Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20
RICHMOND SOCIETY.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND Va lanua1.,.


RICHMOND, Va, January 10 1901
Al the reception given on Wednesday af-
ternoon, January IL, by Mrs Claude A.
Swanson, the executive mansion was frag-
rant with the breath of spring from great
bowls of narcissi placed here and there
throughout the halls and parlors In the
reception parlor pink roses and palms only
We're used and In the dining room crimson
and white carnations. Mrs Swanson wore
white and carried violets and orchids. She
received with MIS-. J. Taylor Eilysun, wife
OF the lieutenant governor; Mrs. John Kerr
Branch of Richmond, Mrs Donald Mclean
of New York, president general of the
Daughters of the Anne lean Revolution;
Miss Sallie {. Deane of Richmond, Mrs
John Swanson of Danvile and Mrs. VIII
liam Ruffin Cox of Richmond, president of
the state and national Society of Colonial
Danes. Assisting the receiving party were:
Mrs. James Aston Cabeu, Mrs. J. Mason
Miller, Mrs. Churchill Young Mrs George
Cole Scott, Miss Liesa Anderson of Alex
andria and Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Of
Winchester, Va; Misses Caroline Gordon
Renno!ds, Julia Joynes and Gretta Nc
CURE. From / to Z O'Clock the mansion
was thronged with the beauty, fashion and
wealth of Richmond society.
People in Richmond, the home Of Mrs.
Waldorf Astor when she was Miss Mamie
Langhorne, are interested to note that
Mrs. AStor Is to be presented at the next
drawing room of the English court by Mrs
Bingham, sister-in-law of Mrs. Spender-
Clay, formerly Miss Pauline Aston AT
the same drawing room Mrs Charles Dana
Gibson, whom everybody in Richmond re-
members and loves as beautiful Irene Lang
horne, will be presented. The names OF
Miss Paul and Miss Wayne of PhIladel-
phia' cousins of Mr.. Astor and members
of a recent Cliveden house party, are on
the ambassadors list for presentation.
Miss Cornelia Irby Morgan. daughter of
itp1 a faC Sar1 afnr nf Lab
Is visiting at the home of Miss Mary John
ston. The Morgans have been MISS John
ston's Intimate friends for years.
Richmond women are uniting with the
members of Lee Camp in keeping the Rob-
ert h. Lee centennial here today. In st
Paufs Church. where Gen. Lee worshiped
during the time of his residence here,
memorial services were held by the Ri. Rev.
Alfred McGll Randolph. bishop of south
ern Virginia, this forenoon. Capt. Robert
e. Lee Of the White House." New Kent
county, with his wife and children, and
Mrs. William Henry FitZhugh Lee Of
Ravensworth, Fairfax county, Va, were
present, the latter being accompanied by
George Boiling Lee of New York. The
services were very impressive. Gen. Lees
favorite hymn, How Firm a Foundation"
being sung with great feeling and tender
ness. The bishops memorial address was
an eloquent and impassioned burst of ora
tory. At Lee Camp hall tonight former
Gov. Montague will be one of the speakers
of the evening, and Mrs. Swanson, Mrs.
Randolph and Mrs. William A. McKenny
of Petersburg VIII confer crosses of honor
on confederate veterans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Allen Davenport of
Richmond have announced the engagement
of their daughter Elsie to Mr.. Henry
Bledsoe Wayland of Orange county. The
wedding, to be celebrated in the home of
the brides parents on January 30, is to be
followed by large and elegant reception.
The meeting in Richmond this week of
the jamestown committee of Colonial
Danes with the president of the society,
Mrs. William Ruffin Cox of Coz West Grace
street, brought to Richmond Mrs. Overton
Lea of Nashville, Tenn; Mrs John NJ.
Holconbe of Hartford, Conn; Mrs. Will
lam Reed of Baltimore, Nd; Mrs. Gilmore
Adams of Louisville, KY, and Mrs. Elihu
Chauncey of New York These ladies, with
Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Claude a. Swanson,
discussed the arrangements for Colonial
Danes day at the jamestown exposition.
They were entertained by Mrs. Cox at
luncheon Tuesday afternoon, and were
prominent among the callers at the recep-
ton given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
Swanson at the executive mansion.