Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-11
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Mrs. Barton H. Grundy will enter
,a,m al Luncheon on Wednesday, No
ialiner. the debutante daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin A. Palmer. The guests
WI be limited to the debutantcs of
This season. and the luncheon will be
sven At Mrs. Grundy's home. 800 West
Franklin Street.
For Misses Scott.
Mrs. Blair Burwell Stringfellow: of
Monroe Terrace. has issued Invitations
Tor a luncheon to be given at the Com
monwealth Club on Tuesday, Novem-
per 20; at o'Glock; s The AN, aa' Miss is
Elisabeth strothcr Scott. daug hters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic william scott;
Miss Elisabeth Scott Is a deputanle
this season. and great many smart .
or her coming out.
This afternoon at O'Clock Mrs.
F ra11P S' Street. viii entertain in
formally at tea in honor Of her cousin;
Miss Elisabeth scott; The guests WI ha
winter and few members of the
younger society set.
Hoilinn Alumnue to Have Luncheon.
Tho Richmond Chapter OF the
hlumnae Association OF Hollins Col
iege Will give luncheon on Monday.
November II. at the Westmoreland
Club in honor OF Miss Mary william
OF itOlllnS SOllc6S, "uo W III w
in richmond on that date to address
the members of the Woman's Club.
Miss Williamson will be the guest OF
the association during her r, STAY mere Gdf
lcge desiring to attend the luncheon
next Monday are being asked to make
their reservations through Miss Isabel
Harris. secretary Of the association,
by telephoninS Boulevard 4l21-W.
date. for Monday Germans Changed.
At meeting OF the Richmond Ger,
IN nlI IN n
Club. it was decided to change the
dates previously ANNOUNCED Tor the the
dances to r, be given by sHc eiuS wb .h,s
all the debuntantes Of the winter make
their initial bow TO society here, VIII
be held on the evening OF Dee sn ef
the club will take place On December
20. There will be two other bal.s on
the evenings OF January 10 ana teo ,,uo
give a dance at Easter. on April 8.
The entertainments will take place
and are always the most brilliant and
exclusive social functions Oh each
DR.. Edwin A. Alderman. president of
tho University OF Virginia, was the
principal speaker on the program held
brate "Grat,tudc Day" and tho audi
,orium was packed to the doors for
the occasion. The Right Rev. william
Id
calisch presented tho speaker to his
audience. Tch Right Rev. y. J. O'Con-
nell opened the meeting with prayer
setting forth the great and wonderful
reasons for gratitude today.
DR.. Alderman is golden orator and
his lecture WAS reDlete with the broad
The Five Great Peace Congresses,
with the recent drama or the world
war as background. was his subject,
tho theme of which was that America
today must call TO all her instinct OF
justice. known Of old. and take the
golden rule as a theory of political
America today stands as the moral
Arbiter of the world. with all her CO.
lossal wealth. she Is stili deep in ideal
ISM and free from selnShness. The
government is at war with its own ia
oor. IT has always happened. There
are, roughly speaking. there classes
their hands. those who work with their
brains and those who work with their
dom II any, one of the three classes
rules and the democracy of the land
will be u failure. This was the sub
stance of the speakers remarks.
lie discussed with all their relative
points OF value the various Congresses
that have met in the name Of peace. The
Always there has been q great dra-
matte struggle going on in the world
mass against class, autocracy against
democracy. AT Westphalia the ques-
lions settled dealt with the future. In
MIA at the Congress of Utrecht France
ought to dominate Europe and failed
End England rose to power and the
Empire was established Following
the French Revolution and the wars of
Napoleon, at Vienna the famous. classic
Congress OF 1914 was held and au-
tocracy was established stronger than
ever. with democracy scorned. The
result was a dire failure. for this Con-
Sre6s only dealt with !mme diate things,
nothing for the good OF mankind was
done, except the stopping OF the slave
trade. The first Congress at Paris
was held in 1856. after the Crimcan
War. its real motive being who should
possess Turkey 1t was another fall
ure, as IL dealt only with the past
The Congress of Berlin in SIS was try
Ing again to settle the question of
the East and the Balkans. and with
bismarck the dominant personality and
France Inundated in the dust. the fire
was laid for the last great war.
In 1918, following the confiagration
OF the world, the second Congress OF
gathered for superhuman task and
Congress is for the purpose OF ending
war as an agent of political policy.
That is the great and final purpose Of
this present gathering and it marks
an cpoch-a milestone, in the progress
OF mankind. America has no parallel
in history in her unselfshncss at this
peace table and the League of Nations
is the heart Of it all
DR.. Alderman pleaded that people
would trust time to interpret the cove