The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15
Opening Of the scaso,,.

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4 Opening OF the scnson.
Tho season of 1907-190S will be for
mally opened In Richmond tomorrow
evening at Masonic Temple, when tho
Monday german will give Its first
dance.
The foyer and ballroom will be hand
! somely decorated with palms and pink
| and white roses In tho dining-rOom
American Beauties will be used.
The foyer will be converted into a
| drawing room with rugs. shaded
lamps easy chairs and sofas.
Here the married members of the
club, who do not care to dance, will
play bridge, a diversion ut cards being
ono of the new features OF the series
OF entertainments Of the Monday ger
man for this winter.
This opening dance is always rem
dered very attractive by tho presence
/ Of Il number OF the debutantes, who
make their debut outside OF their
homes in pretty much the same fashion
that the Charleston girls do at the
| Saint Cecilia; the Philadelphia buds
ut the Assembly and the Baltimoreans
at the Bachelors cotillion.
Colonel 10 Lane Stern will lead
with Miss Virginia whitley, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Calvin
| Whiteley. Jr., and much admired
debutante Of the winter. Other de-
butantes to whom invitations have been
sent are Miss Elizabeth Kent King.
] Miss Ellen Witt, Miss Warheld Cren-
| shaw, Miss Mary Hart Crenshaw, Miss
| Marie Mines Miss Elizabeth john
ston, Miss Elizabeth Wheat Miss
| Rachael Urquhart, Miss Louise Clarke,
Miss Sarah Chamberlayne, Miss Julia
Grant Moore. Miss Lucy Parke Taylor,
| Miss Virginia Whiteley, Miss Frances
Myers, Miss Daisy Boylsin. Miss Meta
| Randolph and Miss Marion Montague.
| Officers OF the club are Mr.. L. T. ID.
| Myers, president; Mr.. Levin Joynes,
vice president; Mr.. George Melville
| Reid, secretary and treasurer. The
! executive committee is composed of
/ Messrs Allen Potts, w. S. r, Mayo.
| John Currie and James w. Graves.
| Patronesses of the german are Mrs.
/ E. II. d. Myers, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Boil
1 inc. Mrs. Allen Potts. Mrs. Jordan
| Leake, Mrs. Levin Joynes, Mrs. Thomas
Nelson Carter, Mrs. John Stewart
Bryan Mrs Joseph Il. Willard, Mrs. Il.
Carter Scott and Mrs. Esbert G.
Leigh, Jr.
| woman's Club.
| Mrs. Frances Fearn, the widow of the
Hon. Walker Fearn. United states min
| lister to Greece and Roumania, Is at
present making an extensive tout
|
| terest the general pubIlc IN aaFaicei
| work among the blind.
Mrs. Fearn is spending some time IN
Richmond, and Will give public lee.
ture here during her stay. In the
/ meantime she has consented to speak
to the Woman's Club on Monday after
noon at half-past about Elizabeth.
| Queen of Roumania, better known TO
/ the world as Carmen sylvia, poetess,
/ s{n;n nd thrODlSt.
| messenger she is.
Mrs. Fearn Is a Ken tuckian by brit
and during her girlhood spent most OF
| her time In Louisville and New Or
leans. For the last twenty-five years
| she has resided abroad. where she Is
we'll known In court circles.
Hostesses of the afternoon will IN
cludo Miss A. T. Daniel. Mrs. S. w.
Traycrs, Mrs. Christopher Tompkins,
| Miss Annie Steger Winston, Mrs. John
w. Harris, Miss Annie Moore Mrs. j..
TAYLOR E.llyson and Mrs. Thomas Cary
johnson. -
The Literary Round Table will meet
on Wednesday afternoon at 4:SO o'clock,
Mrs. Alice NJ. Tyler being chairman OF
the day. She has chosen as her SUP,
iect "Christmastdc--Its Legends and
ssoclations."
:. AIcrccr-ShcryvoOd.
Tue wedding OF MISS lAtttHlceis "
Sherwood, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Sherwood to DR.. G. Wilmer Aer-
Ger. of Blackstone. Va, son OF Or. 2.
/ A. Mercer, of No. 500 East Main Street,
this city, will be celebrated Wednes-
/ day, December 18th, in Coliseum Zap
/ list Church, New Orleans, La.
The church will be beautifully deco
| rated with palms and flowers Miss
-IIncz Sherwood, the brides sister, will
attend her as maid of honor, and MIR.
/ Il. d. Mercer. brother of the groom,
/ will be best man.
A reception will be given in the
brides home after the. ceremony, after
/ which the young couple will start on
q Northern bridal tour. They viii
spend the Christmas holidays with DIR.
MERGERS parents here, and 1afterward
make their home at Blackstone, Va,
where DR.. c. Wilmer Mercer, Who for
merly belonged to the ambulance corps
in Richmond, is now professionally To-
Gated.
Dances OF Tuesday German.