The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-07

strum will DO bridesmaids They Will
wear gowns of pale yellow sntin en-
broidered in yellow anu gold butter
nie5. and VIII Starry bouquets similar
to that of the dame or honor. Tho
groomsmen include MUSES.. Charles
Francis Cooke. Ben Huger. +. ii. PARK
, er. Doomis l. Kelly. Aprain +. staples,
/ Jr.. and Whitwel w. Coke.
! MIR. and alrs. Rutherford will leave
! at once for an extended tip North,
and on their return Will make their
F.. home in Roanoke. Guests from q dis
lance attending tho ceremony VIII be
> Miss Nelia Du Puy, OF Winchester
! Miss Louise Kent Hoge. If Blacksbury ;
Mr. and Mrs @. e. Jenkin. of Abing-
! don: Mr.. and Mrs. II. *. Tallnnt, OF
! Christiansburg. MIR. and Mrs. James ii.
! Hoge. of Princeton, West Va Mrs
! John NJ Cunningham, OF CupepeI
/ county; HES Marian u. Sampson, or
Culpeper; Professor and Mrs. Abram T..
Staples, OF Lexington: Mrs. John liamp
ton Hogs. Of Blacksburg; K. u. Samp-
Z son. OF Richmond.
Airs. oiann al Home.
! Mrs William Hodges Mann was at
home yesterday afternoon in the exc
cutlve mansion from 1 TO o'clock Mrs.
Blue Room, wore a gown',f gold col :
ored satin. draped in black lace.
! and carried bouquet IL orchids and
J lilies OF the valley. Mrs. Herbert Mann
assisted In receiving. Nrs. Andrew
jackson Gray was at the tea table. and
the parlors of the mansion were dec
F.. GRATED with bowls of pulu pink roses.
f, with n big silver vase Of the same
! flowers on the tea table. Mre Mann
, Will be at home every Tuesday after
| noon during the month OF February.
Observation-Disclosures.
The Second Presbyterian Church In
Petersburg will be the scene or q very
/ pretty wedding this evening at $50
O'Clock. when Miss Joseph Aston
Claiborne McIiweine. daughter of sir.
and Mira. william 3. McIlwainc. will
| become tho bride of Edgar Simeon
Bowling. son OF Mr.. and !lls g Bowl
lng. OF Durham. y. c.. rho ceremony
f, will be performed by the Rev w B.
McIlwaine. Jr.. OF Maxton, y. c.. n
i brother Of tho bride. and Mrs Charles
G. Witherspoon Will preside at tho
! organ. Church and house decorations
Will be In trailing vines and palms and
! lighted candles will be ur,.c on the al.
/ tar.
! Tho bride. who will .nter the church
with her father, by whom she will be
given away. VIII wear a lovely gown of
ivory chnrmeuse 1t Is embroidered In
| orchids and roscbuds ana rrimmed
With duchess lace. Her ture veil viii
be caught with orange blossoms, and
| che VIII carry shower bouquet of
| white orchids and lilies OF the val
| Ley. Nell D. Sills. OF this city, will be
J the groom's best man. The maid OF
, honor. Miss Luck Atkinson McIlwaine,
Will be gowned in white crepe meteor
| and lace. and Will carry bouquet of
~ Tohp w
Friend. Jr., Will hold tho ribbons.
! The bridesmaids, who include Misses
Kate Bowling Maya Bowling. OF
| Durham. y. c.. and Miss Lucy Pryor
Friend. of Petersburg. will wear frocks
! Of pastel shades OF lavender pink and
blue mcssallne. Their flowers will be
lilacs. sweet peas and v!olets The ma
iron Of honor will be HRS William
F., Baird McIlwaine, Jr., OF Maxton. N c.
| She Will wear white messeline and will
! carry a big bouquet of white Nlacs.
| The ushers will be ines Bowling. OF
| Durham. y. c.; DR.. j. Herbert Clai,
borne. of New York; Edwin L. ouarles.
OF Baltimore: Frank B. Emory. Robert
| Mel Friend, J. Nat Harrison, Lem Roy
| Jones, T. NJ Anderson. all of Peters
burg.
a reception for a few relatives and
Intimate friends will DC given at the
nome of the bride after the ceremony
at the church. The pcricrs will be
decorated with spring flowers and
palms, and the bride and groom Will
receive the guests standing under the
wedding bell that was used at the
wedding OF the brides mother
| Out-of-town guests for the ceremony
are Mrs. simeon Bowling. CT Durham,
! \. c.; Mrs Edwin L. Quar!cs, OF Balti-
, more Mr. and Mrs. John Lightfoot and
Miss Martha Mayo. OF Richmond: DR..
Juan Arts Gonzales. 81 the Union
/ Theological Seminary: Joash l. Yohan-
/ man. OF Richmond; Mrs. Charles a.
| English. of Leesburs; Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Arlington. of New York; Mrs.
W. Taliafcrro Thompson, ,Ir., and Miss
Julia Elizabeth Adams THOMPSON of
Lexington. " c.. Master William Baird
Mcilwaine, III, Of MaNton. y. G.
Stny-nt-IIomc Whist Club.
! Tho Stay-at-Home Whist Club held
/ it's regular weekly meeting On Monday
! night al the home of Mrs Edmund
| Waddill. Jr.. o2i Park Avenue -Four
I tables were engaged and the highest
! score was made by Mrs. Brock and Mr..
Gardner. The club Will meet next
with Mrs. William r. Robins. ut tho
Shirley. corner of Thiri and Cary
| Streets
In Washington.
Mrs. G.. G. Buriey and icr son. Wal
ter Burlcy, left yesterday morning for
: Washington. where they Will spend
two weeks. Later. Mrs Burlcy and
her son Will go to Baltimore for "A
weeks visit TO friends before return
ing TO their home in this city.
L. -. &. Meeting.
The meeting OF the l;ichmond Chap
ter United Daughters Of the Com
! federacy. for the election OF oiiiccra
! 60 the ensuing year will be leld this
f! morning at II o'clock in Lee Camp
Hall. Other business of Importance
will come before this meeting and a
full atte dance is desired. Visiting
daughters are always welcomed
Miss wntson's Wedding.
| Another out-of- town wedding of
much interest To Richmond society is
| that of Miss Bessie Martin Watson and
Joseph Roscoe Anderson, which takes
place tonight at . o'clock In the
Church OF the Epiphany, jill Danvile.