Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
RicbnlonO Society,
pecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
RICHMOND Va. November q, 1907.
| The Governor of Virginia and Mrs.
Swanson return today from Norfolk. Va.
where they went to attend reception
given Thursday evening in their honor by
the Womans Club of that city. Lieut..
Gov. and Mrs. Ellyson were also In Nor
ok to attend this reception.
! Mr. and Mrs. Henry c. Stuart will give
IN elegant reception the evening Of No
vember q at their Richmond residence,
,21 West Franklin street. Mrs Stuart S
| Mourning and her absence abroad have
prevented her active participation in So
eiety life for the two seasons preceding
| this.
Miss Elizabeth Johnston, who spent the
summer abroad with her sister. Miss
Mary Johnston, is one Of the most at
tractive Of the Richmond debutantes OF
this winter. The tea at which she was
presented to society last week was fol-
owed by a brilliant ball given at the
Jefferson Hotel. The decorations were en-
tirely in Killarney roses and SOU hern
spilax, and the debutante was radiantly
| pretty in a ball gown of white satin and
tulle. SHE carried great bunch OF PINK
orchids
| Another debutante. in whose honor a
|
was Miss Elizabeth Kent King, the niece
of Mrs Junius A. Morris. who was the
hostess of the evening. Miss King has as
her house guest Miss Harrie Smith OF GO
lumbus. Ohio. also debutante OF TINS
| season Guests were received by Mrs. Nor
| ris gowned in black lace. and worn with
diamonds. and Mrs. Charles Edward Dick
| inson, in green silk gauze. carrying Amer
lean beauties. Miss King wore white
| and Miss Smith pink crepe de chine. Both
| had hp11CpafS Of q France HALL
| room decorations were in green and white
| After the dance there was an elaborate
supper in the dining room. with the de,
butantes' table in the center and the
anthemums and maidenhair ferns were
used for debutante decoration. yellow
| chrysanthemums and ferns appearing or
the other tables. Those who sat at the
Wheat. Maria Mines. Virginia Whitley
Sarah Chamberlayne. Elicit Witt. Daisy
Boykin. Rachel Urquhart. Elizabeth
Johnston Mary H. Crenshaw, Lucy
parke Tayloe; Fances Myers; Julia Moore
Louise Clark. Harrie M. Smith. Elizabeth
| Kent King. and Messrs. Hugh Rose, Wat
son James. John Cosby. Hampton Cham.
berlayne. John Cutchins, Pickett Lathrop
William Lawton, Roy JONES' Fontaine
Lewis Kosher, Julian Gum, Gessner Har-
| rison. Ernest B. Allen, Mr.. Hodgson an6
Mr.. FITZGERALD.
Invitations have been sent out by Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Urquhart of No 1O3 East
Franklin street for reception Tuesday
| December g. from to pm, in honor OF
their daughters. Mrs. Edmund Osborne Nc.
Cabe and Miss Rachel Urquhart The
| same evening Mr.. and Mrs Uruuhart will
give dance in Miss Urquhart's honor.
An event of interest to Richmond 50
ciety will be the wedding in Columbia. q
c., on Tuesday next of Miss Daisy Hamp
ton, daughter Of the late Gen. Wade
Hampton of South Carolina to Judge
John Randolph Tucker of Bedford City
Va. The wedding Will take place in thu
home Of Miss Hamptons brother at Co
lumbia, and will be followed by a lareel,
attended wedding reception, a number O
Richmond people and members of tn.
groom's family throughout the state t,
be present. Miss Hampton was educated
at Edgehill, a famous school conducted
for many years by the Misses Randolph
near Keswick. in Albemarle county, Va
At this time Mr.. Tucker was a studen
at the University of Virginia, and an at
tachment was formed that will end mos
happily at the marriage altar on Tuesda,
next. Mr. Tucker has been recently
elected to the state senate. and Richmond
people are pleased to know that he ant
his bride will spend several months of thu
winter here.
Mrs. Julia Grant Moore will give ar
afternoon reception Friday, December 6
at the Jefferson Hotel to her daughters
| Miss May Moore and Miss Julia Moore
At o'clock the same evening she will bt
the hostess at a dance for the young la
| dies