The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-01

Important Meeting This Morning.
The board of managers OF the zap
list Home for Aged Women will NEE!
In regular session at the home al II
o'clock this morning. The meetine ~
Z most important one as numerous
and q full attendance IL urged.
En9agemcnt Announcements.
The engaRement and approaching
marriage Of their sister. Mary Eliza
beth. TO Patrick Joseph Costello. OF
this city, formerly of Liverpool, Eng
land, are announced by Mr.. and MRS
@. Oliver Timberlake. the weooins
VIII Be quietly solemnized on August o.
Mr.. Walter Gwynn Jones, OF LSnch-
burg. announces the engaeeihei' ~
his daughter, Corinne Lee, TO Mr'
John Martin Royal. of Richmond. the
marriage to take place On October: Al
= charming luncheon Saturday Mrs
r.. G. Stokes announced the engage
ment OF Mics Jones, who Is her niece
Covers were laid for eight. The table
decorations were in white and green
with the appropriate Brides roses as
{ centerpiece, and the enure 'house
WAs sweet with flowers.
Mr., Hiram J. Wise, of BrHdgewater
Va, announces the engagement OF nus
daughter. Refine. TO Mr.. Herbert VIII
son Wyatt. OF Harrisonburg. The we'd
ding will take place in the early faii.
Mr.. Wyatt Is a graduate OF WASH
tnEton and Lee University.
Party On Commodore Maury.
Mr. J, S. Parsons. of the Eastern
Shore of Virginia, was host Friday al
q very delightful yachting party given
on board the Commodore Maury.
Tho party left Norfolk early in the
morning and went 20 Yorktown. re-
turning home late that evening. MT
Parsons quests included: Mrs j. d.
McCarrack Misses Katherine and Mar
garet McCarrick, Miss Edith Shep-
herd. and Miss Cowell. Of Norfolk
Miss lydia Purcell Miss Elizabeth
Warren, Miss Elizabeth Watkins. Mass
Lena Carson. Messrs. Julian Gum
Mathews. william Purcell and DIT
Stuart. OF Richmond
To Summer In New England
Colonel and Mrs. w Gordon Nc
Cabe left Richmond Sunday evening
for Magnolia. Mass, where they Will
spend the remainder OF the Summer
with Mr.. and Mrs. W. Gordon Nc
CAbe. Jr.. OF Charleston. s. G, who
have q cottage on the North shore
near Boston. Colonel and Mrs, NC.
Cabe spent the early season at Old
point with Mrs, Warner McCabe and
her children. and also visited friends
In Washington before returning &c
their home in Richmond
Richmondcrs Out OF Town.
Among Richmond people a Virginia
Beach are the following, regtsF cred al
The Greenwood: II. III. England. Mrs
Aime5a Dabney. Miss Rebeeca Jones
Miss Athena Page, J. Allen Gregory
E. W. Sphinx. Mr.. and Mrs d. NJ
Murchison ard Miss Nellie Murchison
At the BMckroe Beach Hotel recent
Richmond guests are: Mr., and Mrs
Louis Rogert. Kent Kay. Otis Clark
Miss Maude Jacobs. Mss IAliian Car
Der, Miss LILLIAN Rice, Miss Grace
Wilkinson. Mrs. E, II. Wilkinson and
Mrs. Howard Brockwen.
Louisa is a popular resort wftr
Richmond folk this summer. Among
those now. or recently at the L>oui sa
Hotel. are: DR.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Con
nell. f. wooten. Claude Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Sutton. Miss Hattie
Etuckey. Lewis Grant, 8. E. Ealerson
l. T. Marston. G. c Walker, J. X
Thaxton, DIR. and Mrs. Thomas D
Jones and children. Mrs. r. d
Bevertdge, Miss Anna Beveridge, Mrs
r. NJ Boxiey and daughter, F. NJ
Motif, A. Vivian. c. Hayes. Mr.. afac
Mrs. J. W Irons. W. s. Kingsley and
". L. Austin
s' Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Sale. OF Fair
neld. Va, announce the erigagenaen
u their daughter. Esta.line, TO Mr.
ArchibAid Monte+th. of Low Moor. Va
The wedding will take place on
August 23 at Wildwood Farm. the
home of the brides parents. Miss
eAie 10 a niece Of General and Mrs
Wulfam Wilson Sale. of Richmond
md Mr. Monteith is prominently con-
nectsd with Low Moor Iron Com
pAny.
Revives Historic Social Bit,
Gays the Washington Star;
In the marriage OF Rev. G. Freeland
Peter. formerly OF Washington, ID. G,
81 the twentieth instant. to Mrs, Will
ham Otto Noting. daughter OF Mrs
Charles Evan Whitlock, OF Richmond
khere Is revived a bit of historic So
rial happeing which links the groom
10 that most interesting period OF
Den. George Washington's residence
4 Mount Vernon.
Mr.. Peters maternal grandmother
he late Mrs. Beverly Kennon. at WHOSE
home, Tudor place, on Georgetown
HEIGHTS, he was born and lived until
few years ago. was the daughter OF
rrs Washington's son, Mr.. Curtis.
When Gan. Lafayette first visited
Zen. ana Mrs. Washington at Noun,
Varnon Mrs. Kennon was small
ehild, and on the arrival OF Gen. La
nvettes son at Mount Vernon, during
~ reign Of terror in France at once
became the daily playmate Of the shy
roung Frenchman.
On Gen. IAfayette's second visit 10
khis country. about a quarter OF Gen.
(ury later. little Miss Gusts was a
narried woman dispensing the hos
Fatalities OF Tudor place, where she
<ntertained Lafayette and at the splen.
m garden fete given by her in his
horor trod with him the stately meas
ares Of the minuet on the lawn OF
tudor place.
Mrs Kennon, when speaking of this
occasion, frequently stated that what
Tas then a nof6ble novelty In such
affairs was the lighting of the extern
live grounds with gorgeous Chimes
Anterns, which eneireled thu Immense
Sog bushes. lined every winding path
way and depended from the lower
limbs OF every tree.
Tudor place At the present time is
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Armistead
peter. brother and sister-4n law OF
REV. q. Freeland Peter. who, before
soing TO Richmond to accept his pres
int purish. was successfully associate
,ector Of st. Marks and Epiphany
shurchn9 in this city