The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

tors in the perennial search for pleas
ure, the social calendar is necessarily
filled to overlooking with interesting
events each day being pleasantly
jpunctuated with delightfully."- informal
gatherings among the assem- Bile d
guests. Small parties are somewhat
the order of the day. the guest list
OF the springs being almost too large
to permit of too frequent entertain
ment, en- masse. of the colony now
gathered here.
But everybody on the place assured
/ ly enjoyed their share of the general
fun when. on Thursday night, under
the joint auspices of the Roanoke
German club and the local hotel man
agement, the second In the series OF
brilliant cotillions scheduled for the
present season. took place in the ball
room OF the hotel. The hotel, with
its quaint old bridgeway and the ad =
tacent pavilions thickly strung with
Chinese lanterns, presented most
festive appearance. from until IL
O'Clock, to the inspiring strains OF an
imposingly large orchestra, dancing
was pleasurably INDUCED In by the
sixty odd couples present. Several
rarely pretty figures We're led in the
course of the evening by Mr.. Strother
Jones, of Roanoke, and at IL o'clock
I delightful punch and sandwiches were
! INDUCED in.
, Following the usual nightly hop
Mrs. II. A. Smith, of West Virginia,
entertained on Wednesday night with
charming Welsh rare-hit supper at
which she had as guests about fifty
of her friends The supper room had
been prettily arranged for the oc-
casion, and Mrs. Smith was assisted
in the various Inequalities Of the even
ing by Mrs. w. Fl. Frey, of Petersburg;
Richard Crump, of Mexico City, and
Miss Julia Todd, OF Norfolk.
Mr.. w. H. Frey and Mr.. william
Seymour were joint hosts at an en-
Joyable watermelon feast given on the
lawn on Tuesday morning from II
until / o'clock.
Much interest attaches to the an
nouncement which has been made
that "a costume ball is to be given
here on the evening of Saturday
August 18th. and preparations are
now busily afoot to render the event
notably successful one.
Mrs. Julian ]. Chisolm, and her
young daughter. Miss Katherine
Chisolm. are recent charming addi-
tons to the Blue Ridge guest list.
DR. and Mrs. G. w. Westmoreland,
formerly of Mexico City, but now of
Birmingham. Ala. arrived on Thurs
day night for their annual visit to
/ f1lue iSluEe,
Mrs. Edward Tucker Harrison. of
Richmond, paid a brief visit to the
springs last week. as the guest of her
father, Mr.. James Gray. of Richmond.
Mr.. Holcomhe Adams and Mr..
James Owen Watts, of Lynchburg, ar
rived in their car on Wednesday for
a visit of several days. --~
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j. Hancock
and daughter. OF Lynchburg. are well
come additions to the Hill City con-
tingent here.
Miss Mary Bolts, OF Roanoke, is a
guest here.
DR., A w. Freeman, of Richmond.
spent the weekend here with his
family.
Mrs. l.. r Warren and daughter,
Miss Lewis Warren. of Richmond. are
popular guests here now.
Miss Maude Caskie, OF Lynchburg
has Joined her mother and sister here
Mrs. p. II. Dalton. OF Winston
Salem, N. c., accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Margaret Dalton, ar
rived here on Monday for a stay of
some weeks.
Miss Helen Parish and Miss Louisa
Shelton, LOT Winston-Salem. are also
guests hare.
Or. and Mrs. J. J. Phillips and Chill