The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-23
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ID showed Ereab cars Aiiu WV" ''D - ,-LA
\ aration and gained force Of expression press
Y 81 Mrs. stanard's excellent manner n' anu
4 clear voice in reading.
Il The pleasant afternoon tempted every ~
IL one clubwards, who could possibly CO.
X rho parlors consequently were thronseu'
VI Mt not ,,npeasantly crowded Chair
ID ,nan,s guests were: Mrs. James Lyons,
n,rr Arthur Seldom, Miss julia Wool
u bridge, Miss Marie Williamson. OF f req
I erick. Md. Tea and coffee were ponreo
bv Miss Madgc Freddy and Mrs Ernma3
v Read Ball
Il M Next Monday afternoon Mrs. John
Hunter viii present paper before IN, me
Il ei,,h. which will be read by the Kew. IT
II NJ Il Evans. Mrs. Hunters well RhVW f,i
literary ability invests her afternoon VII, -!
" tn greatest interest for her 1riehos -
y the club and outside OF II. ,6
Mr.. lMesser's Lecture.
one 81 the most interesting events OF OF
" to-dav will be the lecture given AZ o;So
O'clock tonight in the rooms OF the h!cn,
# ,,nnd Art club. corner Of Madison anu
1 nrane streets by Mr.. Edmund Clarence 20
y dasser. president Of the Corcorah Az Az
u School, Washington. y. =. !. !.
rs - o,,bers 81 the Art Club and the pu o.
3,,e rn,,erally are looking forward Win
tha 4 greatest interest to Mr.. Messrs
& appearance. 4
Work Of the Danes.
,rha 1yoman's Home Companion for
4 ,,orch has a lengthy article on the WON
,1r,re by the national society OF eioloh IA
DANES in America. The article STATES
4 that the leadership OF tho national Ia, SO
5ciety passed two years ago 10 MRS ~ ny
bert Augustine Claiborne, OF TINS cry,
s ana refers to Mrs. Claiborne aS t,ue
II 1irrinian. tho daughter Of the Cabello'
" r,arrinrhons and CANDLES. numbering
arronp her ancestors Simon Codington.
y: the first Englishman TO possess Aand IN
a this country in his own right; o tate
chairman Of Order Of Descendants oIa
4 Colonial Governors. and State president
Il OF Colonial Danes.
,rhe allusion made to the work or tne
j colonial Danes in the State Of virginia ma
does not do them justice, ana IS H4to-
f rether incorrect. It says:
.,rhe Virginia society. presided over by,
& the national president, otfers q 1h et,
Z 10 students Of the University OF VIZ
uinia. originally William ard Mary Col
iere., for the best essay on Virginia his
y 5+ory: and In this institution at w Villains
& fnn,,re. the second seat of learning IN
Va n,erica, which was founded by Two
II royal benefactors in 1893. ard attended
nv three Presidents-Jef Monroe
and Tyler-has been set q tablet OF
F'Iorentine marble.
AS the Danes meet next THURSDAY
they will doubtless take pleasure IN re-
moving the confusion in Ideas Whcn
z seems to prevail concerning the Univer-5
Il .s,tyiof Virginia and William and Mary
college. They could certainly give their
b work a broader scope and more definite
aim than evidently exists in the minds Of
outsiders concerning it.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Russell Robinson, OF Nelson coun-
ty.5 is visiting Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson
X this week.
Mrs. J. S. NIurrell is the guest of Mrs.
w. "A. Chambers, at No. 0 West Grace
~ Street.
Miss Mary Sage Burrows. Of Saginaw,
n Mich, who is visiting Mrs. Byrd War
wick. spent q part of last week at the
Chamberin Hotel, Old Point and was
the hostess Of dinner party while
there.
Misses En1mie and Ruby Thomas and
Miss Ellen Pollard are spending some
weeks very pleasantly with friends In
Newport News, Va.
Mrs. Mary Darlington Reynolds. Of
Hampden-sidney, Va, has announced the
Ii enga cement Of her daughter, Maria
Davis, to MIR. Saxon w. Holt, Of Newport
News The wedding date has been fixed
for April goth.
Miss Madge Drummond. OF Norfolk. is
! the guest of friends In Richmond.
Miss Elizabeth Robins is visiting Mrs.
Z. r. Baird, Jr., in Client, Norfolk
Mr.. Frank W. Mccullough, of Norfolk.
whose wife was the beautiful Miss Vir-
ginia Hayes Of Richmond. in whose
q honor, Mr.. Mccullough named his yatch
Virginia, is now contracting for n launch
. which. 1t Is said, Will be the fastest boat
In the Hampton Roads fleet.
Mr.. George Bell OF Petersburg, spent
yesterday with friends In Richmond
Mrs. NJ. r. Eubank, of Warm Springs,
Va, spent several days of last week III
Richmond on her way to Florida, where
sile will spend the remainder OF February
$s and part of March. Mrs. Eubank and
Mrs Glover go to the Warm about tht
LIST OF April, the spring season requiring
the early opening Of the hotel
Mr.. Louis Minnegerode, of Lynchburg
Va, who was badly shot through thu
hand last week, is slowly improving.
Mr.. William Gray is spending wee,
In New York city.
Parties arc already being made up 70
The Worlds Fair at st. Louis Mrs. Nan
ME D. Werth. who has been spending TIL
winter with her son In Philadelphia. I'M
taken house In st. Louis. which will b.
headquarters for many OF her Virgini;
x friends, who expect To- visit the fair.
Miss Page Booker. who was quite scl
for several weeks in Richmond, has SUN
GENTLY recovered to leave for her HON
at the University OF Virginia.
Mrs. n. w, lowe Is out again. as nc
friends will be glad to hear. after yer
severe illness from grip.
Miss Betty Burweil Booker Is meetin
8 with great success through her drawn
room and concert engagements in Lor