The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-10-18
SPOTSYLYANlA.
Delightful Entertainment at lewiston
Tournament successful Knights Queen
and Maids Of Honor Etc, Etc.
Correspondence Of The Free Lance. ,
Inniatnn VI Or IL


Correspondence Of The Free Lance. ,
Lewiston Va, Oct TO-
On Friday, O0t 18th, the neighbour
hood around Lewiston was enliyened
by one OF the He'll entertainments. so
dear TO the hearts Of the Lewistonians
rhis one was doubly attractive as there
was, besides the evening programme
and excellent supper, a tournament 10
the afternoon which drew a large
crowd from neighb0ring parts OF Louisa
and Sp0tsylyania There was some
beautiful riding worthy Of the tradt-
tiOqal horsemanship Of Virginia. The
knights who bore I'll the houors were !:
| Messls Todd. j. G. BOxley, w. Oar
peuter, n Lacy and Mr. Kupey. Some
unsuccessful knights, many Of whom
were unframed In tho taking Of rings
| performed feats IN other ways, such as
! graceful management OF their horses.
| etc shat made them the objects Of as
! enthusiastic applause as those who won
| the prize Of sklil. among them Nessrf.
! Elliott and Horatio DeJarnUtt, Dr. L.
! ". Dew and Nj Lester Dillard The
! young ladies crowned were az follows
Miss Pauline scott, queen; Miss Oar
ner, Miss Lucy Holiday, Miss Bessie
Holiday. maids Of honor The c0ro'
| nation aud address took place on the
stage IN the Hall The queen and her
! little circle OF maids Of honor, seated
m regal state. with the knights stand
| ing behind them holding hl0ft on the
! points of their lauces the crowns which
| mad been awarded as the hOn0rs Of the
| day, made O pretty picture The charge
TO the knights was delivered by Mr. Il.
DeJarnett. Of Lewiston; that on the
coronation by Mr Ohiles. Of Louisa
Tho programme OF the evening was
80 good az ~ furnish several hours Of
animated enjoyment hll-d with good
deal Of variety. Mi Ernest Chew
ning's many friends were glad TO have
an opportunity Of enjoying his fac
voice in several well chosen songs
WHOM were delightful feature Of the
evening. The representation Ot the
! "SniRgles Family" was excellent, too,
Mrs. Singles (Mr Edwin keudig). an
| euterprislng widow displaying 90 great
| advantage the mplishments Of her
! largo family Of beautiful daugh teTs,
al acted their parts well. none better
than Miss Madge BOggs as the victim
| IF hay-fever and Miss Dickinson
whose ripples Of laughter wereas spon-
taHeous as possible. Miss Lester q
beautiful recitation. "Ihe Marriage OF
/ the Flowers, was followed by such an
| imperative demand for more that she
] gave as an encore very amusing and
/ ell 81 1T ODD
| Miss Quinsley's reading from TX Mar
vel struck an amusing chord and WIS
| much admired both ai 90 the matter
and manner Of reading A dramatic
m0nol0gue and sequel, by Misses Bss-
sic and Lucy H1Iaday, wac admirable
Ia tue completeness Of she story 1t
told and was highly creditable
as q piece Of good acting a song
! by Miss Agnes oegsr was much enJ 1y-
| ed, The Church Across toe Way.
Several dances were additional features
Of the entertainmeat-thos by Master
| Lee EdentOn and Mr.. Tom Edeut0n
being admirably performed DR.. L. w.
| Dew and Mr.. Elicit DeJaTIette furnish.
el several raCy comic anecdotes, and
| Mr. DeJarnette gave representation
Of d struggling young author which
was acted win much humOr and great
! ly euj we'd by the audience. some
coon songs" ana dances by Miss
Marie CLANCY and Mics Abbie Scott. Of
Texas, we've received with response
Of enthusiastic appreciation in which
none more cordially joined than the
orderly dusky throng which crowded 90
gaze through the open doors and win.
dows-a gratifying proof Of the limo.
cent and kindly hum0r, as well a.
gaiety aud grace. which marked the
| performance Miss Marie Chauey gave
d splendid comic recitation as encore.
The music, furnished by Mcssrs Elem
son, Lacy. CAmmack, B1xley aud Todd,
| on violins, guitar aud banjo. was a
| spirited accompaniment TO the pro-
| gramme The entertainment Included
| IA tableau viVant-Misses Dora and
Ruth Payne aud Ellie Mastin, as fairies
ruling the dreams Of sleeping artist.
| a recitation given by Miss Dickinson
suggested as a means Of preventing a
wandering # lambs from the Baptist
| fold, @ timely use Of the parental hlck-
| DRY, q new argument for conformity 10
| these days Of freedom. An attractive
quality Of this, az well as all the other
| recitatiOns Of the evening, was the
freedom from excess Of Evolutionary
| mannerisms the absence Of which gave
greater freshness and grace TO these
numbers Long may such taste pre-
vail In old Virginia And far oil be
the day when we will have 20 endure
the unmitigated elocutiOnist
The ladies IN charge Of the entertain
ment are considered 20 have added an-
other brilliant success 10 their list Of
achievements in the same line, and are
80 much encouraged as 70 contemplate
another effort in the near future
50 much enthusiasm was ar0used by
| the beautiful hOrsemansnip displayed
at the Tournaments that the COM
munity is expecting 10 repeat that gay
and gallant contest before long. lt Is
hoped that many Of the knights Of the
last occasion will enter the list again.
Those who rode on O,tober 18th were :
Messrs. Henry AID John Todd, j. q
| BOxley, E sDeJarnette, II. DeJarnette,
n. Lacy Lester billiard, W. Carpenter.
W. Kuper, Massey, B. Dickinson, Dr..
T. w. Dew. About 200 people were
present, and none Of the Lewiston en-
tertainments have attracted more
orderly, appreciatiTe and intelligent
audience. Every one was in the humor
TO be pleased and every one went away
in a state Of self congratulati0n at haV-
ing gotten q great deal more pleasure
than was bargained for.
Bryan in New York,
Ia enthusiasm and magnitude the re-
ceptiou given to w. J. Bryan and
Adlai E. Stevenson, by the Democrats