The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-07
Social and
rsOnal


receptions OF the season was given by
Mrs PortiauN Robinson yesterday after
noon from 10 s clock at her residence
on West Franklin Street. The. handsome
homo. which IS so we'll adapted for enter
tanning purposes, vas n rcr1tabie bower
of beauty with its artistic decorations
The note of color in the hall. drawing
rooms and tliniug-room WAS pink.
In the hall were groups of tall palms
intcrsperScd with pink and white azalcas.
In the drawing-roorns every available
space Was filled with palms. the mantels
we're banked in ferns and Tcstout roses
and the mirrors and chandeliers entwined
In smilaS.
The table in the tiininS-roon was beau
iifal. The renaissance was over pink
satin and in the center was Il tall cut
glass vase containing a shower of pink
roses. The cut-G!aSs and silver Candida
bra held candies of the same tint Car
landed about the edge OF the table were
ropes of sInilax gracefully caught with
pink satin bows. Mrs. Robinson wore an
exquisite gown of white taffeta with
trimmings of mousseline dc sole. She was
assisted in receiving by her mother. Mrs.
NaJry-. an dthc Misses MaaTy. Mrs. Up
shur and Mrs. Beverly Crump served tea
and Miss Mary Thomas presided over the
punch table. Assisting in the dining-room
We're: Misses Gibson, Mary Johnston.
Helen Quarles. Louise Purcell Mary
Moore. Ella Buck and Martha Robinson.
All during the visiting hours the rooms
were thronsed with callers,
Mrs. Ernest Wake Moore entertained a
few of her friends ut u beautiful card
party yesterday afternoon, from to $50
o'clock. al her residence, on Church Hill.
The rooms were prcttily decorated in
palms and pink roses. and the color
scheme was further carried out in the
renaissance pieces Over pink satin and
the shaded candles in the silver Candida
bra Mrs. c. j. Franklin and Mrs j. S.
Moore assisted the hostess in receiving.
The score cards We're four-leaif ciovers
tied with pink ribbons and hearts We're
used to tally Mrs. J. S. Moore. ..r.. and
Airs. j. T. Ramsey kept score. Giisses
Jessie Bailey and Bessie Clrdwel pre-
sided at tho punch bowl.
The invited guests Were Mesdames r. J.
Eraigie. George l. Currie, Joseph Key
1olds. Charles Clemmitt. NJ &. FERGUSON.
Swalmire, T. ]. Jackson w w. Hard
1vicke T. ]. Craigie, Jr. Robert currie,
Jr. II. e. Hartman, William AGyer. w. S.
Blankenship. James Bailey. Joseph Row
Fetr. Kate Barbour Howard. S. I. i3ever-
idee D. c. Dickinson. Dudley Edwards,
Nyorthiey Dckie. Mrs Gauber;, Mrs. Gret-
Ter: Misses Hunter Ferguson. Elsie Mott
ing. Vereie and Agnes Corey. Florence
c;rettcr. Jessie and Enmie Mclaughlin,
Aurelia Powers, Rosa Mayer, Mamie
Southern, Julia and Mollie Iaeser, Lizzie
Andrews and Flo.-ne Hubbard.
Misses IIenningllam and Sue Sptlman
gave most attractive Informal at home
yesterday afternoon at uleir residence,
no. lm West Main Street.
Pink was the prevailing tint in the
decorations. Receiving with the hostess
were Misses Martha Byrd, Josephine Put
7,ey-. Bessie BuShel- Naude Morgan, Bes-
sic Smith, and Carol Wexford. Mrs
Attic Sands served tea. One of the pleas
ant features of the evening was the beau
7iful singing of Miss Lily UrGuhart and
Mr. Richards. Miss Blanche Morgan rem
.dered a most artistic recitation
Among the callers We're: Misses Virginia
Boyd Willie Withers, Nellie Thompkins,
Nellie Curran of North Carolina: Amy
Wser-tlt Mamie Cook, Marie Webster,
lEilerson. Bosher-. Wexford, jamie Wtnso
NIyrst Davis HannuIrl. of Philadelphia
I-ur Powell Pauline Powers Ruth Tan
ner, Katherine Young, Margaret Adams
Mary Ball. Charlotte Yonse- Mary
Thomas. Mamie Cowardtn. Rose Harri-
SON. Nora Lear,y. Florence Mckinney
Alice keeiey Addison, Emily Knox, sara
1la,.yie Crlltct1ield of Fredericksburg;
Della Tomlzins. Helen Harris, Courtney
Bridges. Anne Harrison, MesdameS Albert
Jordan, Jackson Guy, Alfred Cary, iAb-
bott, Austin Brochenbrough- George
Davis Phil Taliaferro. John G. FArland,
Edgar Iafferty, Robert Blarkenship,
Luther Dawson, and Mr.. John Coke
Mr.. john Gflrlour Rodgers. superintend-
fnt of the \. y. i. < w. +. r., and
Miss Agnes I'latt Barney, of Meadow
s-ille were married in the morning chapel
Of Holy Trinity Church yesterday after
noon at O'Clock. The wedding was one
Of great beauty and interest.
The chapel was art1sticaliy decor
MED by i4am1nona. Tall PAINS ranged
In Il se1ni-circle- formed the back
GROUND of the chan::e; the rails
we're entwined in smilax and beneath the
rails were banks of pink and white aza-
i.as. Above the altar We're curtains
formed of ropes of snlilaN, looped back
with large clusters of Testout roses. The
bride was gowned in a handsome dark
blue tailor suit with hat to match and
narried q prayer-book. She was given
away by her uncle. MIR. Eugene Barney,
president OF the Barney & Smith Car
Company, OF Dayton, O. The best man
was Mr. Frank Duane, of Philadelphia.