Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
Household
Interests
MANY SMALL RECEPTIONS
SET FOR NEW YEARS DAY
Informal Entertaining to Be Done All
Over Richmond In Honor OF
Occnsion.

German CluD.
Mrs. Ellis Talbot Will be hostess at
tea this afternoon from 4:3O to 6
o'clock at her apartment at the Ches-
ter1eld.
The annual New Years party Mt the
Country Club OF Virginia this after
noon and evening Is to be n gala event
for the fashionable set and the club
house Will be the scene OF a brilliant
gathering during reception hours. Mrs.
Thomas Branch McAdams. Mrs Thomas
Pinckney Bryan. Mrs. Horace S.
Halves. Mrs. Granville Gray and Mrs
Robert G.. Cabell will preside at tho
punch bowl and Refreshments will be
served for the several hundred guests
present from n long table set In the
main diningroo An orchestra will!
play for the dancing.
Another big club reception is the an
nual entertainment at the Hermitage
Gols Club this afternoon at o'clock
There Will be music and dnnc!ng and
Il committee Of prominent society WON
On will assist the house committee in
receiving.
Miss Alice 'Burwell Reed Will be
guest OF honor to-day Mt n luncheon
given by Mr. and Mrs Leslie Reed in
their residence on Grove Avenue.
largo gathering OF guests will at
tend the dance this evening, which will
take place at the Art Club OF Rich
mond at $3.50 o'clock.
baltimore Marriage of Interest.
Society in Richmond is deeply inter
estcd In the marriage of Miss Rena A.
Sawyer. grand daughter Of Mrs. Il. H.
Trust, OF 1881 ST. Paul street Balf-
more. and Broughton Beacham, son Of
Mrs. Frederick x. Bcacham. also of
that city. The ceremony was very
i. quiet ono and took place Wednesday
morning at the Catholic Cathedral in
Baltimore. with the Rev. Father Lewis
ODonovan officiating Both bride and
groom belong to old and dis tinguishcd
Maryland families and the former has
many friends IN Richmond. since SHE
was educated with a number OF Rich
mond girls ut Oldfelds School, Md
Mr.. Bcacham belongs 10 the Paint and
Powder Club in Baltimore and is prom
inent In exclusive society circles OF
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beacham arc now Il.
Washington on their honeymoon and
will later make their home In Balti-
more.
Dance for Younger Set.
William Wymond Cahell. son OF Mr.
and Mrs Henry Landon Cabell. was
host ut = lovely party for about sew
entr-fivc members OF the younger so
piety set last evening. The affair was
dance and took place at the Cabell
residence, 3l1 West Franklin street.
The holiday idea was carried In all OF
the decorations and red flowers and
cycrgrecns were used everywhere to
decorate the rooms. There was no for
--mai receiving line and an orchestra
played for the dancing. a buffet sup
per was served al II O'Clock.
Box Parties Entertained.
a number OF Interesting box parties
have been given at the Bijou Theatre
this week by younger members OF the
fashionable society set 10 witness Miss
Grayce SCOTS performance of .'Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs" Miss
Virginia Ellington. OF Monument Ave-
I9
Tuesday evening and Tuesday after
noon Miss Helen stevens gave a box
party in honor OF little Miss Elise GU
fen. who is visiting her mother here
Others noted in tho boxes Tuesday
afternoon were Miss Mary Taylor. Mrs
Jacquelinc T. Taylor. Miss Elizabeth
Warren, Mrs. George Warren, Miss
Ellen Wallace, Miss Bland Cox. Mrs
Gordon Wallace and Miss Elizabeth
Wallace.
!. Little Stuart Woodward is entertain
ing number OF his friends for the
matinee performance AZ the Bijou this
afternoon.
Small Guests Entertained.
Mrs. y. T.. Straus was hostess ut a
charming party Wednesday afternoon
: at her residence In honor OF her two
small nieccs. Misses Minerva Lissber-
ger. of BALTIMORE. and Dorothy Baum
gartner. OF Washington. The rooms
were decorated everywhere In Christ :.
mas greens and red flowers and games
and music amused the twenty children
present throughout the afternoon. Mrs
Straus was assisted in doing the hon
ors of the occasion ny Mrs. Joe Levy.
Engagement Announced.
Mrs G.. L. BEDFORD announces the
engagement Of her daughter. Emma
karr. to Willard James Peyton. Jr
The wedding will be celebrated in the
early spring.
Miss Michigan Attends Card Party.
day at card party at her home in
Maury Place. Norfolk. In honor of her
guest. Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Lex
inGton, Mo.
The house was decorated with red
/. carnations. holly and greens, and the
lights were shaded in red and green.
Five hundred was played and the
prizes for the highest score. which
were books. were presented % Miss
Eloise Simmons and Miss Margaret
simmons. Miss Margaret Britt won the
BOBBY. silver DORM box. Those pres
ent were:
Misses Eloise Simmons, Cordclia de
larnete. Louise and Mabel Davis.
Elizabeth Saunders. Belle Marabie,
Margaret Simmons, Mildred Fosburr
Edna Beliamy, Carrie Bell Rawlings,
Margaret Britt, Marjory Cooper, Louise
Cannon, Pen jackson, Annie Ferant.
Margaret Michigan, Of Richmond: Janet
Dawson. Louise Goodloe, Frances Rey-
noiuS' flcieH ocOtt, ruin ana Lois Will
kinson, Mary Williams. Anna and Bea-
,rice Nash, of Newport News; Miriam
Minis Kate Lewis, Margaret Jenkins.
MARY Anna Crosby. Eunice West,
Rowena Rutledge. Julia Coc, Theo Har-
wood. Mrs. Eugene Burruss, Mrs Her
merit Land and Mrs. John Curtis.
Going South.
An automobile party from Scranton,
Pa. was at the Frederick Hotel. in
fredericksburg, Tuesday They were
enroute 10 Florida and were travelling
in two automobiles: those in the party
were Messrs. a. ID. Williams. L. G. Will
Hams and Don Red. who were Joined
in Richmond by their families and Will
later continue their trip South
Recent Affairs.
Mrs. Stanley d. Sydnor entertained a
: few tables Of five hundred yesterday
afternoon at her residence. PIG South
Third street. In honor of her sister,
Mrs. william Stanhope Flournoy, Jr..
n bride of this season. Decorations
for the affair, which was very In