Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-27
SOCIAL MATTERS
Washingtonians at Summer, Resorts-Per.
sonal Notes Of Interest.

from a short trip to Fortress Monroe Their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Gordon. 10 now at Grams
tons, West Point, with Senator Gordon's fam
lily and comes down to New York three times q
week for treatment for her eyes, which are now
commencing to improve.
Miss Mamie Kelly will spend the month Of
August at Nantucket with her brother, while
Judge and Mrs Kelly make . trip to the north
west.
Bar Harbor is truly happy at last, as the
creates. event in its usual summer routine is
now an accepted fact. Amateurs are now
dillgently rehearsing and will present to .
fashionable audience about the middle Of Au-
gust the play of School The Misses Hunt
Of this city aud Mrs. Charles Whelan Of Phila-
delphia have the active management and by
lars more to the big sum they have helped to
raise in the past four or five years for sweet
charity. Mr.. Pierre Stevens Of this city, who
has won laures before on the amateur stage,
IL now at Bar Harbor and no doubt will take
leading part in the play. By reason
Of the service he has already given in the
cause Of private theatricals, his special talent
In making verses has caused him to be known
and esteemed by the amateurs as their poet
laureate. MIR. Stevens is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Barney, the latter of whom has also
achieved considerable distinction in the dra-
matte line, and can always be relied upon to en-
courage others.
DIR. s. NJ. Newman and family leave this even
ing for North Hector, N. Y, on the shore Of
Seneca lake, where they expect to remain some
weeks
MIR. James C. Courts, the clerk to the House
committee on appropriations, left today with
his family for Rock Enon Springs, to spend the
rest OF the summer there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kropp, IT,, have returned
from their wedding tour north and will be at
home to their friends on Wednesday at 9l9 New
York avenue.
Mrs. J. L. Douden and daughter Of LOS D
street northwest are at Round Hill, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby s. Noyes are at their
country home, "Alton Farm" Sligo, Nd, get
ting settled in their new house. Their eldest
daughter, Mrs Hall, is spending the summer
with them. Miss Mira Noyes is visiting Mrs. V.
H. Hoxle at Willets Point, n Y. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. b. Noyes are at Isle of Shoals. Mr.. T. @.
Noyes Is on the march with cavalry troop A.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. w. Noyes are on their trip
to the North Cape, the land Of the Midnight
Sun. and at last accounts were at Throndhj-
hem, Norway.
Mr.. Y. d. Chenoweth and Miss Chenoweth
and other Washingtonians have been guests on
the yacht Nautilus for sail on the Delaware
river and Chesapeake bay. The yacht is an
chored at Riverton and is equipped for an
ocean voyage.
Saturday evening Mr.. Joseph Moore took
gay party of young people trip on the river in
his new steam launch John r. Thomas. They
left the city about $3.50 pm. and steamed down
as far as Marshall Hall, where they had supper,
were photographed and enjoyed the pleasure
OF 9Th the rfS resort: The party consisted Of
Slater, Katherine Kelly, Flora Hull, Anna
Laise, Katherine and Mabel Stickney, Lie Mar
stras and NJ. buckingham Messrs. Nc Borgess.,
Frank Swartwout. Harry S. Aver. F. H. Boyd,
samuel II. Smith, Emmitt Showalter, NJ. NJ.
Shand and W. W. Everett.
Among the guests at ''Windsor Sulphur
Springs" New Windsor, Nd, are Miss F.. A.
Doughty and Capt and Mrs. Burton Ross and
child OF this city. Friday night the halls and
parlors were filled with large company from
Baltimore. Washington, Westminster and Car
roll county.
DR.. and Mrs. W. E. Shaffer, accompanied by
Mrs. r. c. Fisher, have been to Atlantic City
for the last ten days. DR.. Fisher spent Sunday
with them at the shore.
Mrs. Nathaniel Robbins Of Iowa circle, who
left for Iowa early in May. is still in the west,
where she will remain until the autumn.
Mrs. W. s. Thompson and family are at
Asbury Park for the season. Mr. W. 8.
thompson, ,jr., and wife left yesterday for
Oakland, Md.
Mr.. Charles N. Saxton Of the census office has
gone for months vacation to his former
home, Chautauqua Lake, NY.
Miss Mamie Millrick of 22l F street north
west has gone to Atlantic City, where she will
spend the month Of August
MIR. JEFF Hofheimer, city councilman Of Nor
folk, is on a visit here to his brother-in law,
Mr.. /. Cans. He will remain here few DAYS
and Saturday take one of the German line
steamers for Europe. His friends have ar
tomorrow and a reception at his sisters house
Wednesday night
Mrs. II. H. Gilfry and children, Mrs. Mac
Cormac Of Portland, Oregon. and Mrs. Chas.
L. Waters of Rhode Island have gone to the
mountains of western Maryland, near Hagers-
town, to spend a few weeks of the heated term.
Mrs. N. R. Malone of Baltimore, Nd, is visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. G. n. Harris, 1922 9th
street northwest.
Miss Cora Boyd will go this evening to Wat
kins, n. Y, where she will spend some weeks at
the home OF her cousin, Miss Hebe Hurd. She
will be Joined by her mother, Mrs. John Boyd,
who has been sojournlng in that section of the
state for the past few weeks.
Mrs. James B. Austin Of street and her
daughter Miss Hattie, have gone on visit to Can
ada, via Watkins Glen and Niagara. They will
spend some time travelling through Canada
before their return to Washington.
Miss Emma b. Moses has gone to Cape Nav
Point for the summer.
MISS Johns is one OF party OF young ladies
being chaperoned at Cape May by Mrs B. K
Jamison.
Mr.. Charles Mattingly with his wife and Miss
Mattingly is at the Windsor, Cape May.
Ex-senator Williams Of California is one of
the American colony at Hamburg.
Mrs. Phelps, the wife of the American minis
ter to Germany, and Mrs. Wanamaker, wife of
the Postmaster General, are taking the waters
Of Carlsbad.
Russian Minister Strive is at Carlsbad
DR.. Ruth is very ill at Pups Hotel, Carls-
bad.
Mr.. E. F. Andrews, the artist, Miss Mary
Clagett, Senator Mcmillan and Miss Mcmillan.
Maj. Bell and Pay Inspector Hay are Americans
whose faces Washingtonians have recently
recognized at Carlsbad.
NJ. Claretie, the director Of the Theater
Franchise of Paris. has invited Mrs. Mckee and
Mrs. Russell Harrison to visit interesting parts
OF his playhouse not open to the general
public.
THE NEW BATHING BEACH.
The Commissioners Not Satisfied With the
Work of the Contractor.
The Commissioners are evidently not satisfied
with the progress Of the work on the new free
bathing beach. They have issnad n, ordo. o.