The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-15
|SOCIA AND
PERSON AL

PERSO AL 5
81 The members and visitors Of the#sN l'ss
mans Club yest erday enjoyed a. scnoiar-
" and graphic paper on :. Recent E1 pro
.rations, read by Mrs. ]. Enders sfo .li.
son. who said, in opening, that. her5 !;:,e
was. 1.-THE beginning is more tnan
the whole.'Inste of dwelling on on . lev
especial explorations, Mrs. Roplnsoli gu,
fcircled her hearers around the giobe' - o. -
spoke Of explorations during the iast
teen years commencing Wit q tlal ono -
dear to Virginians hear = :. :.
From there she took her hearers 70 .fIo.i7
a.. On throi,el, Tennessee, California
iN1exico. Central America, along TO south
America. then crossed to Arctic ana AM AM
arctic regions through the Red Sea,Z1r ON
whence the guests Travelled and uneartn
wifi, the reader Antiquities In the East.
especially the Albion Hills, and on tnr 0.,n
ECorinth Troy and many otner scenes
that by word pictures are ia 1lll!a 10
Americans. In closing, Mrs. Roolnso'i
made a strong plea for prayers OF Amer
cans and yirginians for the explorers
whose white lights eliminates the pages
of history and closes the lips OF the sc oI-
fers forever She said we should pray
for the explorer, who by hunting out the
records of the Bible, forgetting SELL ial
from home always in danger, hopes 1or
the salvation of the world.
At the conclusion Of the lecture Mrs.
John Hunter poured chocolate ana MI ?.
William Adams tea. The guests OF tne
club included Miss Virginia Sully' Nlls.
Booton Hill. Mrs. Robert Green, MIS- W.
/,,-. r. StqcV. MISS
Margaret Watkins, Miss Mary Watkins,
The visitors included Mrs. Richardson anu
Mrs. Christian, OF Staunton; Miss Tyson,
OF Sandy Springs, Md; Mrs. J. A.. WI
kins of Petersburg, Va; Miss Wessln e,
Mrs. Thomas Buchanan, Miss B. i.
Farntleroy. Of Kin gand Queen count
Miss Robinson, Of Pennsylvania; Miss u.
Affeld, of Brooklyn, n. Y; Mrs. Georse
Small Of York, Pa; Mrs. William IL -
Mccartney, Of Wilkesbarre; Mrs. NJ. =.
Nichols, Of Bedford City.
Mrs. George Barksdale gave an elegant
luncheon in honor Of Miss Powers, u
Towson, Md Covers were laid for ten
ana the table was prettly decorated in
ionuuils violets and maidenhair. cen
ter Of jonquils in a handsome cut-slass
vase rested on a large Battenburg mat
over yellow satin, while punches of vlo-
lets tied with satin ribbon, in which was
caught a gilded name card, marked the
place Of each guest. The color scheme
was further brought out by the ices
which were served in the form Of Easter
eggs. Those invited to meet Miss Powers
were Miss Landon Harrison. OF Danvllle'
Miss Eliza beth Dame, Of Baltimore: MISS
! Jane Taylor, of Hanover; Miss Paullns
Powers. Miss Josephine Putney. Miss Mar
garet Watkins, Miss Mary Watkins, Miss
| Lucy Mason and Miss Goodwin.
Governor and Mrs. A. ]. Montague will
give an informal reception Wednesday
| Apri1 Esd, in honor of the Robert c. Os-
! den marty, who will be at the meeting o.
| the Southern Board Of Education tha1
| day in Hampton, Va, and who will be
| in this city for few hours that nlgh
before leaving for Athens, Ga.
| To this reception the Richmond Eda
| cational Society, which numbers abou
40. are invited, and short talks will d
made by Governor Montague, Mr. Robert
| C. Ogden. DR.. Walter Page, Mr.. Hamll
ton Naybee and Dr. Mcconnell. The
whole affair will be delightfully."- 1ntor
| NAL. No written invitations will be is
sued. and the Richmond people are asket
to come promptly at $50, as the othe
! narty will have to leave this city sOor
y
! after 10 o'clock.
| About a hundred people will go dow1
| from here to Hampton in the morning
| on a special train over the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway.
Mr.. Carter W. Branch entertained Sat
III day night in honor of Joseph Jefferson
| Among the guests at this elegant rece;
ton were Governor and Mrs. a. j. Mon
/ tague, Lieutenant-Govarnor and Ms jus
! E. Willard, Miss Claudia Palmer, Mis-:
| Virginia Lassiter, of Petersburg; Colone
and Mrs Barton II. Grundy, Mr.. Joh1
4 Branch, Miss Eff1e Branch, Miss Leiis
Myers, Mr.. Leigh Page. Hon. Eppa Hun
ton, Jr, Judge George w. Morris, of Char
! lottesyille: Mr. and Mrs. Charles e. Boil
/ ing, Hon. A. Caperton Braxton and man!
| Others
The Rev. Dr.. James Nelson, presiden
Of the Womans College, is making ar
engagements to send a large number of hi
| pupils to the Charleston Exposition Thu
4 week. It is probable that large mum
4 Ter o. the young ladies of the Richmon'
Female Seminary, the Southern Femai
| College. Of Petersburg, and the Black
stone Female Institute will also go t
Charleston to-day.
All the young ladies will be chaperone
BIZ MAJ, cns in charge of the schools.
A large number Of pupils of the Mar.
Baldwin Seminary Will also make III
tr;r.
Miss Mary Gay Palmore and Mr.. Wilso
NJ. Gilmore will be married Wednesda
at the home OF the brides sister, No. Il
! East Grace Street. at 5 o'clock.
l. Only the Immediate family will be pres
ent, and DR.. George Cooper will ofticiate
The bride-elect is the daughter of tn
/ late Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer G. Palmors
3 Of Poland Powhatan county, while tn
/ groom has for a number of years bee
connected with the firm Of Sydnor
HIndley.
Among the Richmond guests who Wi
be present to-day at the kemp-Bryan nup
:ials, in Washington, are Mr.. and Mrs
/ Joseph Bryan. Misses Lucy, Norma an
! Hope Stewart, Messrs. John Stewart an
] jonathan Bryan. A. Randolph Holiday
Spencer Carter, W. G. Ferguson, Charlie
II. Talbot, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Pinckney, and Miss Mabel Walker.