The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-13


r. Noting, Miss Adile Clark, Mr.. j.
G.. Corley, Mrs w. A. Burroughs,
Misses Kate and Anne Steger Win
ston Refreshments will be served by
Mrs Louis Cutchins, Mrs. ]. Amber
Johnston. Mrs. John @. Armistead,
Misses Alice Nelson. Sallie Neale, Car
RE Armistead. Crump.
On Thursday Mr. and Mrs, Gran
VILE G.. Valentine will be hosts. and
those receiving with them will be
Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. J. Tay-
lor Ellyson, Misses Cally Ryland,
Garlic Minor, Ruth Suhlett, Rachel
Lyons, Marianne Meade, Lavinia Va
den. Edmonia Martin, Rosalie Valen-
tine, Miss Maria Blair, DR.. and Mrs
J. c. Metcalf. Major and Mrs. Doc
ley. Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Strudwtck.
Mrs. Joseph A Rosenbaum, Mr.
Charles HutzleN Mrs, Kate Rudd, Mr..
and Mrs. f. R% Chesterman, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stewart Bryan, Mrs. @.
Harvey Clark. Mrs. A. J. Gray. Mr..
Morgan Robinson.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
II. Hoffman,. 3223 West Main street,
was the scene Of a very pretty we'd
ding last Tuesday afternoon, when
their daughter, Pauline Louise, be-
came the bride Of Thurman Walter
Whaley. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. j. Francis Ribble.
rector OF St Andrews Episcopal
church.
The house was beautifully decorated
in palms, ferns and flowers
The bride was gowned In an Alice
blue travelling suit with hat and
gloves TO match, and carried a bou-
quet Of sweetpeas. Miss Eleanor
Hoffman,. maid Of honor. was her
sisters only attendant. She wore net
n ees4.
armfui of pink carnations Mr.. s.
Samson acted as best man
The wedding marches were rem
/ dered by Mrs VIM. 6. SprenkIe.
only the immediate families were
present.
The bridegroom is the son Of Mrs.
s. A. Whaley
Immediate after the ceremony rho
/ bride and bridegroom left for an ex-
tended Northern tour
Southern Women Writers,
Inc League Of Southern Women
! Writers viii hold it's second annual
! meeting in Richmond this week with
/ business sessions at the Woman's club
/ Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
i Mrs LUcien Cooke, Of Roanoke. Will
welcome the league on behalf Of the
i writer's # Virginia and Mrs J. Arthur
+ l.efroT president II the Woman's club.
VIII make an address Of welcome from
+ tn" city Among the other speakers
/ Will fe Mrs. Maria Thompson Davies.
widely known as the author Of The
Melting OF Molly" and Mrs Martin
iattieton. who viii talk on Historic
homes tho South and Their Pre-
servatlon."
Sail For England.
Mr.. and Mrs Phillip Alexander
Bruce and Miss PhiIppa Bruce will
sail on April oath from New York for
f England Miss Bruce Will enter school
in London to complete her education.
and her parents will remain IN Eng
land while she Is in school. return
ing 10 this country in two or three
years.
Wed This Week.
Invitations have been received in
Richmond from DIR, and Mrs Benfa
min Leon T~nan for the marriage
Of their daughter, Miss Mary Ware,
to Mr.. Joseph Jennings Asbury on
Thursday evening. April 18th, at $50
I O'Clock, Els Highland avenue. Birm-
!ugham, Ala
Miss Marianne Hamilton gave a
luncheon at the Birmingham Country
clUb on Thursday in honor Of Miss
Ware. Pink Tulips made n pretty cen.
terpiece and corsaEe bouquets for the
party. who included Miss Ware, Miss
Hamilton. Miss Martha Robinson. of
Richmond; Miss Elizabeth Wyman,
Mrs. Otto H Foley. Mrs. A. c Ram
say, Miss Fannie May Mason and Mrs
A O Lindsay
Angels I'm Art.
Prominent among the society events
Of the week will he the representative
tableauN. Angels In Art, at the Acad
envy Tuesday and "Wednesday even
inEs for the Sheltering Arms Free hos
pital The tableaux has been made
to place upon the stage human repro
ductions Of the beautiful and won
derful angels In the paintings and
frescoes of the old masters. Melozxo
SignorelH. Donahello, Botticcllj, Rob
bia, CarpaCcio, etc. The tahleaux viii
he accompanied by appropriate must
cal selections from PaiesJrlna, Bach
Handel MendeIssohn and other com
pOsers.
The artistic idea az these tahleauy
originated with Fraeulein Eleonort
Won RoJan0wsl<y. Acting upon her sug
gestlon, F'raeulein Frieda Spielberg ar
artist living in Weimar and a child.
hood friend of Mrs. Henry Wood, put
them upon the stage, Fraeulein Elise
Reinick. also an artist in Wcimar Is
at present the stage director for thu
European performances. Her engage
ments extending far into the comipa
year. precluded any possibility of en-
gaging her for this side OF the water
Under these circumstances, Mrs. WOOD
saw herself compelled to undertake
the task herself She studied and tool
part in the staging in three differeu
cities tHanover, Wieshaden and Ham
hurg) and made herself familiar viii
the minutest details Of presentation
While she was seriously CONSIDERING
the problem of procuring the para
phernalia and equipment for America
Fraeulein Spielbers came to her aid
by Offering to duplicate all the re
quisites. costumes wings background
and frames. for Mrs. Wood TO TAXI
with her To America.
Mrs. Wood. who is at the Chester
field is a very magnetic and charm
ing woman. and she has charge of tn,
; production here, using the costumes
.. and scenery she imported from Ger
many. Some OF the most beautiful
, girls and women of Richmond vii
, pose in the tableaux. A list of thos'
who will pose was published severa
daysaEo. The music accompanying
each tableau. will he a most pleasing
: detail of Angels in Art" which hav'
!, been pronounced as wonderfully arts
tic by all who have seen them. TIL
quartettes and choruses will be suns
by the Grace Street Presbyterian
church choir, of which Mr., A. Cliffor,
Morse is director, the First Presby
iterian choir directed by Mr. j Iamon