The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17
SOCIETY AT WHITE SULPHUR

Richmond colonists are PLAYING
prominent part in the gay social life
obtained during the merry month of
August at White Sulphur Springs in
the heart of the West Virginia AL
lfehanles. Seldom has The white"
recorded such a successful summer.
ana WIN the boys returned from SER
vice ana girls fee from their war
relief duties. life is humming with the
i"etfiNneht OF social and sport diver
sens.
severl interesting features have
developed at Tbs White this summer
The Casino has been discovered as an
iceal spot for supper dances, and
everyone Is quHh to adopt the idea
OF enter tanning there. Mr.. and Mrs.
EdWard w. Mckenna entertained
over eighty members of the younger
set last saturday evening at a supper
dance there in honor OF Miss Mary
cowan, OF Louisville. Ky. and Miss
| Virginia Sterry of New FORK This
Saturday the Casino is the sccae of
a Jolly dinner and dance. given by
Mr. and Mrs. George r. Smith, of
New Jersey, who are having fifty or
60 friends Tor dinner and over one
hundred there for the dance Mr..
and Mrs. Garrett r. Wall, Colonel
ard Mrs James r. Branch and Mr..
and Mrs, DeSoto Fitzgerald, are mem
bers OF the Richmond colony at
tending the dinner.
One OF the most successful affairs
q the summer was a supper dance
gwen Monday evening at katc's
Mountain club by Mrs. James RAN
som Branch VIII entertained over
one hundred mem bcrs OF the colony
AT masquerade supper dance there
Receiving with Mrs. Branch were
Ter house guest. Miss Daviette Flick
I'M, or Washington. who represented
janice Meredith, Miss Elizabeth
Gwathmey, who went as n Belgian
peasant girl and Miss Louise Branch.
VINO with her sister, Mrs. f. Addison
l.ennolds, appeared as pierrettes
Miss Mary Dade Taylor wore an
orange blossom custom. correspond
ing IN style to pink rose worn by
Miss Mary Washington Stewart, of
baltimore. Thomas r. Scott Jr..
represented Chinaman and carried
out that part to perfection. Garrett
b. Wall. Jr.. was one OF the successes
OF the evening. dressed as young
GIRL and coquetting mischievously with
all OF the boys, Miss Martha Wall
wore an Egyption costume. Elmore
Iiotchkiss was in Spanish costume
Mrs. Branch as Madame Pompadour.
as a great favorite and danced every
dance OF the evening. delicious
supper was served on the porch of
the club overlooking Sunset Gap and
beautiful moonlight night added to
the attraction OF the occasion.
The cotilltons. always such favorite
anairs with the summer colonies at
White Sulphur Springs are being re-
'iVed this summer and the horse
show cotillion given Friday evening
last week was a huge success, after
three hundred people participating
i ne famous old White ballroom was
thronged with parties. Thomas Il.
Paine. of Atlanta Ga, led the Grand
March with Miss Melissa Yuille, OF
New York.
liancy OF the horse show cotillion was
r!valled by cotlllion given by Mr.. !
and Mrs. Thomaa B. Paine. and Mr.. !
and Mrs. John " Grant, of Atlanta. !
over three hundred people were |
there and the affair was a beautiful |
one Elmore Hotchkiss led the CO. /
lNlion with Miss Isabel Haldeman, of /
euisyille, Ky. a supper was served |
IA. the Grin at midnight.
The ladies leap year ball TO be |
given this Friday promises to be a |
5 eat success with thrOngs OF men |
who have come up this week for the |
various parties being given. On the /
are: Misses Louise Branch, /
Martha Wall, Mary Dade Taylor. /
| Green Fitzgerald, of Rid1mond: /
Melissa and Burks Yuiile, Katherine j
Kent and Natalie Smith. of New /
) ork Mary Washington Stewart, Of
Annie Laurie Warwick.
Il st. Louis: Marjorie Cowan. of
louisville. and Virginia Hughes, of
Norfolk
Miss Mary Dade Taylor gave a
Oily dinner party at Elmhurst farm
Thursday evening at which forty |.
members Of the younger set were
present Motors loaded with
aughing groups speeded along the
Lewisburg highway. to the old brick !
9omestead. Among the Richmond
members IN her party were: Misses
Doreen Fitzgerald. Louis Branch,
Martha Wall. John D. Potts. Jr..
Churchill Young, Jr., Wymond Cabell.
'alksz Hall Homer FergNson. r.. |