Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
RICHMOND.


I OF Covington. Ky, have been spending
! the week at the jefferson Hotel and Civ
ing the Richmond friends Of Miss .ir
ginia Fleming of yesterday an oppor-
tunity TO welcome the bride OF today and
celebrate her return to her home city
with a series of charming entertainments.
Mrs. Willis is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Canon Hobson Fleming She mad,
her debut in Richmond, where her par
ents lived until their removal to Coving-
/ ton. Ky. about two years ago DR. and
Mrs Hugh Taylor of 6 North 5th street
/ gave very pretty dinner Wednesday
evening, November 3, at which DR.. and
Mrs. Willis were guests Of honor and a
group of the brides intimate friends
among the juniors of society were asked
/ 20 meet her and her husband. Parors
/ and dining room were gay with crimson
autumn leaves and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and manipulated place cards were
ingenious puns on those beside whose
covers they were placed. TO the unlimited
enjoyment of the dinner company. DR..
and Mrs Taylor's guests were DIR. and
Mrs. Benjamin c. Willis. Misses Gertrude
and Dora Taylor, Grace Neal. Claire
Lewis Darius, Ernest Allen. William Grigg
and Walker Lafew. Miss Claire Smith
gave an informal tea to Mrs. Willis
Tuesday afternoon, November >.
Miss Gwendolyn rutherford, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. rutherford
OF III East Grace street, will be intro
duced to society by her parents in the
whole-hearted and cordial hospitality for
mery associated with the coming out"
of young Virginia girls OF birth and posi-
ton Mrs. Rutherford is sister of Mrs.
Caderon Carlisle of Washington, and
still occupies. the handsome old Thomas
home, standing in its grounds at the cor
ner of I'd street at Grace street, where
the bevy of Thomas sisters. now married
and flown except Mrs. rutherford. grew
up into charming young wOmanhood. SO
/ il comes about that Miss Gwendolyn will
! not make her formal bow to the social
world of Richmond at an afternoon tea.
Instead there will be big evening re-
ception from to IL.
Miss Charlotte Bemiss. another debu
tante of the coming winter. who lives just
opposite Miss Rutherford, will have her
debut party" November % Her aunt,
Mrs. f. Randolph Williams. will give
dinner In her honor November %. before
the first dance given by the Richmond
German. Miss Dorothy Christian. who
has been in Paris during the autumn,
reached Richmond last week. accompa-
MED by her mother and sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Christian and Miss Helen Christian.
Their home. Ais West Franklin street. is
open for the first time since the early
spring. Miss Frances Myers. a much adj
mired member of Riohmonds smart set. lis
] n Baltimore after a western tour of sew
eral months and is expected home this
week.
November rivals October as a month for
Richmond brides and weddings. Miss May
Adelaide Graves. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John f. Graves. whose marriage to
Mr. Edward Randolph White of Alabama
VIII take place November 10. at $50 pm
in All Saints Church. this city will have
an ente. tainment given her and her bridal
party the evening previous to the cere-
mony and after the rehearsal at the
churi n, by Miss Bessie Lamb of West
Grace street, daughter of Representative
Iohn Lamb and cousin of Miss Graves.
-Ir. and Mrs. Walter Hampden Peasants
Morris of ga West Grace street have
sent out cards for the wedding of their
daughter. Janetta Carter, to Mr.. Rich
ard Massie Noting. The wedding VIII be
celebrated at II o'clock Thursday. No
vember II. in Grace Episcopal Church
Mrs George Alvin Smith of s23 West
Grace street announces the engagement
of her daughter. Roberta Ashhy. 10 Mr..
Lewis Hinton Bosher of Richmond. the
wedding to take place November "a in All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Among the announcements Of Virginia
| weddings received with interest In Rich
mond. where the contracting parties nave
! wide circle of friends and relatives, Is
( one made by Mrs. Peyton Randolph OF
| Amherst regarding the engagement of her
| daughter. Kate Whitcomb. to Mr.. Charles
! Tandon Scott: jr.. of Amherst, the wed
! ding to be celebrated in December The
wedding of Miss Mamie Grasty. daughter
! of the late Thomas p. Grasty. and ~.
! Richard =. Bell of Baltimore Will take
| place quietly, on account OF tue Dflde
| mourning November ~, at heezy Hill.
| the beautiful home of the brides mother,
near Staunton Va.
| Mrs James r. Branch and Miss Mary
| Cooke Branch of New York have taken
APARTMENTS at the Chesterfield and are
| at home to Their friends on Thursdays
throughout the month. Mrs. Henry Parke
| Berkeley of l05 West Grace street Will
| give series of informal teas ON Thurs
| DAYS throughout the month. Mrs. Julia
NJ Osterloh and her daughter. Miss Os-
| terloh, will leave in December for New
York whence they will sail for Liverpool,
| to spend the winter and spring abroad.
| They will be in Germany during the win
| ter and at various points on the CONT
nent i'm the spring. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mund Strudwick and family have remov-
| ed from Hermitage road TO their new
| home on Park avenue. Mrs. James Cas-
| kie has returned from Philadelphia. where
she attended the debut reception of her
| niece Miss Eleanor Townsend. Misses
Eleanor and Polly Townsend will be
guests of Mrs. Caskie later in the month.
Miss Julia Joynes has been spending
| some months with relatives i'm New York
| but came down to attend the opening
| gayeties Of the fall season at the Uni
! versity of Virginia, where Misses Mary
| and Anne TrayIor of Richmond were also
| among the dancers. Miss Joynes has gone
| from the university to Warrenton. where
| MISC Elizabeth Gaines of that place. who
| led the autumn german at the university
| with Mr. Jack Primer, is giving a de-
| lightful house party. Miss Gaines will re-
| turn to Richmond to spend the Thanks
| giving season with Miss Joynes.
Mrs Thomas A. Smyth, who has bcen
| ChaperoEing her sister. Miss Tnerese
| Nursey of Suffolk, Va. IN New York, is
| now with her husband AT the Jefferson
| Hotel where they will remain until the
| completion Of their home OIL Monument
| avenue. Mrs. Aylett Goddin OF Forest
| Hill entertained at a reception from TO
| q yesterday afternoon i'm honor of her
| sister. Miss Willie Chapman Cr1Itchfield,
whose wedding to Mr.. George Burdett
Wright of Louisiana will be a social event
| guests with Miss Crutchheld and was as
sisted in entertaining by Miss Ellen
smith. Miss Marguerite Quarles Miss
| Charlotte Brawner and Miss de Graffen-
| reid Robinson. The dining room
| decorated in American beauty roses and
| the drawing room in palms and yellow
| chrysanthemums.
| At the wedding of Miss Mary Steele
| Parrish and Dr. Robert Thrift Ferguson
of Richmond taking place in the country
| home of the brides uncle Mr. Scott Par
| rish at noon of Tuesday a wedding