Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-22
SOCIAL MATTERS.
Inc Viele-Strothers Wedding To-day
Personal Notes.

The marriage of Miss Emily viele. sister Of
Mr.; and Mrs. Hermann X. viele. of this city,
ana Mr.. Thomas Nelson Strothers, of Balti-
more, Is to be a very quiet event, owing to the
9eep mourning in which the family of Mrs.
slele Is at present on account of the death of
Dr; Wharton. The marriage takes, place at
clock this afternoon in St Paul's church, the
rector, Mr.. Alfred Harding, officiating. The
company invited to witness the ceremony will
be seated in the church by Mr.. Herbert Boehm,
Mr.. Carey Gamble, Mr.. George Tiffany. and
Mr. Douglass Carter. all of Baltimore. The
pride viii be escorted to the altar by her
brother. Mr.. Hermann h Viele, and attended
by maid of honor, Miss Bessie Strother sister
OF the groom. Mr.. Bernard Scott, of Balti-
more. will attend the groom in the capacity of
best man. The choral wedding service will be
used IN the ceremony, the surpliced choir pre-
cedlng the bride to and from the altar singing
the wedding hymn, 1.-The Voice that Breathed
Ger Eden"
Mrs. John G. Fremont, jr., who is such a
society favorite in this city, is greatly grieved
by the death of her father on last Wednesday
Mrs Fremont instead of going to Newport for
the summer with Lieut.. Fremont. as they had
planned. will, with her children, join her
widowed mother at her home, Wendover on
the Hudson, for the summer. Mrs. Fremont
Will leave her street home on June 1st
Gen. and Mrs. Francis B. Spinola have taken
mp their residence for the summer at their
country place, Crows Neck, Setauket. on Long
Island. Gen. Spinola has not been so well
since he left the city, but has been greatly i'm
proving III health recently. Mrs. Spinola will
not take her projected trip to Europe this sea-
son. but in the autumn she will visit San
Francisco. by the way of Mexico, returning by
the Canada Pacific.
The season has already commenced at many
of the fashionable summering places by sea-
shore and on mountain top, being three weeks
advance at An llxy
large number of families having their own
MONIES IN the city will spend the summer here
With the increasing number and accessibility
OF pleasant drives about the suburbs, the
numerous inns and club-houses within easy
access OF city homes, the prospect of being
comfortable through the heated term at home
becomes pleasant possibility. Persons with
good health, the use of their own large and
airy houses, and the facility of driving in the
mornings and evenings along the many
wooded, breezy heights of the neighborhood.
need not fear to spend the coming summer
months in Washington.
The Woman's National Press association took
new departure in its history on the evening
OF May Il. by giving a reception and banquet
at Wizards hotel in honor of Mrs. Olive Logan
Skies. Mrs. NJ ID. Lincoln, the president of
the organization. presided. and delivered a
graceful greeting to the guests of the evening.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Lockwood responded happily to tine
toast. our guest TO which i'll reply Mrs Skies
gave brilliant paper full of practical sugges-
tons to women Journalists Mrs. N A. Mohl
responded wittily to the toast, Ourselves" Mrs.
Emily l.. Sherwood read charming paper in
reply to the sentiment. ''The Ladies of the
White House." Mrs. Marble made telling
of-hand satirical speech on the absence of
women IN the late centennial celebration
Miss Carrie Harrison read poem by Mrs. Mary
n. Hail on Martha Washington. The new COM
missioner, Corporal Tanner, responded elo-
quently to an invitation to speak as did also
Dir. Wlllets, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Clara Barton spoke for the Red Cross. Mai
King, Prof. Kirk. and Mr.. McCreary each gave
a few brief words before the company sepa-
rated at late hour. Among those present
were Olive Logan, Commissioner and Mrs.
Tanner. Mr.. and Mrs. Willets, Clara Barton.
Prof Kirk, Mrs. n. A. Kali, the Misses Sweet,
Mr.. Clark. of Virginia, and Mr.. Pickett.
Mrs. Frank Welch aunt of Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, gave her niece reception in Jack
son. Mich, yesterday afternoon. About fifty
ladies and perhaps a dozen gentlemen were
present upon invitation. Mrs. Cleveland will
leave this morning for New York city.
Mrs. John H. FalcOnar, of Vermont avenue.
has left for Prince George county. to stay dur
ing summer.
Ex-Secretary Bayard and the Misses Bayard
have left the city, and are now enjoying the
quiet OF their ancestral home in Wilmington
Del. Mr.. Bayards marriage with Miss Clvmer
VIII take place June II, at st. Johns church. at
o'clock III the afternoon. DR.. Leonard will
ofhciate and Mr.. Shubrick Clymer will give his
sister away. The wedding will be as unpreten-
tious as possible. The bride will wear a travel
ing dress. and after the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Bayard Will start on a short wedding trip
Pay Director John S. Cunningham is in New
York, on his return from Mexico and the Hot
Springs of Arkansas.