Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
Richmond Society

Special Correspondence of The Star
RICHMOND, Va, April II. 1907.
society event of special Importance
and interest during the past week was the
wedding of Miss Helen McGill Hamilton
to Mr.. Thomas Pinckney Bryan at noon
of Wednesday last, in st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, Petersburg. Va. The church was
beautifully adorned with Easter lilies and
white roses, the chancel being banked with
palms, and the music directed by Mrs
Charles D. Witherspoon. The service was
read by the Rev. r. W. Barnwell. assisted
by the Rev Corbin Braxton Bryan. ID.
The bride is the lovely daughter of Mr.
Alexander Hamilton of Petersburg The
Hamilton home in Petersburg and the
country residence in Albemarle county are
synonyms for the most delightful and
lavish hospitality. Mr. Bryan is the young
est son of Mr.. and Mrs Jos. Bryan of La
burnum. near Richmond. and was a gradu-
ate in the class of 1905 of the University of
Virginia. The ceremony took place at noon
and was followed by a wedding breakfast
in the Hamilton home, filled with the
breath of springtime from sprays of bridal
wreath, cherry and apple blossoms, daffo-
dis and jonquiis The bride wore white
duchess satin and lace; her veil was caught
with orange blossoms, and she carried
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and
white orchids. Her maid of honor. Miss
EIilZdUetn " t1dHllltON, was III Wulte CnlIIOu
over pink. with a pink hat. The brides
maids, Misses Sarah A. and Roberta A.
Hamilton, had very pretty costumes of
chiffon wolfe, embroidered in roses, em-
broidered girdles and garden hats of white
maline with pink roses and white plumes.
Mr.. Jonathan Bryan was best man to the
groom. other attendants being Dr. Robert
c. Bryan. Messrs. R. B. Campbell, M. G.
L. thinner. E. j. McGill, C. w. Grandy.
w. H. White and II. n. Page.
The beauty of the day and the flower
bedecked lawn at the Hamilton home gave
the wedding reception something Of the
nature of garden party. which the love-
ly gowns of the many guests present rem
dered most attractive After the reception
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left to spend their
honeymoon at the Bryan country home
Eagle Point, in Gloucester county, Va.
Many private residences in Richmond are
already being taken by wealthy northern
ers for the time Of the meeting here of the
general Episcopal convention on the I'd of
October next. Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan has
leased for that month the home of Mr..
Thomas M. Rutherford.
The house is big. square, and built on
generous lines, standing back from the
street in It's own grounds, and shut away
from the street by a substantial brick wall
in the rear and an iron fence in the front.
1t was owned formerly by Mr. James
Thomas, the father of Mrs. Rutherford,
whose sisters, Mrs. Richmond Pearson wife
of the United States minister to Persia.
and Mrs Calderon Carlisle are well known
in Washington society, after having been
Richmond bellies In their girlhood days.
Mr.. Thomas was one of the signers of the
bail bond which gave Jefferson Davis re-
lease from his two years imprisonment at
Fortress Monroe 1t will cost Mr. Morgan
$1,000 to occupy next autumn the residence
which caused a sensation at the time of It's
erection. and which was called Thomas
hotel, in consequence OF its open-door hos
pitality.
Mrs. Frank Eugene Stacy of 1926 West
Grace street gave a reception Thursday
afternoon, April II. In honor of Miss Ethel
Hickey of Washington, d. c., and Miss
Marion Thompson of Lynchburg, Va her
house guests. Receiving with the hostess
and her friends were Mrs Claude A. Swan
son. Mrs John D. Clothier, Mrs B. II. Ell
| lington. Mrs. Edgar d. Lafferty, Mrs A. F.
Hunt. Mrs. Evan Chesterman. Mrs. Pres
ton Carson, Mrs. Anton H. Thiermann and
Mrs. F. D. Johnson. jr.
At the punch table were Mrs D. II. Will
liams and Mrs. Norton Savage. Ladies
-ssting in the dining room were Mrs. Charles
D. Larus, jr., Mrs. Carlton Jackson. Mrs. r.
w. watkins, Mrs: Harry Randolph Wayt.
Misses Carrie Neale, Hattie Shields Eu-
genie Taylor. Rosale Mines, Cora Younger.
Charlotte Miller Florence Stacy, katherine
Watkins and Miss Frazier
Last Thursday afternoon the marriage of
Miss Elizabeth Kerr Glmour daughter of
Mr. Matthew Gilmour of 8 North Laurel
street, to Mr.. William Henry Sterling ir
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ". H. Sterling of Nor
folk, Va, took place at the brides home,
which was symphony Of green and white.
Rev. A d. P Gilmour, assisted by the Rev.
Russell Cecil. ID. D.. of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, officiating.
Two maids of honor Miss Lois Sterling
and Miss Bertha Gilmour, We're attired in
white Korean silk and had bouquets of
sweet peas and maiden-hair ferns Mr.
John B. Taylor of Norfolk was best man.
and the ribbons We're held by Kathleen
Rogerson, Eleanor and Byrd Sydnor and
Margaret Brown.
The bride was gowned in white lace and
carried white roses. Her veil was East
Mrs Sterling will spend several weeks in
travel returning early in May, to reside at
the Tazewel in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Carter, Miss
isabel Carter and Mr.. John Atkinson of
Richmond and Miss Page, or Saratoga,
Clarke county, Va. sailed by the White
Star liner Canopic from Boston on Wed
nesday last for Gibraltar. After tour
through Spain, the party will go into Italy
and move northward on the continent In
leisurely fashion, reserving a coaching trip
through the British Isles for the latter
part of their stay abroad. They will not
return until next autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs John Clark of Banister
Lodge, Halifax county. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Ethel, to Mr..
Robert Withers Williams of Richmond, the
marriage to take place in the early fall.
Miss Clark spent the greater part Of last
winter in Richmond. and the announce
ment of her engagement Is received here
with lively interest.