The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-06

meeting. Mr.. John Peyton MCGUIRE
was elected TO MI a a on the
| central committee. Mrs. w. &. Bent
ley reported hat the mortgage o
the Powder Horn building in VIII
i%amsburg has beer paid in fult Res
olutions on the death of Mrs. Roger
A.. Pryor, late honorary vice-presi-
dent, charter member and directress
of the New York branch of the A.
+. V. A.. were offered by Mr.. George
Bryan. Mrs. w. r. Robins made an
interesting report on the =
newspaper, which viii be published
on April 9 in connection with the
kirmess which Is TO be given for the
benefit of the Associated Charities
and the A. Z. V. A. A check for
Si25 from the Washington branch
and a gift of $40 from Miss Fanny
Magee. OF Philadelphia, were received
for the John Marshall House fund.
Mrs. Ellyson announced standing
committees for the year.
New members were received as fol-
lows: Life members. Miss Eliza
Meade Harvie, Miss Martha Old Har-
Vie. Mrs. Sidney Johnston Dudley.
william Sumner Appleton, Esq. of
Boston, Mass. and Mrs. Latimer
Small, OF York. Pa; annual members,
Mrs. T. S, Harrison. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. Of Raleigh. n. c.; Mrs. VIII
liam l.. Allen, Mrs. Herbert Mann.
Mrs. Charles r. Button. of Walker
ford. Va; Mrs, Alfred Ball Carter,
Mrs. H.. Il. Boyd, of Grundy. Va;
Mrs. Martin Williams. of P~earisburg.
Va, and Mrs. Luther Dawson.
Mrs. Buttrick in Baltimore.
Mrs. Lucy Hayes Ruttrick. of THIS
city, is visiting her sister. Mrs. John
II NNF;yLY I'm RaffiTnDTn and vas
among the guests at a dinner given
by MIR. and Mrs. Wright Monday eve
ming before the concert by the Phil
harmonic Society of New York. The
ether guests were Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
Nelson Strother. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Quitman Lowell and Mr.. Thomas
HuIings.
OF Interest Here.
one of the largest bridge parties
Of the Ienten season WAS held Mon
day afternoon in the Vanderbilt hotter,
in New York. 1t was for he beneht
of the Blue Ridge Industrial School.
which is carryi-~ on Il work OF m
dustrial education among tire trroatf"
~taineers In Greene county, Va. All
the tables were taken n aboht ST.
+ttH-wns obtt4tfed- fer the-sefaelr
Among those who made contributions
.ur-p1rctruscd tirkrtS Mines
Payne Whitney. William u. Sloane. +.
Gray Griswold. Benjamin =. Guinness,
otto II. Kahn Frank Fl. Hagemeyer,
w. Bourke Cochran and J. Pierpont
Morgan. Jr.. and Miss Wiborg.
The list Of patronesses included the
| names OF Mrs. Charles Dance Gibson
and Mrs. Edward r. Stettinus.
Literature Class.
| The literature class of the Woman's
Club will meet this afternoon at 1870
o'clock in the club parlore. Mrs.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning will be
the authoress discussed.
Prominent Engagement
An important engagement OF much
interest to society just announced to-
day Is that OF Miss Margaret Yates
lStirling. daughter of Read Admiral
and Mrs Yates Stirling tU. S. NJ OF
200 West 1anvale street. Baltimore
to Mr.. J. Pembroke Thorn. Jr.. sor
Of the late Or. j. Pembroke Thorn and
Mrs. Thorn. of 82S Park venue Miss
Stirling, who is one of the most pop
ular girls in society, Is the youngest
of three attractive and beautiful sis
ters the others being Mrs. J. Lee
Taller. OF New York. formerly Miss
Marie Stirling. who is especially noted
for her beauty. ana Miss ELLEN Stir
ling. Her brothers are Lieut.. Archi.
bald Stirling. OF the Presidents yacht
the M~ayfower, and Lieut.. Com. Yate:
Stirling. Jr.. of Newport, X. 1, Mr.
Thom's family Is also one of distinc,