The news & observer., 1903-04-22
MISS MARY sEAToN HAY
HAsAFTE- BRIDAL RECEPTION
The Bride Elect in the jones' Hsy Wedding
Most Delightfully."- fntertains Large
Circle Of Her Friends

! nuptaI reception given IN years III Ral-
| eigh was that of Miss Mary Seaton Hay
yesterday afternoon, on the eve Of her
marriage to Mr.. William Branch Jones
tonight
The occasion was an elegant one in
every particular and during the reception
! hours, from five to seven, the parlors at
/ the Marlborough House were thronged
with the many friends of the charming
bride elect, of her sister, Miss Belle Hay
and of her father, Mr.. r. T. Hay.
The hall and parlors of the Marlborough
House, where Mr. Hay and his daughters
/ have their home. were most beautifully
decorated On entering the hall there was
! scene of tropical beauty: palms and
/ ferns being the background, behind which
was placed Wrights orchestra, which
rendered most exquisite music during the
reception. In the parlor where the recep-
tion party stood there were palms, smilax,
roses, and other flowers, all accentuating
the color scheme of white and green which
made beautiful the rooms.
AS the guests entered the hall their
cards We're received by little Misses Nan
ME Hay, Margaret Branch and Josephine
Gilmer, and they We're presented to the
reception party in the hall, consisting of
Misses Eliza Busbee, Alice Stronach,
Sadie Root, Sophy Busbee, Marguerite
Crow, May Jones, Daisy Smith, Mattye
Pace, Mesdames Brown Shepherd and
James Litchford
From the hall the visitors were ushered
into the beautifully decorated parlor
Here they were received by the BRIDE
h.
exquisitely gowned in a lace robe en-
broidered in pearls. and who was assist
ed in receiving by her sister, Miss Belle
Hay Mrs. Gilbert Hay, of Atlanta; Mrs
Armlstead Jones and Miss Mary Armi-
stead Jones, mother and sister of the
groom elect, Mrs w A. B. Branch Mrs
T. C. Gales and Miss Lois Holt of Char
lotte.
Beyond the parlor temporary refresh
ment room had been arranged, and here
the color motif of white and green was
carried out in all decorations and in the
service of ice cream and bon bons. the
table being extremely handsomely ar
ranged In charge were Mrs. William
Blount Shepherd, Mrs. Robert d. Gilmer,
and Mrs. Fab II. Busbee, most hospitable
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beneath floral umbrella was the punch
bowl, where a most delicious concoction
of champagne punch wa5 in charge of
Mrs. Charles M. Busbee, who most daint-
| lily served this to the guests.
The reception was delightful in all re-
spects and no small part of it's many
pleasures was an invitation to view the
hundreds of bridal gifts, which required
an entire room in their display There
was silver, cut glass, the finest of china,
bric- brac of all kinds, oil paintings,
steel engravngs and the various beautiful
and loving rememberances from relatives
and friends which make such an occasion
so full of happiness. i,
Raleigh social life was seen at it's best
at the reception, which was heartily en-
! joyed. 1t was given to the lady friends of
Miss Mary Seaton Hal, but at $50 a
number of her gentlemen friends, on in
vitation Of her father, enjoyed the pleas
ures of the charming ladies who made it
so happy.
This morning Mr.. c. NJ Busbee tenders
bridal breakfast to the groom and his
groomsmen, while in the party will be
Messrs. Armistead Jones and Il. T. Hay,
fathers of the groom and the bride The
wedding takes place tonight at nine
o'clock at Christ Church and after the
wedding there will be a reception at the
Marlborough House to specially invited
guests.
/ Among the many guests who We're
present during the afternoon were:
Misses Hoke, Sophy Manly Grimes.
| Gray, Martha b. de Rundeau, Blanch :
! Blake, Pittenger Rosalie Hay, Sarah
| Frances Cheshire, Hogg, Mary A. Page,
M. Louise Page, Annie B. Duncan. Sue
Hoge Dinwiddie, Anna Ball Strona2h
! Satterthwaite, Penelope Davis, Lizzie
Hinton Lee, Isabella Cuthbert Heartt.
Gertrude Elaine Sanborn, Theodore
Marshall Margaret Trapier, Mary Sher-
wood Smedes Haywood, Latta, Susie
McGee Heck, Hicks, Hal Morson Mar
garet Harris, Rosa Ashe Battle, Julia
Bailey Howell, Grow, Hay, Thompson.
Bailey, Eta Duncan Perry Mary War
ren Davis, Mary H. Andrews, Susan de
Leftwich McPheeters, Marguerite Left
wich McPheeters, McKimmon, Blanche
Bragg Heartt, Coffin, Haywood Dortch
Eleanor Mary West, Helen Primrose,
Janet Badger, Mamie Baker Skinner
Shipp Mary Wilson Johnson, 'Vass,
Katherine Badger, Frances Augusta
Jones. Florence Hill Jones, Margaret
Susan Marshall Loula Hall Briggs.
Susan w. G. Clark, Syme, Helen Lyell
Smedes, Agnes Rogers Page, Belvin,
| Hoke Patty Battle Lewis, of Raleigh, and
Miss Mary Francis Page, of Virginia.
Mesdames Alex Webb, Colin M. Haw-
kins, B. r. Lacy, William Bryan Grimes.
R. S. McGeachy Wallace c. Riddick, Bes-
sic Smedes Leak, Thomas James Muir
phy Henry Meryman Wilson, Henry
Evans Litchford Mary L. Anderson.
Frank Willngham William Plummer
Bachelor. L. B. Pegram, V. E, Turner,
Henry w. Miller, Rommie d. Goodwin.
Josephus Daniels, James H. Pou, Joel d.
| Whitaker, Jr., Alfred Williams, Mary
Grimes Smith, J. E. Shepherd, Kemp P
Battle Jr.. Edmund B. Crow, Platt ID,
Walker Sherwood Higgs Annie Moore
Parker, William A. Withers, Edward
Chambers Smith, Hubert A. Royster.
Charles E. Johnson Percy K. Albright.
John B. Kenney John S. Mckee, Thomas
Badger, Joseph Graham, John NJ. Brown.
Samuel Fowle Telfair, James Mckee, p.
S. Skinner. James A. Briggs, Jr., B. w
Kilgore JOseDh f Pogue John Marsh