The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-26
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

MIR. and Mrs Frederick william
Scott and their children arc spending
the week end at Royal Orchard" in
Albemarle County. and will return to
Richmond on Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Will close their town residence
next Saturday, when they viii occupy
their country home for the remainder
OF the summer months. Misses Isobel
and Elisabeth Scott have recently re-
turned from Visit to their cousins,
the Misses Strother. in Maryland.
At the Country Club.
There will DO the usual music and
Informal dancing at the Country Club
OF Virginia this evening. following
dinner. and any number Of tables have
been reserved for the evening. Dec
orations Will be I'm roses and snap
dragons and tho candles on the dinner
tables will be shaded in roses and sill
yer. The Country Club draws large
crowds of stay-at homes three times
week for tho hops. that have proved
such a popular and pleasing diversion
during the past month. Tennis and
golf also interest large coteric of
men members. and the links and courts
come in for big share Of interest
each day. Tho dancing, which Is very
informal. begins at half-after { o'clock
and is continued until IL for Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday nights at the
club.
Byrd-Bcyerley.
Much interest is felt here in the en-
gagement Of Miss Anne Douglass Bev
erley. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. James
bradshaw Beverley. of Winchester. TO
Harry Flood Byrd. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Evelyn Byrd. Of Richmond and
Winchester. The wedding is to take
place In October. Miss Beverley is n
lovely girl. and much admired
here last winter, when she spent sew
eral weeks in Richmond as the guest
ut Al ,..I1 4.
one of the most important events OF
the carly fall season. and great many
distinguished guests will go to Win
chester TO attend tho ceremony.
Miss Rockers Recital.
a charming event OF Thursday eve
ming al the University of Virginia was
recital given By Miss Bette Burwcll
Booker OF the Royal Opera. Covent
Garden. London. Tho recital was
given in Cabell Hall. and a large and
fash ionable audience was present to
do honor to the singer Miss Booker
IS the guest Of her mother 1T the Uni
vcrsity OF Virginia for the summer,
and spent some time In Richmond last
spring. when she sung AT the matinee
concert OF the May Festival. 4 num-
her of interesting functions were
given in honor of Miss Booker and her
mother who accompanied her, and they
were tho guests OF MI and Mrs. r r.
Valentine on Monument Avenue during
their stay In Richmond.
Prominent Engagement.
Says the Baltimore Sun Of yesterday:
IAN engagement OF interest just an
nounced is that OF Miss Rietta Stuart
Preston, daughter of the late John +
Preston and Mrs. Preston OF lis East
Preston Street. TO william Winder
Handy. son OF tho late Thomas p.
Handy and Mrs Handy. OF Lake sta
ton, Nd Miss Preston. who is a niece
Of no T.
VI Thomas. and a grcat-niece OF the
late Governor Philip Francis Thomas.
OF Maryland. is spending the summer
on Lake George with her sister. Mrs
Robert g. Skerrett. OF East Orange,
y j. at her cottage. The past winter
Miss Preston spent in New York, where
she was taking a course at Columbia
University.
Mr. Handy. who also comes OF dis
tinEuished Maryland ancestry. now
lives in New York. where he is with
the firm of Lord. Bacon & Davis. con
sultinp engineers"
Observation-Disclosures.
The home OF Mr. and Mrs j NJ
Forbes. OF 2l2 Clay Avenue. in Norfolk
was the scene of very pretty wedding
on Tuesday afternoon July %. a, 8
o'clock. when their only daughter.
Miss Blanche whitehead. became the
bride Of Hudson Augustus Mench, Of
that city. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. George Wesley Jones. Of Nc
kendrcc Methodist Episcopal Church
The home MAS decorated with palms
ferns and flowers. the color scheme be-
ing pink and green. The bride, who
was gowned in white crepe cloth, with
lace trimmings, and carried shower
bouquet OF roses and lilies of the val
ley. entered the parlors with her
father. and was met at the altar by the
groom with his best man, Roland l.
Whitehurst.
The wedding march from T.ohengrin"
was rendered by Mrs y. l.. Farrat