Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
RlcbnlonO Society.
ecial Correspondence of The Star.


RICHMOND. Va. December > 1908.
The Richmond buds are the center OF
social interest just now. there being
lull in the wedding festivities with whlon
the late autumn season has been filled.
Every one is entertaining the buds, one
OF the prettiest luncheons of this week
having been given Wednesday by Mrs.
Virginus Newton of COS West Frank
lin street in honor of Miss Frances
Myers. Miss Elizabeth Preston and Miss
Barbara Trigg, three of the prettiest
debutantes of the winter Covers were
laid for sixteen at d round table charm
lnSly decorated with pink roses and mi
gnonette Invited to meet the guests OF
honor were Misses Mary Crump. Susie
Mcclure. Edith Taylor. Elizabeth Brown
OF Bedford. Fanny Miller. Elsie Ingram
Helen Adams. Eleanor Lindsey. Berta
Hamilton of Petersburg, Anne Keith
Royal Virginia Whitley. Josephine Ell
| lett, Roberta Trigg and Mary Randolph.
Mrs Frank Mcclure of 106 North 9th
street was the hostess of tea Tues
! day afternoon i'll honor of her daughter 5
house guest. Miss Elizabeth Brown OF
| ing the hostess were Misses Frances
Myers Mary Crump. Fanny Miller. Edith
! Taylor, Elsie ingram and Helen Adams.
| Mr. and Mrs. Langborne w. Williams
| OF 800 West Franklin street gave a
cotillon Wednesday evening in honor
! Of Miss Susie Mcclure. who is A daugh-
! ter of Mrs Frank Mcclure, a debutante
/ OF the winter and "A niece of Mrs. Will
! Iiams. All of her special friends among
! the buds were invited to the dance.
Miss Fanny Miller. daughter of Mrs. j.
! Mason Miller of Alp West Franklin
| street was al home 10 number at
! her debutante and other society friends
December l and >. from : to I pm. of
! ca ch. day. Next Wednesday evening,
! December .. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hughes
Lindsey will introduce their daughter,
Miss Eleanor Hazard Lindsey, to Rich
mond society. the reception to he followed
by d cotilon in the ballroom Of the JEFF
fcrson Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry l.. Cabel will give
dinner dance on the evening of Deem
Der II at their home. 81 West Franklin
street in honor of Miss Mary Crump the
Edehutante daughter of Judge and Mrs.
Beverly +. frunp.
sIr. and Mrs. vii lam Munford Ellis
Of Shawsviile. Va. arrived in The city
Monday last and are at the Hotel Rich
mond Mrs. Ellis is The daughter and
youngest child of the late John Tyler of
Sherwood Forest. Charles City county.
Va. former President of the United
states She made her debut in Rich
~Iond. where her mother lived for sew
>ral years in the winter season. Her
marriage took place here. in ST. Peters
cathedral. and was very largely attended.
Since her marriage Mrs Ellis has had
her home in the southwest section of the
stale. tbs being her first visit to Rich
mond. where her friends have given her a
cordial welcome, for many years.
y pleasant social event OF Yesterday
was "a reception given by Mrs. Robert &.
Kent and Miss Kent of Seminary avenue
and Ginte" Park to Mr. and Mrs. J. Cloyd
Kent recently returned from their we'd
din" trip. The young couple are among
the n-,st popular members Of their set
and the reception. the first of a number
to be rendered in their honor. offered an
opportunity for welcoming the bride and
groom into the charming young married
peoples circle. for which Richmond is
| famous,
Miss Mary Johnston has returned from
| New York. Miss Johnston and her sis
! tcrS return to New York next week and
Will after the Nmas holidays. with her
two sisters, Misses Eiose and Elizabeth
and her cousin. Miss Coralie Johnston of
| this city sail for the Mediterranean and
the southern shores of Europe. The
party will winter in Egypt and Sicily and
remain in Sicily until spring. Whether
| they will then come back to Virginia or
remain abroad during the summer has
not yet been decided.
Mrs Swanson left Thursday for Wash
ington to attend the rcception given
| in honor of the debutante daughter of
| judge and Mrs. IIowry and be the house
| guest of her friend. Mrs. George Marye
| Mrs Arthur Glasgow of London, England
! who has been the guest of her father
! MI john +. Branch of Richmond dur
| ing the autumn, also left this week for
| New York and thence will go to Lon
don Mrs Swanson entertained Mrs
| Glasgow several times during the lat
| ters stay here.
| Much interest was felt in Richmond
| over the wedding Wednesday In Hamp-
ton of Miss Mary Ethel Booker, daugh-
| ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Arnistead
Booker of Hampton, Va. to the Rev.
Abner Crump Hopkins of Buena Vista
Va The ceremony was performed i'm
| the Presbyterian Church of Hampton by