Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Richmond Society


Special Correspondence OF The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, August II, 1907.
There is in Richmond a most att active
set of young girls forming a circle that
will, some of them, be numbered among
the debutantes of next season. These girls
mostly school friends and intimates,
their position in the smart set and their
sociations rendering their future belle. nip
already assured. Several Of these buds-to-
be. Miss Susie Mcclure, Miss frances Pres
ton. Miss Elizabeth Myers and Miss Vir-
ginia Whiteley have just returned from
years travel abroad and study during the
past winter at a famous Dresden school.
Other girls who are making a record for
exceptional popularity include: Miss Anne
Keith Royal, Mary Scott Parrish, Bessie
Jackson, Mary Patterson. Cary Valentine
Barbara Trigg. Fannie Miller, Lucy Ford
Workman. Elsie Ingram, Helen Adams.
Parke Taylor and Josephine Elicit. They
have all been enjoying a round of gayeties
given In different Virginia country homes
this summer. Notable among those thrown
open have been the home Of Judge and Mrs.
Thompson Brown of Ivy Cliff Bedford
county. and Mount Airy in Powhatan
county. where Miss Pattie Lois Hobson. the
charming young daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Haskins Hobson. is rendering August de-
lightful for a number of her friends in
Richmond and Virginia.
The approaching marriage Of Miss Eliza
Carter Thornton, daughter Of DR.. w. M.
Thornton and Mrs. Resale Harrison
Thornton Of the University of Virginia. to
Mr.. Charles Ross Thurman Of Lynn, Mass,
has aroused much interest in Richmond.
where Miss Thornton is nearly as we'll
known as in university society. The cere-
mony will be performed in the university
chapel on the evening Of August 81 at $50
O'Clock, the Rev. H. b. Lee officiating. The
bride spent several years abroad in the
completion of her education and in travel,
and Is very accomplished. In point Of
family she represents what is best In the
Old Dominion. being a granddaughter of
the late Dr. Ge.sner Harrison, famous in
the history and development of the univer-
s1ty. Mr.. Thurman became acquainted with
Miss Thornton when he was taking his
course at the university. where he gradu
ated some years ago as an electrical en-
gineer. He is now located In Lynn, Mass.
Society leaders in Virginia unlike those
at Newport have had no quarrel for prece-
dence in the entertainment of Prince Will
liam Of Sweden when he arrives in Hamp-
ton roads tomorrow, for all others yield
precedence to Mrs. Swanson, the state
hostess. by right of her official and social
position. Just one hundred guests will at
tend the dinner to be given in the handsome
drawing rooms of the Chamberlin Hotel
Old Point, the evening of August 20 by
Governor and Mrs Swanson 10 the prince
and his party. Their other guests will, Of
course, include distinguished diplomats and
officers Of the exposition, army and navy,
with their wives. lovely bevy of Virginia
girls will be also asked by Mrs. Swanson,
the prince Is young and bachelor. Sou
venr cards of the dinner have been ex-
quistely handpainted with the state crest
showing between the Swedish and United
States flags. The dining room and the ia
bles will be superbly decorated in roses.
palms and maidenhar ferns. and the or
chestra will play. as an opening number,
the Swedish national air The entire enter
tainment will, in its menu, be distinctively
Nirginian. The prince will go from Old
Point to Newport and from there to take
luncheon with the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Lieut. Warner Nelson Robins. son of the
late Col. William Todd Robins of Rich
mond, and a graduate last June Of the
United States Military Academy at West
United States Cavalry, now stationed at
Ogiethorpe, Ga. Lieut.. Robins has been
popular figure at midsummer gatherings in
Richmond, where he has been spending the
time of his furlough since graduation.
A pleasant party, made up Of Dr. Stuart
Mcclure. his sisters Miss Gretta Mcclure
and Mrs. Guy Davis; DR.. and Mrs w.
Lowndes Peple and DR.. Baskerville Bridge
forth of Richmond. accompanied by DR..
and Mrs. Walter Buckner Of Roanoke, Va,
is enCaInplnS IN ln6 CANADIAN WOODS ana
enjoying the outing so much that 1t does
not propose to return to Richmond until
the middle or latter part of September
Miss Nancy Selden. a much-admired So
ciety girl here, is. being feted and enter
tanned to her hearts content during visit
she is making to Mrs. George Ambrose
Allen of Erie, Pa. Mrs. Allen was for
merly Miss Bessie Hunter Of this city, and
when she was married last January Miss
Selden was one of her prettiest brides
maids Consequently. the best man and
other friends of the groom who came to
Richmond to take part in the nuptial gave
ties are exerting themselves to make Miss
Selden have the pleasantest stay in Erie
Imaginable. Auto trips, card parties din
ner-dances and luncheons have filled her
days there brimful-of enjoyment.
Miss Jennie Jackson of Charleston, s.
c., who has been spending some weeks
with Mrs Edward Dillon Of Indian Rock,
Va, and enjoying seeing natures handi-
work at Natural Bridge and watching the
sun rise from the peaks Of Otter, Joined
her sister, Miss Carrie Jackson, in Rich
mond Thursday last for a trip to the
White mountains and New Hampshire
They will return in September to Join a
Richmond party of friends and visit the
jamestown exposition.