The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

| obligatory, however. The ball room
| will be gay with many flags and red
and white flowers. and a delightful
| supper Will be served at II o'clock.
Tickets for the ball can be had at
the Polk Miller Drug store. Corley
Piano Company. Thompson's Drug
store, and from the following MEM
| bers of the Invitation committee, Mrs.
Thomas S.=Bacock. Ginter- Park; Mrs.
w. W. Huntley, 2021 Floyd avenue;
Mrs. Samuel w. Williams. 2So0 Grove
| avenue: Mrs. Samuel Dew. 1914 Han
over avenue: Mrs. c. c. johnson. 1873
North I.ombardy street: Mrs. Walter
! Christian. 315 South Third street and
| Mrs. c. w. Massie, 272l East Frank
| lin street.
The girls serving will be: Misses
Katherine johnson, Eeba Bradley.
Martha Sutherland. Bessie Epps, An
| ME Gray. Thompsie Brown, Janet
Wyatt, Virginia Binford. Marie Light
, foot, Miss Massey and Miss Chapman.
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph is chair
man of the invitation committee, and
those desiring to attend may commu-
nicate with her.
May Day at Hollins.
The anndai May Day celebration
at Hollins institute the past week,
gwen by the FAIRIES of reya, was
a charming AFFAIR. In lieu of the
| usual out-uuor ceiebration. MADE I'M
possible by rain, there was an i'm
prop.u concert IN the auditorium I'M
der tho direction of Professor Rath.
On the rostrum dogwood tree was
pIaceu tae peuais of wnicn contained
the selections and numbers of each
urh
! mong tnose participating were Misses
Young. Montague Stearnes, Borden,
Lipscomb, Anger, Hodges, Lo aise Rath
ana Misses hath. the Giee Club &C.
cupieo seats on the rostrum. 1t Is
needless to ay mat this muical as ar
ranged by Professor Rath was done
with his usual artistic skill and dis
played some of the best talent at the
college. Among the guest were the
following former pupils: Miss Laura
Powell Tucker. daughter OF Hon. St
George Tucker. of Norfolk; and a
former May Queen: Miss Phoebe Hun
ter. Of Mont Clare. Pa, former May
Queen: Miss Florence Barlow. of
OHIO; Miss Kitty Mae Sittle. of Mis-
souri,, Miss s. Horne. of North Caro-
llne. Miss Theresa Nurney. OF Suffolk,
Va. Mis- Elizabeth Downs. of Ne
braska: Misses JAMIE and Mary Stuart
Cooke. of Virginia; Miss Frances
Mitchell. OF Illinois: Miss Louise Car
psuter,r nf-F fgtnia..- Mis- Henrietta
Taylor. OF Arkansas: Miss Douglas
Hill, OF North Carolina: Miss Susie
Anderson. OF Virginia: Miss Kitty
ttoge. ef Virginia.
We'd on June ~.
Miss Lizzie Motchkiss as Is her an
Gordon. Of Barton Heights. 10 Mr.. +.
Guerrant Cosby, Jr., of LynchburS.
Va. will be an interesting event next
month The ceremony Viii take place
on Tuesday. June IL.
Engagement Announced.
Mrs. Regina Zelus, of Highland
Park, announces the engagement OF
her daughter. Emile. TO Mr.. William
y. Gregory. The wedding Will take
place carly in June.
House Party.
Miss Lizzie Hotchkis, as Is her an
nual custom, is entertaining "a num-
Der of her friends at a house party
at her country home, on Ivy Road,
near Charlottesville, Miss HotehkisS
has as her guests Misses Mary Leigh,
Mabel Allen, Virginia Gordon, Eloise
Waidrop. of Norfolk; Nan Goodwin. OF
Fineastle. Va: Helen Stevens and
Mary Moulton, of Richmond.
Art Cub Notes.
Miss Lou Belle Jones. whose ability
as "a teacher Is too well known to
need comment here. favored the Art
Club last Tuesday afternoon with an
account of the folk lore of former
times, from which cur stores have
been enriched. Miss Jones enlivened
her lecture with well presented Elk
amples OF stories, incidents and SAM
pies of the stories of all lands and
all times. The intention of the lee
turer was to show how wonderfully
tha HistprN OF, the. world has been
il, g ttisfs1
games. songs. lullabys. and stories
which have been the universal cur
rency of childhood and mature life
from beyond the beginnings of au-
thentic history. Gifted by nature with
an agreeable presence and good voice,
Miss Jones kept her interested au-
dience on tho quiet for over an
htttif, carrying many Of her hearers
.ack TO the days when -Four and
twenty biackbirds were baked In a
pie.' was looked upon as as actually
ty tks ssiseeeyed listeners to t.c mys.
tcr!es of Mother Goose. Chiidrcn's
games, stories and rhymes were shown
to be of n more common origin than
.,any have supposed possible, and, in
her selections from that storehouse
u folk lore, japan. Miss Jones show
ed how "one touch OF nature makes
se @nole world kim" Although China
Is also rich Held, Miss Jones failed
to note the fact, leaving this as q sub
ject for some future talk, II In to be
hoped.
Although sthe art school is APP
oroaching It's final days OF the pres
errt course, the interest manifested
earftsr IN rTS session continues In full
force and the prospects for another
year Of even more pronounced sue
cess are more than fiattering.
Miss Ellen Glasgow, well known In
Richmond and elsewhere, will give
the patrons OF the Art Club and their
friends the benefit OF her experiences
and observations on art and litcra-
ture in various parts Of the world
next Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock.
require more than notice to insure
a good audience. 1t Is not generally
understood that all members Of the
Art Club are entitled to invite their
friends to these informal talks vi.
TUESDAYS.
Party At the Fern Leaf,
Among the many attractive parties
given to the business women OF Rich
mond, one Of the most unique took
place at the Fern Leaf tea rooms on
the evening Of May sth In honor OF
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