The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-16
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL.

Madame Sarah Grand win deliver her
lecture on the Art Of. Happiness at the
| Academy Monday, October 18th, under
the auspices of the Woman's Club. A
single lecture of Madame Grand's has
| been delivered before eighty-six lyceums
In Great Britain, with the astonishing
| result that, at the Inal performance,
thousands were turned away, unable to
t secure seats. No royal opera has ever
drawn greater throngs. intellectually.
Madame Grand may fittingly be styled
the GROWING flower of the twentieth
century civilization. In her dual role of
! author and lecturer. she is gifted with q
Keen wit, tempered by goodness of heart.
and an undercurrent of quiet hunor, Of
ten sarcastic, but never unjust.
Members OF the club are entitled to re-
served seats at the Academy, these seats
| only being kept for them till tonight.
! after which the box-office will be open
| to the public. Before going to the Acad-
envy to-day, those who have not already
obtained their tickets from the club
! house must do so.
A reception will be given Madame
Grand at. the Woman's Club after the
! lecture. To this reception club members
may take an escort, either a lady or
| gentleman, provided said escort shall
have attended the lecture.
Wedding invitation after invitation
| come pouring in, and the society girl is
making plans to attend them all, sitting
near the door in some instances, in order
! to be in time for the marriage of another
/ friend, which viii come off in a few min
i utes in the other end of the town. Among
| the weddings announced for to-day are
| those of Miss Butler and Mr.. Ford; Miss
Eggleston and Mr.. Half: Miss Stubs and
| Mr.. Post; Miss Lily Satterwlite and DR..
Francis Robert Beattie, and Mr.. George
w. Call and Miss McAllister, of Coving-
/ ton.
Miss Otelia Burfoot Eggleston will this
! evening become the bride of Mr. William
! Cullen Bryant Half. of Brooklyn, New
/ York The marriage will take place at
! Grace Episcopal Church at 625 o'clock.
The bride-elect is the daughter Of Dr..
and Mrs. Joseph w. Eggleston and is
extremely popular, as the number of her
wedding presents testify. Mr.. Half takes
| great interest in political and Masonic or
| ders and is a member of the Brooklyn
Democratic Club, ST. Nicholas Lodge.
/ Jerusalem Chapter. Cour de Lion Com
! mandery. Kismit Temple and the Mystic
1
Hanover Bank of Brooklyn.
| Miss Ataude Winston Butler will be-
| come the bride of Mr.. Claude Ford at her
! mothers residence. No. SIS Floyd Avenue,
/ att O'Clock this afternoon.
There was a beautiful wedding at
the Second Presbyterian Church, when
/ Miss Susie Tazewell Corlng became
! the bride of Mr.. Robert Mcclure Paxton.
! The ceremony was performed by Rev I.
! NJ. McCorcle, of Lynchburg, assisted by
| Rev. DR.. Jere Witherspoon, at high noon.
The brides maid Of honor was her sis
| ter, Miss Odele Corling, who wore gown
| of white organize over white silk.
The bridesmaids were her younger sis
/ ter and her three cousins, who We're dress
ed in the effect of a rainbow. Miss Bas-
kervilie, of Dinwiddie county, was gown
| ed in a pink organdie over pink taffeta.
Miss Patterson of Lynchburg, was in blue
organdie over blue silk. Miss Reed, of
Lynchburg, was in lavender organdie over
lavender silk. and Miss Callie Corling was
in yellow organdie over yellow silk. In
! their hair was ribbon to correspond with
their dresses, and they carried shower
! bouquets of carnations.
i The bride, who entered on her
| fathers arm, wore q handsome gown Of
| white organdie over white taffeta, with
accordian-peated founce and sleeves. She
/ wore q long veil and carried shower
! bouquet of brides roses. the long stream
ers being nearly covered With sprays of
| lilies of the valley.
| Mr.. Edward Laird was hest man and
| Mr.. William Martin. Mr. Carl Bowers,
| Mr.. Edward Montgomery and Mr..
Charles Lackey, OF Rockbridge, were the
| groomsmen. Mr.. Powers played the we'd
/ Al, ~ n
lnmedia ely after the ceremony an ele-
CANT luncheon was given 70 the bridal
party at the residence of the brides pa
rents, No 10 South First Street
The young couple left for a northern
tour on the $3.50 train, and will be home to
friends il, Sherwood after the 2sth
The brideis the popular daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Thomas sCorling. while
! the groom is a native of RocSbridGe, and
comes from one Of the best Virginia fam
| lilies.
! Miss Josephine Blanche Boscten was
married last night at the residence of her
mother, No. 125 South Laurel Street to
, Mr.. James William Chittam. The par
lors We're tastefully decorated by Harvey
/ with palms and potted plants. The cere-
I mony was performed by Rev. w. A..
/ BagIy. pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
| The bride entered the parlor to the
/ strains of the wedding march. played by
/ Mrs Charles Godscy with her maid OF
/ honor, Miss johanna Boschen, who Wore
! a white organdy dress with satin trim
| Inirgs, and carried white carnations
The groom met them at the improyised
| altar with his best man. Mr.. Harry.
| Chittam. The sushers We're Mr.. Charles
i Anderson and Mr. Paul Miller.
! The bride wore becoming costume Of
mode cloth with hat and gloves to match,
/ and carried a bouquet of La France roses.
The young couple left on a Northern
/ wedding tour and will be at home to their
! friends, at No 125 South. Laurel Street,
on the 18th. The bride is a daughter OF
Mrs. w. B. Clarke and of the late Theo-
! dore T.. Boschen.
Mr. John Morris Howard of Newport
News, and MISS Julia Temple Parkinson
We're married last evening at 80 O'Clock
at the residence OF the bride s. moi her,
No. 2611 East Marshall Street. The Wed
ding was quite a pretty one.
The bride wore q travelling dress Of
brown cloth and carried bouquet OF OF
brides, roses. Miss Alberta Parkinson,
sister of ( the bride, was her maid Of
homer and wore a dress of blue organdy