The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-16

Historic Monumental Episcopal
church will be the scene Vt an IN
trrssttnr wedding this evening Mt .
o'clock. when Miss Elizabeth Hig-
ginbotham Fisher, of this city. will
become the bride Of Mr.. Frederick
1ayl,r Sherman. Jr.. OF New York.
The bride IL "a daughter OF the late
Edward II. Fisher ard Belle s. Tay-
Tor. while the groom is son Of
Frederick T. sherman and the late
Susan IL Watson. Of New York. The
Rey j. w Morris. rector OF the
chGrch. will perform the ceremony
ia the presence of a prominent as
ssmblage II Richmond friends and
relatives and out-of-town guests.
calls lilies anu lighted candles will
be used on the altar. and the gem
eral church decorations will be
palms The vested choir VIII sing
ut the wedding service. The bride
viii wear a gown of white MESA
line Seiied in chiffon. and will carry
shower bouquet of lilies ~ the
valley. Mrs. ]. McCauley Higgin-
son. Of Aihemarie county, Va, viii
attend tho bride as mstron of honor.
She VIII be sowned IN yellow nlesss =
isne. and win carry q bouquet OF
Golden Gate roses. Mr.. Arnold NJ.
sherman will he his brothers best
man. and the RToomsmen Will tn
Glade Messrs. John b. Lehifoot. Jr.,
and William Crump Tucker. OF Rich
mend; Edmund c. Berkeley, Of West
Virginia: Il. V. Matthews. T, II. Gee
and Henry f. Matteson. OF New
York
The ceremony will be followed by
a small reception at the home Of
the brides cousins Or end Mrs
William Russell Jones. q West Grace
street The house decorations will
consist Of white spring flowers. with
palms and candies Mr.. Sherman
and his bride viii go to Bermuda FOR
their honeymoon. and will be at home
after June LIST at Is Garden Place,
Brooklyn. \. y. out-of-town guests
at the wedding will include MIR Fred
ersck T. Sherman, Miss Sherman,
MIR. and A1rs. Arnold ". sherman,
Mr.. J. Warren Greene. Miss Greene.
AIR. and Mrs ], X. Taylor Mr.. T.
Hayes Gee. Mr.. +. V. Matthews. Mr.,
Henry Z. Mattison and Mr. Edmund
G. Berkeley.
Inncheoi Ia Bride.
Mrs. Charles Robins gave very
pretty luncheon Al the Country Clut
yesterday III honor Of Miss EliEabtt N
Fisher, whose marriage TO Mr.. Hher.
man will be an event Of today. The
table was arranged In the sun par
Tor, and was decorated with yellow
flowers. Covers were laid for ri,
guests
win Wed To-day
A number of Richmond people vii
10 over to Petersburg today for III.
marriage Of Miss. Roberta Alstor
Hamilton, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Alexander Hamilton. to Mr.. Lester
Eames Grant. which takes place a
noon In 81. Paufs church. The wed
ding of Miss Hamilton liz Of In
greatest interest in Richmond. an
she has been much entertained her,
~ a bride elect. Mr.. Grant 10 4
son Of former Governor Grant, o.
Colorado. and will take his bride Il
South America. where they will spent
the next two years
The ceremony will be perfor m q
at ct. Pauls Episcopal church. tn,
Rev. Edmund pendieton Dandr;dg,
officiating. Mrs. Thomas p. BryaI
Will be u1atron III honor. and Mia
Sarah Alexander Hamilton maid o
honor. Mr.. James n. Grant, Jr., VII
be best man. and Messrs. r. III.
Davis. of Denver; A. r.. Menefee. q
Louisville. g. A. Blow, Of Glouces
ter. Va; Leonard Kennedy. OF Brook
iyu. e. s. Thomas, Jr.. OF Denver
y. l.. Conquest. Jr.. Of Richmond
N. G.. Adams. OF New York: A, u
Hamilton. Of Petersburg, and Tboma
r. Bryan, Of Richmond, ushers
At the Woman's Club.
Mr. John Hart gave n most sohoiarl,
lecture on Some Aspects of the Moth
ar Tongue" yesterday AFTERNOON peror,
the rnemrhes VI the Womans Club
He was Introduced by Ex-Governor
a. ]. Montague. who spoke of Mr.
Hart's peculiar fitness to speak on thi.
subject to which he has given In.
most painstaking aad exactIng stud,
and of Women's absorbing interest
In the language due 10 the fact tina
KNOWLEDGE breeds interest. Mr., Mon
taEue was very happy in his remarks
ara expressed great pleasure in In
Producing Mr.. Hart
In the beginning OF his address Mr.
Hart paid high tribute to Sir. VII
liam Gordon MeCahe, giving him fore
most rank among authorities on thu
English language. The several Gle
inents that combined to form the Eng
fish tongue. citing many examples o'
Norman and Saxon words. and thu
general classes under which the tive
may 10 classified were discussed al
length. While the Eormans intro
duced many words in the English Ian.
4uage. their influence on its grammar
was very slight. The primary mean
ing OF words was maze clear by I,
Illustrations from words that occur In
everyday conversation. and the close
relation hetwean apparently dissirnilal
4 express Stems explained The geiferjt
Significance OF the use of the mascu.
line gender was treated with delight
fnl ffumor by Mr.. Hart The real life
and Significance Of words that We
have used without appreciation Of their
TRUE relation. we're greatly enhanced
by Mr.. Harl'w lecture.
Mrs. John Hart MAS chairman OF the
afternoon Mrs. Rolfe Glover and
Miss Bessie Selden presided at the
nltnch howl. and tea wss poured by
Mrs Edward Y. Valentine and Mrs.
Z x NJ r. IsSdtrs - - &c
Mrs. W g. Stahard announced tina,
beginning next Friday morning. a sew
nr club will he organized to meet
RI the club every Friday morning from
Ia 10 12 o'clock. Club members VIII
bring their serving. and a cup Of tea
conversation and literary features will
interest them while they sew. Mas
Jane rutherford 10 chairman OF the
arst meeting on Friday morning.
Al faembers OF the ciuH who have
books from the library are requested
to bring them In this week. az the
library will he catafogued. The
sooner the books are In. the sooner the
library win he opened again,
Society nj the ktrmesx.
Society on tho stage and society