The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-07

~ lfe during tho nne afternoons
/ A of this il1idwinter month IS
TX the daily promenade. UP
Franklin Street and out
Monument Avenue. a favorite direction
| for a stroll.
Among the Unknown figures FREE
! quently seen there is Mrs. james Brown
| Potter who lis now In Richmond, and
who takes her little dog along with her
when she Coca out for a constitutional,
slenderly erect and .faultlessly gowned
as ever
The younger set In society frequently
make Hermitage Club an objective
point OF their brisk out. OF door ex-
cursfons, the golf links, tho settle
nround the operi4flreplace and tho week
! Is dances rendering the club most
attractive gathering place for young
girls, young men ana agreeable chap
crons.
The fact that Lent comes late this
year, and that the winter season viii
extend beyond st. Valentines ami
vorsary into carly March, renders its
promise most alluring.
In midwinter, somehow, although
there is plenty OF cold ahead, ono feels
as II corner had been turned and
|ones face had been set toward the re.
mote coming OF spring. The appear
ance In the florists windows and
among the street vendors wares Of tho
delicatcly swaying bells of white hya-
cinths and Of sweet-scented narcissi
conspires to strengthen the feeling.
Mrs. Metcalf Mt Club.
The literary attraction OF Monday
afternoon at aWoman's Club lay In a
paper read by Mrs. j. c.. Metcalf. on
Prefaces, and Some OF Their Pecu-
iiarities."
Mrs. Metcaif. who is the wife OF Pro-
lessor Metcalf, OF Richmond College.
vas particularly entertaining in hcr
,eatmenf OF her subject. She cited
the humorous points or prcfaces. read
extracts from many written bv anthnrs
OF former Gay, presenting fad.. fan
eies and fashions in prefaces ma IN
everything else. She demonstrated tha
passing of prefaces, the strenuous life
OF To-day. permitting scant leisure for
me reading OF books. and quite dis.
lcarding the writer's foreword or intro.
lduction. " 'As1
Mrs. sfetcalf was plthy, bright and
clever to q degree, and having said
| what she desired, crisply and clearly
louho her conclusion when her hearers
were sorry to have her come to an
END and. like Oliver Twist, would
ss~SN y aohSQ +IOTl more.
Special guests Of the chairman ware
Mrs. r. 2. Gaines, Mrs. BASH Gwa+h7
i mey, Mrs. Charles Gulette. Mrs I'D
ward Whyte and Mrs. Husbands =,
Paducah, KY. VI
Possesses Of the afternoon were
MIS- William A. Anderson Mrs. s IT
BAR. Mrs. James caskie, Mrs. Rotar,
cecil Garlick. Mrs. James 3. Har,.is
MRS. Charles v. Meredith, Mrs. ,roln
=. Munce. Misses Ellen Guigon. He,en
Ao oI.i and Mary Penick.
st;a., s' 'arilck and Miss Gulgon pre-
SIDED at the tea table; Mrs. Cas,s,e
coffee. poured
AT ,. the meeting of the history class
" OIL, Woman's Club tomorrow afternoon
the Fifth Decade" will be disc,,ssaI
under the direction OF Miss Josenbina
IicKets are now ready for the lee
. .ule on The Five Great Painters of
~. .hs n ,sl to be given before
the club. by Miss Eda BuddeckeI Of
Baltimore. in the Young Mems Chris.
tian association Hall on Monday even
Ing. January 18th. Members are anti.
tled TO TWO guest tickets, beside fI,eir
own admission card, and may eet then,
from the janitress by calling at the
club. . - s.i'e
Iues0dy German Dance.
me New Year dance OF the Tues.
day German will be given this even.
ing IN Masonic Temple, from to L..
rms oeing the first dance in 1908.
there Is every reason to believe that
It VIII be as beautiful, as largely at
tended and as enjoyable as the Christ
mas dance given by this organization
Z on the evening Of December osth.
Council of Jewish Women.
The Council of Jewish Women vii,
meet Tuesday at 3:45 O'Clock, in the
sunday school room OF the temple. a
very interesting program will he rem
dered after the business session.
Miss Adele Williams. Miss Emma
Whitfield and Miss Inez Hutzler win
furnish the program of the afternoon.
Wnich promises to be most delightful.
Mrs. Swanson at Home.
Mrs. G. a. Swanson will be at home
this afternoon to friends after 81
O'clock, and on successive Tuesday az
.ternoons, for the remainder OF the win
ter season..
The pleasant atmosphere Of these at
homes, recalled by many attending
them. forecasts as much pleasure for
Visitors this winter as last.
In Honor Of Guests.
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entertained Friday evening In honor Of
their house guests. Miss Margaret Phil
lips. of Hampton; Miss Mazda Wright,
of Fredericksburg; Misses Pet and
Edna Beasley and Miss May Jones, OF
Petersburg, Va.
The evening was one OF great pleas
sure for all present. Miss Pet Reasley's
singing and playing We're very much
enjoyed.
BaEwell-Duvall.
Mrs. Mary S. Duyall announces the
approaching marriage OF her daughter,
Julia Whitfield, to Mr.. Irwin Glenn
Bagwell. the marriage to take place on
the evening of January ED. at $3.50
O'clock, In the home Of the bride. No.
40 North Seventh Street. this city.
Visiting Mrs. I.onsworth.
Mrs. Frances Fearn, who achieved
so much success In her lecture on Car
men Sylvia, given in the Jefferson Hotel
hall on Saturday evening last. is now
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