Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Washington People at Noted Sum.
mer Resorts.
WEDDINGS SET FOR AUTUMN

| Preparations for the Gay season-wander-
ings Of weli-Known washingtonians-Per-
sonal, Notes Of General Unreasonable
House Improvements.
The scattered ranks Of society. whether at
home or abroad, are already indulging antici-
pations of what may be counted upon with GER
| tainty as It's entertainment during the coming
fall and winter. Inside of another four weeks
many Of those whose own movements in the So
| cial world are Of interest will be home again,
| ready to start or to assist some one else with
the milder form Of gayeties prevalent here in
the early autumn. So far a. social happenings
are concerned September is without exception
the quietest month in the year. Very rarely
even wedding breaks its monotony.
| If it is desired that society should be
considered as looking upon any such
| suspicious event. In that case the wedding
| bells are heard where ones friends are sup
posed to be gathered and SO bridal festivities
| will be plentiful enough in the country, the
mountains and by the sea, but very few of them
here at home. Some OF the prominent folks
did not leave town until the LIST Of this month
and will not come back, if they can help it, I'm
til the 18th of October. By that date there will
| be stir and movement all along the line, and
| with everybody fresh, eager and active for the
Tray, things can go spinning along with q new
zests
vi sho hotpy icW VINO nave SpttHttC new
homes to come back to the fall season opens up
a vista of activity in which both pleasure aud
inevitable small worries are equally blended.
small army Of workmen are giving the finish
ing touches to the large mansions within easy
halllng distance of each other. These are the
new homes OF Mrs Chandler, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
{. Tyler and MIR. and Mrs. Henry Strong
three big, buff and beautiful mansions, all re-
plete with the best that moderate luxury can
devise, and all owned by hosts and hostesses
already widely known in the list Of Washing
tons entertainers. With two others in close
nelghborhood, society can also look forward
| with large amount Of reasonable qualification,
and these are Mr.. Letter. palace, on Dupont cir
| Gle, and Lieutenant and Mrs. Clovers mansion,
near by. Another year or two must roll by be-
lore either OF these can be inhabited, and per-
haps somebody else may come along meanwhile
and completely eclipse both of them.
Miss Dahlgren will anticipate the autumn
tide Of weddings by having hers at the season
when her mountain home is taking on its most
romantic phase. about the 18th of September.
AS already announced in the columns of THE
STAR, her marriage to Mr.. Josiah Pierce will
| take place at "Dahlen." Mrs. NJ. v. Dahlgrens
country place, and will be quiet but stately
ceremony, since Cardinal Gibbons is to oficiate
and Right Reverend Bishop Keane is to assist
| Miss Drexel tho youngest and now the only
single sister ct Mrs John Dahlgren and Mrs
Eric Dahlgren, will DO the bridesmaid, and
| ured in the marriages of the two ladies Just
| named will attend these two young aspirants
for matrimonial dignities upon this moment
ous occasion. Now, the one circumstance
which their friends here will deplore is the fact
| that Mr. Pierce and his bride will make their
home in Baltimore the coming winter, as the
| former Is engaged there in his profession Mrs
NJ. Dahlgren will be with them also, 50 that
in all probability none Of the family will reside
next winter in their Massachusetts avenue
house.
Confusion still reigns supreme at the White
House, and the chances are against its being in
any way fit for the occupancy of the President q
family until the LIST of October or Whereabouts.
The decorators have Just commenced the state
dining room and green parior and have finished
the greater part Of the front vestibuls. No
part Of the house is therefore open to visitors,
| as was expected might be possible last week.
As far as the average sight-seer is concerned,
however, they evince quite as much desire to
| look at the house in it's dismantled condition as
if it were dressed up for a state ceremonial. and
the disappointment in not being able to peep
| inside the front doors has been very great
| among the hundreds Of visitors the past
| week.
| To the list Of fall brides and grooms in which
Mr.. Garland and Miss Heap, Mr.. Balch and
Miss Fleming, Miss Virginia Williamson and
Mr.. Hancock are already prominent may be
added those Of Mr.. Blair Lee and Miss Anna
1
| Mrs. Admiral Lee has just returned from
visit to Mrs. McKim and Miss Brooke at their
| Pennsylvania home. Another wedding with
diplomatic flavor and also set for the fall IL that
of Senior Don Antonio Leon Grajeda, third Sec
| rotary OF the Mexican legation, and Miss Amy
barnes Of Georgetown. This young lady's sis
| ter married young Mexican in the early
| spring, and as their intended marriage was q
| surprise to all around at the time it created
quite sensation. This young couple are now
/ living in New York.
The home coming of Gen. Schofeld and bride
would have been made an entirely different one
had it occurred when society was in town. As
| 1t was an imposing display Of gentlemen en-
titled to wear quantities of gold lace and regi-
mental finery met them at the station and gave
| them a welcome as warm as the weather. Gen
| and Mrs. SchOfield tarried here longer than
! almost at any one spot since their marriage
| and the rest and comforts OF home were agree
able to both. They have yet a great deal Of
| travelling ahead of them, but it will be in the
| mountains, where they can be entirely sure of
cool weather.
Letters were received last week from Mrs
Romero, in which she gave graphic accounts Of
the pleasant voyage across the ocean and the
| incidents of a short stay in Hamburg. The
Mexican minister and his charming wife are
having an interesting vacation. They are now
| in Russia and will travel considerably within
| and without the czar's domain before they sail
Judge PaysOn's new home on Massachusetts
avenue rapidly approaches completion and he
hopes to occupy it before the new year.
Mrs. Skae Of California will either buy or
build home here in the near future.
Since the chief justice caule here to reside
each winter has witnessed the debut or mar
| rage Of one Of his daughters. There are now
only four of the seven left in blissful maiden
| hood. The return of Miss Mary Fuller from
her long stay in Berlin virtually amounts to a
Washington debut, tho more 80 as she is gen.
| orally regarded a very pretty girl OF her
musical talents and mental cleverness the opin-
ion is decidedly unanimous. But the real
debutante OF the family next season will be
| Miss Katherine Fuller. who somewhat favors
Mrs. Hugh Wallace in looks and style. The
latter. by the way, has had the proud satisfac-
| ton of entertaining her father and mother
this summer in her own home at Tacoma,
Washington.
Mavroyeni Bey, the Turkish minister after
| having played host at Bar Harbor in grand
vizier style and having tasted the best Of the
sweets there SO freely offered, has deserted that
favored spot on the northern coast for what he
knows is surely awaiting him at fashion city
by the sea-Newport.
| Marquis Imperialli is restoring our friendly