Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
IN LOUISA SOCIETY,
Zig Dance At Corduroy-Gayety at
Belle Meade
correspondence Of the Dispatch

Correspondence of the Dispatch)
LOUISA, VA, January s.-There may be
many places where merry speakers have
more fun than they did at Corduroy.
the home OF Mr.. Charles B. Vest, but we
don't know them. On Tuesday evening
the I'd Of January, the L'f'tO'v'r Club
was entertained at Corduroy from 9
9 clock, whenathe wide folding doors be-
tween the front and back parlors were
thrown open. until early dawn Those
participating in the first german were:
Miss Marie Chapman. with Mr.. Fitzger-
aid Wills, Miss Virginia Hunter Good
man, with Mr.. Vincent Chamberlayne
Nutticombe; Miss Carrie Garter CHAIN
ers, with Military Gaines Goodman, Of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Miss Caro-
line Nef Burnet. with Mr. A. Govan
Hill; Miss Nellie Sommerville McComb,
with Mr.. Charles B. Vest; Miss Elizabeth
Warwick Flanagan, with Mr. George
Watson Norris Jr., Of Virginia sPolytecf-
mic Institute; Miss Kathryn Chapman,
with Mr.. Daniel Burnet; Miss Harriette
Lindsay Bibbe with Mr.. Hugh Gordon
Burnet. Miss Marguerite Goodman, with
s Mr.. James Lewis B!bbe. of Charlottes-
VILE; Miss Sallie Rives Morris, with Mr..
B. Carroll Henson Of William and Mary
College; Miss Nancy Leigh Goodman, with
Mr.. Frank Thornton West, of William and
Mary; Miss Isabella Burnett, with Mr..
Samuel Chapman; Miss Eliza beth Collins,
with Mr.. Lynn Peers Miss Blanche Hill
led with Mr.. Will N1cComb, our efficient
leader. The stays were Messrs. Jesse
Bowles Peers, Charles Quarles Goodma n,
Of Australia; Thomas Thornton West, S.
H. Flanagan, and J. W. Flanagan.
& One Of the prettiest features OF the
german was the march in which girl and
1,n11 81 T,,;4 Ctota a.,
above their heads, and the last figure
was a column formed By couples matched
by cards, on which ere written names
OF present. day celebrities.
The supper was Sone truly worthy Of
a true old Virginia homestead.
The chaperones Of the occasion were
Mesdames HILL Burnet, Of st. Louis; and
Goodman. ~
THE GERMAN AT BELLE MEADE
On Thursday evening, aJanuary#1, Belle
Meade, the beautiful home of Mr.. Arthur
G. Burnet, was the scene of german
that even excelled the previous entertain
ments given by this hospitablez house,
hold. On the ceiling Of athe large parlor
was Belle Meade, New Year. 1906. = form
ed in holly and 1nistletoe, and banks of
evergreens filled the bay windows, man.
Ties and cornices, with candles here and
there of different colors, giving fairy
ike appearance to the whole, scene.
Promptly at#9 o'clock the Participants
of the german assembled in front OF the
old-fashioned frepla ce, with Its crane and
burning yule: logs Among the dancers
were: Miss Isabelle Neff Burnett in blue
staffeta and pearls, with Mr.. Jesse Bowles
Peers; Miss Caroline Burnet, in old rose
cashmere and lace, with AIr IA rry
Gaines Goodman; Miss Virginia Hunter
Good man, In tan grenadine and blue
trimmings with Mr.. Frank Thornton
West, OF William and Mary College; Miss
sa1lies R1ves Morris. in green organdy.
and black velvet trimmings and Kappa
Sigma pin, with Mr.. John W. Flanag gan;
Miss Carrie Chalmers, from Houston,
Tex, in blue m ousseline and old point
ACE, with Mr. Charles c. Goodma Il, . from
Australia, Miss Marguerite Goodman, II
pink etamine. with Mr. Sc Hug Burnet;
Miss Elizabeth Warwick Flanagan, IN
green organdy and applique, til Mr..
Charles B.ayest; Miss Hnrriette Lindsay
Bible. In white ashme.e, with Mr.. Dave
sBurnet Miss Nancy Leigh Goodman In
red point d'esprIt. witt Mr.. Thomas Een-
ton West.
The leader was Mfr WIZ Nice omb. The.
stays were Messrs. b. Carroll Henson; of
William and Mary Coles Mr. George
Watson Morris, ] T. :; OF lrginia Poly
.enhnic Inst tute. S. Mr.. s. H. lana gan.
Mr.11ynWopd Peers. and stanta Rurnet.
At 80 The SroupIe sforned column
and nlarcheds to- the dining Id II. n here d
most dalightfl SUPPER spread. amid
q. hol Is and mist
fterss thu third gsrna q Ahnhents'
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