The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-09

the past week, the men will be in the
Amelight this week with the finals at
washington and Leo University. and
at the University of Virginia. and. tn
stead of weddings, there VIII be bril-
Eant dances. fraternity house parties,
and the like. Some OF the Ioveliest and
. most popular siris in the =Statt.=Hiti
go 10 Lexington and Charlottesville
for the gayeties Of commencement.
end charming affairs In their honor
Will make the week very gay. Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Mann leave for Ley
ington tomorrow to be guests Of Mrs
William #. Shields for the finals o..
Washington and Lee where their son,
William Hodges Mann, Jr., graduates
in Law this year.
Society folk l. Richmond will steal
an hour from study and care"-which
IS in this instance. packing trunks for
the summer trip-and motor ont to
the Country club for the Old Domin-
ION tennis tournamenr which begins
tomorrow. Prominent visiting tennis
players and many OF the younger set
in Richmond Will participate in the
tournament. while smart society VIII
be present in the role of on-iookers.
Attra ctive little dinners and luncficons
viii be given at the cub for the pd,-
of-town players. and the tournan2a
Will be quite an event among the
athletic fashionable folk. A big gar
den party at the club on Thursday A.
tcrnoon viii be rhe concluding feature
4, of the tournament.
Of weddings this week there will be
but few. Miss Kathleen Gordon, dauga.-
ter of Mrs. ]. Newton Gordon wsli be
married Ia Mr.. Cuerrant Cosby Jr., Of
Lynchburg. on Wednesday evening in
Grace Episcopal church. An interest
ing out~of- town wedding Will be tlla-
Of Miss Jean Macdonald Graham.
daughter OF fudge samuel Ceci1 Ora
ham. to DR.. Clinton Maury kilhy at
the Presbyterian church at Ta=Hw2ii
on Tuesday afternoon.
Sail on Wednesday.
quite n number OF Richmond pac-
pie viii said from New York WHd-
resdav on The "Saxoflita" 10 spend sew
erai months abroad Miss Sailie c.
Dsane with aer party, n htch includes.
Miss Bessie iIIil Niss Emily Clarke.
Miss Mamie Miner. MISC Elizabeth
Eeattsy. Miss TfI9sn smith. Niss N}g r.
crime staten. Of Richmond. and Miss
Elizabeth sutherland, OF FarnNfl'e. Va.
Will leave for New York on Tuesday.
sailing on the Saxoaia "Wednesday. far
n four of three months. Tie Rev. y, J.
Wicker. with party OF twenty Ave.
Including MIR and Mrs. T. N. Elicit
the Rev. and Mrs james Ware Dur
ham, and DIR. George ". Mcdaniel,
MIL also sail on the SaSonia.
First Class German.
with all the hrfiiance that genera ,iy
Eraces such an event. the hrsi-c'Ass
german the most exclusive social fanc-
ton OF the wear at the Naval academy
Mt Annapolis. Was danced Thursday
night in the gymnasium.
More than TOO couples tripped the
light fantastic In the execution 81 me
figures ana the brief dances sandwiHhea
between. To the enjoyment OF over l.eae
persons who taxed fse capacity OK tne
balconies of the building.
The decorations consisted IF gar
lands Of greens, potted plants ara
streamcfs Of variety coiored b1ht1hs
about the ratings OF the-halcontes ai'd
the huge iron orders. and At different
intervals durins the evening "a show
er IL confetti descended upoh the tAf
farrers and their partners.
Every bit OF exelusiyeness that mas
attended the German in years past
was carried out to the letter None
but members Of the graduating class,
or thee who formerly belonged 10
II with The exception of the official
chaperons, who included the moth
ers nf a number Of the midshtpmen,
were allowed on the dance floor And.
according 70 the time- honored Gus
tom IL was up TO the rFFsiu@nt of
M, class &c, lead the several figures,
so that this honor fell TO the lot OF
Nidshipnan he Witt G. Ranfey, et
New York. He had as MS partner
Kiss Frances TiafffI, an S7napoF1s
girl. af :. :,
Tn German began With the grand
march to the accompaniment ri the
Naval Academy band. led by the
handmaster Lieutenant tharies a.
Zimmerman. The opening hsure that
was led was the How Do YOU 10
- which MAS T. means o. q lp ~, lll ii ". "
troductory of the daneers Ineh ,h@
class figure Ia1: was formed anu IL
u.e,s carried through most successfully.
Th. fgure S, which was carried later
INTO the spiral, and eliminated with
+. fhs ,..ostena dance WAS another OF
the figures And there We're several
brief ones in between.
Handsome favors In the shape or
scArfs, stickpins. parasois' ians anu
con,.s If the Lucky Bag. the Of
f5csal annual publication of the gradn-
ats. we're presented in the course OF
fine evening. AT IL O'Clock COLA
ton was served. ara,
Among those dancing was MIG
shipman Richard Evelyn BYRD. 1r'' OF
Winchester. Va, with Miss Marie
Ames, Of Boston ,
Mrs Chiles Terrell. Miss Ethel
Whittet. Miss Conway Fleming. Miss
Mary saunders and Mss Janet Jones,
or Richmond, were among the VISITORS
In Annapolis for June week
Party for Finals.
Mrs. Felix r. Sullivan. Jr, OF
Baltimore, will motor from Baiu-
more to Charlottesville today with
party OF young people to attend the
commencement exercises at the Uni
yersity OF Virginia. where her bro
ther. Mr.. sanftei s. Murray, Is Il !
student. Those in the party VIII De
Miss Eleanor Tunstall, Miss Eleanor
Carey. Miss Mary Carroll Frick and
Mr.. Edward Christian, OF Richmond
Miss Wilson Sails.
Miss I.oulte Wilson. of Roanoke,
sailed from New York Thursday on
the Battle to spend the summer
abroad Miss Wilson was president
Of the senior class at Sweetbriar coll
lege this year, and had the honor OF
winning the Colonial Dame prize Of
fered to four Southern colleges for
women.
Will Open Cottage.
Mrs. George T. ". Gibson and her
daughters. Misses Sara and Louisa !
Gibson. will close their residence in
Baltimore ON June 2stn, and viii /
Join Mr. Gibson at their cottage at I
Hot Springs Va. The Gibsons
adways spend the summer at the Hot