The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-23
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL
MoSG tho many g,es,s bro,,e

Brown Potter, who reached Richnlon,
on Friday. and Is registered at TIL
Jefferson Hotel.
i Mrs Potter has always been Il Eroa
social favo,rite mere where she had lie
! home until l1cr#marriage.l and whar
she was noted nellc. Her annua
ChrIstinas visit is paid primarily t,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powers and thei
/ family. her little niece. Mics AIargaru
i Powers. being n great fnvorite Will
I Mrs. Potter Mr.. Potter owns nm eS
/ tensivc plantation In Mexico, and hi
Wife, going South from Richmond
| likes to rench that country in tim
| for the Mexican spring season, which
!! she considers very delightful.
| Miss streets Tea.
| Miss Mary Dallas Street was til,
hostess of very pretty ten, given ii
her home, No. 703 East Grace Street
| on Friday afternoon to number o
| her friends among tic young societ,
| girls or Richmond.
| Decorations were In Christmas col
ors nnds greens. Liberty roses being
used in the dIning-room. to heightet
the effect OF holly and mistetoe.
| Receiving with Miss Street wer,
Miss Bessie Tompkins. Miss Bernart
Cooke, Miss Gertrude Lewis. Mis-
Kitty Lancaster. Miss Jessie Hazard
MISS -AllCe sDOyIe. MISS IlclGu
and Miss May Moore.
Holiday Visitors.
Attorney General and Mrs. william
a. Anderson have taken No. All Yves
Franklin Street. the home of Mrs. w
II. Perkins. for the winter
Miss Ruth Anderson. of Lexington
Va. and Mrs. Charles McNulty, o.
Roanoke. Will be the guests OF Attor
ney- General and Mrs. Anderson during
Christnastide.
Gnymont House Party.
charming old-fashioncd Virginia
mont" In Caroline county. Colonia
mansion built In 1725. and now ovnes
by descendants OF the original propria'
tors, these descendants being Missc,
Fanny g.. Helen S. and Gay S. Robt
and their brothers. Messrs. Robert g.
Philip l.. and J. Bernard Robb. Cay
mont" has been In possession of thei,
forefathers for nearly two hundre:
years.
The guest of honor at the christmas
party Is to be Miss Nancy Darling, tn.
eat-granddaughtcr in the fifth gen
Grafton, of Mr.. John III. Bernard, frs
owner OF the house.
a quaint feature of the gathering
will be the presence at "Gaymont' OF
two old-time negroes. Uncle Bill ane
Aunt Nancy. maid and man servant
who were presented to the late Mr.. ant
Mrs. Robb on the occasion of thet;
marriage, and who are delighted t,
share in tho Christmas festivities a
their former home once again
Guests at Gaymont will be Mr.. ane
Mrs Charles l.. Darling. Miss Nanc,
Darling. Shelbourn. Va: Miss Elvirs
Moore. Of Berryville, Va: Miss Emily
Gravatt, OF Richmond: Miss Cornell;
Ward, OF Washington, D. c.; Misses
Louise Welch. Margaret Berry. Ger
trude Poe and Dorothy TAFT. OF Balti-
more; Messrs. George Forbes. Alex
arder Wooden. Bernard FenwIck. DR.
Edward Beasley and Mr.. Carl Meyer
os Baltimore.
Their Golden Wedding.
General and Mrs. w. w. Gordon. Of
Savannah. Ga. whose golden wedding
was celebrated on Saturday last. a
their home, in Savannah. We're married
fifty years before that date. on Deem
Der 81. 1857. in ST. James Church. Chi
cago. church built by Mrs. Gordon:
father. the late James II. Ilinzic.
Mrs. Gordon was the first person eve
christened in st. James and the las
person married in It before the occu,
it's place.
Three OF the bridesmaids and two O
the groornsmen officiating on December
81, 1857, are still living. They are Mrs
CT orge Carmichael, Mrs. Jane.
Vaug han. Miss Skinner; Alcssrs. E. X
Hubbard and Henry A. Towner. On,
OF this number. Miss Skinner, attended
the golden wedding.
General and Mrs. Gordons five chill
dren-Mrs. William Low. Mrs. Wayne
Parker, Lady Rowland Leigh. Mr.. w
W. Gordon. Jr.. and Mr.. Arthur Cor
don--wore present. Their grandchil
Master Rowland Leigh. Jr, Master
Courtland Parker. Jr.; General Cor
don's sisters, Mrs. George Harrison ant
Mrs. T.. c. Stile, and his niece, Mrs
Randolph Cuyler. and Mrs. Gordon
cousins. the Misses Skinner. OF Chicago
were among the out-of-town guests,
Receiving with General and Mrs
Gordon were Miss Skinner. Mrs. Parker
Mrs. Low. Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. w. w. Cor
don. Jr., and Mrs. Arthur Gordon.
Mr.. w. w. Gordon. Jr., Mr.. Arthu
Gordon and Mr.. Gordon Harrison actc,
as ushers
Mrs. Fearn Better.
Mrs. Frances Fearn. who has bee,
| oSh iOuo'y SICK at JEFFERSON Hotel
much better, and hopes to be out agai,
In a few days.
Mrs. Fearn's postponed lecture .,
| Carmen Sylvia" will, she now hopes
be given at All early date after. tn
opening Of the new year.
Christmas at the Mansion.
Christmas at the Executive Mansio,
will be kept by Governor Swanson an,
Mrs. Swanson In the spirit OF true, old
fashioned Virginia hospitality, witt
members of their families and fey
intimate friends gathered around thei
| board.
Mrs. Swanson has but recently rc
turned from her country home. nca
Chatham, Va, and from the Yirglni;
Building at the Jamestown Exposition
where she superintendent tho packin,
| up OF household furnishings, and tn
closing of the building. She has re
! fused number OF invitations for tn
holidays. preferring to remain at home
She will resume her Tuesday at HON
afternoons with the beginning Of TIL
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