The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-18
Society

sIt seems but the other day that
NJ IN friends about 20 salt for the Old
n f6eld were bidding us goodbye, 1t
M 80 'srosng. xofng. going for weeks,
n j<onA -i,ve kissea steamer letters and
81 8r1f fldings are barely cold when.
6 1ol Il Is coming, coming, coming
back.
The ocean with its winds and
raves. Its shipwrecks and its secrets
q = hardly considered. II is n satchel
and 4 ticket and expectation. and
Il a8ain satchei and a ticket and a
NJ eonl fssii of realization. Only Few
II weeks have passed. bat London, Paris
N ana Rome are ours Before they
were theirs; now we too have
shared them. Not minutes, not mic
foscopicaily, but upon the great i'm
preseionistic picture have we gazed
4 tnd caught something peculiar and
ae3icious which books cannot give.
B Each year the throng Increases, and
whoever fails to behold the wonders
4 III the Old World Is little ''out of it
y these days. Miss Sally Deane. Mrs
Preston Cooke and Miss Cooke.
q Misses Resale Jones, Kate and Ma
fian Meade villa rive in Richmond
4 early next week. They are the van
Il guard OF our wanderers, who viii be
4 homeing from this time until late In
u October, Nobody can keep still now
adgys. Those who cand o no better
70 on the Sunday excursions and
/ those who do the best of all have
grand country homes. where they
smake tend" to be the lordly planters
~ other days
Visit of the Duke.
The shuttle of international travel
G h never still, and one Of the most
/ Interesting characters who has late
\ " arrived in New York is Duke Franz
josef of Bavaria. The Washington
Post says.
.Dn his arSt visit to this country,
Duke Franz Josef, of Bavaria, ar
4 rived in New York Sunday on board
4 the Kronprinzessin Ceciiie, Of the
4 North German Lloyd line. The royal
StFitor. who is a man of rather slight
but athletic build, with more OF an
Angio-Sa than continental cast OF
c0untenance, was accompanied by
4 Captain Won Lossow. his personal ad-
,jntant. He said he long had been
planning a trip to the United States
He observed keenly the details of
& hArbor and city as he came up the
bay.
4 have been DESTROYS especially of
making trip to the United States,
4 the duke explained, because of the
&Act that my cousin, Prince Miguel
u Braganza, was so fortunate as to win
one OF your beautiful American girls
Tor his wife. She was Miss Anita
4 5tswart.
Have i come here in search of
4 m American wife, Well. such a
4 thing had not occurred To me. al
( though 1t Is true that there would
& ~ little or nothing TO stand In the
y Way Of my taking an American wife.
The duke was greeted on board
the steamship at quarantine by Count
George Wedel. of the German en-
\ hassy at Washington. who went down
a The bay to meet his wife. Countess
Wsedei. With him was Count Won
Gonrten, an attache or the German
y embassy, who win act as the grand
dukes aid.
For several days the duke will re-
main at the Plaza, and then VIII visit
Newport, where he will go not to be
4 entertained he explained, but to sat-
4 isfy my interest in place OF which
y 4 have heard SO much Next week
he will start on trip that will take
II him to San Francisco. Late In Sep
Z &ember he will visit the Northwest
4 and Canada, returning here about the
4 middle OF October to depart for Eu-
"a rope.
He said he was interested deeply
y In outdoor sports, particularly in
horse back riding. Last spring he par
s tfcipated in equestrian contests in Ger
1 many and won more than a dozen
medals. For two years he has been
D commander of the military riding
school at Munich.
The duke lis the youngest brother
~ the Queen of the Belgians and a
son Of the late Duke Charles Theo-
dore Of Bavaria, the celebrated ocu-
y Hist. He cannot marry any woman of
u0n-royal rank unless he renounces
his status as a prince OF the blood
4 or else weds her morganasically. in
which case she does not have his hon
orp or titles"
Coffman-Ryaii.
A quiet but pretty wedding was SOL
emnized Wednesday afternoon by Rev
s- u -M2grlI -peteE-s-Eatholic
church, when Miss Mary Baldwin Ryall
u Became the wife of DR.. Milton Buell.
n Eoffman. a prominent young physician
xf this city. The bride, who Is the
daughter Of John NJ. Ryall, deputy col
B hector of internal revenue, is very pop
n ular, and the above announcement
comes as pleasant surprise to great
" circle Of friends.
Following the ceremony the happy
8 couple left for their bridal tour. and
n residence here.
Personals.
DIR. James Eckenrode attended the
dance in Bon Air on Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. Mann Page left Richmond to-
day TO be present at the dance which
B takes place at Roosevelt tonight.
Mrs. Travers and Miss Mary Tray
4 ers are at Bristol. r, /,
There will be ball for children at
4 the White Sulphur on Friday night,
which will be graced by several very
young ladies from Richmond.
Mrs. Howard Dasids, formerly Miss
Y Anna Deane Carr, of Richmond. is en-
5Oying army life in tho Philippines.
Mr.. Joseph Crenshaw and Gene SUIT
& ton are mt the Ferrebee cottage, Vir-
1 gtnia Beach.
s Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Edwina Henshaw somers and
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