The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09

Much regret was expressed last Inui
| dav afternoon at the Jeffe1 son oiuo 80, ,,ai
he lecture delivered by bliss A.ai rs,,;,. ):
| on 'rAlichael Angelo and WHO % - NOD
| ae rho last OF the series which n
,ro,,ad s,ch delight to the hearers
| .rhoea attending these intellectual anu 81
| o,.1 functions heartily thank Mrs. e. ~
| ca1isch. the originator or the
! and 20 whom is due the great success $50 a.
| he ENJOYABLE lettings IN way % 10
| ion teas" that Miss Blair iec.ul Wrs
oI ~ Ia honed that in the spring Mls:
| c,a,iech will arrange for another series Oh
| SIaass n+ entertainments of some k1no-
| A n1easant addition among the echoo'
III element is that of Miss Nora L-at1s
| horne who arrived in the city ths
| If the week. and will remain ooas +b.
| r. I2ichmond Female Seminary ioi -,
eiie -, session. Miss Langhorne IS
| 10 youngest and now only unnlai 'eo
! ,an,hter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. La's
| horna and will make her debut next WI
| ,er when she is sure 10 iolto"
listers footsteps as q, social taV' o'A'e'
Reports and echoes heard from lll .,,, =.
| az resort. Intimate that they wiz "
q ss,u -, Measure seekers, the season
| - AiEen heing in Its full swing. TX.
o.atsea new hotel is icing sreatiS
ICED hut as the people literary i've ou'
3 doors II does not greatly matter. ne -.
- a1entv going on, and there IS IAN
| of Getting up horse show. tAiiions ,.;ss
| latest additions from TINS Guy and
.da Atkinson. VINO IS ''si'iNs
| Mrs Reginald Brooks
| cnn,a has been busy. and we nase
,ad two weddings and as many iIls nv,
,ana both the weddings being at rathei
earlv hour. By the bye. 1t is ui,le
hat Dame Runlor told Of some app oaIn
no weddings for Easter, ana sue n Is
| r-h,enered very gently that one Oh CiIe
a.s,.ae Mill he carried away to a d.s-
~ state some time within the next Two
on+bs Int she is the mos unreiaoiS
Lattarhox In Christendom. The WeoollS
| fnIiss R1acker and Mr.. Clarke causeo
! raat interest both of the parties oelhs
,.,tishers. and members of the Deep Run
! lunt Club.
,,.a.v,,a, Ra~bv was among the dam
a. the last cottillon OF tn Weones-
~ C1,h which was danced at bei-
] onico,. in New York. A pretty hsuie
,as military one, .tntrodhced ny
,ader Mr.. Montgomery Schuyler. 'l-'
,hic1, presented hundred yours "oIiien'
.,rrving silken flags of all nations "a -
% of m lita:y novelties n'litais
1rf
urr al which considerable oi lei'.aIity
as displayed in the arrangements. baCa
the e,,chre tables represented p9o.
,;th red. white and blue faestall' ~
hicb fnated a small silk flag OF th7
cation. Flags were also USED LOT - ~,
| ars and the scores were announce
the blowing of trumpets, while the
',.o roeression was made to the beating
tha drum- The table appointments
ore in red, white and blue. and the Pc
-. wore tri-colored rosettes. Ihere We .
an tables with about the same mum 90
prizes, which were carried OUT Is GO
! IS possible in the same nliltars
| rhe rooms were decorated Win haeo
-o;ot,, 1,ec,ne as little children yester-
Nv afternoon under the spell OF MISS
Jari. Shedlock, of London England "ho
| 1trrned TO the Richmond public ana ue
,ehted an audience of about oo pe1
| ME at the old All-Saints' buiioins, na.l
If which was composed Of little chiiu u1. eti
Miss Shedlock who had been inc gu.
If Miss Precious Moore during .iie
and had been shown the sights Oh 'iis
citv was introduced to her audience ~
graceful manner by her hostess shol ny
ofter 2 o'clock Immediately she step-
ned on the platform she won the heai =
, | IF her hearers. She was CLAD III So".
r-hich was like a fairy and lao oee.i
designed by Ellen Terry's sister. IL wa
of soft green silk, with tiny "n''o rs
, ure running over IL, hlaoe elttp .;Il.
he yoke being of white shlrred sun,
while bands Of green and white 1e"eisu
embroidery were very quaint, ana 'i,o
sleeves were Of silk. with three Httie
,,1ffs Of white silk. A girdle to one sue;
circ1ins with a large tassel, completed
/ this bewitching costume
Tn the commencement OF her TALK s.is
l ,3,ys 0Y no
hut would try to please the little tots:
rb;ch she did aid not they alone. II
SPONTANEOUS laughter from one and All
cccnts. for anything. !,
eve can all be fafries-that is to say
Miss ShedIock said. 'If we I'VE "heie ~.
t | fairies live. in land OF Imagination; tha !
; land in which I propose to travel TINS d.
! ternoona' and in the land Of dreams thes
e were carried.
' miss shedlock recited several selections.
0 which were greeted with bursts OF ap-
! n,ause: Among her selections were ne
!, New Version OF the Sleeping Beauty,
e ."The Religious Camel" which was an
0 Fast Indian story and told for the pleas
4 | ,,reaof the boys, and showed that IN some
4 instances religion and laziness sone.ln l'
J, -o.-hand In hand: 1.-THE Tiger and the
! e.,,,,s.. suThe Three Stiles and a selec-
49,, troyn eHawthorne's Wonder Book. .
: Whar she concluded the children
.o,rdad around her and it was refresh
i ,ns, "a hear. the little eager ones say: !
e ,, ls the tiger one best" mo. don't: )!
z think thin the Three Stiles was far nicer"
: and SO on.
d for Washington, followed by the good
e wishes Of her friends who VIII be per
Il hans interested to know that her first
e audience of little children was that at
: Sherry's several years ago under the di-
: rection sof Mrs. r osgood Mason.
I The st. Valentines ball in Au'
= gusta. Ga. Friday was mag
,nifcent spectacle, and Miss Elise
% Davenport, Miss Helen Christian and