Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
Richmond Society
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va. April 6
1926 + Street
WASHINGTON

| RICHMOND, Va, April 6, 1907
Miss Rosa Virginia Smith, the daughter
| of the Rev. DR.. w. R. l.. Smith of the Sec
ond Baptist Church, whose marriage to Mr..
Abner Stephenson Pope will take place at
$50 pm. April 10, was the guest of honor
| at an ante-nuptial luncheon given yester-
day afternoon at o'clock by Mrs. ]. Taylor
| Ellyson of 10 East Franklin street, wife Of
| the lieutenant governor of the state. Gov
| ers were laid for eleven and decorations
were altogether in pink sweet peas. maiden
| hair ferns and smilax. Crystal candelabra
| held pink and white candles. Grapefruit
was served in smilax baskets and indi-
vidual ices took the form of sweet pea
| sprays. Those present were Miss Smith,
Misses Nellie and Louise Bowman of
| Lynchburg, Va; Miss Jessie Jones, Miss
| Madge Bowie, Miss Maude Starke, Miss Vir-
| ginfa Clarke, Mrs. Howard Sutton, Miss
| Madge Montgomery, Miss Otey Minor and
| Miss Ruth Harrison of Richmond.
After the rehearsal next Tuesday even
| ing Miss Smiths bridal party will be en-
| tertained at her home, SOL West Grace
| street. In addition to the young ladies
| mentioned above, the party will include the
best man, Mr.. John B.. Swartwout; Mr..
Menalcus Landlord of Norfolk, Va; Mr..
Richard N. Darden of Newsoms, Va;
Judge Joseph B. Prince of CORTLAND, Va;
Messrs. Powhatan w. James, Percy Penn
| berton, Robert Munford, Alex. H. Sands and
Alfred Tate Smith, all Of Richmond. The
father of the bride will officiate ut the we'd
ding and the ceremony will be performed in
the Second Baptist Church.
At a luncheon given Thursday last by
Mrs. Lewis c. Williams Of 80 East Grace
street the engagement Of Miss Roberta
Noting, the daughter of Mrs. E. o. Not
ting of 400 East Main street, this city, to
Mr. R. Tate Irvine of Big Stone Gap, Va.
was announced. The date of the marriage
has not yet been decided on.
The most beautiful wedding Of the Easter
season was celebrated Wednesday even
| ing, April 3, in St. Paul'S Episcopal Church,
| corner of Grace and 9th streets, when Miss
| Mary Ross Buford. daughter OF Col. and
! Mrs. Algernon Sidney Buford, was given in
| marriage to Mr.. Frederick Ernest Noting,
SON of the late E. O. Noting, also of Rich
I mond. The asles of the church were arche1'
| with jonquils and marguerites. and the
! chancel and altar had a massing of white
roses against palms. The bridal procession
| was led by two little flower girls-Isabel
and Elizabeth Scott, nieces of the bride
| carrying baskets of roses and jonqulls. Miss
Katy 7. Buford, the maid of honor, wore
| yellow crepe de chine and carried white
| Iilacs The bridesmaids. Misses Sally Hob
| son, Sue Spilman, Mary Ross of Lexington,
| Va; BERTHE and Gretchen Noting of Rich
| mond; Lucy B. Duhring of Philadelphia,
| Elizabeth Dunn of New York and Mrs.
| Newton Vaughan of Richmond, were at
| tired In white null and green sashes Their
| flowers were marguerites. The bride came
| white duchess satin. a long tulle veil and
| had a bouquet of white violets and lilies Of
| the valley. Mr.. Carl H. Noting was best
man, and the groomsmen Were Messrs.
| Hugh Antrine, William A. TONNES. 8. c.
| Dounan A. S. Buford, jr.; w. e. Buford,
w H. Habliston. John B. Minor and VIM.
| Horn of East Orange, N. j. very hand
| some reception, attended largely by out-of-
| town guests, was given I'm the home Of the
brides parents after the ceremony.
| rho ,radd;ng If Mice Elsie Kerr GIlmour
| daughter of Mr.. Matthew Gilmour of 8
North Laurel street, to Mr. William Henry
| Sterling of Norfolk. Va, will be celebrated
| quietly in the home of the bride at o'clock
on the afternoon of Thursday, April IL.
Mr. and Mrs Sterling. after their return
| from their wedding trip, will be at the
| Tazewell in Norfolk, Va.
| Mrs. Peyton Harrison Hoge Of Louis
vile. KY, was the guest last week of Mrs.
John G.. Freeman of 107 North 9th street.
| and will sail shortly to visit her daughter.
the Marchioness de San Germano. in Rome,
Italy.
Miss Kate p. Baylss of Washington
D. c.. is visiting her sister, Mrs Charles
| H. Beale, in Richmond.
Mrs. Henry Fairfax of Loudoun county
| and her little daughter, Miss Eugenia Fair
fax. are spending the Easter season in this
| city.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert G. Leigh, jr., are
| at the Waldorf-Astoria In New York city.
| Miss Charlotte Lukens, who has been
| the guest in R chmond of the Misses Faul-
coner, has returned to her home i'm Phila-
| delphia.
| Mrs "Stone-alr' Jackson of Charlotte
| n. C., the vic " of the great confederate
leader has bee invited to attend the con-
federate reunie in Richmond next June
as a special gu st of the Confederate Vet
| Grams.
The Fort Myer Fete.
| The event of the week expected to at
| tract the largest gathering of society will
| be the fete and exhibition drills at Fort
Mver for the benefit of the Woman's Army