The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-06
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Invitations have been issued by
Mr. TazeweIl Elicit for the marriage
of his daughter. Heningham Lyons.
to MIR. John Julius Pringle Smith, of
Charleston, s. c. The wedding.
which will be an important social
event Of Easter week, will be ceie-
brated on Tuesday evening, March
25th. at o'clock in Holy Trinity
charch. and will be followed by
reception
Shafer--HoIiaday.
An interesting wedding taking place
this evening in Waddell Memorial
church at Rapidan. Va. is that Of
Miss Nancy Male Holiday. daughter
/ of Mrs. Henry Thompson Holiday.
and Mr. Dallas Armstrong Shafer, of
Richmond. Palms and ferns will be
banked with cut flowers and candles
in the chancel. and the church win
be further decorated with garlands
of evergreen. Mr.. Arthur G. Nothren.
of the University of Virginia, will
play the wedding marches. and the
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. $. o. Coke. pastor of the church
The brides gown is fashioned Of
white Charmeuse, draped with chif-
fon and trimmed in pearls. She will
wear a tulle veil, caught with
/ wreath of orange blossoms, and will
carry shower bouquet OF bfiue
roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs.
Henry Thompson Holiday. Jr.. will
he rnatron of honor. and the brides
only attendant. She will be gowned
in pink chiffon cloth, and will carry
bouquet of yellow roses. tied with
/ pink tulle. Mr.. Paul p. Shafer. of
! Richmond, will be hts brothers best
man. and Mr.. Joseph Taylor. of Rich
mond, and Mr.. Henry Thompson Hoi-
] 1ofaU nF ylonfdon u-iAf hn ~
/ Immediately after the ceremony
there will be a reception at Red
] Rock" the home OF the brides
/ brother, Mr.. II. IT, Holiday, Jr. Mr..
! Shafer and his bride will spend their
| honeymoon In the South, and will be
at home in Richmond after March I'd
at 1909 Park avenue
! Among those from a distance who
will attend the wedding will be Mrs.
/ f. H. Slower. Mr.. T O. Slower, Misses
! Francis and Julia Slower, of Fred
/ ericksburC, Va; DR.. and Mrs. Car
/ roll Mason Sparrow. Mr., Arthur G
/ Nothren. of the University Of Vir-
ginia: Mr.. ]. G. Holiday, Of Char
! lottesviIle. Va: Mr. and Mrs J. NJ.
/ Waller. Mr.. and Mrs. r. ?. Shafer.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolf Sieger. Mr..
| Joseph Taylor. DR.. r. c. Walden. Mr..
Alexander Graham, DR. and Mrs.
/ Richard Simpson, Miss Pauline W.
/ Grant. Mrs. William II. Holiday, MFR.
/ Lloyd Bullock and Mrs. William Ham
/ mond, of Richmond. Va; Mfr. George
/ Hackett, Mr.. Robert D. Christie. and
! Mr.. Lloyd w. Smith, of pittsburg,
! Pa: Mrs. Wallace NalIe. of Culpep-
/ per, Va: Mrs. j. G. Jurginsen. of New
] York: Miss Mildred Bispham. of Bal
7 timore: Miss Maia Brock. of Hamp-
den-Sidney. Va: Misses Somerville.
t of Fredericksburg, Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Henry NJ. Warren, of Philadelphia
( Pa, and the Rev. j. c. Painter, of
Charlottesville, Va
Prominent Engagement
/ Mr.. and Mrs. John l. Chisolm. Of
/ Birmingham, Ala, have announced
the engagement OF their sister, Miss
T Margaret Harry Chisolrn. TO MFR.
George LIE Grand Watkins. Miss
! Chisolm has frequently visited In
| Richmond. and her engagement Is of
much interest TO society here. The
wedding will take place in June.
Women of Interest.
As wife OF the new secretary OF the
/ navy, Mrs. Josephus Daniels will
figure prominently in the social life
Of Washington, during wilson's ad-
rninistration Mrs. Daniels spent
+ some time in Richmond the past win
ter with Mrs. Herbert Jackson and
attended the debut reception given
/ by Mrs. Jackson for her daughter,
! Miss Evelyn jackson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniels were guests of DR.. Sterling
! Ruffin for the inauguration. Their
/ four sons. Josephus Jr.. Worth Bag
I ley, Jonathan Worth and Frank, stay
! ed with their grandmother. Mrs.
Worth Bagley, and her daughters, the
/ Misses Bagley.
Mrs. Daniels will make a charming
addition to the cabinet women. She
! is fond of social life and accustomed
to il, as the women of her part OF
F.. the land usually are. She was born
/ and reared and has spent nearly ali
her life in Raleigh.
Her father. Major Worth Bagiey
was a major in the Confederate army
/ and her mother is a daughter of the
late Governor Jonathan Worth, Oh
I North Carolina. Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels
were married in 1883. Mrs. Daniels
/ is a Colonial Dame. a Daughter OF
! the Confederacy, and IS also a mem
Der Of the Sponsors. She christened
the torpedo boat Bagley. named after
| her brother, Ensign Worth BaRley. a
! hero OF the Spanish American war
/ Mrs. Daniels has been interested in
many phases of womans work I'm
| clubs. etc. and is chairman OF a
| branch looking after hospital service
in Raleigh.
Another interesting woman in
the new cabinet circle is Mrs. AL
/ bert Sydney Burleson. wife of the
next postmaster-generai. who Is
no stranger to the capital. being
/ long a resident and prominent one
in congressional circles. She has
shown her interest in all the things
! which have bestirred the world oil
feminine activities the past few years
She is an author. playwright. said
to be suffragist, besides being the
| queen of a happy home and an ex-
ceedingly capable mother. Mrs. Bur
Lesson was Miss Adele Steiner, of Aus
tin, TEX.
The children of the couple are Mrs
Richardson Van Wick Negley, of Sar
Antonio. Tex, now the mother OF a
baby boy-named for his maternal
grandfather. Albert Sidney Burlesou
Negley. Two other young daughters
adorn the household. both schoolgirls
attending college at Sweet Briar, Va
Miss Lucy Burleson. and Miss Sid
nney Burleson. A niece of Mrs, Burle-