The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-30
Chat of People and Events.

week of vacation, and made it
noteworthy for the younger set
whose gaieties it set in motion.
Upon the second week. in con
trast. has descended all the dull
ness of Summer, and in it there
has been gathered little Of mo-
ment. Dances, card parties and
even the outings that are always
regarded as u part Of the social
gift of the season were, perhaps,
holding their delights in abey
auce, at least they failed to touch
the present with their bright
ness. Elsewhere events inter
esting to Columbians have tran
spired. and chief among these is
the wedding of Miss Irene
Dashiell and MIR. George Burr
Richardson, celebrated in Biz
mingham on the evening of
Thursday The following ac-
count of the pretty ceremony is
taken from The Age Herald:
The marriage of Miss Irene
Frances Dashiel and Mr.. George
Burr Richardson of Washington,
D. c., took place last night at
$50 o'clock at the residence of
the brides sister, Mrs. Evans
Johnson Dunn, on the South
Highlands. The ceremony was
impressively performed by the
Rev. DR.. Thomas J. Beard in the
presence Of the immediate family
and a few intimate friends.
While the wedding was a quiet
one, the ceremony was one of
unusual beauty, the bride and
bridegroom coming down the
grand stairway in the reception
hall and passed through an aisle
of gorgeous palms into the second |
drawing room. Dr. Beard in
his church robes entering the
drawing room from the side
The large bay window was bank
ed with palms which made a !
tropical background, and white
roses were used throughout in
tho Iocp,.otipnC
Miss Dashiell looked charm
ingly in her bridal gown. She |
wore white panne crepe and rose |
point lace. The gown had yoke !
of white chiffon, hand embroider-
ed, and below this was a bertha
OF exquisite point. The sleeves
were made of puffs and finished
with point lace. The skirt was
full and finished with hand made
tucks running lengthwise. The
bridal bouquet was of lilies of the
valley, and the brides only jew
els was a pearl pin, the gift of
the bridegroom. Immediately
after the ceremony an elaborate
wedding supper was served. The
decorations were in white roses.
Mr.. Richardson and his bride
left later in the evening for a
wedding journey west, and they
viii be at home in Washington.
The bride is a daughter Of the
late Captain Thomas r. DashielI,
of Columbus, Miss, and grand
of Judge J. NJ. HOwry,
of Oxford, Miss. Her family has
always been prominet in social
and political annals of the south.
She is very charming and at
tractive and spent the past win
ter with her sister. Mrs. Dunn.
Mr.. Richardson is a graduate :
Of Harvard and has several de {
grees. He is noted geOlogist I
and has made some interesting
Investigations for the govern
ment He is a son of the late I
Mr.. George Wentworth Richard {
son, of New York. $
Miss DOnelsOn's dancing class
gave its initial cotillion Thursday
evening, and introduced in grace i
al fashion the future bellies and t
)eaux who have mastered so I
'apidly and we'll the art of dane
ng. There were several leaders
or the attractive figures, and in +
addition a few lovely special v
lances. Japanese parasols, rib c
)OnS of every hue. WandS and