Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
l|RETTY CH|LDREN's BALL
GIVEN IN OLD WHITE
lost Beautiful Social Affair Follow,
"a Greatest Sport Event of Sum-
mer Season.
THER SOCIETY RESORT NEWS
sdfs. Edward Stettinius Has Plan to
Re-Establish Lost Art OF Flax
& Growing and Weaving Among
Nountaineers Of West Virginia.

Re-Establsh Lost Art of Flax
Growing and Weaving Among
Mountaineers Of West Virginia.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch-1
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w.
IA. August 2i.-The greatest golhng
sy the most beautiful social affair.
yhich WAS the Children's Ball, given in
be OLE White. THURSDAY. with Will =. Pro
on, at the head. In the throngs Of
5 :pectators that evening were many
aothers and grown-ups who had once
/ cen pupils of the genial professor in
ays when the Old White alone was
Towded to the roof with rollicking
arties of summer resor! lovers. There
4 displayed Following the opening
sarch. in which Master Richard Cook'
gessed as Uncle Sam. Miss Esteiie
Ewen Dennis. the talented daughter of
.ond h" gave ION to vic ts; a o. beauti-
eld of battle Miss Dennis has
ppeare,d; In many ny, Gnterean ,ar , ior
Sears has captured large audiences
9TH her beautiful dancing. She is an
Spt exponent Of the Chalif School and
eived much help from Professor Zeb-
tsY during the stay Of Mr.. and Mrs.
sslennis and party at The White. She
Shich was received with an ovation,
md q Russian dance. "On to Victory"
Syas given by Miss Dennis at the an
snal May tete, given at Paxton, the
u Master Alden McMurty danced THE
& laughter of Mrs. George e. Davis, Of
ther solo dances We're The Pavlovn
.Fbavotte. given by Miss Laura Brown
's5f Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt Brown. of
louisville. Master Avritt, who Is aa
4A!enIed dancer. won great applause
Then ynsn. he danced the "Danco of the
AIRS James Ransom Branch gave a
e!igattul bridge and tea party at her
2o,h F mhen She RoT had eeTen
,sbles of bridge and over seventy-five
sIests at tea It was one Of the most
Militant teas of the summer:
sjreenbrier Saturday evening and on
Anday among dinner hostesses was
5frs. Alexander Brown, of Baltimore.
i Mrs. Branch was among. guests at
ancheon given Tuesday by Mrs: An
pew Reid, of Baltimore, Mrs. James
Pr Ed%ard Lazy s Wa%sraSMiG Ps
haauncey Marshall and others were
Acre. Miss Elizabeth Lownde had six
ben guests at luncheon Iuesday.
fanny dinner and tea parties hlled the
.feek, and among others entertaining
sere Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes
Selly. of New York., who had at their
Yrs. Cary Grayson. Mr.. Samuel Keyse,
irs. Raj Parr and Mr.. Henry Theodore
,sggett. Commander Ella, of Rome
&, a the Greenbricr Tuesday evening
Yhen his guests included Lady Will
ltms-Taylor, Mrs. Anory Lawrence and
II Arrivals at White Sulphur Springs
his week include DIR. and Mrs. Edward
,IeGuire, Mr.. and Mrs. e. Victor MI
Yssms. Misses Page and k "a ;,s,, w VII
4: Mr.. Henry w. Anderson, who was
hairman. Of the Red Cross Mission to
slumania, stopped at the Greenbrie1
Richmond from Hot Springs: Va, where
;.e went to attend the Virginia Bar
association, with Mr.. William a. Glas-
s;ow. Jr.. the general counsel for the
=; Joining the Washington colony here
Mrs. Stephen b. Elkihs, who will
ass some time at the Greenbrier. Mrs.
ave arrived from Washington. H. G,
:orke. of the British mission. came
rom Washington to join the official
nd Hiss Maria 5. symington have
fme. W. j. Fuller. of ArdIsey- on
hudson. has come to be with IN them NJ ~ Mr:
agton who joined Mrs. William Cooke
Northington, are other. Baltimoreans
Sining the coASnN and Sv,i among H;,, W. Nir
p aiaes ape Gossph W. n' Wis, Jr
haywood H. Pender. w. w. Shields
Sr. and Mrs. II. a. Williams, IT.. Of
sorfolk. Va; James L. McLemore. OF
Hrs. Gilbert II. Green, Of Warrenton,
Ia, is stopping ut the White. MIR. and
Hrs. T. Garnett Tabb. of Richmond
1lg here include w. X Winthrop. OF
Sew York, who is with Dr. John Free
Ind at his cottage in Florida Row.
Miss Bessie Haldiman arrived from,
he Southern colony and Burr McIn-
.osh came from New York TO be with
hrs. Mcintosh.
Mrs. Edward II. Stettinius aroused
UGH enthusiasm among sojourners or
unday, when she spoke before large
altering on the great field of OPP
,ortunity to assist the West Virginia
l.ountaineers in helping the govern.
hent by re-cstablishing the practically
ost art of fax growing and weaving
Ind sheep raising that would consid.
1rably help destroy the shortage OF
vool. The idea appealed to every one
s 1ho heard Mrs. Stettiniuss eioGuen,
+ &etch of her experience among the
1ipple, and all present agreed to regis
4 b.r as charter members Of organi.
zion that VIII grow out Of the idea.
THE Japanese tetc given last Satur.
~ evening for the benefit of the free
Z Elk Tor France was one of the most
HfSutiful affairs of the summer, anC
as noted great success by the
oarongs Of spectators. Two Thousand
: tine hundred dollars was raised fol
he free milk fund. Ihe tete wa!
tagged 10Y Nrs. Warren McConihe ant
Idiss Josephine Osborn, OF New York
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. s. Stanwoot
4 ,denken. They gave the Performance,
In Washington Monday night Win .