Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
Richmond Society


This is the season of house parties
throughout Virginia. These delightful
forms of entertainment are of annual mid
summer occurrence, and afford the greatest
enjoyment to hosts and guests alike. A
house party now in progress at Cape Henry,
Va, has among those in attendance a
party of Richmond girls, Miss Lilias Cary,
Misses Elizabeth and Maria Cooke, Miss
Elizabeth McCluer and Misses Harriet, Eve
and Jennie Talcott.
Mrs. w. o. Baskerville and her daughter
Miss Matte W. Baskerville, left Richmond
Tuesday for Boydton Va, where the we'd
ding Of Miss Louise Baskerville to Mr..
John Burgwyn of Bristol, Va, is to be
preceded by an ante-nuptial house party in
the house of the brides parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Baskerville of Boydton.
At Mount Airy" in Powhatan county,
Miss Pattie Lois Hobson is making ready
to entertain a number of her student girl
friends who We're her intimates of last
winter at Sweetbrier Institute, Va. In her
typical o1d-fashioned Virginia home the
house party will assume the features that
characterized such gatherings years ago,
when riding, driving and boating during the
day We're followed by dancing and music in
the evenings. Miss Anne Keith Royal,
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Jackson and Miss Margaret Waddey are
the young ladies invited to this house party
from Richmond, at which Miss Lloyd of
Lynchburg, Va; Miss Eaglesteld of In
dianapolis, and Miss Antrim of Charlottes-
vile, Va. will also be present. Among the
men asked by Miss Hobson Cadet
Warner Robins of Richmond, June gradu-
ate of the United States Military Academy,
and Cadet Arnold of Ardmore, Pa, who has
been visiting Cadet. Robins in Richmond.
Miss Olive Manson of New Orleans, La,
who has been spending some time with
Mass Elsie Parrish at No. 924 West Frank
lin street and who was much feted here in
the matter of teas, theater and bridge
parties, left a few days ago in response to
an invitation from Miss Robinson of Rich
mond, who is the hostess of house party
at Brunswick Inn, Waynesboro, Va.
At the jamestown exposition last week
West Virginia day and the celebration of
the patriotic Fourth fully occupied official
attention and kept Gov. and Mrs. Swanson
Hospitality busy in welcoming distinguished
visitors. Assistant hostess a the Virginia
building We're Mrs. ]. Taylor Enyson, wife
of the lieutenant governor; Mrs. George
c. Cabell, Miss Alice Old and the Misses
Serpeil of Norfolk. In the party of Gov.
and Mrs w. o. NJ. Dawson of West Vir-
ginia was their daughter, Miss Leah
Jane Dawson. Other members of the
party coming to the exposition for the
celebration of West Virginia day and re-
IldlHlHS at the state uUlil alteT
July were Misses Maude and Ruth
Brown, Mrs. Ogden and Miss Eugenia
Ogden. The number of exposition visitors
during the week was very large, and the
receptions given very bri.s-ant.
Richmond society was Interested last
week over the announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Helen McGiIl Page,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Robert Powell
Page of Berryville Va, to DR.. Edward
Leavenworth McGill of Petersburg. Miss
Page has many relatives and scores of
friends in Richmond The wedding will
be a fashionable and interesting event.
Another wedding to be celebrated in the
early fall and just announced is that of
Mrs. Mary Scott Johns daughter of the
late Col John Scott of Warrenton. to Mr..
John B. Minor of Richmond. lie fact
that both Mrs. Johns and Mr.. Minor be-
long to old Virginia families and that
they are social favorites invests the an
nouncement. of their approaching nuptials
with an unusual measure of importance.
Miss Ellen Glasgow of this city and her
friend, Mrs. Wilcox of Norfolk, Va. are
spending the midsummer months at
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, w.
Va. Miss Glasgows beautiful sister-in-
law Mrs. Arthur Glasgow formerly Miss
Margaret Branch of Richmond. is said to
have blossomed out into immense popu-
larity in London, England, where she and
Mr.. Glasgow have their home. MI Glas-
gov $ ndHQSolHe mouse IN EeTkeley
square, London. has been decorated at
immense cost and her entertainments are
phenomenally elegant and largely at
tended. She is remarkable for an unusual
and striking style of beauty, her creamy
complexion and regular features showing
we'll against an aureole of veritable
Titan hair.
number of fashionable Richmond peo-
pie are enjoying a midsummer holiday at
Fishers Island. in Long Island sound.
Mr.. and Mrs John Stewart Bryan and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Lancaster Will
liams, Miss Bessie Watkins and Mr. and
Mrs. David B. Tenant are among those
investing the place with interest Ter their
Richmond friends.
Quite a goodly number of Richmond
people are still lingering in the city, and
a gathering of the debutantes of last
winter enjoyed dance given Tuesday
evening last at Lakeside Park that was
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. Knox Will
son and arranged by Mr.. Beverley Fleet
and Mr.. Fontaine Jones' The pretty girls
were the rivals of roses they carried, and
every one present testified to the sue
cess of the evening.
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.