The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-17


pink satin. She carried a bouquet Of
lilies of the valley and Parma violets
Mrs. Robert PeBram and Mrs. Wall
ter HUBBARD poured tea.Sand Mrs. Philip
Powers. Mrs. Charles Spicer, Mrs. Wal
ter Miles, Mira. Williamson Talley and
Mrs. David Leake assisted In the din
ing-room.
Ball for Miss Hnskins.
Robert Haskins, of Gle Park Avenue.
has issued invitations for dance to
DO given in honor OF his daughter.
Miss Helen Henrietta Haskins. In tho
Masonic Temple on Friday evening.
November "a, at o'clock. Miss Has
kins IS a very lovely girl. and the ball
ct which she Will make her initial ap-
pearance in society here will be a
very handsome affair Mr Haskins
and his daughter have taken the
Doyle home here for the winter, and
much entertaining has been done al
ready in honor of Miss HaHkins.
For Miss willard.
mother debutante to be entertained
on November % is Miss Belle WillGrd.
Mrs. Francis NJ. Jencks. Of Baltimore.
has Issued invitations for a tea to be
given at o'clock ut her home In
that city. 1 West Mount Vernon Place.
in honor of Miss willard. who will
be her guest at that time.
Thanksgiving German.
The Thanksgiving german will be
danced in the ballroom of the Jeffer-
son Hotel this year and will be very
brilliant event with many out of town
guests present. Practically the entire
student body from Chapel Hill and the
University OF Virginia Will be present,
and. as usual. 1t viii be girls ger
, man. Tho dance Will follow tho per-
formsnce at the Bijou Theatre. and
a N
figure.
: Miss Ella B;nford has charge OF the
affair. and this german will be ono
, of the biggest entertainments given
this season. Decorations will be In
1 the colors OF the two colleges, and q
number OF prominent society women
will act as patronesses for the dance.
CotiIlion Postponed.
Owing to conflicting dates with the
big amateur play. Alice In Wonder
land" 10 be given at the Academy
of Music on the night of December /,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ball Carter have
changed the date Of the cotlllion 20
be given In honor Of their debutante
daughter, Miss Gertrude Carter. Hiss
Carter's formal bow TO society will
now be made on the evening OF De-
cember IL, instead OF December /, as
previously announced. The dance will
be given In tho ballroom OF the JEFF
ferson Hotel
Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mra. George (. Powell, Of
Walnut Grove. announce the engage
nent Of their daughter. Audrey Gravatt
Icftwich, 70 J Herbert Dabney, CT
The marriage Will be celebrated early
/ in December.
Afternoon Reception.
Mrs. Charles c. Johnson, OF la3
! North Lombardy street, entertained Mt
an afternoon reception Tuesday from
. TO o'clock in honor OF Mrs. VIII
liam c. Harris, accent bride OF Ra-
leigh, n. c. Mrs. Johnson received
in gown OF grey Inarqu!sette over
satin and trimmed in cut steel. Mrs.
Harris wore her wedding gown Of
white satin, trimmed In real lace and
embroidered In pearls. The parlors
were decorated in autumn leaves and
big Jars OF yellow chrysunthemu,ns,
and In the dining room q color scheme
OF green and white was very effec-
lively carried out, The centrepiece
Tor the table was q big basket of white
chrysanthemums and ferns and the
candles, were shaded in crystal and
silver. Mrs. p. ]. Serez, Mrs. c. 3.
Buchanan and Mrs Hampton Fleming
served punch in tho library Mrs "
r. Framor, Mrs. j. ". Wyatt and Nre.
p. ;. Johnson assisted Mrs Johnson In
, doing the honors IN the dinlnE-roorn.
about seventy 1--WE guests called dur
Ing the afternoon
New Dancing school,
nc little girls and boys of Gintcr
Eark nave their own fashlona Bile lit
ne dancing classes once a week now.
MISS Ella B!nford has begun a dane
ing school there, the classes meeting
every Saturday afternoon from > 10 5
o'clock. The children are quite en-
thusiastic over the idea. SO far as
everything else is concerned. their
little season is formally opened and
the first big affair already launched
The dances are given in the Ginter
! Park schoolhouse.
| Tea fn south Richmond.
The young people of Central Meth
odist Church, South Richmond, will
| give very charming affair at the
residence OF Mrs w J. Walthall. Thir-
teenth and Decatur Streets, tonight
from 10 II o'clock. The rooms Will
be prettily decorated in fall flowers
and an attractive program has been
arranged.
Suffolk Wedding.
The Suffolk Presbyterian Church
was the scene Wednesday of a very
pretty Wedding. when Miss Mildred
Nurney, the youngest daughter of
Joseph Henry Nurney and the late
Mrs, Elizabeth NJ. Nurney. became the
bride OF Milby W. Lloyd. formerly OF
Suffolk, now of Richmond
Decorations We're in white and
green. the altar being banked with
palms and ferns. while these plants.
alternating with tall pedestals on
which white tapers burned. were used
In the chancel. The aisles were out
lined by palms and candles and white
standards wreathed in smiax. An arch
OF green. entwined with white chry-
santhemunls, was arranged In front of
the altar. Before the ceremony Harvey
Eley. the organist. rendered "Marche
Nuptiale De Feramors," by Ruben
stein; The Rosary" by Nevin; Grand
March. from Aida; "Berseuse," from,
Jocelyn. Mrs. Telza Miller sang the
solo, Beloved. 1t Is Morn" just before
the entrance OF the bridal party, who
came down the aisle as the "Lohen-
grin" bridal chorus was rendered. The