Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
SOCIETY.
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mony to be performed Monday evening.
January 3. at $50 o'clock. in the home
Only members Of the family and few
intimate friends will be present at the
wedding. which will take place very
quietly. Mr.. and Mrs. Pilson leaving i'm
mediately afterward. Mr.. and Mrs. Egg
holidays at Piedmont. their country home
In Orange county, where they will keep
Christmas with number of their family.
Mr.. and Mrs William H. Wight of Bal
Mr.. William Hayes of Chicago and Miss
caches of Louisville. Ky, are spending
the week with Mrs. James Hayes on
Floyd avenue.
DIR. and Mrs. .Armistead Wexford have
as their guests Miss birmingham and Miss
Josephine Elicit. nieces of Mrs. Elicit.
who have just returned from siX-month
tour of Europe. Miss Julia Peachy Har-
rison has returned from Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore. to be with Eer
parents here for the holidays. Mr.. Charles
Talbot Of Chicago s visiting his sister.
Mrs. Richard Gwathmey. DR.. and Mrs.
F. c. Woodward will have with them for
the week Mrs. r. II. Sharp of Lynchburg
and Mrs James Cofield of Spartanburg.
s. c. Miss Lucy Temple Throckmorton.
returning to her home at Ginter Park
from Gunston Hall, Washington. has
brought home with her Miss Matte Lee
Yokely of Tennessee and Miss Imogen
Fillmore OF Texas. Miss Katherine Gus
tbs Watkins and Dr. and Mrs. Ben Rose
bro leave today to be with Mr.. and Mrs.
R ". Watkins of Houston, Va, until
after the New Year. Mrs. John +. Will
kins and little daughter of Washington
are visiting Mrs. wilkins parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred T. Harris. on West
Franklin street. Miss Evelyn Byrd War
wick is at home from the Castle School
at Tarrytown- on the Hudson until after
the holidays. Mrs. r. Lancaster Will
liams and children of Baltimore are
spending the week with Mrs. Charles Wat
kins at 3OS West Franklin street.
Mr. John Aiken Branch gave dinner
and dinner dance at Deep Run Hunt
Club Wednesday evening. Decorations
were in poinsettas mistletoe and Christ
mas evergreens. Miss Mabel Walker and
Mr.. W. Douglas Gordon were chaperons,
Caroline Rennolds, Ella Buck, Page Ay
lett Royal: Messrs. Fred Campbell,
Charles P. Stokes, Stuart Christian and
Gordon Smith. One of the handsomest
evening of this week by Mr. and Mrs.
Eppa Hunton of Fast Franklin street,
IN honor Of Miss Charlotte Bemiss, the
pretty debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs: f. L. Bemiss The house was pro
fusely decorated with poinsettias. palms
and smilax. Mrs. Hunton was gowned
in corn-colored brocade. Her jewels were
pearls. and her flowers orchids. Miss
Bemiss had on white chiffon frock and
held a round bouquet of white rosebuds.
Others in the receiving line were Mrs.
William Henry Fftzhugh Lee of Ravens
worth, Mrs. J.. Scott Payne Of Fauquier,
Mrs. E. Randolph Williams and Mrs
William H. White Mr.. Madison Scott
home. 1O5 North 9Th street. on Tuesday
evening. The table was decorated with
red roses and maiden hair ferns: Covers
were laid for twelve, Mr.. SCOTS guests
John G. Farland. John G. Hayes. r. l..
Gordon. Randolph Cardoza, William Gray.
Alexander Cameron, jr.: Gilmore d.
Hotchkss. jr.: William Massey, Goodwin
Miss Mary Day VIM, who is Vassar
student, and Miss Elizabeth Winn, her
sister, will spend Christmas week with
Elizabeth Johnston has returned from
New York and will be with her sister,
the Misses Johnston. at ITO East Frank
I'm street, until January. Mr.. and Mrs.
a charming visit to relatives in Char
lotte. n. c. While in Charlotte they at
tended a reception given by Col. John
Andrews.
Mrs William Fl. Perkins gave beau
tiful reception Thursday evening at her
home. 414 West Franklin street. in honor
of her granddaughter, Miss Grace Per
kfns, who makes her debut this winter
The debutante is a very handsome girl,
and her grand mother. who was belle
generation ago as Miss Alice Moncure.
still retains the attractiveness of person
ality and manner that has always char
acterized her. Mr. and Mrs. George Gill
mer Minor. IT.. are enjoying the holiday
season with Mrs. Minors parents in Cum
berland county. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Yancey Minor of Danville are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. G.. G. Minor in Richmond.
Mrs Kate Peasants Minor and Miss
Caroline Minor. who have been in China
since last June as the guests of Mrs.
Minors daughter, Mrs. Gilchr:st, are eX-
pected TO return to Richmond early IN
January