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everyone wanted to stay at the party. Miss Gertrude Durant »was the star guest, and, I believe I may safely say, the most senior foxhunter present, she! being of that great vintage year j of 1867. Miss Durant held court in the den, which, of course, made it the focal point of the occasion. Next most congested in the traffic pattern was Rudolph’s domain. There we entered empty-handed and left with heaping plates of delicious fare. Third in popularity was the back porch. Music wafted from the Rafters as the young bloods such as Emily Durant and Fracer Brooks and Oliver and other performers twisted, turned and tripped through a “light fantastic" that set even the subfloor atremble. Mrs. Durant’s sister, Mrs. Robert Wood from Devon came down to see her little sister in action, and as Mrs. Wood said, she certainly did! Two of Emily's cousins, Mrs. Walter Ellison and Mrs. Frederick Ellison, toured all the way down from Hartford, Conn Mrs. Lockhart came from the Philadelphia area, as did Mr. and Mrs. Fracer Brooks. Alex Stull and John Rinco came from D. C. All were house guests of the Durants. Other out-of-Virginians who came down for the party were Flora Lee Muth’s friend, Mary Hobson from big Washington and the Jamieson’s houseguest, Mr. Edwin Stephenson from New York City. ; Culpeper and Rappahannock iwere there in joyous force. jWe would like to give especial | mention to those members of Culpeper’s chicest, suavest, and by far most effervescent set, who graced the gathering: The Mildreds, (B. and H.), Miss Lucy Wilshire, Mrs. Helen McCoy Jones and Dotie McElfresh.
Footnote: Sunday, Oliver groaned, “It wasn’t the riding, but the dancing that DID IT!"
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