The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-14
.SOCI Al and
PERSONAL

THE elaborate program or exercises
arranged for54the celebration or
Illinois Day and to do honor to
Governor Deneen and his Official party
Will be closed Tonight by a reception
and lawn party that will be brilliant
even in the history OF the Jamestown
Exposition, where such events are the
rule and not the exception.
The reception and fetc Will be held
from o to III o'clock. Decorated and
beautifled, the portals OF the Illinois
Building will be thrown wide for Gov
ernor Deneen to welcome his guests.
The Shostesses of the evening will be
Mrs. j. a. Humphrey. Mrs. a. q. TUX
horn and Che Misses HolderbS of
Carmi, III, assisted by number of
young ladies' from the home State and
from Norfolk.
In connection with the reception. and
virtually part Of IT, Will be party
given on the rear lawn of the build
ing A heavy canopy Will lead from
the front piazza around the lawn.
which also will be cnnopied to guard
against weather uncertainties. and
covered with mating, as a protection
to filmy gowns against dampness.
Along one side of the lawn the re-
freshment table, In the decoration of
which several thousand gladioluscs and
other cut flowers. palms and electric
bulbs will be used, will extend for one
hundred feet
A band OF fifty pieces will render
a well-selected program. The build
ing, canopy and lawn will be heau-
tifully Illuminated, three hundred cleo
trio bulbs and As many Japanese
lanterns being used. The arrange
ments for the evening are in the hands
OF Commissioner Humphrey
Personal Mention.
Miss Margaret Hunter. of Maysyille,
KY. is the guest OF Mrs. r. T. Hunter,
OF NO .2l5 East Franklin Street.
Mr. and Mrs. James Aston Cabell
and their little daughters. Misses Ethel,
Katherine and Dorothy, who spent Au-
gust at Greenbrier White sulphur
Springs and early September at JEFF
ferson Park Hotel, have returned home.
Misses Maude and Ethel Dunnavant.
who have been spending some time a,
jamestown Exposition. have returned
home.
The wedding Of Miss Laura Belle
snapp. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w Snapp, OF Bliss, Va, to Mr..
Ernest Daniel FInkhouser, of Faw-
cett's Gap. is scheduled for / p M. on
September 1sth.>in st. Paul's Lutheran
Church, at Fawcett's Gap.
Miss Amelia Bach is the guest of Miss
Louise Haines, at Bowling Green, Va.
Mrs. Z Eugene DeJarnette and Miss
Margaret DeJarnette are visiting
friends in Caroline county.
Misses Ada and Kate Phillips who
have been guests OF Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Smith. at Ruther Glen. Va,
left for the Virginia mountains before
returning to Richmond.
Mr., w. r. Gray. of this city. was the
recent guest of his brother. MIR. j. a,
Gray, of Caroline.
Miss Annie Taylor is the guest OF
Miss Uldine Walden, at New Kent Court
house.
DR. Paul Barringer, the new presi-
dent of the V. p. L., with his family,
Mrs. Barringer. Miss Elise Barringer,
Messrs. Paul b. and George Barringer.
some new home, The Grove" at
Rlacksburg.
Misses Annie Hogan, Matte Parkin-
son and Gussie- Parkinson have re-
turned from a months visit to Mrs.
Lehman. of Newport News.
Miss Nellie Samuel. of Cedon, Va,
was the hostess last week of house
party at her home Rock Creek
Members OF the party We're MISS. p.
Talley. Miss Ida Samuel, Mrs. w. p.
Sproules. Miss Sproules, Miss Elizabeth
Samuel, Misses Bessie and Annie SUIT
ton, Messrs. j. NJ and ]. F.. Samuel,
w. Fl. Blount and r. G. Camp.
Miss Lois Campbell, of Bagby, Va,
Is visiting friends in Richmond
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