The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-25
Society

Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Leary enter
tanned at a very pretty dinner at the
Country club Saturday evening In hon
ar of Miss Martha Purcell. the debu-
tante daughter of MIR. and Mrs Ben
iamin L. Purcell The table was dec
Grated with pink and white flowers
and rose-shaded lights, and those
present were: Miss Purcell, Miss Mary
Beirne. Miss Margaret Freeman. Miss
Caroline Preston. Miss Elizabeth
caches, Mr. Willie Trigg, Mr.. VIII
liam q. Kaan. Mr.. John Lea, Mr. Stu
art Leske. Mr.. George NJ Reid and
Mr., and Mrs. LeAry.
Bridge Luncheon.
Mrs Thomas Burton Snead Will be
hostess at bridge luncheon at the
Country club today in honor Of Miss
Bessie Wilson. OF New York. Miss
Wilson is being much entertained as
the guest of Mrs Snead.
MagrudCr--Huli.
Society in Richmond is much inter-
ssted in the wedding of Miss Mary
Blue Hull 10 Lieutenant Lloyd Burns
Magruder, which took place saturday
evening ia the home of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Huh. in
savannah The ceremony. which was
performed by the Rev. Joseph d.
Mitchell. Of the Cathedral Of St John
the Baptist, WAS attended only by the
family ana the twenty members OF
the wedding party. 1t was followed
by a reception, for which invitations
were general. This was the first oc-
casion on which Mr.. and Mrs. Hull S
handsome home. recently remodeled,
Il
there was accordingly an added inter
est The big drawing rooms, with
their gold tones and brown hang lngs,
were adorned only with white flow
ers An orchestra on the floor above
played the wedding march az the bri-
dal party entered through an aisle of
smiiax and approached the altar OF
white flowers built at the end of the
second room.
The bridegroom attendants were
Frederick Dawson, Of New York.
Captain Battle, l.. S. A; Lieutenant
Marcel Keene, l. s. A; Mr. Joseph
Hull. Jr.: MIR. Dana Stevens and MIR.
H. c. Daniel. OF Savannah Follow
ing them were two Hover girls. Misses
Albert Hull and Resale Hull, nieces
Of the bride, and the bridesmaids
Misses Pauline Magruder. OF Washing
ton. Elnor ShOtter. sophie Meidrim
Anna stevens, Elizabeth Malone and
Eliza Lamar HUI, of Savannah. Lieu
tenant Aagruder had as his best man
Lieutenant Edward Collier Little, u
s, ", aud Miss Huti's chief brides
maid was rer sister, Miss Mama Hull
AS IL WAS a military wedding, tht
maids wore gowns OF white sttln veil
ed with scarlet net, and carried Rich
fttn
yellow charmeuse and carried Rich
n6nd roses The brides gown was oi
whlte satin hracade with corsage O
Venetian point and Veil of point lace
She carried lilies OF the valley.
Entertainments for the bride wer6
given every day in the week preed
ing the wedding. Mr. and Mrs, Oar
Il. Hun gave a dinner and dance fol
twenty guests in the De Soto Aonda,
evening Tuesday M 80 Elizabeth Ma
lone entertained the bridesmaids a
lunchmn. and In tho evening Mis-
Sophie Meidrim entertained the wed
ding party at DINNER. Mrs. w. q
BarnweII gave a luncheon for tn
bridesmaids Wednesday and Miss La
mar Hun a dinner Wednesday even
ing
To Visit the Hammonds-
Esther Cleveland will come to Wash
lngton early in the new year and VII
be guests or MIR. ana MTs. John Hay
Hammond. They will arrive on Jan
uary Sth, and on the following da.
Mrs. hammond viii give tea TO
Mrs Cleveland and Miss Cleveland
when the former will have an oppor
tunity to renew many old acqualnt
ances, and the latter to meet man
friends of her father and mother. Mrs
Hammond will give Il ball for NILS
Cleveland, probably on January loth
Mrs Cleveland will spend week IL
Washington. Miss Cleveland will re
main for the month of January.
Thanksgiving House Party.
Says a Norfolk exchange;
Miss Sarah Hamilton Will enter
tain at a charming house party a
her home in Petersburg during tn
Thanksgiving holidays. at which
large number of Norfolk people vii
be present, leaving here on the Wed
nesdsy before, and remaining owe
the weekend. TIL 1se who will atten
the house party from Norfolk VIII be
Mr.. and Mrs. il. I'll Taylor, Misse
Mary and Elizabeth Brooke. Mis-
Claire Good. of Baltimore, who is III
guest Of Mrs Lee Taylor. Mrs. Charlie
Mcintosh. Harold and Theodore Wrei
Mcintosh, Harold and Theodor
Wrenn and Wiley f. CRANKY"
Mr.. WHITE 10 Lecture.
Mr. James Primrose Whyte. o
Wilmington. y. c.. viii lecture at tn
Woman's club this afternoon at AS
O'Clock on Scotland in Song an
Story" Mrs, j. Taylor Ellyson
chairman Of the afternoon. and on
of the largest audiences of the fall
expected, as Mr.. Whytes lecture. give
last year on The Bonnie Brier Bush,
Is recalled with great pleasure by tn
club members.
Lecture on Child Nature.
Professor X. T.. Gaines, OF Rich
mond college, the learned student O
child nature, will deliver the first o
series Of talks to ladies' in tn
ladies parlors OF the Railroad De
partment Young Mems Christian as