Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24
Ricbnlon0 Society.
Special Correspondence Of The Star

/ Spefldl Correspondence OF lie SlaF
/ RICHMOND. Va. May 23. 1908.
! The wedding OF Miss Esther Hull to the
I Rev. Alexander Stuart Gibson will be
| celebrated in the chapel a Arlington. Va,
! at noon of Monday next, and attended
| by large party of the groom's Richmond
relatives and friends The ceremony will
be performed by his father Ri. Rev Rob
ert 4. Gibson. D. D.. Bishop of Virginia
and his sisters. Misses Frances, Lucy and
| Mary Gibson. will he among those pres
| ent. Mr. Churchill Gibson and MIR. Hamp-
! den Ctamberlayne of Richmond are to be
! the only attendants The groom-to-be
1 is a graduate of the University Of Virginia
and OF Union Theological Seminary. near
/ Alexandria Va. He now has a charge at
/ Aide. Loudoun county. Va. and VIII take
/ his bride there as soon 9 they return
| from their wedding trip. Bishop Gibson
and his daughters will leave almost I'M
mediately after his sons marriage for
london England. where his party will be
| ente: tanned by the Bishop of London dur
ing the pan-anglican conference.
Richmond society felt great interest in
the wedding. May 20 in Christ Church at
! Irvinsville. Nd of Miss Mary Preston
Ellzey. daughter of Dr. Mason Graham
Ellzey. and direct descendant of the late
! George Mason OF Gunston Hall, Va, TO
! Mr. Jacob Van Doren of Richmond. son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. l., NJ. Van Doren, ana
| grandson of Commodore Matthew Fon-
| tame Maury. the distinguished scientist
| Misses Helen Mason and Frances Chester
Ellzey were the bridesmaids and Messrs
| Matthew Maury and Neverell Van Doren
| the sroonsmen. he bride and groom Will
! take an extended trip. spend some time
with relatives in Albemarle county and
make their future home in Richmond.
| Important announcements just made
here relate to the engagement of Miss
| Florence c. Trenholm. daughter of the
! late Alfred G.. Trenholm of Charleston
S c. TO Mr. Alexander d. Lathrop o
! Stockport, y. Y, and the ensagement
! and approa ching marriage OF MISS Emily
| g. Barney of OgontZ Pa. to Baron
Friedrich Won HELEN of Germany Miss
| Trenholm IS member of an old and very
| prominent South Carolina family. whose
! ass ociation with Richmond dates back 10
| the time when George A. Irennolm OF
| Charleston, grandfather o. the bride-to-
4. be- was secretary of the treasury o. the
! Southern Confederacy. One OF her SIS
tars, Mrs. Robert W. Wooley. lives In
| Washington Miss Barney belongs to an
old Virginia family and has spent much
time in the home of her brother-in-law,
Mr. Archibald Blair Hubbard o. Nelson
county. Her wedding will take place
June s. in st. Pauls Church, Philadelphia.
a beautiful building erected some years
W dely known philanthrop.st and imam
cier, jay Cooke.
jefferson Davis centennial service will
: be held in ST. Pauls Church. Monday
afternoon. May -. at | o'clock, and. as
/, the Davis monument will be turned over
to the city Immediately after these serv-
| ices. a number of distinguished southern
women belonging to the DAVIS Memorial
Association will be present among them
1 Miss Branch Stone of Calves ton,
! Tex. Mrs. William j. Behan of New Or
| leans. and Mrs. George S. Holmes OF
| Charleston. Richmond will be represent
ed by Mrs Norman V. Randolph. Mrs.
| Edgar u. Taylor. Mrs. B. a. Blenner.
Mr.. j. Taylor Elyson. Judge George l..
Christian. Mr.. D. v Richardson and
Messrs. Edgar D. Taylor. Joseph Bryan
and John S. Elicit.
:, party of pretty young Richmond girls,
including Miss Nancy Patton. Miss Rosa
| lie Valentine Miss Mary Saunders and
Miss Dorothy Christian accompanied by
| chaperOn. will sail for Paris In Sep-
TENDER. They will remain in Paris for
three months and devote the winter to
travel on the continent. Their return
10 Richmond is scheduled for September.
1909 and their debut will be made the
following season.
one Of the most interesting weddings of
the month in Richmond and Norfolk SC
ciety will be celebrated Tuesday. May 26.
at $50 p m. in Christ Episcopal Church
Norfolk when Miss Mary Louisa Cooke
daughter of Mr. and md, Mrs n. Me Merritt IT. T.
Newton Cootes. 18th Cavalry. U.S.A.
Misses Katherine and Elizabeth zaioeah Cooke
will be maids of honor; Misses Emily
Gibson of Concord. n. c.. Marguerite
Curricr of Pittshurg: Pa. and Mrs. Ed
ward Taylor of Washington. bridesmaids
The sroon's attendants will include Mr..
F. Graham Cootes of Virginia as best
man. Capts W. L. Lautechach and F. NJ
| Caldwell. Lieuts G. NJ. kimball and r.
| NJ Campbell as groomsmen.
i Church decorations and flowers Will
carry out the cavalry idea in yellow. and
the wedding will be swell: military af-
fair. the groom and groomsmen wearing
full dress uniform. Lieut.. and Mrs.
Cootes will sail May 30 for Europe. to
spend several months abroad. Afterward,
| they will be at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.
/ Mrs Edward Baird Of Norfolk. formerly
Mis-. Katherine Michaux of Richmond
accompanied by her little daughter is
| visiting her father and mother. DR.. and