The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-29
BRILLIANT LUNCHEON
FOR AMBASSADOR WILLARD
John T.. Wilson Entertain. at Nest
morelnnd club In Honor OF
Minister TO SpRtn.

One of the handsomcst functions of
the midsummer in Richmond VAS the
luncheon yesterday at tho Westmore-
land Club at which John r Wilson vas
host in honor of the United States am
bassador TO Spain, Joseph T.. Willard.
Covers were laid for twenty guests.
who included the guest OF honor, Gov
ernor Henry 6. stuart. Mayor George
hinslic, Eppa Iiunton, Jr., Frederick F.;
Noting. jonathan Bryan. G. Cotes-
worth Pickncy. Charles F.. Cooke, Rob
ar, i.atilncr Gordon. Colonel John r.
Purcell. Coleman Workman. W. 7. Reed
\. randolph HoIladay. E:gbert q. Leigh
IT, Robert NJ. Kent, Frank -. Williams,
EirEti y Randolnh., Barton H. Grundx.
l.angbouTnc Nj Williams and John r
wilson. The walls and entrances OF
the dining room were decorated in
Virginia and Colonial nags: and behind
the seat Of honor. occupied by Ambas
sador Willard. was hung an United
states nag. cntwined with that OF the
spa nish government. The table Was a
mass Of exquisite summer flowers ar
ranged with tiny Spanish flags. and
color scheme Of red and yellow, the
carried out in every detail Of the lun-
chcon table.
Si~Efricd-Smith.
Lindsay Bicdsoc Sicsfried and Miss
MAY Coleman Smith. daughter OF wiz,
Smith were married At / o'clock ycs-
terdaN morning a; the residence OF Mr..
Grace Street Rev. Aubrey williams, of
fredericksburg. cousin OF the bride.
performed tho ceremony.
ON account Of recent bereavement in
the family only the immediate family
vas present.
or Interest Hero.
society in Richncnd and Throughout,
the state is .srcatly interested in the
following. taken from. a recent ex-
nm. engineer in chief OF the navy, who
has had long and distinguished ca
rcer. on Saturday reached another pin
in tho absence OF Secretary Daniels
who was helping TO launch the new bat
tleship Nevada. at Quincy. Mass. Or
dinarilY tho assistant secretary acts in
the absence of the head Of tho depart
nent. but Mr. Roosevelt also was Al
chief OF the bureau Of Savisa,Ion. the
next in line. WAS away for the week
end ADMIRAL Grifin's chief work has
been on the technical side " naval
won applause from engineering on
perts among All the maritime powers.
colleagucs IN the department. as thi::
( is tho first time nc has served as head
Of the Nayy pSpar.nen, His pre-
ally served as acting secretary. and in
the old days another DISTINGUISHED en-
gineer. tn" late Rear Admiral Melville,
Rear Admiral Grif!n is brother-in-
Law OF Mrs. John. kain. Of Si2. Park
O.
( ington as the guest of her sister and
the admiral, where she is being much
entertained.
In Massachusetts.
James Anthony. accompanied by his
daughter. Misses Louise and Bertha
Ar,hony. and his son. James Anthony.
after visiting New York and Boston.
Concerning Miss French.
Mrs. seth Barton French and her
daughtcr have returned Ia their Paris
home from Madrid. where they at
tended the Willard Roosevelt wedding.
Mss Egt ,1G, immeda;9i}, qnderTsn,
Both Mrs. French and her daughter
/ aaN. many friends in Richmond. where
,hey nave visited uron several occs,
! sious as the guests OF Ambassador and
Mrs Joseph WILLARD o,,, Mss Ersheh q Sise
Nance Perkins here.
Watermelon Feast.
/ The guests Of the Princess Amno Inn
marshn,sllow roast and watermelon
feast there by their hostess on Friday
evening OF the past week The porches
we're .a,tractively arranged with Chi
nesc lanterns. and refreshments were
served from one large table. Those
present. Included Ms Z r. T e;;
/ ana Miss Matte Brown. Of salem;
Mrs. i:ugcnc Robinson and Miss Viz
Tinis Robinson, Of Richmond: Miss
Va: II. l., Grant. j.. OF Wilmington.
I :. c.. nr: John l.indh and Or. T, \,
I BURNS OF Uniontown. Pa: r. Etheridsc.
! II. r. Furr and w r. Jones. OF Nor
/ folk. and J. l.. .Avcrall, of Baltimore.
Leaves for tho Reach.
! Miss Nancy Wyatt is leaving this
week NTH party of friends 10 spend
several weeks Al Virginia Reach. Miss
wyatt will 20 to lIarrsonburg about
the middle OF next month for an. OK
tended visit TO her aunt. Mrs. Herbert
Coffmann. At her home in that place.
AZ Newport News Function.
Miss Helen Turner was hostess at z
charming and novel afternoon affair.
Saturday. At her home in Newport News.
! complimentary to Misses Emily and
| Eliza beth Wcstbrook of Greens boro,
y. G.. who are now her guests. The
reception and drawing rooms we're
made attractive with pink and white
| roses. pink hydrangcas and crepe
myrtle. in which the game Of "keWpie"
was played at eight tables. 4 shower
| of china kewpics was hung from the
cha ndelicr in the dra wing room. this
being cn,wined with IVY and crepe
myrtle. Painted kcNpjcs were used 10
! dot the draperies at the windows.
we'll tho doylics on tho ia blcs, and
| the tally cards were single kenpie.
/ The two honorces we're presented with
/ 2 dainty jewel case. on which VAS
painted tiny kcwpic. The guest MAX