Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-11
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Weddings and Observation-Disclosures
Notes of Interest.

Mrs. and Mrs c. d. Lieberman have Miss
Parker OF California as their guest for the
winter at the Portland.
Mrs. P. c. johnson, the widow of Commodore
johnson, and her two children have apartments
at the Portland.
Mr.. W. ID. Rudy and Mr.. George Hamilton
have bachelor apartments at the Portland.
Senator Hale has rented the house of SENATE,
Mcpherson on Vermont avenue for another
year.
Mrs. Starring has returned from spending a
pleasant summer in Europe among her many
friends there. Most of the time was spent in
Paris. Mrs. Starring is in her house on High
land terrace, where she will be for the re-
mainuei OF the autumn and where she has been
entertaining some of her fellow tourists in the
past week. Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Barham Cthe
latter Is Mrs Starrlng's daughter) are in Baiti-
more and will arrive in the city tomorrow to
spend week with Mrs. Starring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Riggs are back in the
city at the Iowa circle home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tichenor are located at the
Fredonia for the season. Mr.. Tichenor is the
assistant secretary of the treasury and his only
son, Mr.. Harry Tichenor, is his private secre-
tary.
Mrs. Robert /. Fleming has returned to the
city from visiting at many Of the fashionable
summer and autumn resorts and is again COM
fortably installed in her handsome home on
18th street. The little daughter, India Belle,
grows IN health and beauty.
Miss Alice W. Smith, the sister Of Mr. and
Mrs H. A. Gill, will wed Mr. Henry Dunlop
Williams at Epiphany church on Monday, No
vember 8.
Miss Florence Stith is the guest of Mrs. Bed
fern and daughters for the winter.
Miss Minnie C.. McGIll and Mr. James F.
Smith will be married at st. Matthew's church
on Wednesday at $50 o'clock.
The fayorite flower for the boutonniere
among men this season is the white carnation,
one single spicy blossom being the correct
quantity. The wearing of unobtrusive
flower by man when he makes a call or re-
spends TO an invitation is always a pretty COM
pliment to his hostess, evidencing desire to
please.
Senator and Mrs. Walthall will occupy their
own house on Rhode Island avenue this week
and they will spend the season there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strong and son, Mr..
II. p. Strong, are located for the season in their
L street house. Mrs. Strong, who is Mrs.
Mobiles sister, will assist at the cabinet recep-
tions of the winter.
Miss Wanamaker, the eldest daughter of
Postmaster General Wanamaker, was intro
duced to society at a tea last Friday afternoon
and evening at ''Lindenhurst," Mr.. Wanna
makers country place at Chelton Hills, in the
presence of a large and distinguished company,
including many well-hnown people from Phila-
delphia, New York and this city. The large
house looked its very best, with broad-leaved
palms waving in the hail. clusters of roses
standing here and there tables in the rooms
and lights glimmerng among the exotics in the
conservatory. Mrs. Nanamaker and Miss Wan
amaker received in the library, assisted by Mrs
i. Rodnan Wanamaker, Mrs. Gen. Clarkson,
Mrs. ]. Lowrie Bell, wife of the general super
1ntendent of the mail service; Miss Ferney, Miss
Eta Petit. Miss Ogden, Miss Godfrey OF New
York and Miss Robinson of New York. Mrs
Harrison received IN the main drawing room
on the opposite side of the hall. With her were
Mrs. ThOs u. Wanamaker and Miss Agnes Nor
gan.
Saturday Mrs. Harrison attended reception
rendered her at Memorial hail. Philadelphia
She was accompanied by Mrs. John Wanna
maker, Mrs. ROdman Wanamaker Miss Minnie
Wgnamaker (the debutante OF Friday EVENING"
Miss Lille Wanamaker, Mrs. Gen. GARRISON
Miss Ferney and Miss Wilson of New York and
Mr.. Wilson and MIR. Brown of Princeton.
Mrs. Johnson, daughter of Admiral Selfridge,
has arrived in London and expects to be in
Washington the last of this month.
Miss Elizabeth Bryant Johnston and her
niece, Marie Decca, arrived last evening and
at the Hotel Randall.
The eighteenth birthday of Mr. Henry Brock
jr., was celebrated Saturday evening at the
Congressional hotel, the home of his parents
where a dinner party was given in honor of the
event
Mrs. Charles R. Croft and children of St.
Paul, Mimi. are visit to their father and
grandfather, DR.. Clarence De Montrevilie, No.
sZ0 Ii street northeast. Mrs Croft will remain
awhile III Washington and then 60 to visit rela-
tives in New York.
Miss Minnie Irving. the poet, will soon be
married to Mr.. Irving Hasbrouck Delamater of
West Point.
A pleasant progressive eucher party was
given Saturday evening by Master Roy F. Heck
10 a number Of his young friends. Miss Lizzie
Severance took the ladies' prize and Master
Edwin Hesse took the gentlemen's. Among
those present were Misses Alvena Hartenstein,
Luta Grant, Mabel Doris, Bessie Slater, Lizzie
Severance, Margie Sinclair and Messrs. George
WhitmOre, Edwin Hesse. Charles Burnham,
Cassel Severance and Frank Severance.
Capt. c. b. Sears, corps of engineers, U.S.A.,
assistant to the chief of engineers. has estab-
lished himself at 1905 18th street northwest
The Naval establishments at Newport.
Capt. R. L. Pythian, president of the board re-
gently appointed to consider and report upon
the question Of consolidating the several naval
establishments at Newport, has submitted the
report of himself and colleagues to Secretary
Tracy. The board recommends: That the $780,
coo now appropriated for a war college build
ing on Goat Island be expended in erecting a
building that may serve for the new school Of
application; that two small sailing vessels be
built for tenders to the training ship New
Hampshire at a cost of go, 900; that the gunnery
ship Lancaster should be attached to the school
OF applications. that there should be no further
development of the manufacturing part of the
torpedo station, and that the plant for the
manufacture of gun cotton be removed to some
more suitable place, because it would be very
liable to destruction in case Of war.