The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26


Summer is upon us. and wide hat
Ind sheer muslin gowns are TO h,
much in evidence at the outdoor tunc
tions that will very properly take tn,
place OF formal indoor entertainments
Now Is just the time OF tho year tina
everybody you know liz 10 he see,
drinking tea after the most approve,
English fashion at the Country club
beIiEhtful little parties have beer
given out there all week Lot, OF III,
girls take their bits OF sewing out &c
the clubhouse in the morning and stay
tot lunch, and there are SWIMMING
parties and tennis parties enough t.
interest any one Summer rrocks arc
the sweetest in the world. and soft
niuiis with rosy pink bonncts are quite
pretty touch to the club terrace
every afternoon.
Society people have loudly bemoaned
the weather, and many have been
known to stop in the midst of ali the
packing away OF winter hangings to
wonder tx IL really were the wisest
things just now TO open the big coun-
try estate for the summer. Rain is n
disma! thing TO stand stranded in "a
lovely home when the latest thunder
storm has blown out the telephone and
the nearest neighbor is in exactly the
Is with us TO stay. and the gayest sort
OF times imaginable are to go on for
the month OF June.
The season at The Greenbr'er White
sulphur Springs and at the Virginia
Hot Springs does not properly begin
until the latter part Of July. and few
Richmond people will &c there before
then a large contingent OF R;chmond
peop!e have cottages at moth places
ard there Is always a charming inter
change of Inequalities.
John p. Branch will occupy his cot
iase at the White for the season where
he VIII be poined later for n several
weeks stay by Mr. ana Mrs. John Kerr
Branch. whose country home is on the
Hudson. The Dunns will open their
cottage at the Hot some time in June.
and Mrs. George Cole Scott and Mrs
sidney Buford. Jr. will probably Join
their parents there. Miss Frances
Scott always spends part of every
summer season at the Hot, going later
to White sulphur.
Nh and Mrs. Frederick W. Scott and
;heir children Will go abroad for the
summer months. sailing from New
York in July, Their country place
Royal Orchard" i'll Albcmarlc coun-
=, IS 10 undergo extensive repairs be-
fore ii is ready for occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Hughes Lindsey and
tier daughters will spend the sum
mer In the Adirondacks. and Will en-
rriain number OF guests at their
place there.
commandments and their attendant
festivities viii soon claim the attcn-
uon OF the younger set and take the
girls around the country 10 most Of
tho big colleges. The dances given at
nNals are always particularly brilliant
and interesting functions. and the girls |
attending them are always delightful |
~ entertained.
Home Wedding.
Mrs. Robert Clark announces the
marriage OF her daughter. Gertrude
Estclle. TO BENJAMIN Franklin Dew, the
ceremony having taken place on Sat
urday morning. May %. at her home
in G!nter Park. Tho Rev. Ernest
Earle Oscood. rector of Emmanuel
Church. Brook Hll. ofnciated
The bride was attended by her sis
ter Mrs, julius Deming Cowles. of
New YORK. as matron or honor and
Misses Adele Clark and Elizabeth Clay
brook Dew. as maids OF honor. Little
Aceline Harmon Cowles and Ernes,
Earle osgood Jr, We're flower bearers
Mr.. Dew had as his best man Percy j.
14ail' Of Ashland The only guests pres
ent at the ceremony were tho mem
hers Of the immediate families OF tho
bride and groom. MIR. ana Mrs. Dew
VIII be at home after June Ia, at 52oI
South Third street Wilmington, " G.
in New York.
Mrs. c c. Walker left yesterday for
New York City. where she expects to
spend the next ten days with her
c9!ldren. Mrs. Walker will be regis
tered at the Holland House. Miss Re
hecca Walker is a graduate nurse Of
81 Lnke's Hospital in that city, and
Carl Walker. is in business in New
York. I.!GStenaHt Lindsay Walker.
United States Navy, IS also IN New
York for short stay.
Entertained in bristol.
Mrs. Hal L. Lewis entertained verv
tcharm!nEly Tuesday AT her home i'm
Bristol nj q . o'clock tea. compliment
ary 10 hai guests Mrs. u. ~ Overby
lot paHville; Mrs {. r. Phillips. Of
Richmond. and Mrs. James - Tats, Of
IChilhowie, who arc here to attend tho
meeting of the General Assembly at
the First Presbyterian Church.
The house was attract.vely deco.