Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-09
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL

PERSONAL
Mrs. VIM. Simpson. of Duke street.
is spending some time at shawesville.
Capt. Marshall left yesterday for Hot
Springs. Ark.
Miss Carolynne Cohn. OF Botetourt
street. left yesterday for Yellow Sui
phur.
Mrs. John j. Burroughs and family
left on Monday for Oakland, Md.
Mrs. B. NJ. Baker and family left
on Monday for Oakland, Md.
Mrs. r. L. Payne and family left
yesterday for Bedford Springs.
Mr.. w T. Harvey and daughter. OF
Columbus. Ga. who have been visit
me MI. and Mrs. Lamar Pound, have
returned home.
Mrs. Brown and the Misses Brown.
OF freemason street, are spending some
time at Mountain Lake.
Mr.. Erskine Miller. OF staunton. Va,
is the guest of Mr.. C. c. r. Kelly. on
| Duke street.
Messrs. Reginald Smith and Robert
Hughes. Jr.. left last week for Rock
bridge Alum Springs.
Judge w. b. Martin and family left
a few days ago for Sweet Chalybeate
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. w. Norman left yes
terday for Rock bridge Alum Springs.
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Miss Emily Baker is spending some
time at Ocean View.
WOMAN'S INTEREST.
Mrs. NJ. e. w. Sherwood, in her inter
esting article in the Times Saturday
Review on modern heroines in novels,
pays high compliment to the heroine
of Miss Johnston's latest work. Among
other things she says:
"Of all the novels of the last two
years. it would be difficult to ....>. one
agreeable and loving girl until one
comes to Helen Sherwood in The Cen
t1eman from Indiana. also one Amer
lean girl in Renson's wildly 'larky,'
witty novel. Mammon.' where he has
been kind enough to cmbody all beauty
and charm in an American heiress.
said to he study from Lady Curzon.
Miss Johnston, in her great novel of
To Have and to Hold has made an
other enchanting heroine of the real
good old tyne. How that handsome
creature holds all men at bay, includ-
ing the lover who has bought her 40
pounds of tobacco. How she carries
her ineffable refinement and feminine
Sraces into the wilderness until the
Indian boy (brother to dear Pocahon-
tas) tames panther to be her guar
dian watchdog. From first to last Miss
Iohnston's heroine Is n lady. and n
lovable thing, like Juliet and Viola :
like Rosalind and Beatrice: like Diana
ana vernon, whose robes we used to
KISS like the later charming women
OF Miss Austen, although under new
conditions. Yet the more romantic
the conditions, the better for the sue
cess. And. indeed, in TO Have and to
Hold such creature would be an
imperative order, for who could let her
so?
Mrs. Humphrey Wards 'Marcella'
was distinct success, n most beau
THU, willful BeatriX. yet n lady; an
adorable creature. even after she mar
RES and G>comes a slightly tiresome
distinctly slides downward in fascina-
tlon after she marries so WE'LL
WOMEN AS FLORAL DECORATORS
Floral decorations Is work that a few
artistic and energetic women have UNI
dcrtaken recently, and in most cases
with satisfactory results. The greatest
success is reported to have been
achieved by two young women-sisters
who chose London as their field.
They began with Il dinner and the
table arrangement was so original and
effective that orders began to come in
at once from the friends of the hostess;
and the sisters had all the work they
could manage. They did all the deco
rating themselves and not infrequently
spent whole days on the top of step
ladder arranging the blossoms and
vines which they had risen early to
select at the flower market. Despite
It's draw backs these young women are
enthusiastic over their work which
Noted them an excellent income, es-
peciaily FOR the first season.
FOR THE CHINA CLOSET.
Finger bowls have grown smaller.
The latest are made of tinted Bo-
hemian glass, and have footed bowl
which rests OH plate 10 match III
possible the finger bowl should carry
out the color scheme of the table. The
most correct champagne glasses have
the melon shaped bowl. After-dinncr
coffee cups are now large enough to
be used for afternoon tea. They come
in the long. low. caidron shape. The
latest glass for serving sorbet or punch
is known as the violet cup shape. II
| resembles somewhat a large violet and
is made of violet glass. The tulip is
Il favorte sorbet glass. and is usually
seen in shades of yellow. Punch OF
Sorbet is also served in the heart of a
full-bown pink rose made of the new
pink Bohemian glass. All these flower
glasses rest on naturally shaped
green leaf. which is of glass, and
used for tho saucer.