Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
BRILLIANT RECEPTION
At HOME OF MRS. LARUS
Large Company of Fashionable PeO-
pie Entertained In Ginter
Park.
Full DRESS DRILL AND DANCE
richmond Grays' ArmOry Is Scene
OF Second Military I,aIl of Season.
large Company OF Prominent i'e0-
pie Attend Function.

bar; Reed ana Mrs. Charles y. I.arus
for the reception which they gave yes
tcrday afternoon from . 10 o'clock
at their residence In Ginter Park. IL
was one of the most brilliant AFFAIRS OF
the nidwintcr season ana III" rooms
were throngcd with handsomely
guwncd women during receiving hours. |
y color scheme Of pink and goih was
carried out in spring blossoms. ana the
entire lower floor was thrown open I"
tho guests and arranged WIN b"Wis
and vases of snapdragOns, danonilS.
;,Iips and roses The tea table IN the
dining room was set with huge bas- |
fet Of pink roses and lilies OF the val |
ley and the nantcl was banked with
pink blooms and ferns. Receiving with
Mrs. Larus and Mrs. Reed were Mrs.
Lewis Griffin Larus, Mrs. Thomas Cary
,lnhnson, Miss Alice iiurwel Reed and
Miss Annie Cleveland Cone.
Airs. william r. Reed, Mrs. stanley
Reed and Mrs Leslie Reed presided n
the punch howl and others assisting in
doing the honors OF the afternoon were
Airs. Sheldon. Of Norfolk: Miss Bald
vim aud Mrs. 81. w. Williams.
mother large society function of ,
yesterday the second OF series
of fun dress battalion drills, followed
by dancing. given by the Richmond
Grays Battalion. The AFFAIR was held
ga the new armoTy last evening, and
hundreds OF prominent guests were IN
~
with flags and colored bunting, and
palms and bay trees marked the en-
frances.
Among those Invited To chaperone
IN" entertainment last night we're:
lIcsdames. Norman V. Randolph Stuar;
Cooke. J. Caski. Cahcli, WOodson J..
~addcy, Charles L.. Eoiiing. Thomas b.
aicAdams. STUART Bowc. Douglas Van
aer iioof. Alfred Gray, Frank -
man. warren J.. Taylor, Karl Biack-
Well. Edmund Benson, ciarcpce Mil
AIscr. Adolphus Blair, SAMUEL Cohen,
Christian Clarke. George Ainslie. John
~ Swartwout, Charles Crawford. II |
stewart Jones. John Hayes, +. Law
t-n Crutchhcld. J. T.. Cherry, Joseph !
Leonard, ". y. Stack, funston Cary. !
-. - Chaplin. y l.. Massey T.. =. Mat !
news, Victor Williams y. y. Cousins.
Savillc. James Peters, Il. Il. Valentine.
W \. Loving, George Ben Johnston. |
Leroy l.. Brown Jr., William Habits
ton and Lawrence 7 Price.
sail From Enginnd.
Mrs Alfred Magill Randolph and her
children. 81 England, saiied Wodnes
day from Liverpool, on the steamship
Adriatic Tor this country. Mrs. Ran
do!ph and her children are expected TO
l1liu ~ New York carly in February
ana VIII come at once to Richmond to
b" the guests OF Mrs Randolph's par
culs Air amd Airs James u. Pace, on
liIovc Avenue.
Affairs of Interest.
Jais AFTERNOON !n the palm garden
~ he jefferson Hotel - number OF in
.urrSlIug parties viii be given TO wit
Hvss the indoor golf tournament that is
.n Iturress there Tor the benefit of the
opeu-air schools Of the cit! Mrs.
lewis H. Kosher Mrs John IInycs and
Alrs. ! Gordon Smith had charge OF
tHo tea yesterday. assisted by Mrs. {
t'roNton Gordon, Mrs j. Cloyd Kent.
!ss Nora Randolph and Miss Ellen
wright Mise. y
Hle usual weekly supper dance viii
held in ihe sun parlcr OF the West
iIorriaud Club This evening from e to
n'coIck.
Fer Miss TnIhotI.
piss Ncilic Tate Talbot; was cues,
10 LoroI at 4 prctiiiy appointed lunch
con given yesterday by Mrs clyde Lam
bort al her home ia Wayucsboro. The
able was decorated in roses and shad-
ed lights, and the sam. flowers were,
used in the parlors Miss Talbott's
marriage 10 William Dickson, Of Nor
folk. will be "a fashionable event OF
saturday.
Visiting Here.
Mrs Edmund G. Mayo, of Worcester,
Mass. is the guest OF Colonel and Mrs
J. W. Gordon, at "lIuuiIcy." their conn
IRIS home near Wes,hampton Mrs.
Gordon's sister, Mrs. George Fender Of
Norfolk. IL also Visiting AT "lIuntlcy"
Tor some time
Lecture This Evening.
An interesting event OF this evening
viii he the session OF the Richmond
society of the Archaeological lmsti-
iuic OF America, winch will be held at
40 O'Clock In the auditorium of the
Young Mems Christian Associations
Professor Isma J. Pcritz Pin d. OF
syracuse University. viii be the speak
er at this meeting and his lecture.
which will be an illustrated one, is
upon the subject of The Bible in An
Gent Manuscripts ana Prints" The
society has large membership in Rich
mond, and the lectures given before
the organization are of wide iuteresr
'.oinE North.
Mrs John Franklin T.mpleton and
h.r daughter Miss, Mary Osborne Tenn
plcton. Of Waynesborc. who have bcen
spending the past TWO months al the
Albion in Baltimore. will leave for New
York City on February >. 10 spend The
coming month. Later Mrs. Templeton
aud Miss Tcmpleton will go to Florida
anh Cuba. before returning to Vir-
.:inia.
interesting Session.
There Will he a conference of the
richmond Groupc Of the Alliance
Francois on Saturday afternoon AT {
o'clock at the residence OF Mrs John r.
anderson: pos West Franklin Street.
the speaker for the afternoon will be
pr. Giroud, official d'Academic, from
The Cniversite de France. at present
special lecturer at Johns Hopkins Uni
vcrsity, and his topic will be "Anatole
France the foremost French author
The Alliance Franchise includes in
.is membership some of the leading so
oiety people Of Richmond, and its SEES
SONS mark notable gatherings of prom
nent men and women Of this city
Mrs. Montague Assists.
says the Washington Post of yestcr-
day, concerning the Wednesday at
ZONES:
single Oak. the home of Mrs. Jose
ph"s panlels, was another popular rcnz
dcZvous' Of the afternoon Tho hand
com the Dolphin played from to G.
gnd Mrs. Daniels had assisting her
Mrs. Oscar Underwood. Mrs. 4. w.
VagleT Mrs. John Small. Mrs $. j.
Tlibhic, Mrs. y. j. Montague. of Rich
HQnd: Mrs. Swagar Shcrley, Mrs Pat