The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

cnitH, ScuhtOT ana hlTS. SHlSetN Sen
ator Gallingcr. Senator and Mrs John
Sharp Williams. Senator and Mrs,
Shafroth, Senator and Mrs. Swinson.
Senator and Mrs. Ollie James. Snator
and Mrs. Poindexter, Senator AM Mrs.
| Hitchcock, Representative and Mrs.
| Oscar w. Underwood. Representative
| and Mrs. a. Mitchell Palmer, repre-
sentative and Mrs. Andrew Petes. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Pagd Mrs.
Stephen b. IGlkins. Miss Elkiis. the
Misses Riggs. Rear Admiral AM Mrs.
Richardson Glover. Mrs. Robert
| Hinckley, Miss Hinckley. DR. ara Mrs.
| Thomas Chatard. Judge and Mrs.
| Charles p. Howry. Mrs. MerriI Mrs.
Julian James, Mrs. Arthur LIE, Mrs.
| Marshall Field. Mrs. Thomas f, Bay
ard. Mrs. Henry f. Dimock. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Francis Adnms M. and
Miss MacVeagh. Mr.. and Mrs Rollins
Morse, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry
| Butler, and Colonel and Mrs. !homp-
| SON"
Recent Engagements.
DIR. and Mrs. Henry l.. Burvcll. OF
! Eagement of their daughter, Mary
| Douglas. to John Paul Graf, pr.. of
1 Roanoke. The wedding will tala place
| some time in June.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry Briggs.
! of Emporia, have announced tie en-
d
1 their daughter. Virginia Land. to DR..
| Wilfred Poultney Adams, the Wedding
to be celebrated the latter part Of next
! month.
Quiet wedding.
4 a quiet but pretty wedding vas cell
J ebrated In the parlors OF the Rev. p.
s o. Soyers last week when Miss Oracle
i Wilson. daughter of MIR. and Mrs. p
\ l.. Hcchlcr. Of this city became the
4 bride of William A. Wallace son of
I Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Wallace, q Char
lotte County. Miss Florence auband.
Of Wilmington. n. c., cousin of the
bride. was maid OF honor. and Robert
! Hodges. Of this city. ATTENDED the
groom as his best man. The bride
wore a travelling suit Of blur cloth
with q picture hat of white, and car
( ried shower bouquet of Brid roses
The maid of honor wore becoming
gown Of white marquisctte and carried
/ n bouquet Of pink carnations
/ After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs
! Wallace left for Grand By; Ala.
where they will visit relatives OF the
/ bride They will be at hone after
April at SIG North Twe,ty- sixth
Street. in this city.
Bcncft Performances
The Richmond Kindergarten Associa
! ton fas engaged the Little Theatre for
II Floay, April a. for n benefit perform
ance. There will be attractive pic
lures OF faVorite fairy tales for chill
dreh'at the usual afternoon hours, with
other features of interest 70. the eve
n!ngs performance. The work of this
organization is to support tie Mission
( Is indeTgarten which has become such
e powerful instrument for rpod in the
lives OF the children who attend H. and
some OF the most prominent. women in
the city are on the board AID will act
as patrons for this affair. The follow
: ing committee from the association 10
/ IN charge of the entertainment: Miss
| katherine Bullock, Miss Lou Belle
Jones. Mrs. Hiram NJ. Smith, Miss Kath-
lccn Anderson. Mrs Pollard Cardoza
MISS Helen adams. Miss Harriet Tai
colt, Miss Kathleen Bruce. Miss Ella
Williams Buck. Mrs. c. G. Walton. Miss
Lucy Coleman Miss Elizabeth Daven-
port. Mrs. Thomas Murrell. Mrs. A. V.
Robertson. Mrs. Robert Williams and
Mrs. Lyons Pemberton
Monthly Meetings.
The regular monthly meeting of the
branch II. Allen Auxiliary will be held
On Tuesday morning. April !, at IL
o'clock in Murphys Hotel. full at
tendance is desired.
The Junior Auxiliary. Lee Chapter.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
VIII hold lis regular monthly meeting
on "Wednesday. April ., at I T. NJ. in
the Home for Needy Confederate Wo.
men, f Grace Street An members
are urged to attend. and n cordial well
come awaits new members
interesting Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of tho
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
which was held at the Confederate
Museum or Wednesday morning of la I
week. was one Of the greatest Interest.
several very distinguished new life
members were reported ut this meet
ing, among them being former Presi
dcrt William Howard Tai. and Mrs
John lays Hammond, of Washington.
Other life members reported were Mrs.
Hunter Mcclure. Mrs, j. Caskic Cabell
and The Portsmouth Chapter United
Daughters or the confederacy. New
annual menhers received were Mrs.
Mamie Poole Kern and Mrs Louis Haw-
llins
Mrs James 4 Werth. chairman of
the sites committee, reported that The
lrienuS and admirers of the Hon. Juda h
i. Benjamin Secretary of State of
thc Confederate States of America de-
string to do honor 10 that celebrated
/ son OF Louisiana. had raised in New
orleans the sum OF $50 10 defray the
expense OF tablet to he fixed in the
! front wall of his residence in Rich
mond, now West Main Street,
and and occupied by T. d. Neal.
Jr. This amount was collected by
Mrs. w. j. Behan, regent for the Louis
| lana room in the Confederate Museum,
and forwarded to Mrs. Merth with the
following list of contributors Messrs.
| $. w. Stern, Joseph Kohn, Henry
Beer, Sol Wexler, !. l.. Lyons Mrs.
Joseph Il. Friend, Mrs. John Cotton
Levy, Mrs. S. Lowcnbcrg. Mrs. Emanuel
Levy, Mrs. Peter Touree. Mrs. Royden
Douglas. the Mothers Club OF the
Judah p. benjamin School, the Co
| Operation Club of the f. b. Krutt-
| schnitt School.
| Mrs Werth also reported contribu-
tions from Richmond designed to mark
the old wall now built into our new
and extended post office, which old wall
was part of the building known as
| the Treasury Building of the Confed-
crate States during the period of 1861
65. In this building were the Offices
of President Davis. in which he held
! his Cabinet meetings; the State De-
partment, the Treasury Department and
| the Treasurer of the Confederate gov
eminent. In the same building also
the United States Circuit Court con-
yened before which President Davis
appeared to answer to the indictment
of treason against the United States.
The acknowledged contributions to
mark these historic Confederate sites