The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-08
Press Convention Ball.

jag II CSS SOllNClll1OIlE Dan.
The ball given to the Press Association
OF Virginia and North Carolina last
"Wednesday evening AT Kenilworth Inn
Ashevilie, n. c., was an enjoyable sue
cess.
The ball room WAS -prettily decorated
in, palms and flowers; the german was led
by Mr.. Norman II. Johnston OF RAJ
leigh. n. c., and Belcher's orchestra fur
nished the music.
ii AT midnight beautiful supper was
served in the dining hall. Thursday eve
ming Miss Laura Bridgeman. a graduate
of the Chicago School of Expression,
presented the following programme In
the Ashcville Y. NJ. C. A. hall:
PART /. i.
Tommy Atkins CRudyard Kipling).
L'Envoi (Rudyard kiplng).
Theatre Party (Alice Heagan Rico
(From Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch).
Prodigal Son Orchard Harding Davis).
Our Two Opinions eugene Field.
AZ PART III.
Through the Flood Clan NlcLaren)-
(From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush). {
An Old Sweetheart Games W1litcomb
Riley.
Little Brown Baby paul Lawrence
$Dunbar).
Pillow Fights (Anonymous).
AUX Italiens (Bulwer Lytton). ~
Lesher-Crist. Is,
The following item, in which Richmond
and Portsmouth, Va, people will be in
terested, Is taken from the society col
tumns of the Washington Post, which
says:
( 3 An unexpected wedding Of much inter-
est in this city was that on July LIST Of
Mrs. Maude Duvall Crlst. Of Washing
ton, to Lieutenant Robert Williamson
lLesher. United States army. The cere-
mony occurred In the home Of the brlue-
groom's mother, in Jamestown, Pa, where
the bride was making a short visit. Al
though their engagement had been known
to their friends and relatives for some
time, the wedding date had not been set.
and they did not expect it to be for some
time.
Rev. w. D. Donat, pastor Of the Jones'
town Reformed Church, officiated, and
the bride and groom made a few snort
visits in Pennsylvania before coming to
this city. They arrived here yesterday
to spend some time with the BRIDES pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Duvall. Mrs.
Lesher has been on the comic opera
stage for the past several years. and was
at the time of her marriage the prima
donna of THE Beauty and the Beast
q company, having been promoted to that
position only recently. She has met
with great success on the stage because
of her beautiful voice and her personal
beauty. She is a granddaughter OF Judge
Duvall, of Maryland, and of the late
David Balm. Of Portsmouth, Va. Lieu
tenant Lesher is a son Of Mrs. Caroline
and the late Harry Lesher of the Read
ing Railroad, a grandson of Thomas
Il Lesher, and great-grandson of Major
William Lesher, of Revolutionary fame
After a visit to the BRIDES home Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Lcsher will proceed to
the grooms station. Fort Assiniboine
Montana. His regiment. the Third Cav
airy. will go to the Philippines the last
of November, and Mrs. Lesher will accom-
pany her husband there having given
up the stage permanently.
Keswick Whist Club.
A number Of Richmonders, among them
Miss Satterfeld and Miss Phoebe Satter-
field, attending the meeting OF. the 'Kes-
wick Whist Club, in the home of Mr..
and Mrs.. Julian M6rris THE Oaks last
"Wednesday afternoon. /.
The house was beautifully decorated
with ferns and flowers. At the close
OF the game refreshing ices were served.
Interesting Relic.
An interesting relic. in the shape of a
biography Of George Washington, writ
Ten ana printed IN lSOl, at Fredericton.
Md, by Mr. Bartgis. Is now in possess
sion Of Mr.. G. G. Baker, OF the Shen-
Hndoah Valley National Bank. The book
IS quaint example OF the style of COM
position In vogue during the early nine
1eenth century. The reproduction of
Washington's will shows that he owned
a lot in Winchester, at the northwest
corner of Cork and Braddock Streets,
known rs 'Washington's Headquarters. =
Family Reunion.
Mrs C. A. Henderson held family re-
union on July 4th. In the home Of Mr.
G. X. Henderson, on the Middlebrook
road, short distance from Staunton, Va
The dinner table was spread under tho
trees on the lawn with seats for fifty
five people. all of whom enjoyed &
sumptuous meal and the spirit of the oc
casion.