Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24

and Mrs Ira Packard who spent last year here
is now a student at the Leland Stanford Junior
University and is credited to this city Mr.
and Mrs. Packard viii spend the coming winter
at san Diego, CAL, SO AS to be near theil
daughter.
The Sunday services st the Stanford Univer
sity are largely attended. not only By the
| students, for whom it is optional, but by the
| residents of Menlo Park and the immediate
| vicinity While Senator and Mrs. Stanford re-
main at P;do Alto they will invite each Sunday
different clergyman to preach. The first Sun
! day after the formal opening of the university
| on October Rev. DIR. Mackenzie, q Presbyter.
| ian divine and the leading orator Of that
denomination probably in the west. preached.
| Senator Stanford and all the guests at his Palo
Alto house at the time were present The
! acoustic properties of the arched corridors
| upon which all Of the rooms in the quad
| raEgie open are SO perfect that il
| is almost possible to hear q sermon
In the chapel though standing nearly
an acre distant. The university classes began
three days after the formal opening, and the
800 students, of which nearly 100 are young
ladies above the age OF seventeen, are pursuing
their everyday duties MS if they had been there
! for years instead Of days. There is practically
j no limit to the number Of students who can
| ultimately be received, the class rooms and
their equipment could even now accommodate
/ a thousand more, but it will take few years
! yet to build houses of whatever kind experience
L
| dents. Senator Stanford does not believe in
enormous structures, and as he has plenty Of
! ground he proposes to give each soul at the
university every essential for health and COM
1 fort More than that he is thinking already Of
building couple Of hotels in the immediate
| vicinity, where the students can live at the
| price they may be able to afford and where
new avenues OF labor can be opened to those
who are willing to work for their bread.
The university boys were not together moro
\ xVho fhox oan ed
yell. 1t is Observation-Disclosures, Roar,
Roar, Leland Stanford, Junior"
The university journal, called the Pdlo Alto,
was also born the day of the opening II is
| edited by student, and on its cover is a pic
ture OF the tail tree after which Palo Alto is
named, in the .opmost branches Of which are
the letters of the college degrees. Students
IN monturboard hats are climbing up. nimbly
followed by a number of girls, who bring a
ladder to assist them in the ascent Mrs STAN
ford was so pleased with the initial number
that she at once ordered fifty yearly subscrip-
! tons to send to friends throughout the coun-
try. Senator and Mrs. Stanford have had
guests all summer long at Palo Alto and that
beautiful home has been the scene of many
pleasant gatherings One handsome entertain
ment, lawn party, was given recently in honor
OF the Librarians congress, and another, and
one OF q character very pleasing to the hostess,
was fete Tor the 200 children attending Mrs.
Stanford klndergartens in the neighborhood
of Menlo Park.
Mrs Ralph 9. johnson, ST., is back from her
country home in Maine, and occupies her old
apartments at the Portland
Mrs Evans Pegues and Mrs. E. B. Hirst and
daughter, Miss Virginia Hurst, have returned
from an extensive trip drought the north, IN
eiuding niagara Falls and Watkins Glen. They
are lvinS ON the corner Of Massac husetts ave-
nue and 9th street.
Dir. and Mrs. +. c. Sessions of Columbus.
Ohio. are visiting his cousin, ". w. Metcalf,
at 1881 Vermont avenue.
Mrs. Walter Nelson Woodson of Lynchbure
Is the guest of her mother, Mrs J. T. Parker of
K street.
Miss Mamie O'Bannon Of Baltimore is the
guest Of her sister, Miss Carrie O'Bannon, l0O6
Massachusetts avenue.
A delightful party was given Monday evening
at Gaithersburg by Mr. John H. Nichols to the
Young ladies OF that vicinity. Dancing was
the feature of the evening. Among those pres
ent were: Misses Mems, Hendricks, Cowling
Stewart, Alhut and Gloyd, Messrs Mems,
Nichols, Gloyd. Hendricks, Caulihower, Waesche
ana froi: A; Mems. The party was chaperoned
by Mrs. D. Mems.
Miss Ethelwyn B. Hall Of Capitol Hill has
returned much benefited from her three
months tour through the northwest
The engagement is announced of Miss Maude
9. Cunningham, to John H. Steep. son of Mr..
Ihos. NJ. Steep, the marriage to take place in
December.
Miss Adelaide johnson has Just returned
from Rochester, NY, where she was the guest
of Miss Susan B. Anthony, while making the
model for bust of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Miss johnson goes to Italy in December.
Miss L. Josie Boyce of Hillsboro county, n
H., is making visit to her father, Mr.. Silas
Boyce. 81 street northwest.
Mrs. Burnham, wife Of Capt Burnham, has
taken the house s15 10th street. She will be at
home Wednesdays after o'clock.
Mrs. Thomas Rudderforth and Mrs Whiting
have returned from q visit to Mrs. Joseph
Lindon of Hagerstown.
Miss Nellie Evans of Engelwood, H., is visit
ing Miss Mary Stephen of 700 18th street.
Mrs. Geo. Mortimore Sothoron, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Maj c. B. Had
dix. at her old Virginia home, returned Satur-
day.
Mrs. VIM. Silvey and daughters have re-
turned and are at 1913 18th street for the win
ter.
Miss Hattie Harvey, the guest Of Mrs. NJ.
Armor, has returned to her home In Philadel-
phia.
Miss Libbio Swift, daughter Of Lieut.. ]. A.
Swift Of the army. and Mr.. Starr Carter of
Great Falls, Mont, we're married at the resi-
den,e of the brides grandmother, Mrs NJ. A.
Garner, Falls Church, Va, at 6 o'clock Tues
day evening by the rector, Mr.. Hall, of the
Fairfax Cour: House P. E. Church After the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs Carter left for their
future home in Montana.
A pleasant evening was spent by the Golden
Hours Corresponding Club, No. 10, at tee
residence OF Mr.. Frank Mcdonald last eyen-
ing Among those present were Misses Lulu
Kendall, Lille Mount, Maggie Wheeler, Annie
Lipphard, Grace Mehrling, Maggie Leesnityer,
Katie Neal, Ada Popkins and Messrs. Lioyd
Mockabse. Jos. II. Gunnell, Frank Mcdonald.
VIM Mcdonald, Harry Baulsir, VIM Tompkins.
Eddie Wheeler, George NOVEL;, George Sorrell,
George Larcombe, Howard Persons, Charles
Gslerger, VIM. Chapple and Frank Funk.
Miss Barbara Jones, who has been on a visit
to Mrs. H. P. Moore of South Washington, has
returned to her home in Lynchburg. Va
Mrs. Duncan G. Campbell and daughters of
l1l2 street have returned from Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitaker, at their homo in
Takoma Park, pleasantly entertained last even
ing number of their friends with progressive
euchre party. Among those present were:
Mrs. Judge Miller, Mrs. Alvey, Mr.. and Mrs
Cady, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Doyle, Mr. and Mira
! VIM Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Halleck. Miss Nav
Clark. Mr.. Charles Brown and Mr.. Cottrell.
Ensign J. A. Hoogewerf and his wife will re-
open their house. 1150 18th street north west. on
November !, after having passed a pleasant
| summer with Mrs. Hoogewerd's mother Mt
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