Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-17
Richmond Society.
Special CORRESPONDENTS Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, October 16, 1909.
Several announcements made this week
have interested smart society in Rich
mond, Mr.. w. Leslie Jennings has an
nounced the engagement Of his daughter
Aline to Mr.. Ernest Campbell Meade. son
OF the late e. c. Meade Of Keswick. Va.
and brother of the Rev. Otis Meade of
Christ Church. this city. The wedding
will be celebrated at st. Paups Episcopal
Church the first week in December. Miss
Jennings makes good her claim as a
member Of a handsome family Of sisters,
Mrs. Philip Powers of Richmond and Mrs.
c. Lee Morrison of, Rochester. N. Y. be-
Ing most attractive and leaders in their
respective social sets.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Crutchfield have
daughter, Willie Chapman, to Mr.. George
Burdett Wright of louisiana. the we'd
ding to take place In Richmond during
early November. Richmond friends have
Lewis Marshall for the marriage of he1
daughter Alice to Mr.. Robinson Nelson
the ceremony to be performed Wednes-
day. october p. in st. Thomas Church
Orange, va. The executive mansion was
handsomely decorated in American beauty
and Nine. Testout roses this week
when Gov. and Mrs. Swanson were a,
home to the ladies brought to Richmond
as visitors by the meeting in the Jefferson
Hotel OF the National Druggists Asso-
and lace and was assisted by Mrs Edgar
u Taylor In pale gray charmeuse and
silver embroideries. Other ladies' doing
the honors Of the evening were Mrs. Cum
ningham Hall. Mrs. Andrew ]. Gray. jr.
Mrs. Anna Deane Carr and Mrs. ]. Car.
roll Montague. At luncheon given the
visitors Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Tay.
lor In her home, 1882 Monument avenue
the hostess wore black chantilly lace over
apricot satin, and Mrs. Swanson was in
lavender with violets.
Miss Helen Stevens is thoroughly en-
joying October at Virginia Manor, and
will not be in town for the winter until
November. She was in Richmond for sew
eral days this week and gave dinner
Wednesday evening for ten, her guests
being Misses Mary Moulton, Mary Tenn
pleton and Louise Selden, and Messrs.
Rose. Mcintyre and Stevens and DR..
Baisinger Of Pennsylvania.
OF interest here, where the bride and
groom are well known, is the wedding
on October q. in the home of the bride
aunt, Mrs. Charles Louis Holland Of Dan
to Mr.. Hunt Wimbsh. the Rev. J. Cleve-
land Hall Of the Church Of the Epiphany
to oflciate. The bride, gowned in white
satin and carrying lilies of the valley and
orchids. will be given away by her uncle.
Mr.. c.. l. Holland. She will be attended
by her sister, Mrs. Grace Conrad Younger.
and the groom's brother, Mr.. Kenneth
Wimbish, will be best man.
The opening of the fall and winter social
COG in, tg fnrnNqS ST
the annual meeting of the Richmond Ger
man Club at the Westmoreland this week.
and the election Of the following officers:
Judge r. Carter Scott. PRESIDENT; Mr..
Melville Reid. secretary and treasurer:
Col 10 Lane Stern. Messrs. Joseph q.
Willard, A. S.. Buford. jr., W.. s. P.
Mayo and III. W. Ellerson, members OF
the board of governors. The first dance
will be given by the club early in De-
cenber, and many of the debutantes will
make their debut on this occasion. mark
ing the formal beginning of the winter
gayeties.
At the wedding of Miss Elinor billiard.
daughter of Mrs. Louise Hilliard. to Mr..
Richard Blackburn Tucker, son of Bishop
and Mrs. Beverley cambridge Tucker OF
taking place Tuesday afternoon,
October II: in the chapel at virginia
Beach, Bishop Tucker, assisted by the
Rev. B. D. Tucker, jr., off1ciated, and the
bride was given away by her brother,
Mr.. Landon Hilliard. Miss Kate Cooke,
the maid of honor. and Mr.. John Ran
dolph Tucker, the best man. were the
received here from Mrs. T. w. Calhoun
COR the marriage Of her daughter. Anne
Bryan, to Mr.. Edward Cunningham
Wight of Richmond, the ceremony to be
performed Thursday, October q, at 40
PM. in Christ Church. Elizabeth City,
N. c. Mr. Wight leaves early next week
with his bridal party for Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Millett of Mount YER
non street, cston, Mass, have announced
the engagement of their daughter Hilda
to Ensign William Harris Booth, son of
DR.. and Mrs. e. G. Booth of Carriers
Grove, a famous Virginia plantation near
Williamsburg, Va. Ensign Booth gradu-
ated from Annapolis in the class of 1906,
and is now with the United States steam
ship Prairie of the Atlantic squadron.
Mrs, C.. A. Swanson's house party broke
up Saturday last, Miss Mary Osborne
Templeton leaving the mansion then to
nav visit to friends in Albemarle coun-
ty, and Misses Lisa and Grace Douglas
Anderson accompanying Mrs. Rucker
Penn to Danville, where they remain for
this week. Miss Grace Anderson being
sponsor at the Confederate reunion. Later
in the autumn she will join a party of
friends in a bicycle tour of the south of
France and Italy.
Mrs. John Shelton Williams. who spent
the summer in her bungalow at Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa, will open her coun-
try home on Hermitage road near Rich
mond for the winter and will be accom-
panied in her return to town by her sis
ter. Miss Marie Louise 1saacs, who Will
be one of the prettiest debutantes OF the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haskins Hobson of Mount
Airy, Powhatan county. are entertaining
a small but delightful! weekend party In
honor of their charming young daughter,
Miss Patty Lois Hobson. whose guests
are Miss Mary Sully Hayward OF New
orleans, Miss Brent Witt. daughter Of
Judge and Mrs s. B. Witt of Richmond
Messrs. Edward Hazen of Atlanta NJ:
Harmon, r. NJ. and John Hobson OF
Richmond.
Mrs. Sue Williams Buck and Miss Ella
Buck who came to Richmond and opened
their house on West Franklin street to
entertain visitors during the state fair
week, have returned to Rose HILL Al
bemarle county, for the remainder or the
autumn season. Miss Julie Osterloh IS
with Miss Buck at Rose Hill. Miss En-
lily Triplett Montague. daughter or Mr..
and Mrs. Meredith Montague and niece
of the famous Richmond beauty, MISS
Mary Triplett of a generation ago. Is
visiting Miss Virginia Tyler on west
Franklin street. Miss Montagues grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John III. Montague
Of 11S East Franklin street. are typical
Virgnians of an earlier day.