The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-20

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Z Then-tAis July.
V, b MAY Ellis Nichols.
Brilliant Wedding.
s$ The announcement Of the death OF beau
A tieul Lady Curzon, in England. nrings
\, hacl, to the minds Of many, her brtllian II
wed ding on April q, 1895, in old St. JOINTS
FL Church. washington, ! D. c., whe1, she was
y declared to be one Of the loveliest brides
~ that ever passed down the aisles Of that
Historic edifce,{ .S8, MS
ss9' when Lady curzon was Miss Mary
$s$ Leitcr, a belle and beauty in the society
81 circles OF washington, Mrs. Grover C!eve-
land was hor intimate friend, and little,
Ruth Cleveland, at that time only TOUR
X Years old. sat IN a pew at the Cnrzon--
s Letter wedding, reserved especlallly lor.
n her. and marked with q big white DO ".
IL Mrs. Cleveland left the church immediate
$Iy behind the bride, on the arm Of MT.
{ Levi Letter her father. . u 2
u The bride herself, in white satin gown
4 and berthe Of rare lace With diamond "
Il STARS holding her long tulle veil, was
! heartily cheered BY the crowd Of people
outside. who waited to see her enfeF sc
l. from the church. III ,3i 4
She sailed away to her Enslish = ONE 11
AZ once after her marriage. and has oniS
III paid single hurriM visit to America Anne e,
Hs since, but she Is well re1nemb ered In herl
u m tive land, where her sweetness Of dis
y position and her thorough wo manl1nFe IS
Fl NADIA her greatly beloved. VI
S At a ball given shortly after her debut
"A Tor the purpose Of bringing the noted
NJ beauties Of tie day together, Lady Cur: cur
n zor,,$ then Miss Letter, appeared IN com 4
SSpany With Miss Susie Sturgis, Of Patla7
ii delpta; Miss Louise Morris, Of Baltimore
4 Miss Sallie Hargous, of New YORK MI 81 s.
y May Handy, Of Richmond, and Miss MAT NJ
Sstie Mitchell OF Washington, now the
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld. That she.
" held her own in such a noted list shows
Il her national American reputation-one
Z, that was amply sustained afterwards n;
n England d, where she soon won her way TO
S8all hearts by her simple dignity and the
,{unaffected4 cordially Of her, manners
ssssi At Woodb bury Forest.
Mrs. Charles Shields, Misses Margaret,
Lima and Hattie Shields Mr.. Charles
Nv Pickett Shields. Mrs. p. i. Taltaterro,
Miss Sophie White, Mrs. stuart Bowe.
\ Mrs. Bruce 3owe and other I:icnm,'nd
y people are spending midsummer at Wood
II bury Forest, in Orange county. ES5.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Blankenship and sons
4 arc a at Walnut Hills" the charming
fKemper home In Orange where Mrs.
80 IL los
SKemper, now lives. VI ~
Arrived in Boston.
VA Mi IS Betty Burwel Booker, Of Rich
1 mono. and MI! Francis Hartford, of Lon
don, England, have arrived In q Boston
Mass, en- route to Bar Harhor. Where
Z they will give a series Of concerts.
siis They will also give a concert at the
.Woman's Club, this city, during Octo pe',
a telegram to Miss Booker S family, Mt
u tha University of Virginia, brought the
4 pleasing news OF her return to the United
States. 81
81 she has been abroad for several years,
!, and has been most successtul AZ, q Go.l-
4 cert singer for two winters In London.
{ She has always been q great favorite N
Il Richmond. and the news Of her approach
Ing visit to the city will be received with
& great interest. IL
Miss Cranz Returns.
Friends OF Miss Elsie Cranz, who has
been teaching In Porto Rico. VIII be glad
K To welcome her back to Richmond, after
h = three years. absence. Miss Cranz. who
ia q graduate OF the Richmond High
school and OF the Louisville Kindergarten
Training School, has been for several
years teaching in the government school
] at Ponce, on the island OF Porto RICO,
and has been most successful IN all her
A work After her graduation from the
~ training school at Louisville, she was
offered teachers position in the island
q schools, and at once accepted. The teach-
q lng In the schools Is done in English. but
$ Miss Cranz has learned to speak Spanish
fluently from association with the peo-
q Ole, This Is her first visit home, and
L she will be with her mother, Mrs, Oscar
IA Cranz, at No. los North Linden Street.
until September, when she will return to
X Porto Rico. Her summers have hereto-
81 fore been spent at the naval station on
4 the Porto Rcan coast, which is virtually
n the summer resort OF the island.
S She expresses herself as greatly pleased
with her work, and her proficiency pror,-
ises her bright future In n wider field.
When she arrived In the city Tuesday
Il night she was accompanied by Miss Mar
earita Domenech y Cruz, the ten-year-old
daughter OF one of the most prominent
Standards In Porto Rico. Little Miss
hfargar!ta will attend some good private
school in this city, and will then 20 tc
Virginia college to complete her edu'
q eaton. She Is a striking type of Spanish
d sbaau ty. with the large. soft eyes and tn,
Ascrlsp. dark curls OF her race For TIN
Nv present, at least she will remain witt
& Mrs, C,ranz. Her parents are native
Porto Ricans. hut her grandparents wer'
Spanish. Her father, Manuel Victo
SDomenech y Ferrer, Is a member OF tn
v House of Delegates the legislative bod.
Of the island and Is owner OF the larges
newspaper there-''La Aquila," or 'Th
Eagle" He is a graduate OF Lehigl
University, Pennsylvania, and Is strongi