Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29
SOCIETY SEASON NOW IN
FULL Swing FOR WINTER
Many Handsome Entertainments
Have Been Planned for
"a This Week.
sos,E BRILLIANT MARRIAGES
: Receptions and Teas for Debutantes
OF Season Scheduled for Almost
Every Day-Some Prominent We'd
dings of Virginia People.

f Inc society season is now III luii
swing for the winter. and n number OF
handsome functions of interest have
been planned for this week. One of
the most important social events Of
(. the month OF December Is the marriage
OF Miss Lucille Nelson. daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. Frank Waller Nelson, of
Lakeside, to Neal Duncan Ivey, son of
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas y. Ivey, OF Nash
Vile. Tenn, which IS to be celebrated
or Thursday of this week. The cerc-
mony. which Will he y very quiet
one, Will take place at the home OF
the brides sister, Mrs. Murray AZ Nc
Guire. 1915 West Avenue. with only
relatives and II few Intimate friends
present Both Miss Nelson and Mr.
Ivey are widely related and their
wedding. although n small home AFFAIR.
Is of the greatest interest to society
here and In Tennessee.
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Reginald
Glllian,> and Miss Virginia Peasants
are giving reception ut their esi-
dence, il East Franklin Street, for
Misses Roberta Kyle Pleasants and
Mary G. Tyler, both dcbutantes of the
season. The guests have been invited
from to Z o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon from to 4
o'clock, Mrs. Joseph II. Estes. of 1925
Monument Avenue, will entertain the
debutnntes and the younger society set
at tea In honor. of Miss Annie Clevc-
land Cone. her dcbutanto niece. The
affnir will be given In the Estes home
on Monument Avenue.
Another interesting debutanto affair
will &c the house dance given by Mr..
and Mrs Robert G. Thornton ut their
residence 1919 Monument Avenue. We'd
nesday evening. This dance is in honor
OF two buds OF the winter, Misses Clara
Nass Beverley. OF Blackstone. AMI
Sally Branch Donnan. of Petersburg,
both nieces of Mrs. Thornton. On tho
same, evening brilliant company of
guests will throng the armory Of the
Richmond Grays for the frst of
series OF full dress BATTALION drills and
dances that is to be given there. Over
Il thousand invitations have been is
sued. and some of the leading society
women In town Will act as patronesses
for the evening.
Mr. and Mrs William T. Reed. OF
1909. West Franklin Street, will intro
duce their daughter, Miss Alice Bur-
we'll Reed. to society at brilliant
ball given at the Jefferson Hotel on
Thursday night ut o'clock
Dance for Miss Conc.
Mrs. Archibald Peasants Cone, OF
1901 West Franklin Street, has issued
invitations for dance In honor OF
her debutapte daughter, Miss Anne
Cleveland Cone, at he Co"ntry Club
OF Virginia on Decem Der 8 "a o'clock.
The younger dancing set has been
included in the invitations for this
affair.
Prominent visitors.
Messrs. Douglas and Kepneth Elling-
tons of North Careltttn, are the house
guests OF their cousin. b. II .lallin~{ "n.
at ASH Monuments .Ayen ue.4 Douglas
Ellington is in .Amepica on accou. u
the closing of the BealaN Arts. TO which
he won the Paris scholarship given
by the BeauX Architects In New York
City. and since being of the BeauX
Arts Mr.. Ellington has won several
medals. Also the Concur Rougevin,"
being the first american awarded that
honor.
At the Womnn's Club.
a delightful program has been ar
ranged by Mrs. Alexander b. GuiIon.
chairman OF the afternoon. at the
Womans Club for tomorrow. This
will be the first musical OF the season
there. and Miss Jean Trigg, contralto,
Will be the soloist. The musical Will
begin promptly lat 1880 o'clock
Mrs. Sally Ould Donaldson will give
another of her series OF lectures at
the Womans Club on Wednesday after
noon. ut 4:30 o'clock. These lectures
have proved tremendously interesting
events, and large audiences have been
prescn: 20 hear Mrs. DonaldsoY The
subjet' Cor her talks this week Is The
Industrial Revolutions: Why England
Supremacy. France Second, and Why
Germany Must Win Her Place"
+ Ghtldrcn's Party.
A. very attractive party was given
by Mrs. Edgar Gum at 30i West
Franklin Street.lon Wednesday after
William Van Lennon son Of DR.. and
Mrs, EGustave Van Lennop, Of Phila-
delphia and Balo. Pa. who Is spending
the holidays with the Gums. Among
those present were Misses Elizabeth
Gibson, Mary Ross Scott, Virginia
Morton, Harriet capcrton. Mary caper-
ton, Martha Harrison. Milded Gates.
Mary Austin Mann, Oppcnheimer,
Margaret chesterman, Waller Scott.
Charlotte Kent. Louise Withers; VIII
liam Van Lennop. Landon Cabell. Rob
crit CabeH. Eppu Hunton Frederick
Scott, Taylor Crump. Arthur Scrivenor.
Frederick Gum. George Gibson. Jack
IIotchkiss. Forbes Hotchkiss. Scott
Parrish. Jack Sands, James Pollard,
Frederick Todd and others
OF Interest Here.
An interesting wedding OF Tuesday
was that of Miss Pattie Elizabeth Epes
and Henry Hunton Watson. at Lebanon
Methodist Church. Dinwiddie Court
house. The ceremony took place at
s:so;oclock, Rev. Mr.. Moore officiating,
decorated with palms and white and
yellow chrysanthcmums. The bride,
whu was given In marriage by her
brother DR.. Travis Gpcs, wore lovely
gown OF white satin. with trimmings
of real lace. and carried lilies OF the
valley and Bride roses. Mrs. Bonner,
OF Washington. was matron Of honor.
and Miss Gordon Baskerville OF Cliff
ton Forge. the maid of honor, wore
yellow crepe dc chine dresses The
bridesmaids were: Misses Rehekah
and Calna Watson. Sidney Guy. Chiefly
Blackstone and Kate Galuyka, and
they wore soft white dresses The
Rrooms best man was Congressman
Walter a. Watson. and the ushers
were: Leon Watson. >William Norf'eet,
John Wingo, Morton Goode. Moncure
Gravatt and Thornton Jeffriee. a re-
ception followed in the brides home
and then Mr. and Mrs Watson left for
Richmond On Saturday they will
sail for Porto Rico to spend several
weeks.
Guests from distance were; Lieu
tenant Commander md AIrs n