mrs Clarence Franklin. Miss Jessie Bal
lev. Mrs. sallie Montgomery Brown. Miss
Lillian Tay!or Mr.. c. c. Crunap: Mr. I'd
win Queries. Mss Florence Dickinson
Miss Florence Gretttr. Mr.. Richard Baker
and Mrs. Robert L, Adams.
There were large number OF callers,
Including many OF the Episcopal cie1syrnen
and their wives.
The editorial staff OF THE chisei." the
raagazine Of the Wonaan's College. gave