Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-25
IN SOCIETY.
Preparations for the Season at the White
House-Personal Notes Of Interest.

House-Personal Notes Of Interest.
Mrs. Harrison expects to have the White
House in company order in three weeks time.
| The decorations in the blue room will be
| finished then and all other improvements about
the house will be brought to a close before
| that Mrs. Harrison wishes to pay visit to
Indianapolis in November or carly in Decem.
Der per, as she has not been back to her old
home since she left there a year and
half ago for this city. Mrs. Harrison
would go to visit Indianapolis while Mrs.
Mckee is in that city and then bring
Mrs. Mckee and the children home with her.
IL seems not to be fully understood that the
presidency that Mrs. Harrison has accepted
from the organization known as the Daughters
OF the Revolution is purely an honorary one,
and does not imply that Mrs. Harrison will
take upon herself any OF the duties Of an act
present obligations preclude the assumption
upon her part of any addition to them. That
Mrs. Harrison is fairly entitled to place in
| the society is apparent from the fact that her
great grandfather. Col Scott, was commissary
| general Of the Pennsylvania troops during the
| revolution. Mrs. Harrison drives out these
| me afternoons in pretty now cabriolet that
Is the Presidents private property.
Mrs. Dimmick returned to the White House
yesterday from a most charming coaching trip,
upon which she was the gness OF MIR. B. X.
| Jamison OF Philadelphia. The ride was from
PHILADELPHIA to Valley Forge.
| Mrs. wilmerding and little daughter are in
the city and are in the X street house engaged
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Mrs. and Miss Wanamaker are at their coun-
try place, Lindenhurst where they will remain
| until after Thanksgiving. They will not come
on here for the season until December.
| Mr.. George s. Bachelor, our new minister
| to Portugal. and Mrs. and Miss Bachelor
expect to leave the city for Saratoga and New
Hnrk Safv ,IarJ NIT tbo ;,,,n
| OF sailing to Havre about the middle of No
vember and proceeding directly to Lisbon.
Their house, No. 1922 Vermont avenue. has
been hired by Baron de Vriero, the new secre-
next month Miss Annie Cutting, daughter Of
Mrs. keywood Cutting OF New York, and they
| will all come to this city to reside.
Mrs. and Miss Sheriff. and Mr.. Chas H.
Sheriff., jr.. returned to their home in this
city this week from a most delightful five
months touring through Europe. They visited
all the principal cities. climbed the mountains
and rowed upon the waters of Venice, which
they say Is the cheapest city to live in through
all Europe.
Mrs. and Miss Audenreid are back in their
home on Vermont avenue from two years
| absence IN Europe. Their many friends here
are delighted to have them in their midst
again.
Capt Chas. Campbell and Miss Elena Porter,
daughter of Admiral Porter, have invited their
friends. verbally, to be present at their mar
rage on Wednesday morning, November 26, at
ST. Johns Church.
The marriage Of Mr.. Gordon Mackay and
Miss Lucy Page of this city is announced for
one OF the late autumn events.
Mrs. Miller, accompanied by Mrs. Touza-
lin and Miss Lucy Corkhill. have returned from
their sad journey TO Keokuk and are at their
home on Highland Terrace. Mrs. Miller ex-
N1ta In
by the heroic composure she maintains through
her sorrow, although her self-cOntroi is all the
more pathetic to those who know the exertion
| it costs to sustain the outward calm. Mrs.
Fuller. wife of the chief justice, also returned
to the city early i'll the week from keokuk and
sIr. and Mrs. 1hos. Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckinney.
Gen. Williamson. who has been i'll in Kansas
City recently, is expected by his family to ar
rive IN the city tomorrow morning. Miss
Pauline Williamson Is with him. Tho family
| are at the Richmond Hotel and knew nothing OF
MS illness until they saw it announced in The
STAR.
Mrs. II. G. Davis and Miss Grace Davis are
visiting an uncle at Keyser, WA They will
60 TO Baltimore on the LIST OF November and
later, with ex-senator Davis, they will come to
this city for the winter.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of
Miss Virgie Farrar of Chicago, but formerly a
popular belle of Washington, to Mr.. Harry
Cobb Kennedy. the ceremony being performed
at La Grange, Ill.,, on October D.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. Seward Bacon have returned
from their trip north and are now at home at
l436 street northwest
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maurice Low and Miss
Frances H. Baden have returned from a de-
lightful trip to New York and Boston.
Mrs. Jordan and Misc Jordan, wife and daugh-
| ter Of the late Pavmaster ]. W. Jordan. are
permanently located at 12l3M street nor west
On Wednesday evening the F.F Club en-
joyed the hospitality of Mr.. p. Howard Of 6O8
NJ street northwest. 1t was a thoroughly en-
joyed occasion. Those present were: DIR. and
Mrs. j. Ii. Cassln Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Cudlipp,
the Misses Cassin. Geddis, Fisher, Miss Young,
Blandford, Mccormack of Brooklyn Hickey
kaibfus, Dyer and Miss Howard. and Messrs
Cleary, Moore, Forbort, Hamilton, Trubble-
| field, Howard, Laws and Harrison.
Miss Helen Lamont arrived in the city last
evening aud is stopping with her brother, ".
! IL. Lemon, at 1889 Wallach Place.
Miss France c. Webb has returned to this
| at No. 1927 / street.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Clayton have returned
from their sojournng in Arkansas and the
| Blue Ridge mountains, Va. and will be Mt
| home to their friends at III Ii street north
| west.
| Mrs. and Miss Purcell have moved from their
home on street to No. i25 20th street. where
| in week or ten days Miss May Miller from
Fortress Monroe. will visit them
| In the pret;iy decorated parIors of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Depue, their daughter, Mary, was mar
! ried to MIR. Nathan HaZen, Tuesday evening
| October il. Owing to the recent death Of the
! groom S mother the ceremony was performed
| III the presence only OF the immediate reia-
| tives Of the two families. After congratula-
tions the happy couple left for two weeks
! tour through the north. On their return they
will begin housekeeping at 2lS 9th street south
| west.
| Miss Cecil Parker having returned from q
| visit to her cousin Mrs. r. w. Thurman, LYNCH
| burg, will be ut home On Thursdays 2il9 X
| street.
| Mrs. NJ. A. Rownd and son OF Marietta, Ohio,
| are visiting Mrs. Rownd's father. Judge d. c..
| Pmkerton, 324 4th street northeast.
| Miss Farquhar, daughter Of Commodore N.
| II. Farquhar, is expected home next week and
will make her debut in Washington society
| this winter. She has been in Germany for the
| last six months.
| Miss Agnes Walton, daughter OF DIR. II. Ro-
| land Walton of Annapolis. Md, is visiting the
Misses de honorary. 2i4i X street northwest
| Miss Frank NJ. Cowing of 1911 18th street
northwest will leave the city on Wednesday
| next III company with Col Swords and family
| for an extended visit among friends in Des
Moines, Iowa.
| The Arbutus Socials held their regular meet
| ing last evening at the residence OF Miss C. "