Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26

caheu Mrs. ]. c. Stewart, Mrs Lucien
r. Curry. Mrs. H. w. Bassett, Mrs. J. c.
Robertson, Mrs. L. l.. Lewis, Mrs. Bald
win Buchanan. Mrs. H. " Dell dho MISS
Jane Rutherford.
At the wedding Of Miss Martha Mosby
Snead to Mr.. Elliott Averett or New
york. taking place at the old homestead,
near Fork Union. Fluvanna county. Va.
on wednesday last. two .uncles of the
bride the Rev DIR. George II. Snead and
the Rev. DR.. William E. Hatcher, offici-
ated The bride came down the broad
drawing room with her father, MIR.
Charles G. Snead. She wore white messa-
line trimmed with lace. Her veil was
held in place by diamond hoop and
her flowers were bride roses. The best
man was Mr.. William Overton Payne
Snead. The hour Of the ceremony was
noon and the house was beautifully dec
Grated with white phlox and pink ny
drangeas. A wedding breakfast was
Mr.. and Mrs. Averett left to spend their
honeymoon in Canada. The bride is a
direct descendant of Colonel Tarleton
Payne of Goochland county. an officer in
the American revolution, ana her rather
missioned as Confederate captain OF
artillery by Gen. Robert E. Lee. The
groom is the son Of the late Samuel
Wooten Averett, prominent southern
educator.
Mrs Claude A. Swanson who has re-
turned in thetf,est of spirits and looks
from her visit to Denver and her subse-
quent western trip VIII edit the SO, society ETY.
LIST of August She and Gov. Swanson
will go to Hot Springs early in August
for the meeting of the State Bar Associa-
ton. Other Richmond people going to
Hot Springs at that time will be Cen.
and Mrs. William Ruf1n Cox. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Aston Cabell. Judge and
Mrs. L. l.. Lewis, Col. and Mrs. Alex.
Guigon Judge and Mrs. Edmund Waddfll.
Mr.. s. s. P. Patteson. Attorney General
and Mrs w. A. Anderson and Mr.. Eppa
Hunton, jr.
A party sailing from Norfolk to join
the summer colony at East Gloucester.
Mass. August 3. will be the Rev. DR..
and Mrs. j. Calvin Stewart. Judge and
Mrs George l.. Christian. Miss Matilda
Jones' Mrs. w. d. Thomas, Miss kath-
leen Anderson. Miss Workman. Miss Mary
Thomas. Mrs. r. A. Patterson and Miss
Elizabeth Patterson.
DR.. and Mrs Charles Kent Of the Uni
versity OF Virginia are spending the sum-
mer at Riverside Drive. New York city,
DR.. Kent having summer work at CO.
lumbia University. Little Miss Eleanor
Kent Is with her parents, and Miss Elise
will divide her time between resorts in
the vicinity Of the metropolis and West
Point. President E. A. Alderman of the
university, who went to England for the
early summer. has since joined Mrs. AL
derman and his small son. who are in
the Adirondack mountains until October.
Mr.. Henry st. George Tucker and Mrs.
Tucker have been giving a series Of house
parties at their country home near Lex
ington. in Rockbridge county, during the
summer months. Misses Charlotte and
Gertrude Cooke of Hollins Va. and Misses
Frances: Myers. Elizabeth Preston and
Edith Taylor Of Richmond have been
among the guests at one Of these recently
disbanded gatherings. which was greatly
enjoyed. Virginia Manor, the country
home of Mr.. George w. Stevens, has
been filled with his friends and those of
his daughter, Miss Helen, since June.
The younger sons of Mr.. Stevens are
cadets at the Virginia Military Institute.
Miss Ruth Randolph Marston. the
charming young daughter OF Mr.. William
Ward MarSton Of this city, is the hostess
Of a large midsummer house party at
their summer home near Urbanna, Va,
including Miss Cary Valentine. Miss Bes
sic Ryland. Messrs. Ward and Chauncey
Marston Of Richmond. Miss Katherine
Newbill of Norfolk, Miss Emily Fuller
of West Point. Miss Julia Palmer of
Saluda, Va, and Mr. Selwyn Marston of
Philadelphia. These gay young people
have had card parties. launching. boat
and sailing parties, and dances galore
given In their honor.