The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-10

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invitations 10 their annual costume IL MASK
5hall . il be held 4 january 12th lvoo,a " tt
,l,n chI,, sIrooms. ii Madison and EaS Grace
streets. The bail will begin at "a S y =
~ oclt, ~ Admission at the door, WI WI 4
mask ana co stun,e, fly cents NV lnollt
costume, but With mask one !,
Viii jbe dancing and q sup'e " ~
served the guests. li
"A colonial Tea.
j,rhe Mount Vernon Chapter, Daughters e s
of the American Revolution, 4 In Alexaf7
itlrin, Va, celebrated tho Weuuins ann am,
iversary of George washington by NJ GO q
@1onial tea, given An the home pf AZ - Il I.
ID GBrockett,,s Mrs. Howard, State regent,
,,eteiyed the guests, a SISTED by Mrs X
g. Powell Mrs Stewart Jamie son son a y
Mrs Brockett: Mrs. Lewis Scott poured
Fcoffee, assisted by Miss L eadbeat er |, MISS
Arms rong and Miss Eos ter. MIS-
Mrs. Page Entertair1s.
Mrs. Holt w. Page, of n orfolk, enter y
tnined II On tuesday III honor NJ Of Mrs 1l
James /, p shelton Of Richmond There
we're three tables of bridge whist, and the
},prlze at each table was q neck B
rho successful ladies were Mrs E>orney
Reese MRS, Preston Roper, Of Pc tersburg,
and Mrs. Allan Hanckel. Among y those those
enjoying Mrs. Pages hospitality were
Mrs. N Shelton, rs. Priest on I Roper. Mrs.
f, "a ". d. Waller, Mrs. J. LIE ighton I1u-
bard Mrs, G. Brooks Johnson Mrs, Pcr-
a. Stephenson, Mrs. Alfred Page. ~ Mrs.
Forney Reese and Miss Louise :lJu Barry.
3s Dr.. Blair's Anniversary.
Dr.. and Mrs. Blair, of cc:hur i
Va, celebrated their silver u anniversary
last week, THE house was artlstlca)!y
decorate cd In holly and mistletoe and ferns
and tho dates 1S70-190a woven in nlstletoe
and placed on tho curtains III the bay
window. 81 Az
Ir ana Mrs. Il Blair were assisted IN
receiving by their son, Mr.. J. 49, Blair,
Mr.. and Mrs Jesse CraVer, Of Macdonald
w. Va, The refresh,nent were served ny
Miss Mamie Blair Miss Bear, Miss Mat
Clio Bear. Miss Harvey and Miss Stick
ley. ,i II vs. l al i
Mrs. Blair wore an elegant white goWll
eli trnine, with diamonds, ana Mrs. Craven
was gowncd In black grenadine bull $oh
taffeta with Maltese lace collar. Over
q hrS.
Bla!r's numerous friends, and many notes
ana kilograms from friends at q q dis
tance. E 5 5ii5j
Surprise Party.
A surprise party was IN given N the
homo OF Mrs. j, y. Bailey, of Now
mort News in honor of her sister, Miss
bertha Pearson, OF Richmond. Tie guests
were Misses Alice ana Ida Cartwright,
Bertha ana Ethel Reynolds. Z Bertha end
Hrlossie Pearson, Il. Noble iBriley. and
Mcssrs s. &. Pearson George Barnes.
! Arthur King, Ecclcs. Walton, Gatcwood,
John Elliott, Nv. c. Pennington, A.. e.
Lacy ana Nj. and Mrs. Charles Estes,
Reception at Fortress Monroe,
Vast week Il brilliant reception vas
given III the administration building by
Captain and Mrs. ]. I'll, Clifford, n to Ans
troduce to society their daughter, MISS
| Anne Clifford 358f
Mrs, clifford and Miss Clifford were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs, NVestlcy M.
| Oler, OF New York and several ladies OF
the garrison.
The Fortress Monroe Orchestra furnish
cd the music, and many society people
from Hampton, Old Point and Norfolk
were among the guests 4,
Unique Entertainment.
The Norfolk Landmark furnishes the
following account Of u unique entertain
| ment 10 DO given IN Norfolk:
| A committee OF ladies, or which MIS-
! Hugh Nelson Page Is chairman. Is ar
| ranging to give nm unique entertaln-
luent known as " Spielkurtcnfest, for
the benefit of the Norfolk Protestant
Hospital, The entertainment. which has
| been given with great success III N NUM-
Der OF Northern cities, will take place
! IN The Academy Of Music early IN Feh-
luary, though the exact date has not
been finally determined, 5J HI
! The Splelkarten test III what is known
rs playing card feast, and is In
some respects similar to5tiis game called
| living chess, except that the participants,
Instead OF impersonatlng tho various
chess men, wear costumes similar TO
| those Of tho characters shown on playing
cards-kings. queens, knayes and all the
| rest Of the pack The participants. SO
coslumed arc used to play n game lot
bridge whist, and the game thus played
is said 10 he much more interesting aud
fascinating thar when played with the
| regulation paSteboards. 4
\ Misc Lila a. Stewart. Of New York,
under whose direction spielkartenfests
have been given, is here for the purpose
qf directing tha entertainment, in which
numerous well known society people
will take part. Mrs Page, the chair
man Of the committee, VIII have the as
sls,anee OF Mrs. Fergus Reid, Mrs. w,
". Baldwin and Mrs. w, S. .rait. Other
ladies interested in The affair are Mrs.
Randolph Hicks, Mrs. u. u. Hodges.
Mrs, George q, Iiobson Mrs. Caldwell
Hardy Airs, Charles Slaughter Mrs.
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