The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-10
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL

Miss Maria Ward Williams was mar
ried to Mr. Lewis Cat1ott williams, at
| Monumental Church last night, amid
Brilliant assembly OF friends.
The church was bower Of palms and
smilax. the altar being mass of palms,
artisttcally grouped By Mann ano
Brown. the long pillars being twined
with evergreen and fsstooned By ropes of
the same. From the center hung a bril-
liant star of electric lights. The gallery
was decorated with wild smiiax, the
pillars of the same being entwined. At
the end of the front pe~s were aSui-
| ficent punches OF white roses.
The BRIDE wore handsome white
applique lace gown over taHeta, with
chiffon trimmings. and carried show
er OF lilies OF the Valley. Around her
neck was clasped pearl necklace worn
| by her mother, and her grandmother at
| their wedding. She entered the church
| leaning on her fathers arm.
Her maid of homer was Miss Mary
Page Williams, of Orange, and sister of
the groom, who wore a white appnoued
silk net, over accordion-piaited pink
| chiffon and carried a shower Of ros s
| The bridesmaids were: Misses Noting.
| Lucy Kent, Of Petersburg: Eusenia
Oglesby, OF Atlanta; Kate Bu1rell Will
liams. of Orange; Sophie Meredith. Eliza
beth Davenport, Lucy Forrey. Of York.
Pa; Gertrude SHELTON. Lucy 4dea6e, Bes-
sic Dunlop, Sallls Randolph and Emmie
Johnson. Of Atlanta all in dainty point
d'esprit over tafreta, trimmed In ,ulle
ana lace, with bouquets Of pink roses
tied with tulle.
Preceding the bride were two dainty
flower natdens, dressed in white organ
dies who strewed the bridal path with
carnations. They were little Misses
Charlotte and Francis Bemiss. while to
oS ktA r,aII ir,
played by Dir. John Powell. Masters
Samuel and John Beuiss made a ribbon
aisle.
The ushers were mostly Delta Psi, fra
ternity meu-Messrs Creighton Peet.
Roclzhill Potts and Joseph D. Mason. OF
New York; DR.. Gordon Wilson, OF Balti-
more; George T. Thomson, of Philadel-
Lomax P. Taylor, OF Charlottesville;
Carl Noting, BerkieE Williams. Jo-
nathan Bryan. Robert F. Williams and
George Wallis s
The groom, with his best man, DR..
Ennion Clifford Williams, met the bride
at the altar and were united by Rev w.
E. Evans, assisted by Rev. John 5.
Hansborough. of Orange. and Rev. W..
B. Williams, uncle Of the bride.
| Immediately after the ceremony an ele-
| CANT reception was held at the brides
| home to relatives and bridal party.
concealed orchestra playing meanwhile.
The two parlors were in white. the
mantels being banked with roses and
| smilax, and the gas globes and electric
| lights being tied with wide pink satin
| ribbon
The color scheme was brought out by
| American Beauties IN the library. while
the dining-room was a bower OF pink,
| a large, loving cup with long-stemmsd
roses being the centarpiece, the roses
| baj, of RI table. the
portieres were of saiIax.
| The bride is the attractive
daughter OF Mr.. John L. Williams and q
| sister of Mr.. John Shelton Williams,
President of the seaboard Air Line.
while the groom is a. member OF the
| Richmond bar and a son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Williams, of Orange
/; Among the out-of-town guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Williams Miss
J Sallie Williams and Mr.. John 6. Will
Jams. Jr., of. Orange: Mr.. and Mrs.
Meddendorf. of Baltimore: Mrs. Anna
Bruno and Mrs n. Norman Bruno, OF
| New Jersey: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith.
of Charlottesville and Mr.. and Mrs Byrd
! Charles Willis, of Alexandria
| Mr.. aud Mrs Williams left IN Mr..
Shelton Williams private car on South
| ern tour, and vii. res de on their return
at No. Ill North Fourth Street
Among the bridal presents. was
I piece OF emma, WHICH hdd Deem IN the
| family for five generations.
| One of the most elegant teas OF the
season was that yesterday of Mrs. Charles
| e. Borden, in honor of her guests, Misses
Lena Bellanay and Fanny Taylor, OF Will
mington, N. C. The house was a bower
| Of wild srailax, which was brought from
Mrs. Borden's home In North Carolina
Mantels, doorways and the long staircase
were beautifully decorated with 1t. while
1t was relieved by clusters of pink roses
in the parlors and shaded lamps In the
dining-roon. there being charming
| glow of crimson.
Receiving With Mrs Borden and her
guests were: Mrs. S. W. Travers, Mrs
Allison Hodges, Miss Annie Bell Borden.
OF Goldsboro, n. c.; Mrs 4. W. Patti
son. Mrs. c. T. Hesuembours. The punch
bowl was charmingIy presided over by
Mrs. Jackson Guy. assisted hy Miss
Blanche Morgan. while Mss. J. A. Patter-
son poured coffee. zefe.-ss
The, gentleman came In later to meet
Mrs. sBorden's guests, and so ended a
| pleasant evening. jhins sa3 -
The Jefferson Club was throneed with
smartly-dressed women yesterday after
noon, when the second of a series OF
travel lectures was delivered by Miss
@'Ae't Id Io1aii' at tue conclusion or which
| a reception was held. Mrs. E. N. Cal!sch
was chairman of the afternoon. and intro
| duce6 Miss Blair, who gave an historic
description of London from the time of
| Brutus to the present day as seen by her
own eyes. London, she said was the
champion Of liberty. and covered four
counties, and had a population of over
| 100000. It has six different historic
points, which represent periods In his
+! torE-the Bank OF England. Churchyard
| Of St Paufs. Fleet Stree GEARING Cross
Parliament Building ana Waterloo Place.
| In passing. Miss Blair mentioned Ilfra-
comb. a little Devonshire village. which
| to this day has only weekly paper:
| the other days a crier goes around an
nouncing the news. Throughout her adj
dress she quoted from Dickens Tale OF
Two Cities" Thackaray, and Tennyson's
Charge of the Light Brigade"
At the reception Mrs. Emanuef Raab
| presided over the coffee and Mrs Simon
Sycle ever the chocolate They were as
sisted by Mrs. Leon Walierstsin, Misses
| Rebecca HelIstern Estelie Whitiock. tia
| gel Strause, Helen R!nswanger and Helen