The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-14
FRrEDA MEREDITH DrETz. Editor

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| 10 John Horace Crank. OF this city,
the son OF MIR. and Mrs. ]. II. Crank
/ MFR. and Mrs. Crank are now on
Northern wedding trip. They will be
at home after the list OF May In the
! Westehester apartments.
/ Approaching wedding.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Alexander
owen, Of Turbeville, Halifax county
have announced tho engagement, OF
their daughter. Frances Stuart ito
| Thomas Atkinson Scott of Lynch burg.
! The marriage will take place April
rs.
| Engagement of Miss PettuS
! MI and Mrs. w. s. Pettue. OF Cis-
mont. Va. announce the enga cement
/ ana approaching marriage of their
I daughter. Kathryn Loving. to Donald
+ Gordon stevens, Of Chester, Pa. The
wedding viii take place early in May.
Beautiful Fairy Play.
May will be welcomed by the pre-
scntation OF a beautiful fairy play IN
the gymnasium OF the Young Wo-
mans Christian association, North
Fifth street. the evenings Of Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday. May 2,
and 4. About 200 girls will take part
/ anu IL III OLl4@CS ~ SUI AfeAss1 any SAA'iAS
Of it's kind ever attempted at the
Y. W. G. 4. The play is called The
Land OF the Blue Flower" and IN ad-
dition to the blue flower of happiness
there VIII be many interesting char
scters, a sandman q fairy queen.
elves, fairies butterflies, shepherds.
little children and mooubeams. and
any number of other groups OF
famous fairy folk. The play was
written by A member Of one OF the
y. W c. A classes and It is being
arranged for presentation, adapted to
music. and directed. by tho two in
structors, Miss Ruth Peet and Miss
Marian Hubbard. There will be fairy
scenery and colored lighting effects in
addition to the many colored and ar
tractiVe costumes. The features of
the MAY VIII be the dances In which
the beauty Of the fairy world will be
Interpreted
The last entertainment. two even
iugs OF all types of dancing. given in
/ March, drew Il crowded gym uasium
each evening and as this play is
far greater undertaking il is expected
that all three nights will find even
larger crowds in attendance.
ScribbIcrs Meet.
Tho Scribblers will meet on Wed
nesday evening Of this week a 3 30
o'clock with Mrs Henry A Y l Z :.
Sampson. 1127 West avenue. II is
win be a very important and interest
ing meeting as the first readers or
the new spring program will ne heard.
At tho Art Ciuh
At the Art Club Of Richmond Tues
day afternoon al 4: 30 o'clock Miss
Anne Fletcher will address the men,
bers Of the club on The Art IF the
Old Masters" Miss Susan Wilson
viii receive,
At the woman's Club.
Gardens and National Play
grounds will be the subject of three
interesting lectures tomorrow after
noon at 4:30 O'Clock in the Woman's
club, Mrs Samuel #. Clover is chair
nan of the afternoon and she win tell
the national parks Of the southwest
snowine. colored slices loaned by the
Sante Fe railroad Miss Eta Arne>v.
rood emonstration agent OF Virginia.
will give a talk On War Gardens"
&ad Mrs. J. Alls)n Hodges will speak
Of The Gardens of Japan" showing
colorcd slides. The widespread inter
est in gardens a. the present time
touches for tho interest OF this pro-
gram and the choice Of speakers and
The pictures they will show promises
A delightful afternoon.
JaFnt% River Garden Club.
The James River Garden club will
meet with Mrs. John W. Gordon, at
Westhampton at $3.50 p. Nj. 1t will
be Lilac day, and members are re-
quested TO bring specimens of their
dlfyerest varieties
Plans For May Gard Party.
Plans are now being made for a
large card party to be given by the
Dorothea Payne Madison chapter,
Daughters OF 1872, at the Country
Club of Virginia, May Z. II the
weather Us suitable the tables will be
arranged on the terrace and the
wide veranda, otherwise the games
viii be played indoors. Tea will be
served after the games and prizes
will be given. The party is for the
benefit of the hospital work at Camp
Lee undertaken by the chapter. Mrs.
Christian II. Clarke and Mrs. Percy
Traylor are in charge OF arrangements
and they are already reserving tables
for the AFFAIR.
At the Equal Suffrage League.
Mrs. Kate Peasants Minor, director
OF the cooperation OF woman.s Or
CARNATIONS OF the local food admin
istration. will address the members
of the Equal Suffrage league and their
friends at the regular weekly meeting
Thursday afternoon at 400 o'clock at
suffrage headquarters, Fourth and
franklin streets. Mrs, Minor will
speak on Food Conservation. Mrs.
John G. Munce, state chairman OF
The food production and conservation
committee of the Equal Suffrage
League Of Virginia, is chairman of
he afternoon.
Little Theater League 20 Meet.
The Little Theater League OF Rich
mond will meet next Monday instead
Of Tuesday evening at s:15 O'Clock at
the ateifer OF the Misses Clark and