The age-herald., 1900-03-11
The Box Parties at the
 Jefferson the Past Week

The past week in the fashionable world, while unmarked by any large event, was, however, one of the gayest of the winter in the number of small dinner parties and box parties, with the subsequent delightful little suppers. The society woman who welcomed the prospect of the peaceful Lenten season has really been given very little opportunity for her penetential moods. The opening of the Jefferson theater was the occasion of a number of theater parties, and the assembly was the smartest of the winter. The boxes were de- cidedly picturesque with the array of beau- tifully gowned women. Among the young women Hn the boxes was Miss Anna Nor row, who wore a very effective gown of black and pink. Miss Lucy Morrow was in white. In their box were MT. Exum, Mr. Ramsey and MT. Iinn Another attractive box party included Miss Lightfoot Hobson. Miss Mamie Pearson, Miss Brookes, Of Baltimore; MT. Ross Smith, MT. John Caul, and MT. Walter Smith.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph R. Smith IT,, and Mrs. Charles J. Smith Included in their party MT. and Mrs. Hugh Morrow, Miss Annie Louise Smith and Mrs. William B. Leedy.
 MT. and Mrs. T. O. Smith, Miss Will Morrow, MT. George Ward, Mir and Mrs. William Smith occupied a box. MT. B. M. Allen and Dr. Heflin were among the club men who took boxes. The Jefferson will not even present a more beautiful scene than on the occasion of Mir. Mansfield's 8 appearance Thursday evening. Every wo- man in the audience wore her smartest theater gown and with the beautiful bright theater tine toilettes showed to great ad- vantage. All the boxes were taken. Among lehe parties was that given by Mir. Thomas Watson and Mir. Frank Ellis. The guests were Mrs. Henry Hunter Mayberry Mrs Rav MiScT T,I1nila Smith Miss Jeu- ny Porter. Miss Lightfootf Hobson, Miss Virginia Walker, Mir. Ross Smith, MT Frank Foster, MT. Mayberry and Mir. Bar rett A supper followed at the Morris. MT, Jack Martin gave a dinner on Thursday evening for MT. and Mrs. Harry Jenkins and box party alt the Jefferson.
 Mrs Jenkins was one of the handSomest women in the assembly. She wore grey toilette very richly embroidered in steel. On the preceding evening at a dinner party which was followed by a small theater party in her honor, she wore a superb jet ted gown.
 Miss TEltie Sharpe was one of the charm ing young women in Mrs. Martins box.
 MT. Mansfields appearance in Birming- ham was altogether the most notable event of the winter, and his interpretation of Cyrano has been discussed to a great ex- tent the past week. MT. MaIfsfields im- personation was of such character as to emphasize what Rostand meant when he said:
 'U am sure Cyrano cares very little that himself should be in question. He merely wishes fine deeds and fine sentiments to be, and to make sweet and shortest work furnishes them himself. And when that night he entered Gods house, and in sa- Mting broadly swept the azure threshold with his very clean plume, what eloquent and touching tirade must he have made to the Gascony Cadets in bliss at the sure vision of his fighting not having been in vain, of his having inspired others-remote audiences in America, for instance-to de- test and fight the ancient enemies that were his'