Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21
PERIOD AFFAIRS WILL
BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT
Transform Mammoth Colise.
um Into Bower of Col.
orful Beauty.
Il" DEFECT HISTORY OF, VIRGINIA
Dancers 4" swing o Measures OF
Dance Music Provided by Twelve
Fir"" string Orchrstrn-Errct
Throne OF Queen.

~" four great period balls ~ Iir-
rimia Historical Pageant Week. con
h,siin. "f W Conway Saunders, q.
- W"rSham. Archer g Jones and
captain Mlls r. N"al. Of the Rich
Inrnd Light infantry Blues. chair
man. announces that All 81 IA. de-
'"iiS Cor th"S" greatest az the OH
ri"l contemporary social events Of
III" pngcant have now been COM
ll'i"d IN att"ndauc" Of not legs
thhn 500" p"upl" each might or :,
total of 1000. ~ expected for these
hrill!aut events
tn" mammoth Coliseum AZ lun,
hardy aud Broad streets has been
converted by decorators into a yre.,
bower ~ l"l"rfui beauty IN" throne
"' m" queen Mas erected Yesterday
%" dancers ar" !" swing TO tn"
measures OF danco music provided
hN IN" r"nn-N ivauta S"r"nadcrs.
'W"Ir" ri'c" string orchestra. which
h'~ reputation for It's rhy,nm;c
i"rpSIchor"an strains
Th' balls arc 10 b" held in series
depicting, through costumes and
characteristic dances rh. four no,
i"ds ~ Virginia history. as folIow.
ni"ni"l ball. Tucsday evening. Nav
~ revolutionary ball. "Wednesday
"N'ning May 80 Confederate ban
thursday evening May % Tuurna-
mcnt ball Friday evening. Nav %
Must he In Costume.
u" "AiIs ar" Zach &" open q.
O'clock !. NJ and terminate a,
: NJ only hos" in costume. tho
commute" has ruled. will be allowed
!" participant" ia the period da,,c.s
az IN tn" grand marches. After ,h.so
"'l WI" a." IN evening dress NAV
join IN Ia" dancing Tn. r,u,,i
""''h VIII b" ended at s:ii O'Clock
'''h "E"ninr and general dancing
VII begin after that time
Dancers Who ar" TO attend Tho
various h"ll~ la special cos,um. Inv.
"''h ih"NinE e!aborat" prcparatinns
"'" fh"hN ~ IN" dresses of various
n"iiodS 10 hr worn Nv bn,h ,nou go,
women VIII be Of r.spl.ud.p, b,
"'''' '"Wmitt"" members declare
mat those VIII he the mos, i,,,,.I,
b"llS ever given In tn. history O., ,,.
state. Tn" directors and members
'i INC central committees nf those
N""'h societies ~ each period ,c
i.'ih'"d with tn" Virginia iiis,,ric;I
i"t"tr' Association sre 10 a.
ma'f"nS 81 honor for tho rcsp.c,iv.
hrlls ~ IN" periods ,boy
Tn" program Or tho bali. to,Iows
Colonial hau-l Rcc.p,lon IN ,ho
''"r"h ~ tn" Pageant and her cou-,
''"hH march. "hich VIII lie la,,
Icy ~" queen. tho Princess and ~.
'"'h"SS. together with the Queens
'nHf'. All IN costume. ,. Dances Of
period IN costume before Tho
'hf"n" ~ IA" Queen. s. General dane
INK.
Program Of BnII..
Revolutionary ball R"cop,ion IN
INC Queen and her court . Grand
march led by tho Princess Of IN.
f"Eeant aud the Duchess and
En4Sh,s and ladies Of the court. fol
Loved by an in costume. ? Dance OF
va" period h"tor" the Queens throne
General dancing
Confederate" ball Ecccn.inn "a
tho Queen and her court, > Grand
march led hy the Duchess ~ tn.
Par"ant and knights and ladies Of
-" court followed ny AL in costume;
Dance "f tn" period before the
throne OF IN" Queen; 4 General dane
iur
Touruam"nt ball Coronation Of
tn" ou""n ~ I-nv" ana Beauty by tn"
successful knight OF tn" tournament
IN the afternoon and assumption OF
the thron" hv the tnurna Queen:
- Grand march led by Queen OF
1--we and Beauty and knights and
ladies' OF her court. followed by all
IN costume. 2. Period dances before
tn" Qur"n Of Love and Rcautyr l.
General dancing.
Women who are patroncsSes aud
balls In which their organizations
are dircc'lN concerned are.
Pntr"nrssrs md Hon"r Maids.
Ladies Auxiliary Of Spanish War
Veterans: Mrs. l.. r Matthew
chairman; Mrs. Joseph L." Masuri"r
chairman ~ memorial; Mrs. George
Cummings. Mrs William II. liar
haugh. Mrs. l. l.: Railing.
Women's Auxiliary Grays' Rat
talon Miss Louie Millhiser. chair
man: Mrs !. O. Moore. Mrs W. n.
James A. Peters.
Daughters Of tho American Revo-
luton. Commonwealth Chap,er-Mrs.
- /. Purcell. chairman; Mrs. u. West
Tabb. Mrs !. i. Fourqurean. Miss
Elsie CLARK. Mrs. William jefferson
raync. Mrs. Albert HUNT.
The Colonial Danes OF America
in the State OF Nirginia-.Mrs. Viii
liam Ruffin Cox. chairman: Mrs.
Granville c. Valentine. Mrs. William
=. Robins. Mrs. Thomas II. Mc.\dams.
Mrs. Chiles VI. Terrell
Old Dominion Chapter. Daughters
of American Rcv"iution-Mrs. sidney
Johnston Dudley. Miss Annie r. w
Rcddy, Miss Ella X Mayo. Mrs j. r.
l'ritch"tt. Miss katherine Powers.
Confederate Memorial Society
Miss Sally Archer Anderson. chair
man: Mrs. John Mason. Mrs. Henry
e. Rely. Mrs Bradley johnson. Mrs.
T.. NJ trutchfcld.
Daughter. OF Confcdracy.
Richmond Chapter, United Daugh-
tors of the confcderacy-Mrs ~ V.
Randolph, chairman; Mrs. Il. 4. Rlen-
ner Miss Mile Spence, Mrs p. !.
kcrnodlc.
Daughters Of confederacy. Stone
wall Jackson Chapter. No. I64-Mre
charles w. Scldcn.. chairman: Mrs
Newton McVeigh. Mrs. l.. A. Conrad.