Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01
HOTEL .LOBB|Es CROWDED
WITH PRETTY GIRL S
way Dresses OF Sponsors and Uni
forms of Veterans Make
Brilliant Scene.
MUCH SOCIAL GAYETY PLANNED

i ~ ~
informal Luncheons and Dinners and
open House Affairs in All Parts OF
'fy-Several Events on Program
Tor To-Day.
me lobby and corridors OF the JEFF
teLson Hotel headquarters for the Con-
Veterans. their sponsors and
',pe OF honor, we're thronEed with
pretty girls and distinguished guests
~ gay yesterday. Most OF those COM
's to attend the reunion have ar
we'd and gay little parties are to be
zen chatting In the drawing rooms and
PAIN gardens OF the hotel. The whole
pace Is thrown open for the visitors
ana decorated everywhere in the cOlors
~ inc Confcderacy. The table in the
H'HInI-room are arranged with Grim
son and white flowers. and thc same
roIor scheme prevails throughout.
Ftctty girls in prtty frocks and be-
"ltehinE hats greet one at every turn.
"hh the whole scene Is set for the
hohor and entertainment Of the old-
soldiers who arc Richmond's guests
this week
All up and down Franklin street yes
! ,erday afternoon the porches were
I niied with parties to witness tho Me
moral Day parade. and the beauty Of
IN" AFTERNOON and the bright uniforms
v! IN" inlIltia made the scene - very
charming ono.
For to-day the sponsors and maids
"lli DC much entertained. There is IL
luncheon for them at the Country Club:
open house AT the Woman's club "A
public reception in tho Governors Man
sion. from TO $40 o'clock: AN in
formal dance at the jefferson in the
evening; reception given by the Rich
mond Chapter. United Daughters of the
4 Contederacy, at II West Franklin
Il street. and other smaller and informal
affairs
i The colonels OF the Governors staff
are giving dinner at the Common
wealth Club this evening in honor Of
the chief executive OF the state. Miss
/ sally Archer Anderson is entertaining
,nis afternoon from TO o'clock at
\ n"r nome. l03 West Franklin street.
Miss Anderson Is entertaining for the
regents and vicc-rec cnts OF tho Con-
tolerate Memorial Literary society and
number % prominent guests here for
the reunion
Garden purty Yesterday afternoon.
: pretty function OF Yesterday after
noon from 80 70 5 o'clock was TIL"
garden party given FOR Mrs. w. n.
k!!c. Of Tennessee, by Mrs. Thomas
stewart Whce!right a. 'Buckhcad
Springs" her beautiful country estate
/ lus' outside the City The guests for
the affairs were limited 70 ;hc visitors
IN Ntcnmond from Tennessee and "a few
! additional friends supper VAS served
In 'ho quaint old rus" garden and the
a house "as decorated inside win guam
tues ~ simmer flowers. with roses
and honeysuckle on tho mantcis.
A Mrs. krith.
Mrs juliet chiffon Ke.,h viii enter
\ tain ~ an Informal dance this evening
her home on Cathedral Place, IN
oeno,,.. % her guests. Miss Esther Hryan.
Washington. and Misses Elizabeth
4 ard Marie of
! Ms city
'-riIs' Rccitni..
The pupils % Miss Ellen Guisou save
/ so charming musicals last week. CON
!ud.n- their session OF study Inter
SUNG audiences attended both fnnc-
tons and the programs were aplendidly
/ ranged and well chosen. Those talk
z part IN the recital Of tho Younger
'Upi!s we're Francis Hin. Lucy *. nm.
u-iuia smith. John Davenport. Maria
.emiss, George May Wilson. Wilhel-
INA RauGhman. Dorothy " Saul.
A!zUbcth Robertson. Eliza hctn Neal.
81 GuiGon. MARGARET Chestcvman.
outsc Smith. Dorothy Young, Anne b.
'atthews. Elizabeth nisss. Helen
aiies. Lydia Purcell Cyanc Scmiss.
! .;aney Seldon. Elizabeth Watkins.
! .i1aheth {. Chesterman. Elizabeth
\ guy Virginia and Oracle Shepherd.
10 program FRIDAY night was
tered by Talbot Young. Margarct
!
:, Sallie IL. Guy. Iachian Maci.can,
..e wilson Muriel :. Wilson, Oracle
9ncrd. Edmonia J. Bcat;io. Eleanor
Parrish. Katharine Lee. Priscilla
i s.,pherd. susanna Knapp, T. Louis
ol'on. Anne iiawcs, NJ. corbin Spicer,
\ E.incbe,n Witt. t:lise +. Wilmer. Bev
. cI!ey y. Munford
NIL. IIuEhes's Guests.
Mrs. Lolita {. Johnston. Of Charlotte
~ e.. the regent OF the North Carolina
> room OF the Confederate Museum, is
the CUES, OF Mrs. J. Allison Hodges
! during the reunion.
Miss Gene Gray Heck. who has been
attending the Misses Masters school on
The hudson. is the guest cf Mrs. hodges
! and will leave to-day for New York,
j where she joins "a party OF friends. in
! Guiding Miss Katherine Ingalls,. Miss
. Margaret Bcason and others. who so
directly TO san Francisco to attend a
large house party given by Miss Eliza
beth L. EontauX. Many entertain
meuts have hoen planned in their
honor. and they will he absent about
sis weeks.
john Marshall House Open.
The Association for the Preservation
4 Of Virginia Antiquities has announced
that the John Marshall house will be
op.n to-day and Wednesday, from .
\ TO o'clock in honor of reunion visi-
! rors All veterans. guests wearing
! badges and members and their guests
are invited. The house will be closed
all day Thursday.
! In Richmond.
Among those attending the reunion
are pr and Mrs. White. Wiley Morgan
and mother. Miss East. Mrs. Goodman
and Miss BraXton, of Knoxville Tenn.
Mrs. Anne i. +. Frayser, l.. u. c., OF
Richmond, will attend the reunion. Mrs
E'rayser has just returned from an eX-
tended western trip, and will stop at
4 the Jefferson Hotel.
4 visiting Here.
General Felix II. Robertson. of Texas.
and Mr. and Mrs. j. Turner Hamlin
of Danvillc, are the guests of Mrs.
Hamlin's father. General j. Thompson
Brown, at his home on South Third
i street Mrs. Ilamlin is chaperon for
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