The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30

Herbert Stanley Newman. son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. NJ. Newman. of Hilltop, .
near Somerset, in Orange County. The
wedding will take place the latter part
of June in the home of the brides
parents, and will be one OF the mose
interesting of the summer
At the Country Club.
The annual lawn fete will be given
at the Country Club of Virginia on
Friday, and will be one of the most
charming events of the spring. Owing
to the large membership of the club,
visitors cards are not good on these
occasions. The grounds are always
very beautiful at this season of the
year. and the tea tables arranged on
the terraces surrounded by the So
ciety matrons and maids in their sum-
mer attire, will present a gay and
picturesque scene.
On Tuesday evening the visiting
players in the Old Dominion tennis
tournament will he given an elaborate
dinner at the club.
On Wednesday evening the usual
informal hop will be given and the
the Virginia Military Institute cadets.
Dancing will not continue after IL
o'clock. as the cadets will he in the
line of march on Thursday.
Prominent Wedding.
An out-of-town wedding of great
social interest mere la that of Miss
Virginia Stacy Jefferson. daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. j. William Jefferson to
Mr.. Walter Hilman Eager. of Hunt
ington. w. Va, in the presence of a
large and distinguished gathering of
relatives and friends.
The Rev. George b. Eager. d. D..
a Of tho naFf lYn1ni the
ceremony. and an orchestra of five
pieces was stationed on an upper
gallery overlooking the garden and
furnished the wedding music Miss
Virginia Crabb sang to the accom-
raniment of a harp inst before the
ceremony. The wide rooms Of Maple
hurst were decorated everywhere in
quantities of roses, peonies and spirea.
The ceremony took place before an
mprovised altar at the intersection
Of four rose covered Italian pergolas.
A profusion of pink rambler roses and
honeysuckle were twined about the
tall white columns of the pergolas,
and the altar was mass of white
flowers The bride was given IN mar
rage by her father. and her we'd
ding gown was an exquisite Empire
model Of Ivory satin. fashioned with
a panel of tutle and real lace falling
from the shoulders to the waist, and
yelling the long court train Of satin
heavily embroidered in white silk. The
BODICE was made of real lace and tulle
cut in a square lew neck, and sleeves
of tulla= Her veil of Illusion fell to
the end Of her train and was caught
! solely around the face with real
orange blossoms. She carried a
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley.
and she wore a necklace of diamonds
set in platinum. Her attendants were
Mrs. William G. Eager. of Valdosta,
4 Ga. as matron of honor; Miss Isabelle
/ jefferson. her sister. as maid of honor,
and Miss Irene Finn. of Detroit: Miss
! Ethel McBee. of New York. and Miss
! Mary Lemon and Miss Ruth Duncan,
/ both of Louisville, as maids of honor.
I The matron and maid of honor
wore full old fashioned gowns OF pale
green French, embroidered organdie
with wide pink sashes and quaint
I poke hornets of pink tulle. and car
! ried armfuls of Pink peonies. The
maids of honor wore similar frocks
( of pink organdie, with pink bonnets,
1 and their flowers We're old-fashioned
/ nosegays OF pink sweetpeas and lilies
of the valley
/ Mr.. william G.. Eager, OF vaidosta
Ga, was the groom's best man. and
4 the groomsmen included Mesrs
George B. Eager, Jr.. OF the University
of Virginia; Carlyle Jefferson. of Glen
arm, KY; Palmer Stacy. e. Leslie
Long both of Charleston. w. Va, and
Dr. Bulkner, of Huntington. w. Va.
I Following the ceremony reception
took place on the wide veranda OF the
|, house, which were banked in roses
and ferns and supper was served In
the flower garden and on the lawns
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Eager left for a
wedding journey and on their re-
turn will make their home In Hunt
ington w. Va. Among the eut-of-town
guests at the wedding were Miss
Finn, Detroit: Miss McBee. Mrs. Nc
Bee. New York: Palmer Stacy
charleston. w, Va: Mrs. b. L. White
ney. New York; DIR. and Mrs r. ]
Reed. Wheeling. W. Va. Mr.. and Mrs