The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-04
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The reception yesterday afternoon OF
Mrs. Charles NJ. Shields marked the first
debutant entertainment of the season.
This was given to her daughter, Marga-
ret, who made her first bow to society
yesterday afternoon. Mrs Shields, who
wore 4 handsome black nnousselne over
silk and trimmed with hand embroidery,
was assisted in receiving by Mcsdames
Buford, Upshur and Miss New. of Ports
mouth. Miss Margaret Shields looked
charming debuatnt in white lace over
chiffon, with pearl trimmings. and car
ried a shower OF lilies of the valley.
The house was beautifully decorated in
palms, srilaN and chrysanthemu.ns. The
dinirg-roOm showed q color scheme of
green and white, the centcrpicce being
a wicker key~basket full of white Japan
csc chrysanthemums and madcnhair
ferns.
| In the other rooms the color scheme
was pink, carnations being banked on the
n1antels and ported chrysanthemums and
palms tastefully grouped By Mann &
| Brown.
| Miss Boyllin presided at the punch
| bowl, Miss Sallie Dean over the tea, and
| Mrs John Upshur the chocolate.
Among those who were present were:
Mesdames Allison, Anderson, Adkins, At
1inson, Bemiss, Blankenship, Blair, Boil
ling, Bidgood, Blair, Charles Boiling.
Bosher, Cashie, Carter, Cabell, Coke.
| Christian, Cameron, Claiborne. Camm.
| Catlin, Crump, Davenport, Doyle, Dow
son, Eilyson, Eubanlz, Forbes, Gray, Har-
| ris, Halves. Hotchkiss. Hodges, Johnson.
| Jenkins, Knox, Lewis. Minor, Moore,
Meredith, MCGUIRE, Mayo. Montague,
| Martin, Nash, Newton, Purcell Patton
Peterson, Parrish, Page, Ross, Rem
| nolds, Scott, Sterns Shields, Smith. Sands,
| Spiiman, Spaulding, Taylor. Talbot, Tan
| ner. Thomas. Tyler, Tomp!sins Valentine,
Misses Josephine Tyler, Thomas, Smith,
Norwood, Moore. Morton, Lewis, Knox.
| jennings Harris, Gordon, Ferguson. Ell
| Boykin, Blair, Buford, Adkins, Anderson
| and Ayres.
From to 10 Miss Margaret Shields
! rendered a delightful card party to her
| girl friends. On entering the room the
| tables had an effect of rainbow. each
| having different colored ribbon bands as
| their cover. The young ladies drew
| dainty colored muffs to correspond with
the tables, the markers being flowers,
| which were fastened in the order or
| progressing ana ClldHSc VI ldbl1S.
Among those present were Misses S.
R. Anderson. Louise Adkins, Bosher, Blu.
ford, Boykin, Boyd, Addie Rowe, Ellen
Bagby. Beme. Rrander. Cameron, Helen
! Christian Annie Carr, Cooke. Davenport,
| De Saussure, Drewry; English. Forbes
| Gordon, Grant, Grey, Hunter. Hayes, Hill,
Hotchkiss, Jennings, Lindsays, Leary,
| MichauX. losely. Morgan. Meredith, Mi
nor, Noting Helen O'Ferrali, Purcell
| Putney Pegram, Powers, Page Ross,
| Spilman, Sutton. Stokes, Stevens. Tan
ner, Tenant, Tyler. Talbot, Weddil,
| Williams, Whitlock, Walker, Urquhardt.
| YounSe. At ten o'clock the fol-
! lowing young men came in and
| ended the pleasant evening with those
| present: Messrs Allison. Addison, Ander-
| son, Antrim, Cooke, Curry Christian.
| Claiborne, Carter, Coke Curry, Cabell
! Carrirgton Cowardn, Jonathan Bryan,
| Stewart Bryan, Brock, Blair, Bosher.
| Baskerville. Bridges. Blankenship, Daven-
| port, De Trevilc. Davis, Fitzgerald, Fer
| gusson Fuller, George Gibson, Gordon
| Gregory, Gray, Harrison, Hill, Holiday,
| Habliston, Hotchkiss, Johnson, Lea.
I.eake Lathrop, Lancaster, Leary, Mayo,
Mosely, DR.. Cav. Maury, McAdams,
Mitchell, Merrik, Noting. Newton, Page.
Perrin, Rose, Rutherford, Reid, Stern
stringfellow Scott Smith. Tyler, Tanner
| Tucker, Talbot, Taliaferro, Valentine,
| Upshur, Williams, Walker, Wexford,
Waddill Wilson, Watkins, Waltham,
| and many others.
Miss Mary Belle Taylor, the charming
and accomplished daughter of Mr.. Sell
| don Taylor, was married yesterday after
| noon at $50 O'Clock to Mr.. Charles
| Llewellyn Petit, of Norfolk, at her home,
| or West Grace Street.
The house was beautifully decorated,
! the lower floor was in white crash.
where artistic groups of palms and white
! chrysanthemums abounded. The dining
room had a delightful glow of red holly
and red shades. making a joyful well
| come. The table was adorned with Bat
| tenberg over red. and the centerpiece
| being mass of American Beauties.
Under an inprovised arched altar made
| ly Harvey, of smilax, chrysa nthemums
and palms, Rev c. w. Petit, of Norfolk,
| assisted by Rev. ]. Z. Bosnian, tied the
nuptial knot.
! The bridal procession entered to the
strains of Lohengrins wedding march
| played by Thilow's Orchestra Leading
| the way and forming an aisle as they
went We're little Misses Floyd Taylor.
| sister of the bride and Louise Crump in
dainty white organizes. with pink laces;
| then the groom and his best man. Mr..
| Percy Petit of Norfolk. Immediately
| preceding the bride were Misses Mabel
| and .tlecn Petit, twin sisters of the
| groom in charming gowns of white point
| d'esprit over nile green, with white satin
| ribbon and forget-me-nots: long nile
green gloves were worn and they carried
| bouquets of pink chrysanthemums.
! After the ceremony Mrs. Seldom Taylor
assisted Mr.. and Mrs Petit in receiving
| at an elegant reception. after which the
| popular young couple left on the O'Clock
| train for the North Before re-
turning to this city for the holidays they
will spend a week in Norfolk with the
groom's relatives.
The bride-eect is the attractive and ac-
| complished daughter of Mr.. Seldom Tay-
/ lor, of this city, while the groom is the
son of eX-Mayor Petit, of Norfolk, and
! both have 81 host of friends. as the M
merous and handsome wedding presents
testify.
Among the out-or-town guests we're
Mrs. w. r. Dosson, Mrs. w. c.
| ral1 Mar.