The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-17
Commonwealth Chapter to Meet.

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commonwealth Chnpter to Meet.
commonwealth Chapter, Daughters
or the American Revolution, will meet
This afternoon at 4 80 o'clock with Mrs
M. Allen Chambers, No. 2O2 West Main
Street
4 brief business session will be fol-
lowed by delightful literary and mu-
steal program. Mrs. Robert Nelson VIII
read d paper on u colonial history sub
iect; and Mr.. j. Aston Cabell VIII
mako II short address.
Mrs. Walter G. Duke q popular
Richmond sooist, Will sing, ana
Mrs Jasper l.. Rowe will. contribute
several contrnlto solos to the program.
Miss Elizabeth Mosby Will accompany
the sololsts
Miss Dnl<cr's Wedding.
Tho wedding OF Miss Virginia Cabell.
Baker, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Alex
ander NJ. Baker. of Winchester, Va 70
Mr.. Peter Vredenburgf. SON OF Mr. ana
Mrs. James b. vrcdcnburgh. OF New
York City, will be celebrated June LIST,
In Christ Church, Winchester.
The groom. who Will give his fare
we'll bachelor dinner on May 2bth,
ut Delmonicos, Now York, will have as
his best man. Mr.. John van Worst frc-
denburgh. His ushers will be: Mr..
Greham p. Poe, OF Baltimore; Nlcssrs.
r. Lawrence Benson. Howard p. Ho-
Jnans James II. Lewis. Lynford Dickin-
son. Ii. T. b. Jacquelin, George j.
Cooke and T. H. H. Simmons.
Miss Frances Peyton Page, OF Win
chester, the brides cousin. Will be her
maid of honor and only attendant.
The wedding will be preceded by n
house party. and Miss Page Aylett
Royal Of this city, will be one Of the
guests.
Cast OF "Twclfth Night"
Tho young society people OF VII
liamsburg, Va, are much interested
over the production OF Twelfth Night.
which they have successfully staged
The fact that the cast includes many
of the most popular young ladies and
gentlemen Of the Colonial capital adds
much to the interest.
Miss Julia Tyler and Miss Elizabeth
f. Tyler, daughters Of President Lyon
G.. Tyler, OF William and Mary Col
lego, fill the roles of Viola, twin sister
to Sebastian, and Maria, Olivia's wait
ing woman. The cast otherwise In
cludes Miss Elizabeth. e, Lamb as
Duke: Blake T. Newton and II. r.
Davis, MS Valentine and Curia, gentle
men attending the Duke; C. a Douell,
az Sir Tony Belch; j. II. Brent. as Sir
Andrew Aguecheek; ], Tyler Ellis, as
Sebastian, Violas twin brother: G. G..
IHankins, as Antonio; G. G. Durcee, T..
NJ. Crawford and DR.. j. S. Wilson. as
q friar, Fabian and Oivia's steward
Ufstoric Souycusr
Mrs. James r. Halsey. OF Philadel-
phia, formerly Miss Sue Maury, OF
Virginia, has In her possession pic
ture of Mr.. Davis and his Cabinet. one
OF three original engravings,f two Of
which are owned by VlrEinian in
Philadelphia: the other hangs in tho
old Capitol at Mississippi. where the
oath of office was administered to Mr.
Davis. One of the first acts of the
United States government was to order
the plates of this picture and all OBJ
tainable copies destroyed. That is the
reason why so few copies are in exist
lence and why Mrs. Halsey's prints
from the picture seem pa rticularly ap-
lproprlate as souvenir OF u memorable
occasion.
Musicale at ihca Club.
Mr.. Knut SCHNEIDER, of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company, New York
City. appeared before the Woman's
Club yesterday afternoon in one of tho
most delightful musicales OF the year
Mr. SCHNEIDER who is musician
and composer or no small ability, was
heard in several original selections and
entirely captivated his audience. The
Svccal selections were sung by popu-
| lar Richmond soloist.
sAt the close OF the program Mr.
SCHNEIDER played parts Of Wagncr's
die Meistersinger," by special request
Mrs. George Wayne Anderson and
her guest, Mrs. Low poured coffee, and
Mrs George Ainslic ana AIRS Portiaux
Robinson presided at the tea table.
Guests of the afternoon were Profess
sor Hair, Mr. Arthur Scrivenor, Mrs.
John Mordecai, Miss Elizabeth Daven-
port Mrs. Teck, Of Milwaukee, Wis:
and Miss Mary Hilliard Hinton OF
Raleigh, N. G.
Visitors Here.
A party of visitors from the Valley
I'of Virginia, who are here to attend the
Southern Baptist Convention, and who
will also visit the exposition before
returning to their homes, includes Mrs,
| O. Il. Gregory, Miss Myrtle Burrus,.
Miss Belle Mason. Miss Robbie GIGS LES
Miss lcffie Batcman, Miss Bessie Tur-
Eer, Miss Mollio Collins, Miss Lee Bate
man. Miss Laruo and Mr.. Powell Myers.
OF Staunton.
Mrs. ]. G. Staples and Miss Devier,
/ lIarrisonburg; and Mrs. j. A. Barker.
Of Laurel Hill. va, Captain W. H.
ltnble, Mr.. G. u. Yeager ana Mr.. r.
4 y, Tyler. Of staunton. are expected to
arrive to-day.
I'ocuhontas Memorial.
The Richmond branch or the, Iocn-
4 hontas Memorial Association met yes-
\ terday forenoon with Mrs, d. II, Wi
i iams, at No. 2IO East Franklin Street
Mrs. Thomas Bocock presiding
Four new members enrolled wore
Mrs, Pfeiffcr. of Cumberland, Va: Mrs
| Collins, OF Marion; Mrs. Il. j. Tnrrar
of Nashville. Tenn. and Mrs. George
1 w, helms, of Newport News, Va. Tile
i Pocahontas memorial statue will bs
i unveiled at jamestown Island on June
l 25tll.S
The next meeting Will bo held a,
No. 210 East FRANKLIN Street on June
nth,
VIII Not Nseet,,
The Emma Andrews Whist Club vii
not meet Friday afternoon Of this wcet
as usual, on account of tho absence
from the city of several members.