The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-25

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Miss Taylor. of Forest HILL 80
Mrs. j. Taylor Ellyson presided at the
tea table. and was assisted by Mrs. Cl1as.
Bosher, Miss Lucy Coleman. Miss Berta
Wexford. Miss Beulah Fdttison and Miss
NJ. C. Moore. X
5 among the guests from distance were
Mrs. Bosnian, Miss Jones, of Virginia.
Mrs. George f. Winch OF Boston: Mrs
Bette Gusts Amber. Miss Lula Clarke, OF
Rochester, N. Y; Mrs. Lizzie Nelson Pace,
Mrs. ". B. Gay, Of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. ". Daniel gave a
delightful children's party Monday after
noon in honor of the tenth birthday of.
Master Charming Daniel. The early part
of the afternoon. games We're INDUCED in
and later the children repaired to the din,
!ns-room, where a prettily-decorated table
laden with dainties awaited them.
The invited guests were Misses Emily
Clark Francis Wheat, Susie Mcclure.
Louise Harrison. Mary Stewart Pcterhin,s
Charlotte Meade, Susie Carter. Charle
Minor, Barbara Trigg elizabeth Cooke,
Elsie Harrison, Camilla Wexford, Mary
Crump, Ida Mason, Isabel Daniel; Masters
Armstrong Price. Bernard Peyton. Arcner5
Christian, Catesby Jones' two Murrays,
of New York; Landon Wexford. Robert
Rennolds. Hamilton Claiborne. Dabney
Lancaster, Grayson Dashiell, Robert
Daniel and John X. Branch.
Assisting Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel IN en-
tertaining the children were Mrs. H r.
Lefebvre, of Baltimore; Mrs. John skel-s
ton Williams, Mrs. John l.. Euoank. Mrs.
Won Weissenberg, of Finland; MRS. II. q.
Thomason. Mrs. Frank McGulre: MISS
Juliet Lee Miss Lucy Meade ana KEY.
and Mrs. w. Meade Clark.
Lieutenant Philip Meade Walker, OF the
Third Infantry, who was recommends
in Colonel Charles C. Hoods report LOT
a captaincy, for Conspicuous valor IN
battle" is a Winchester boy, only TWEEN
ty-one years-of age, and well known IN
the city. He served as lieutenant IN
Cuba with he Sixteenth Infantry. and
went to the Philippines last May
Lieutenant Walker is a son ;of the late
Confederate General John G. Walker in
command OF the Army Of the Mississippi
during the Civil War, and a, nephew of
Miss Frances Courtenay Baylor. the
authoress.
Messrs. E. e. Wilson and J. S. Harris,
of North Carolina, who are spending
few days in the city, gave lunch yes
terday at the Jefferson to few TRENDS.
Among the party were Misses Walker, or
Norfolk; Jackson. of Charlottesville. and
North Carolina, and Warwick
An informal reception was rendered
Miss Alice Longfellow Friday after
noon at the Woman's Cub. Mrs. e.
C, Minor welcomed the daughter
of the great poet to the Woman's
Club, and Mrs. Emma Ball, vice
regent of Virginia for the Ladies Mount
Vernon Association introduced her.
Mrs Iongfellow read most interesting
paper on Mount Vernon.
After the talk the guests had the plea
sure Of viewing some photographs OF
Longfellow's home, which is now owned
by Miss Longfel!ow. and was once Wash
ington.s headquarters.
The house is surrounded by a magrih-
cen. lawn. that slopes to the street. and
within the home Miss Longfellow has
preserved the same beautiful simplicity
that prevailed when her eminent father
was tie genial host. The old clock rs
on the stairs, and is a counterpart of
the original clock which was on the stairs
in the poets fatherin-law's house in
Pittsburg.
Miss Longfellow's two married sisters