The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-02
Bv RICHARD HOVEY'

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welcome by the members OF the cup any
the ladies present .a.a.
Those receiving after the hunt VEL ,,,,
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. a. =. pa
ford, Mrs. S. D. Crenshaw, Misses f ,,.,,.
Scott, Hattie Ross. Margaret Slil.'
Marv Buford. Maude Morgan Eli2apell'
FRAZIER sue. Splman. Claudia Palmer
Helen Christian and Allene Stokes.
Pretty Tea. .,
Miss Marcy Green Watson OF NO -,
crove Avenue. was the graceful hostess
ar q very pretty ten yesterday "ii'
from 4 30 to 6 o'clock. x.o,,,
Miss Watson. who wore dainty 1roch
OF white organdie and lace with pare p.u ~.
ribbons. was assisted in receiving W
Misses Grace Mckee and Elizabeth BEN.
lev At the punch bowl We're Misses No
RE sands and Mary NcFaden, ana MISS
Opheia Minor poured chocolate.
decorations in halls and parlors, carried
| ont tho holiday spirit with wreaths OF |
| holly and cedar and festoons OF ground
| pine.
| In the dining-ro where pink roses
mini, carnations and candles with PINK
! shades made a charming background 10Y
| the procession of guests. the young .i'''es
assisting were: Misses Lucille Cullins-
| worth Katherine Rhoads and Katherine
| Copeland.
Those invited were Misses Margaret
| Camp Verna Albert, Louise Evans, Louie
| Crenshaw, Eliza Leake, Rosa Mose!ey,
| Adelaide Rothert, Virginia Rothert'
Sophie Galeski ophelia Minor, Lucille
Cullingworth, Margaret Newell, Margaret
Lynn, Lewis Jones, Katherine sinton,
! Ellen Ball. Aston Drake. Martha Roberts.
Ethel Boudar, Marie Sands, Katherine
| Rhoads. Edith Michaels. Emma Brown.
Camilla Wexford, Emma Conquest,
/ Marianne Gibbs. Elizabeth Taylor. Dallas
Lee. Alice Hoge. Elizabeth Jones. Sarah
Oppenheimer and Florence Baston.
In the evening from 6 to S o'clock, Miss
i Watson entertained her receiving party
of the afternoon, together with the fol-
lowing young gentlemen: Messrs. Blair
Fits, Moylan Fits. James Cecil. Charles
Sands, Henry Staples, Binford Walford,
II Wallace Blanton, Joseph Crenshaw, Her
bert Dalton and David Cluis
Misses Erwin Entertain.
Unusually pleasant was the birthday
party given last evening by Misses Mary
!, and Addie Erwin in celebration Of their
fifteenth birthday. The parlors Of the
Richmond Hotel, where the young hos
tesses received their guests, were gay
3 with Christmas decorations in red and
green. In the dining-room pink, the
color of youth and beauty. was the pre-
vailng tint in the decorations. pink roses
, ribbons and candle shades being useo
!, with beautiful effect.
: Bowls of pink and white roses We're
d placed at each side of the centrepece Q
q ferns, and long streamers OF pink rib
. bon and wreaths of smilax EXTENDED
from the chandelier to the corners
y the table Pink-shaded candles IN cryst'
d candelabra lit up the circle Of fair youn
faces; and each guest found Mt her plat
a dainty hand painted place-card Tn
pretty souvenirs were tiny willow bask
- cts tied with pink ribbon and filled wit
:, candes Ices We're served In beautlft
III flower molds set in a. basket OF spu
;, candy
- Miss Mary Erwin wore turquoise blu
a. and Miss Addie pale pink crepe de chin'
:. Several amusing contests added to IN
3 excitement of the evening, ana tne ce,e
monious cutting of the two nirthua
cakes was a feature of the occasion.
IT Ghosts OF the evening were: Mlsse
IN Fannie scott. Emma Conquest. Carr
un wnddey, Lena Miller Katherine Haga1
srs Camilla, Wexford, Margaret Morgan. Els
err Toarrsh Mamie Smith. Elizabeth ThVlo
IN Julu Schmidt, Helen Gray Watson, MAJ
Chalmers, Mary Grigg. Willie Crutc
ne' field, Agnes Grigg. Helen Haskin
rs. Phoebe Warwick. Edith Donnan, kath
mn rine Robinson. Opheia Minor ana Eu
my May Burke.
me- Informal Tea.
thy Miss Mary Simpson, of No. u we
CLAY street, entertained informally NO
n day afternoon, In honor of the v,slt.,
Sa members Of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorori'
VA The house was prettily decorated
I'd Christmas greens Dainty plac" carns
m tho tea-table were in Zeta Tau Alp
ID co,ors. blue and gray, and the refres
HI ments carried out the same scheme
Ea Those present were Misses Mary a
~ Ann Tuner. Helen Baker, Peachy Har
ka son. Virginia Binford. Marguerite Man
M Matte Brown, Julia Barnes, Bert
HI Knapp. Isabel Walker. Mary Halves ~
M and Shirley Manor.
81 Progressive Euchre Party.
ri The card party to be given on Nj
EH day evening next. ny the o aK"oou !.
k mortal Association promises to be a m
Ia ENJOYABLE affair. The entire lower II
Es Of the old Van Lew homestead. on 2
M Grace street has been offered the lad
M and will be thrown open for the occasi
M ,rhe following ladies will constitute
WI reception committees: Mesdames j
ID Hughes John Bagby. c. w. Massie, w
d Chcatwood Charles Blups WIN
III Moore, David Richardson and Step
kM Beveridge Mrs. Dudley Edwards, \
Ea Atkerson and Miss Moore Will score
M the game of progressive euchre.
IN The decorations are in the emo
E hands of Mesdames Hasker, Riddlck,
EA lott, Kellhm, Dallas Richerson' "
M Hiram Anderson Richard Talley, Er
M Moore Brown and Miss Andrews;
M the following ladies will have charg'
M tho REFRESHMENTS: Mesdames New. Cal
Eg3 Moore and Tallaferro. Misses J
E Walsh, Mamie Miller, Hasker. Points
M Murray.
The candy table Will be unusually
I'll traetive. and will be under the directio
@ Misses Julia Yeager Mary Curtis, y
Hancock, Marie Curtis, Grace scherl
& horn. Lola Brown and Mamie Wadd,
Pleasant Occasion.