Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
IN SOCIETY.
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with pearl embroidered chiffon yoke
and sleeves, and carried bride roses.
The maid of honor wore white net over
taceta, and Miss Lillian Carver, as
flower girl, was quaint and lovely
figure in white organdie. Cut flowers
and ported plants in profusion formed
the house decorations, and a glittering
number of gifts were displayed. At
:29 Mr.. and Mrs Carver left over the
G. & o. for a stay of month in east
ern cities. They will be at home the
last of February at Plymouth, Putnam,
county, where the groom is manager Of
the Plymouth Coal Company. Charles
ton guests numbered Mr.. and Mrs.
John Carver, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Carver, Misses Maggie and Lizzie Car
ver Mr.. and Mrs. George Goshorn, Mr..
and Mrs. Sol May, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
White, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lewis,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. McWhorter, Mrs.
S. B. Chiffon, Miss Callie Eastwood,
and Messrs. S. Chiffon and w. C. B.
Moore.
Miss Margaret Averill was united in
marriage at her home at Maiden, at
1880 o'clock Tuesday evening to Capt.
A. r. Martin. The ceremony was wit
messed by only a few friends of the
brides family, the greatest number at
tending from this place.
Mr.. Todd Thayer has sold his little
steam pleasure craft, the G. t. Thayer,
to DR.. c. A. Enslow and L. A. VOL
cote, of Huntington, who will use it
for private river parties in the spring.
Mrs. A. L. Langley entertained the
Married Ladies' Whist Club with char
acteristic grace and cordially at her
home on Virginia street, Friday after
noon.
The Shakespeare Club had a pleas
ant meeting on Monday night, and
read "A Winters Tale"
Mrs. Robert Douglass Roller enter
tanned the Latimer Club Tuesday after
break of three months in their meet
ings.
The most conspicuous social event of
the week, and the largest and most
brilliant affair ever held at the State
executive mansion, was the beautiful
reception rendered on Tuesday right
by Governor and Mrs. Atkinson to the
members of the Legislature and the
State Bar Association. The reception
suite was crashed and thrown
together, the receiving line being sta
toned in the front drawing room, from
which they passed through the back
drawing room and reception hall to the
dining room, where substantial
buffet supper was served, into the
library, where one or another well
known social leaders poured coffee
throughout the evening. Palms, Eng
lish ivy, Southern smilax and pink
carnations formed the house decora-
tions, the color scheme of pink being
carried out in a sofc silk center-piece
on the polished oak refreshment table,
and lamp globes and candle caps of
Colour de rose. The entire legislative
body, distinguished members of the
State Bar Association, and a large rep
resentation of residential and official
circles of the Capitol received the gra-
cious welcome of the States executive
and his wife throughout the reception
hours. Others in line were State
Treasurer and Mrs. Kendall, Attorney
General and Mrs. Rucker, Adjt. Gen
eral and Mrs. Appleton, Supt. OF Free
Schools and Mrs. Potter, Secretary Of
State w. NJ. o. Dawson and Auditor
La Toilette. The toilettes Of the
ladies assisting in the Inequalities were
notably handsome. Mrs. Atkinson
wore on elegant close-fitting gown of
black brocaded velvet, the bodice cut
high with full front CT rich red chiffon
plisse and revers of silk 9f the same
shade edged with cut jet beads Mrs.
Kendall, heliotrope satin brocade, with
corsage of heliotrope velvet lIghtened
with trimmings of white chiffon over
white satin, starred with steel pallet
ties; Mrs. Appleton, gray satin armu,e;
Mrs. Trotter, pale blue brocade with
cerise chiffon; Mrs. Myra Stone. sister
of the Governor, black satin duchesse;
Miss Atkinson, white net over pink
taffeta; Miss Nell Atkinson, red NOUS
seine de sole.
Among the prominent visitors here
during the week were Donald McDon-
aid, of the c. G 0. Fuel Company, Gin
cinnati; w. P. Hubbard and John A.
Howard, of Wheeling; j. F. New
conner, Toledo, travelling auditor of the
x. & M. railway; f. Deane Meanley,
commercial agent Of tie Norfolk &
Western, with headquarters at Rich
ond; Harvey +. Smith and Mr.. John
son.. of Clarksburg; Attorney c. K.
Thompson, of Anderson; Lieutenant
Douglas Hughes, af' the Second regi-
ment; eX-Congressman c. z. Hogg, of
Point Pleasant, and Major w. II.
Banks, of Huntington.
Mrs. F. W. Abney entertained about
twenty-five of her friends elegantly at
her handsome home on Kanawha
street, Tuesday afternoon. The prizes,
a silver call bell and cluster of white
carnations, were won by Mrs. Andrew
Hunter Boyd and Mrs. Mamie McIn-
tyre.
The West Virginia Historical and
Antiquarian Society will hold its an
nual meeting, when several interest
ing papers pertaining 70 the history of
the State will be read, in the Cover
nors reception rooms at the Capitol,
on the evening Qf the 3Ist inst