The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
q 9 SOCIl[llE[ss,' l[Y 9

IT, HIS month VIII he crowded wit
any number of brilliant we'd
dings not only in Richmond. blu
in various Southern states, that are Q
special interest to Richmond society
The marriage OF Miss Caroline Shields
daughter of Mrs. Charles MATTHEW
Shields, to Trusten Polk Draper. o
Wilmington. Del, which will TAX
place in st. Paurs Church on wednes
day evening, April 81. at half-after
o'clock, and followed by brillian
reception, will be ono of the mos
fashionable and brilliant gathering
of society for some time past. Mis-
Shields has been since her formal pre-
admired girls in Virginia, and disti1r
guished guests from all over the Stat
will be present for the ceremony. !
special car from Wilmington will ar
rive in Richmond Tuesday bringing
party of guests for the wedding. Mis-
Shields has chosen for her attendant!
her sister, Mrs. /. Newton Vaughan
for dame of honor; Misses Nora Leary
Elizabeth Barton. of Kansas City: Mrs
Reuben tSatterthwaite. of Wilmington
Dell Bessie Scott Denham, of Savail.
nah, Ga: Mary King Nash, of Ports.
mouth. and Madeline Draper, of Will
nington, Del, for bridesmaids. Miss
Harriet Martin Shields will be her
sisters maid of honor.
DR.. James Avery Draper, of Will
mington, will attend the groom as his
best man. and the groomsmen will be
Augustus X. Oliver, of Pit,Sburg;
Iaues Reynolds, of Chicago; Newton
Vaughan, Fritz Gauze and Andrew
Gray
Another wedding for which a num-
her of Richmond people will go South
next week is that of Miss Pocahontas
Rust Hendren, daughter of William
Hardy Hendren, to John Ambler
Mason, formerly of this city, now of
New York. which viii take place also
on Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock in
Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans.
The ceremony Will be performed by
DIR. Alexander Barr. dean of the ca
thedral, and DR.. Landon Randolph
Mason, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church. Richmond, and father OF the
groom.
Miss Hendren is one of the most
beautiful girls in New Orleans ant
was queen of the Amphictyons' ball a.
the Carnival of Mardi Gras Mr. Ma
son is a son OF DR.. and Mrs. Landot
r. Mason. OF this city. and belongs t
one of the most distinguished famil
lies in Virginia, and for the past few
years has made his home in New Yorl
City. where he and his bride vii
have an apartment.
It will be lily of the valley wed
ding, with pale green accomplishments
Miss Hendren will be attended as mait
of honor by Miss Ida Aswald Mason
of Richmond. sister of the bridegroom
and her bridesmaids Will include Mis-
IN,
Throckmorton Thomson. of Sunni
Point, Shenandoah Valley Va: Mis-
Laura Hayward and Miss Evely,
Dreuil.
The groom will be attended as hes
man by Richard Sperry, of New York
The groomsmen Will include Chan
ming Toy, of Chicago. uncle OF thu
bride-elect; Robert Randolph, of Riv
crsde. ILL.,; Richardson Leverich ant
Henry Collins.
The ushers will be Henry Georg
Mccall, James Madison Thomson, ste
ward LIE Blanc and Henry Leverich.
a very quiet wedding Will be cele
brated in Macon, Ga. on April 81 a
Q o'clock p. NJ at the home OF tn
brides brother, Calder b. Willingham
Jr, when Miss Lila Ross Willingham
daughter of the late Calder b. Will
ingham, will become the bride of How.
ell Brantley Erminger, Jr., the cere
mony being performed by DR.. r. j
Willingham. of this city. and Bishop
Joseph Key, of Texas.
Miss Edith Willingham will be her
sisters maid of honor and Eden Tay-
Tor. Jr., viii be the groom's best man.
Little Miss Katherine Nillingham will
be flower girl. a reception for only
the relatives of the Bride and groom
will follow the ceremony. and Mr..
Erninger and his bride viii leave at
once for a trip TO Canada and the
Thousand Islands.
Miss NIllinetdm il. widely related
throughout 1hes"State and has FREE
quentIy visited relatives in Richmond.
She was educated in Virginia and has
number of friends here.
EpcndinG Week End mt Old Point.
Miss Eff1e Branch and a party of
friends left Richmond Friday morning,
motoring to williamsburg, where they
spent the night and going over to
the Chamberlin Hotel at Old Point for
the Saturday evening hop. John Aiken
Branch and Frederick Scott Campbell,
OF Richmond, also spent the week. end
at Old Point.
Miss Caroline Armistead and Mrs.
Beady of Philadelphia, were among
the guests at the Chamberln Hotel
for the hop last night, and were also
entertained at dinner on board one Of
the battleshtps.
At Home Thursday Afternoon.
Miss Mary C. Hatcher and Mrs
Benjamin II. Nash, of 500 West Frank
lin Street, have issued invitations to
their friends for an lat home" to be