The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28

SIS LENA SYDNEY CULPEPEn,
g talented little girl. She is also q
ipti of Mrs. Thurston.
with In both Quitting and manage
mert of the great ship. Subs ,oueIst
testimony appears to bear out this at
titude. and when all Of the testimony
Is carefully sifted 1t is found that as
usual every man did his duty as be-
came the traditional Englishman IN
time .f danger Especially did the lee
| turer deprecata harsh criticism on the
matter until something like intelligent
Information has been supplied In place
OF existing rurfhor and the vapor'ngs OF
uniformed nonprofessiOnal critics. 1t
is regarded as especially unfortunate
that the Senate investigating commit
mittee could not have awaited itself Of
some well-known seafaring expert to
assist In the investigation. SO as to
avoid much irrelevant questioning by
those who, by reason of unfamilia ritS
with seafarlng terms. had but little II
any knowledge of what they desired
ito know. In conclusion Admiral Web
ster took occasion TO defend from adj
! verse criticism every official connected
with the ship in any way. assuring his
listeners that in his mind everything
was done that could DC done. both be-
foro and after the terrible tragedy, to
insure the safety of the vessel and tho
SilNutlOn OF the crew ana passengers.
/ Next Tuesday the Art Club will SArve
tea Mt o'clock. instead OF 4:30. on ac-
count of the Wednesday Club matinee.
Approaching Marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Perry Randolph,
/ of 202l Monument Avenue. announce
the engag ament and approaching mar
riagc OF their daughter Ruth Slater, TO
Herbert Holt Wood. Mr.. Wood is
prominent in banking business In Ell
kns. w. Va, where he makes his home.
! Invitations Recalled.
owing to illness in the brides fam
| lily. invitations for the wedding of
Miss Helen Louise Boudar and Jeffer-
| son Francis Richardson. Jr.. have been
recalled. The Ceremony Will take place
very quietly at the home of the bride,
1885 West Grace Street, at $3.50 o'clock,
| on Tuesday evening. Only the i'm
mediate families OF the bride and
| Dance mt Lakeside.
a farewell dance was given In hon
OF of Roy Martin, OF this city, at
Lakeside on Friday evening. Mr.. Mar
!, tin left Saturday for an indefinite S,ay
in the South. Those dancing were Miss
Frances Poitiaux with Roy Martin.
Miss Edna Hickerson with Mr. Saund-
ers. Miss Clara Long with Cabell Rady
Miss Hattie Courtney With Charles
Tomlinson. Miss Edna bowman with
Jesse McGee. Miss King with w. @.
Cobeare. Miss Matte Todd with Mr..
Booker. Miss Holman. OF Norfolk, with
Mr.. Price: Miss Elizabeth Watkins
with Marshall Bethel. Miss Lee Court
ney with Sidney Laird. Miss White. of
Norfolk. with Beale Sale. Miss Hazel
| Faulconer with Warren PortiauX, Miss
| Gladys Martenstein with Paul Hines.
, Miss Louise Seay with Allen Shepherd,
Miss Louise Chalkley with Mr.. HOOD.
| Mrs. Samuel Long. Mrs. Charles Rady
and Mrs. w. Courtney were chaperons
Annual Pilgrimage to Jnmestown.
The Association for the Prcserva-
ton OF Virginia Antiquities excursion
| to jamestown win be held on Satur
day. May IS. The steamship PocahOn-
tas has been chartered, and Mrs. Gran
Vile Valentine will be chairman of the
event. She will be assisted by Mrs e.
| V. Valentine. Mrs. II. g. Cannon ana
Mrs. J. L. Antrim. Messrs, Morgan
, Robertson. Robert Lancaster. Jr., and
! William G.. Stanard.
| The annual pilgrimage of the asso-
citation TO jamestown Island in May
is very important society event
Large number OF guests from a dis
lance will be In Richmond to go down
the river with the ASSOCIATION. and q
great many interesting parties are be-
ing made up for the occasion.
At the WOmnn's Club.
Tomorrow afternoon will be de-
voted to art at the Woman's Club. ana
Miss Adele Williams will tell her audi
ence something Of the Art Of Venice"
The club literary committee again
ask all members who have books at
home to return them Immediately. as
the library Is being recatalogued and
the work is seriously delayed by even
few books being out of place.
Entertained Tuesday Afternoon.
| One of the most touching and heauti-
full features during the series of en-
tertainments given by the trustees of
tho Valentine Museum happened on
Tuesday afternoon from to 6 o'clock.
when the granddaughter and grand
sons of the late Mann S. Valentine, the
founder. and twenty other little girls
and boys received and wa ted upon
the sixty-odd little orphan girls from
the Humane Association. The chill
drcn were served with delightful re-
| treatments. and the rooms were gay
with bright flowers for the occasion.
For twenty years before the death or
Mr.. Valentine 1t was his custom to
regularly take his seven sons on
Christmas morning TO the Humane As
ISOLATION and distribute gifts to each
girl, since that time his sons have kept