The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31

York Monday. September LIST. They
will leave New York at once for At
lantic City to be the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. l. F. Sims, and will go
later to Wildwood" the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John H Wight, in the
Green Spring Valley. Md. 1t is ex-
pecred that Mrs. Walker will visit in
Richmond sometime m the fall. be-
fore going to Cambridge. Mass. where
Mr.. Walker has taken house for
the winter.
Colonel and Mrs James D. John
ston. who have been abroad for the
summer, are expected to arrive in
this country on September 4th. They
will go at once to Roanoke, where
they will make their home for the
coming winter. Colonel and Mrs
Johnston. the latter formerly Miss
Whittle. daughter of. Judge Stafford
G. Whittle. OF Martinsville, whose
wedding was one Of the most brilliant
of the early summer, have been
spending their honeymoon in Europe
where they have visited many inter-
esting places. Colonel Johnston is a
member of the staff of the governor
of Virginia. and both he and his wife
have many friends In Richmond.
Attend Wedding.
Mrs. Thomas J. Gilmore and
daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gil
more OF Floyd avenue. left wednes-
day for Maysville, Kentucky. where
| they attended the marriage OF their
relative, Miss Edna Webster Gilmore
to Mr.. Rovee Core. OF Richmond,
which occurred in Msysville Satur-
| day. August 30th. Mrs. Gilmore and
daughter will visit Cincinnati and
other Western points. returning home
I a ~ y
Approaching Weddings.
A wedding of much interest here
which takes place Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 3D., in the Immaculate Com
ception church. Buffalo. N. T.. is that
OF Miss Marie Jane McDonouch.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas II.
McDonough, and Mr.. James Edward
Donahue, of this city. Following the
ceremony at the church. which takes
place at s o'clock in the morning, a
breakfast will be given at the home
of the brides parents in Buffalo The
wedding is of great interest here,
where Mr.. Donahue is well known.
and a number of Richmond people
will go TO Buffalo to attend the we'd
ding. After November LIST Mr.. Dona
| hue and his bride will be at home at
2Sl4 Grove avenue, this city.
| Invitations have been issued by Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Campbell Caring, OF
Lexington, to the marriage of their
daughter, Margaret Louise, to Mr.
James Lindsay Ewing, of New Or
leans, La. The wedding will take
place Wednesday evening, September
Sd, at o'clock. at the home of the
brides parents. in Jackson avenue
Lexington. Mr.. Ewing Is a son o,
Colonel and Mrs. Robert Ewing, o.
New Orleans. and a graduate of the
! Virginia Military institute in the elias.
of 1912. He is commandant of the
h Gulf Coast Military academy, at Gull
4 Port. Miss Miss Caring was educated
at Hollins college and is a very charm.
ing girl.
I Miss Booker Gives Recital.
/ Says the Asheville IN. Co. Citizen
/ "A large and appreciative audiencs
gathered at the Manor Thursday
when Miss Betty Booker, soprano OF
the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Lon.
1 don, made her first appearance in
I Asheville. Miss Booker. who is Vir-
gilman by birth. comes to this country
/ after a most successful career in Eu.
rope. and had the proud distinction
4 of singing with the Joachim quartet
I before the royal family OF Great -Bri.
! tain. -.
I 1.-THE audience was in no way dis
4 appointed III the HlE n-CldSS program
which was rendered in English
French and Italian. and encores were
/ frequent. Miss Minnie Westall was
a most capable accompanist. Miss
Booker has voice OF wonderful
purity and sweetness and her range is
an enviable one. Her last encore
4 Coming Through the Rye was sung
to her own accompaniment and was
enthusiastically received. The patron
esses Of last nights song recital were
Mrs. George Vanderbilt, Mrs. II. b,
King, Mrs. Arthur Rees. Mrs. Theo-
dore F. Davidson, Mrs. A. ]. Lyman
| Mrs. Tenche Coke. Mrs. Vance Brown
Mrs. Cheesborough, Mrs. Charles s.
Jordan, Mrs. Silvio van Ruck and Mrs
c. L. Minor.
Miss Booker's program was as fol.
lows: Ma voisine' (Goring- Thomasl l;
Ma Mic (Jacques-Dalcroze): I'm
doux lien (Delbruck); 'Fantoches
! tDebussy); A des oiseaux' (Hue)
Lullaby (Cyril Scott): My Laddie
/ (Neidlinger): Land OF the Sky Blue
Water (by request) (Cadman): Bowl
Of Roses Clark; In My Garden
1 (Liddle); 'vissie d'arte vissie d'amore
Tosca' (Puccini): 'Mattinata' (Leonca.
vallo); Damon (Max Stange): The
Wind on the Wold' Ernest Walker),
4 Accompanist. Miss Minnie Westall."
Announcements.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Q. Bell. q