The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-16


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Edith NJ Thomas, in February Smart
Set.
Washington Gossip.
The White House has definitely an
nounced that the wedding OF Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth VIII ta6e
place February 18th, at noon, sin the East
Room of the White House. The ceremony
will be performed by the Episcopal
Bishop of Washington, the Right Rev.
H. " Satterlee, says Town and Coun-
try" assisted by the Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith. rector of st. Johns.
1t is expected that MIR. Buckner wal
lIngford, of Cincinnati, Mr.. Longworths
brother-ln-law, will act as best man. Mr..
Benson Foraker, son OF Senator Foraker,
OF Ohio. and Representative Robert
Adams. of Pennsylvania, will be two of
the ushers. Mr.. Adams Is that same
.'Bertfe" Adams, the popular bachelor
Congressman, who won n great part
of his fame by Introducing the whipping
post for wife-beaters.
vicomte dc Chambrun, also brother
in-law of the groom. may be another
usher. The Ambassador TO Vienna, the
Hon. Bellamy Storer whose wife is an
aunt to the prospective bridegroom, has
applied to the State Department for leave
of absence in order that he and Mrs
Storer may be present at the wedding.
Meanwhile. entertaining in honor of
the aftlanced couple. wakes merrier. The.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks gave
dinner-dance on january Sd. In their
honor At the dinner covers were laid for
thirty and the guests from other dinner
parties came in for the dance. Colonel
and Mrs Cromwell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Legare were hosts of the same
evening. Senator and Mrs. Elkins enter
tained on Thursday last in honor OF Miss
Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth, and on
January 18th Secretary of War and Mrs
Taft will give dinner OF twenty covers
with the same happy pair as honor
guests. the dinner 10 be followed by a big
reception to the members of the Philip
pine party.
The Charity Ball.
The Southern Charity Ball. at the New
Willard Hotel, washington. y. ~. ms
evening January 18th, promises to be
tho most brilliant social event of the
season.
Extensive preparations have been made
for this function, and a large number
of tickets disposed of. Miss Mamie Kan
dolph Heth. daughter OF the late General
Harry Heth, is president Of the society,
having succeeded Mrs. Lindsay Lomax
Mrs. Resale Hollyday Bocock, the
chairman of the executive committee,
has the arrangements in charge, and this
alone would Insure its SUCCESS, since she
proved a most efficient chairman last
year and every detail was carried out
with the most perfect system
Mrs Bocock is a native of Maryland,
and Is The widow of Mr.. James Bocock,
OF Lynchburg, Va. She is also a first
cousin OF Mr. H. St. George Tucker.
president OF the Jamestown Exposition.
The United States Marine Band and the
Thirteenth Cavalry Band will furnish the
music for the ball. and both of the con-
meeting bail rooms at Wizards will be
thrown open for dancing and promenad-
ing The supper will be served down
stairs in the regular dining room. several
hundred being seated at one time.
The proceeds OF these balls go to the
aid of needy Confederate veterans and
their families.
The following list OF patrosesses have
accepted; Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis, Mrs
Montague. Mrs. Stonewall jackson. Mrs.
Harry Heth, Mrs. White. Mrs. Lindsay
Lomax, Mrs. Chitard, Mrs. Dewey. Mrs.
Draper, Mrs. schley, Mrs. c. C. Glover,
Mrs. Stephen b. Elkins, Mrs. Ed. w
Carmack. Mrs. Thomas s. Martin, Mrs
James b., McCreary. Mrs. Charles A
Culberson. Mrs. Joseph c. s. Blackburn,
AIRS. Lee S. Over,nan. Mrs. John H. Bank
head Mrs. John B. Rixey. Mrs. William
A. Jones. Mrs. Moore Mnrdock, Mrs.
Lester. Mrs. Arthur German, Mrs. George
F. Elliott, Mrs. st. George Tucker Mrs.
j. j. Hemphill. Mrs. John r. Mclean,
Mrs. Benjamin Mcou, AIRS. William Cor
coran Eustis, Mrs. George B. Harrison,
Mrs. Alfred Thorn. Mrs. Armisteaa Peter,
Mrs. Silas Hare. MRS. Frank Armstrong,
Miss Emily Mason, Mrs. Britannia Ken
M rs ri Artb
Mrs. Edmund K. Goldsborough, Mrs.
Samuel Spencer. Mrs. A. Greedy, Mrs
Magnus Thompson. Mrs. r. H. McKin,
Mrs. Harriet Turner. Miss -Kibbey, Mrs
Richard Pardee Williams. Mrs. Z. Gray
Pendleton Mrs. r. II. Lynn, Mrs. Bryson
Taylor. Mrs. Joseph Bryan, Mrs. Albert
Janin. Mrs. Charles Washington Cole
man, Mrs. Lamar.
a reception committee Of gentlemen, as
Follows, VIII assist the committee in intro
ducing and entertaining the guests.
The reception committee consists of ,Jus
tice Seth Shepard, Governor Edwin p.
Warheld, Senator John w. Daniel, Sena-
tor G. A. Culberson. Senator William A.
Clark, Senator James B. McCreary. Sena
tor Stephen r. Mallory, Senator James
H. Berry, ex-senator Marion Butler Col
onel H. a. Herbert. Representative John
Sharpe Williams, Representative SYDNEY
Z. Bowie, Representative John w. Gaines,
Representative William A, Jones Benra
sentative Adolph Meyer General Iindhy
Lomax, Major Holmes Conrad, Mr.. Silas
Hare, Mr.. John IT. Calaghan, MT. St
George Tuc@er. Mr.. Charles ]. Faucknor
Major Robert Hunter, Mr.. C. c. Glover
Colonel Joseph p. Minitree, Colonel Z, s,
Brown Mr., Beverly r. Mason and Mr.,
Stockton Heth
Mr.. Arthur Lee is chairman of the floor
committee and Mrs. Susan Haxell chair
man OF the young ladies' committee
WEDDINGS.
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