Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
RICHMOND, VA.

Nora Randolph, Frances Wheat, Gwen
dolyn Rutherford. Rosalie and Cary VAL
entine. Charlotte Bemis, Nancy Patton.
Mary Scarborough, Mary Saunders. Helen
G. Watson. Nancy Patton and Dorothy
Christian. These girls have formed a
debutantes' club that promises much
pleasure to club members. Meetings to
,, take the form Of dinner Dances theater
parties and chafing dish suppers will
be held at the homes Of the different
girls, visiting club members to DO allowed
the privilege Of inviting an escort. The
first club meeting was held this week in
the home OF Miss Nancy Patton and
proved an altogether success.
Miss Emily s. Armistead Of 1 East
Cary street has announced the engage
ment Of her niece Emily. daughter of the
late Thomas Armistead of Richmond, to
and Mrs. r. f. Peyton of Edenburn
Fauquier county. The wedding will be
celebrated Thursday morning, November
II. in the home of the brides aunt. at
IL o'clock.
A beautiful wedding was celebrated at
$50 pm. October 10, when Miss Rose
Mcclure Morris. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter II. p. Morris. was married
to Mr.. Robert D. Jones, in Grace Episcopal
Church. the Rev. Landon r. Mason as
sisted by the Rev. James w. Morris, Of
floating. The bride was given In marriage
by her father, with whom she walked
to the altar. She was gowned In white
satin and carried white roses and valley
lilies. Her two maids Of honor, Misses
| Mary Johnston Of Richmond and louie
Hudgins Of Portsmouth, had on frocks of
pale blue and held clusters Of white
chrysanthemums.
In the Methodist Church at Boydton.
Va. on the morning Of October II. at
IL o'clock. the wedding of Miss Marguerite
Edward Chambers Goode. to Mr.. Thomas
Holt Laird was celebrated. Both the bride
and groom are popular in Richmond So
ciety. Miss Goode is the granddaughter
OF Col Thomas F. Goode of Boydton
Mr.. Laird Is the son of DIR. E. c. and Mrs.
Cora Holt Laird and the grandson of
former Gov. Holt Of North Carolina. The
young couple will be at home after
November / at the Alabama, New York
city.
Mrs. Douglass II. Gordon OF Baltimore
has built large bungalow on the Rap
pahannock river, a few miles from Front
Royal, Va, and will occupy it during the
summer as a country home. The bunga-
low is not far from Wakefield, the beauti-
full country home occupied by MIS- Bash
Gordon before her second marriage. and
now closed during her absence with her
present husband in the east.
Miss jamie Wingo and DR.. and Mrs. J.
G. Trevellian of Richmond Who. with
Mrs. G.. w. Huntington and Miss Lucy
Huntington, have been touring the Brit
ish Isles and the continent OF Europe for
the past six months, reached New York
this week by the Koenig Albert and re-
turned to their homes here and In Farm
Vile, having been met In New York by
Mrs G. e. Wingo and Mr.. Huntington:
Miss Pauline Powers is back In town
after visit to friends In the west and
stops of some weeks at Seattle and yell
lowstone Park Miss Emily Snepperd.
after a year spent in foreign travel, Is the
guest of Miss Virginia Allen on West
Grace street before joining her family in
Admission, Ala.
A telegram received Tuesday by Mrs.
c. A. Swanson, announcing the death in
New York of her uncle, Wallace Deane.
caused the recall of invitations for
large reception to have been given by
her Wednesday afternoon. The late Mr..
Deane had been q resident of New York
for about sixteen years previous to his
death. His funeral services were held
here from the home of his sister. Mrs.
Dabney Jefferson Carr. Wednesday after
noon.
The first dance given by the Junior Ger
man Club took place in Hermitage Golf
Club this week, with great success. Deco
ratlonS were IN green ana "hlte ana MT.
and Mrs. w. F. Chalmers were chape-
rons of the evening. Among those
dancing were: Misses Claire Smith, Mary
Chalmers. Annie Laurie Haynes. Jellis
Scott. Gertrude Taylor, Page Grymes and
Jessie Evans. Messrs. Fred Darlington,
Jean and Jenifer Sutton, Carl Thornton,
John Lindsay. John l.. Miller and Worth
am Spi.man.
Miss Mary Johnston and her sister.
c. ra rSY@r RS
ing trip through the valley Of Virginia
They left last Monday, going from Rich
mond to Buchanan, thence to Lexington
and Stanton and thence straight by the
A pleasant social feature of the week
in Richmond was the annual meeting OF
the Virginia branch of the Society Of the
Cincinnati In the Westmoreland Club
the Virginia Cincinnati are: President,
Wyndham r. Meredith; vice president
w. Gordon McCabe, and secretary, Levin
5oynes. The dining hall at the West
moreland Club was beautifully decorated
with palms, American beauties and
chrysanthemums and many distinguished
out-of-state visitors were present.
Mrs. Otto Theodore Hess, who recently
returned from summer spent on the
Maine coast, left this week with her sis
ter. Mrs. David Leake, for a six-week
visit to New York The Rev. John Ora
watt, son Of the Rev. J. J. Gravatt of
Holy Trinity Church, this city. will be
best man at the wedding of Miss Mary
Leadbeater to the Rev. James D. Glib
son Of Welsburg, W. Va. the wedding to
take place in Christ Church, Alexandria
Va. November 3. Mrs John Hunter is
spending the autumn and early winter
with relatives in Louisa county, Va She
will return to Richmond in January to
remain until the summer.
Mrs James Hayes and her daughter
Mrs. Mathiason. have returned from
spending September and early October at
Atlantic City and with Mrs. John II.
Wight at her country home, in the
Green Springs valley, near Baltimore
Mrs. Mathiason will go from Richmond
to Brunswick. Ga, where she and Mr.
Mathiason will spend the winter. Invita-
tons have been issued by Mrs. Augustus
Brown Hill of King William county for
the marriage OF her daughter, Mary
peterborough, and Mr.. Seaton Garland
Tinsey Of Richmond Wednesday. No
vember ]. The wedding will be quietly
celebrated in the home of the bride
The contemplated trip abroad of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Moncure Perkins and their
two daughters has been postponed on
account of the serious illness Of the
younger daughter, Miss Alice Moncure
Perkins, with diphtheria. It is now hoped
that the little girl is out OF danger but
it will be some time before she will be
sufficiently recovered to travel The Per