Evening star., 1909-06-06
Ricbnnono Society.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND, June 9. 1909.
Mrs. Kate Peasants Minor left this
week to attend the commencement and
class day exercises at Bryn Mawr Col-S
lege. where her daughter. Miss Caroline,
Is a graduate Of this year. Mrs. Minor
and Miss Caroline will follow commence
ment exercises with visit OF q few days
to Philadelphia relatives. and then go
across the continent to Vancouver. From
this point they will sail for Hongkong,
China, where Mrs. Minors elder daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward Gifchrist, has her
home. and where they will visit until late
autumn. not coming home to Richmond
until about the first Of January. 1910.
Miss Minor will then make her entrance
into society as a midwinter debutante.
Mrs. George A. Cunningham and her
granddaughter, Miss Emily Lyman. who
has just won her collegiate honors at
college in Lynchburg, Va, have now re-
turned to the city and have established
themselves for June in apartments at the
Chesterfield. Later they will go to the
Virginia mountains
| An unusually attractive contingent of
young society girls from college who are
being welcomed home this week by
friends and relatives includes Miss Louise
Richardson, Miss Sarah Neal, Miss Cary
Valentine, Miss Emma Morriss. Miss
Mary and Miss Addie Irvine. Miss Mary
Jamison. Miss Elizabeth Cooke and Miss
| Mary johnson.
4 wedding Of much interest to society
in Albermarle county and Richmond was
| celebrated at o'clock Tuesday after
| hurst Bolton. daughter Of Charming
| Moore Bolton, married Mr.. William Allan
Perkins, q prominent member OF the
Charlottesville bar. The ceremony was
at Rio. in Albermarle county, {the Rev.
H. B. Lee, D. D., officiating. Tho bride
| wore white Irish point lace gown, and
had a bouquet Of white orchids. Her
Knoxville, Tenn, was matron Of honor.
The bridesmaids. Misses Jane Boyden.
Stuart Jones, Betty Page Cooke and
| Nancy Burr Gordon. had on pretty frocks
of blue batiste. white hats. and carried
Henshaw OF Charlottesville was best
| man. A reception was given in Branch
| land. the Bolton home. to which guests
| went after the church ceremonial. When
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins return from spend
ing their honeymoon north. they will
be at Branchland for the summer.
Thursday afternoon at Sherwood For
est. on James river. the home of former
Mr.. Gardiner Tyler and Mrs. Tyler, a
play, arranged by Master Adair Pleas
| ants Archer OF Richmond, and played
| by him in conjunction with Misses Mary
before a large audience, who greatly
enjoyed it and the hospitality Of Sher-
wood Forest, one Of the famous river
plantations. Mrs. w. w. Archer, mother
| Peasants and Miss Elizabeth Townes
| went from Richmond to witness the
| amateur theatricals and join q weekend
| house party afterward.
| At the annual meeting Of the Virginia
Society Of Colonial Danes, Thursday aft
| ernoon In the parlors of the Woman's s
Club, Mrs. Frank A. Wake was ap-
ask aid from Congress in the preserva-
| tion Of the ancient lighthouse at Cape
Henry, Va. against the depredations Of
| relic hunters and the encroachment OF
| foundations. Officers elected at this
meeting were Mrs William Ruff1n Cox.
president; Mrs. Christopher Tompkins
| and Mrs. w. G. Stanard, first and second
treasurer; Misses Anne Boykin and Ella
Cooke. recording and corresponding sec
retaries; Mrs. Reginald Gilham, regis
trar, and Mrs. w. T. Robins, historian.
Mrs. J. Hall Moore and Miss Clara
Genet Moore left Richmond Wednesday
! for Washington and New York. where
they will be the guests Of relatives until
June 10. Then they will sail for Law
ras, Brazil. where they will reside in fu-
ture. Several farewell entertainments
were given Mrs. and Miss Moore by Rich
mond friends and many gifts in the way
of steamer rugs and travelling bags were
added to the store Of comforts with which
their long voyage Is to be frightened.
| Brookeshire on York river, King and
Queen counties. Va. which has been the
country estate of the Broekes family for
generations. was the scene Wednesday Of
this week Of a beautiful wedding. when
Miss Louise Brookes. daughter of Mrs.
| Maria l.. Brookes and the late William
| Gregory Brookes, was given In marriage
to Mr.. Edward boswell Clopton, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Anderson OF
Gloucester county The bride, gowned in
an embroidered pongee and wearing a
straw hat trimmed in brown plumes, car
| ried white roses and valley lilies. Her
Mason Brookes, in pink radium, was maid
of honor and Mr.. Cecil Clopton best man.
The bride came in with her brother. Mr..
| Richard Cox Brookes. The spacious
| drawing room at Brookeshire, where the
marriage altar was erected, and the din
ing room, with it's glistening antique ma
hogany, were decorated with white roses,
white hydrangeas, asparagus fern and
smilax. Mr.. and Mrs. Clopton will spend
the summer at the Ross House, Urbanna,
| Va.
Misses Brent and Ellen Witt, daughters
of Judge and Mrs. Samuel B. Witt, ac-
companied by their house guest, Miss Ro-
samond Thompson of Andover, Mass, are
now members of a house party entertain
ed by Miss Mary Stuart Cooke Of Roa-
noke. Miss Caroline Rennolds is giving
house party in the home of her grand
father, Mr.. E. B. Addison of Ashland.
near Richmond. A number of, smart young
girls from Richmond are her guests Miss
Katherine Osgood of Boston will arrive
next week and go with Miss Julia JoyneS
to a house party at the University of
Virginia.
Members OF the Westmoreland Club Of
this city have made arrangements for a
delightful days outing Saturday, June
IL, in which smart people are much inter-
ested. A special train will convey the
guests Of the club and its members to
Old Point. Sailing. swimming and other
diversions will be followed by dinner
and dance. The committee of arrange
ments includes Mr.. George Melville Reid
and Mr.. Robert A. Lancaster jr., and the
outing will be one Of the most attractive
Of the summer.
Mrs. Charles F. Goodwin Of Nottoway.
Va, announces the engagement of her
daughter, Janetta Mason, to Mr.. Gillett
Gordon Harris of Culpeper county. The