The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

Porter Mrs. Oliver Cromwell, Mrs.
Needham Mrs. Richardson Mrs Charles
~. Bell and Mrs. II. C. sYarrow.
Among the gentlemen of the Floor
COMMITTEES were Mr.. Alexander Brit.
ton, Mr.. Artl,tr Lee. Mr.. Stanton e.
Peels DR.. Hardin Count f. Hoyes. Pro.
fessor Vance and Professor Earnest. me
list or patronesscs. the longest as well
as the most distinguished ever given to
{ any similar undertaking. included all OF
the ladies OF tho Cabinet. the wives Of
ambassadors and ministers plenepoten-
tiary. the wives OF prominent army and
navy officers Mrs Thomas Nelson Page
! Mrs. II. ST. George Tucker, Miss Can
non, Mrs. Dalzell and scores OF others
1 equally prominent in official and social
Life.
The guests entertained at a young peo-
!. pies dinner at the! Whitc House on Sat
urday evening. were Mr., and Mrs Robert
Golct, Miss Roosevelt Miss Warder.
Weigh, Hon. Nicholas 81 Longworth, VS.
count dc Chambr,ir, Lieutenant U. $
Grant. third. and Mr.. William Hit. Af-
y ter dinner there was O small musical AT
which, !. lie Comfort Eapo,itana' sang and
played. Mademoiselle Nuola, tho soloist,
FITS Il New Orleans girl who has chosen &
as her professional non dc plume, the
first sylables Of her native city and
state. In reality, Madeniolsclle IS Miss
Jeanne IIfffngham Lawrence, n former
society girl, who never appeared to bet
ter advantage than she does III the
quaint costumes In which she sings tho
Neapolitan songs arranged (Cr her by
Miss Mary Alsop Cryder.F aid accom-
panied by d mandolin duhrtette
Miss Maria Unschuld, pianist TO the
Queen Of Rouinnnia, Is aiding in. fulfill
Ing an educational mission IN Washing
ton BY giving under the auspices Of the
board Of education, q series of young peo-
PIES lnatinees for5tte pupils Of the public
schools Of the District. rho board has
arranged for her. to give then, NYednes-3
day afternoons during tho session.
n Apropos to- the subject Of schools, Is
J. tho one hundredth anniversary Of the es-!
tablislIng Of the public school system at
the capital, which Is being celebrated this
week. President ] effcrson s contributed
the first 500 toward the proposed school
fund and became one Of the board Of
trustees. a bust Of Mr.. jefferson, chisel-
1 ed byssJames P.s.Van Noorhees. and ex-,
hbitcd, at, the Corcoran Gallery Of Art,
q in company with one. Of Napoleon by tho
J same sculptor, is IA counter attraction
& drawing attentionss to- the public life Of
/ tho Sage OF Monticello" Tho bit Of
marble is ofNpeculiar interest because It
portrays Jefferson as "a courtly gentle
man rather than deep thinking states
man. aud the new version, though less
picturesque than the more familiar one
{; is none the less appreciated by the ad..
/ mlrers Of ffersonian simplicity.
As IS St;ts 5iy
Arrangements are being made for the
first American ph6tographic salon, now
open In New York. to be shown here ear
Camera Club. T he exhibit consists Of
three hundred and NJ fifty prints selected
from the ten Thousand that were sent
from all parts Of the world. The artist!
jury included John ", a exander,5 Kenyon
Cox, Edwin H. B!cshfield, Ben Foster
and Irving ~ les: Il ,s,s f w 5s.s
| Tho art colony OF Washington lis di-,
crossing from its customary trend Of
thought to follow with Interest the pros
! pect OF one Of Its a,f affiliated and %popu-i
tilar3 members, beconlfng 4; hostess Of the.
EXECUTIVE Mansion IA rs Richmond, ya,.:
i SINCE her husband y Hon. Claude "A. Swan
/ son, Is the avowed candidate to succeed
| Governor Monta gac, ~ no wishes to como
to the United Statesssenate: During each
/ session sofa Congress- !: Mrs. Swanson is n
faithful udentsi pf2la hare,-aahd gives
"a much time to- her sI,nlhting as Sher Of
tsficials dutdesape !. 41er work Is clever;
and fhas 5i,rtit init 9dlfaity that makes
the true artist regret that her entire
time may not pe, gwen e portraying her
ideas bf means of,ftllef brush. " = -
Mrs: Oliver Cromwell's card party: Sal
|Iurday evening was Hamlet with Ham
let loft out, as the guest of honor, Mrs.
Moses. Taylor Campbell. of n CIV York,
was dstalned by Illness, and did not reach
the city until two days later. Mrs. Camp
bell Is. the house guest Of Mrs. CroIn-$
well and Is being much entertained while
here. w sssf "A n Nh