The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-02
ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch


iiockbridrc Mum Springs. Va. Au-
gus, i-Th" season here continues to
be tho Gaycst in Years. Rarely has
the Alum Witnessed AN entertainment
rivaling the biz; cotillion o. Thursday
evening. i'm which nrty-siN couples par
ti"ipatcd i'm the half and half" the
inaNiNc. the lam" duck. the "1:ii'
figures were led 10y n. -. SNOW. OF
Tampa. Fla. damcing with Miss Grace
shepherd. Of Dumbart"n. Va. and
h"ndletom Pop: of Louisville. Ky.
dancing with Miss Bette Clarke. Of
Richmond. The ch8pcrous OF thc c"cn-
!ns were Airs. 4. T.. Wilkinson. Of
Of Richmond. Mrs. ". NJ. Moore. OF
Petersburg. Va. Mrs Lc,ndcr c. Wool
io!h' 81 louisville. Ky. ANA Mrs vii
nam l'aci"r; of New York city
Particularly enjoyable was the
bridge luncheon given recently h. Mrs.
l.. Preston osborne. OF Iniou. W. Va.
IN honor Of Miss Priscilla Shepherd. OF
bumbaVtou. Va. who. after visit
her" &" her mother. Mrs. James t;ramch
remainder Of IN" summer The prizes
of The auction contest. which preceded
the luncheon. were won by Miss Eliza
beth Boothc. Of AlcNandria. Va. Miss
Dorothy Throw.r. OF Tampa. Fla. and
Miss Louise kellogg. of Richmond
Anot"cl entertainment 10 speed the
5tN.h "a %"rth Carolina ROW M honor
of Y. T. Thornc and Randolph Thorn"
bA captain J. =. CUTS ana l.. l.. Pear
sail. all Of Rocky Mount. y. q.
Airs. Arthur II. Stecrc. of Knoxville.
Tcnn.. was the guest OF honor At the
large card party given OF Wcdncsday
til" lawns before the Central. The
sixty quests seated IA artificial bowers
we're at The games conclusion served
with a delightful collation. OF chicken
ana ch3ini'a" ne. while ~" Alum or
chcstra screened hy a hedge Of grow
IL o.
lar airs. The prize winners on tniS
Occasion were Mrs. H. kcnper kcli"gS.
dainty art-shHpcd lVckct. finished in
duil silver ana olnam"ntcd in relief.
Ms. J. Austin Kelly. Of Ashland. Ky.
ihc other fortunate woman. carried off
landSom" golf stick pin. Among the
men, W. II. JONES. OF Richmond. won
III. nrs; ptizc. a silver seal ana Dr.
second trophy. prcttr opal stick hin.
Mr.. l. y. toseustock. Of Pctersbirg.
Va. was another among the week :
twenty At cards ON Thursday in honor
a. Mrs Frederick NJ. Throwcr. Of
The V. n |; summer school orcns
here on Moudav. and tho Virginia
hn,lding. devoted - III cadets oecu;
ihiS year viii he under Inc charge "l
Captain stewart ". anderson. OF Ports
mouth. Va. j. \ Anderson Of Linden,
Va. l.. T. GaNlc. OF Portsmouth. Va
H. 7. 'rowson. OF l'arkslcY. Va. ana
T. l.. Mayo, OF Roanoke. Va.
MIuH Of tI" Alum'S habitucs who
have tai;en brief tours 30 neighboriu-
resorts hay" returned in time FOG the
big reception 10 the cadets scheduled
loG ncNt week among tines. are Mrs
Andrew i'"cker. Of Now York city.
WHO has D.cu visiting her parents. Rev.
and AIRS l.. l. locker. at liampdcu
Siducy. ~. T. SNOW. of Tampa. Fla.
vho has been tho guest Of friends IN
I.eAington. Va: Captain and Mrs. Mont =
geometry CorSc. Of Lexington. who have
Just returned from u motor tour of
n" NirGinian mountains. and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Eranch Cab"ll. of Dunn
barton. Va. who nave recently ended
their visit :" John T. branch of Rich
inond. =; tho White Sulphur Springs
Friday afternoon was marked by tho
fete campctr" given by Mrs. J Austin
Kelly. az Ashland. X. ON tho law.
b"ior" tho Gothic. which afforded wei
como diN'rsiou and rcfr"shmcnt 10 :,
party 81 sun" thirty bajhcrs on in.fr
I';utu from tho swimWinr pool Mrs
NciIE has e"Sun a series Of these in
formal affairs. .Uud her wagon with
~ nrauimouts. have become a de
life