Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-30

arranged IN "a pink color scheme. The
ttpIc was set with Il large aZalea OF
pink. and the candles were shaded in
the sam" color. The NANTES also were.
banked with pink flowers and ferns
Miss Williams was assisted IN rcceiv-
ing By her cousins Miss tliZabcth
! Hrpck"nbrough and Miss Isabel VII
/ liAms. and also Miss Margaret Harris,
ana those assisting in the dining room
#. were Misses Martha Fitzgerald. Fran
ccs Laird, Ca;hariTc Plcasan.s Eliza-
beth Thompson and Eleanor Williams
seventy members Of the Younger So
"iety set were Miss Wil!inms'S guests
Not to Ni.it South Carolina
Misses Alice and Marion Mcrcdith
viii not 20 TO South Carolina TO visit
their relatives the Governor of South
Carolina aud Mrs. Richard Manning
on account Of the illness OF Mrs Man
ming. The Misses Meredith cxp.ct to
20 10 Columbia later in the season to
tie guests mt the executive mansion for
several weeks
f.unrhrons Yesterday
Mrs Charles /. Williams. II STRAW
h"rrE mn" CAV" an informal bune,
luncheon yesterday At her HON. q,
honor OF her granddauphters Misses
Elise and Alice Atkinson There was
no formal receiving line. and about
thlrty members Of the younger set were
invited 10 meet the Misses .tkinsnn.
we're arranged with Christmas greens
and red flowers
Another pretty luncheon wl"en yes
'crGaS was that At which Mrs stan
Narne Wilson, OF 90? West Grace street.
MAS hostess. the affair which was
given III honor OF Mrs. wilson's sister
m law. Mrs. Alexander Long Of Rock
iiill :. O. took plac. at Tho West
h"r"Iand Sluh and covers were laid
for seven. The decorations were suE-
SEo
invited to meet Mrs Tong iuclud.d
Mrs Edgar 1.aTerty, Mrs. u g. james.
MI. T. K Chcsterman, Miss Fraser
and Mrs Grnanor Neal
Dinner Dance az tho Wcstnnrclnnd
y brilliant society event Of las; even
ing was the dinner dance gl.cu ut III.
/ West'norclaud club. More than 200
\ invitations We're sent out, An, the en-
'"iiainHcnt WAS one IL the handsomest
I events Of the midwiutcr. Th, ceiling
Of the main dining room was testooncd
with holly ana scarlet berries and hi.
+ F"d bells strung from one side Of the
room 10 tn" other, and the walls were
draped in running cedar ana poinsct-
/ tias. Rcd flowers and Christmas
greens decorated the sun par!or and
/ an orchestra played throughout the
evening. Some OF thos. who reserved
tables We're Colonel and Mrs. Andrew
! j. Gray. Thomas - Gay. Charles +.
+ cole. Mir. and Mrs. j. NJ. Stayman
4 Charles T. Norman .. Watson, Mr..
and Mrs. W. w. Keen, Mr. ana Mrs.
/ wellington Cobb. Mr. and Mrs. Malvern
/ {. Patterson, James l.. Anderson, Baron
Won fcmmingcn. Miss Won CclnminGcn.
Thomas l.. Moore, Thomas Jemries,
! Thomas +. Bryan, Or. j.. u Talcy.
Ir.. William : WORKMAN, DR. and Mrs
/ stuart MichaUx, F.. +. Hough Or Paul
/ vs.. iiowlc. Norman II. johnson.
Annual Inrty n: the Hermitage.
: The annual New Years reception will
BE held at the Hermitage 'iolf Club
: ON Saturday afternoon at ! o'clock.
The clubhouse has been attractively
! decorated for the occasion. AMI large
number OF club members will be pres
functions given by the club each sea
son.
/ TO Visit Relatives.
! Mrs. Philip II. Mason. OF Wilmington.
y. c.. Will arrive shortly TO spend Il
( few days with her cousin. Mrs Jack
J Rhodes on the Cary Street Road Mrs
Mason viii later go to Cartcrsville
where she will be the guest Of Mrs
5 Matte &. Rhodes, at her home near
/ that place.
( W0udbrid;.e-Ncvcl
F! Cards have been received in Rich
mond announcing the marriage of Or.
| Mary Newell. OF the Margaret Will
! Hanson Hospital. West Gate, 10 DR..
:. Isett Woodbridge, the ceremony hav-
/ ing taken place ut Port ST. Catherine.
! China. Guests from Shanghai Nam
king. tIangchow and other ccntcrs OF
missionary work with which DR. Wood
bridge is associated. witnessed the
ceremony. one of the women guests
wearing the identical gown which her
mother used at the Lincoln Inaugural
tion in 1861. Or. Woodbridccs first
wife was II daughter of the late DIR.
James Woodrow, of Columbia. :. c..
an uncle of President Wilson.
Kappa Alpha Dali Tonight.
Tie semiccntcnnial celebration Of the
Kappa Alpha order being held in Rich
mond this week Will he closed this
! evening by II large formal ball at the
Jefferson Hotel. No formal invitations
have been issued, but the committee
| is particularly anxious that all Of the
married members OF the local alumni
chapter of the fraternity be present
F.. with their wives. who VIII act as
chapcrons. The ball will begin prompt
! " at o'clock.
, Visiting Here.
Miss Estelie Madeline Ford is the
guest Of her Erandmothcr, in Rich
, mond. for the holidays. Miss Ford Is
a student ut tho tide Sales Vista
ton Convent, in Baltimore, and is a
musician of no small talent ard rcpu-
tation.
Miss Jackson IiOnurrd.
, The Secretary OF the Navy ana Mrs.
Joscphus Daniels will entertain at "a
small dinner in Washington on Mon
day in compliment to Miss Mary
Clcaves Daniels. daughter Of Judge
Daniels. of Goldsboro. y. c.. and niece
OF the secretary. and Miss Evelyn
jackson. of Richmond. young cousin
C: Mrs. Daniels, who will arrive tho
latter part of the week to be their