Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-16
SOCIAL MATTERS.

Miss Eva Russell of Georgetown Heights left
yesterday for Old Point.
! Miss Aquilla windom and Miss Mary De Sales
Hardy of Forest Glen are at Colonial Beach.
Miss Nettie Topping of Bridge Hampton.
Long Island, returned with her cousin, Miss
Mar Halsey, ard is now visiting her at her
home on Sd street northwest.
/ Mrs. Henry B. Nailor and daughter are visit
ing Mrs. Henry Gensler at Colonial Beach.
/ Miss Mollie J. Britain and Master Eddie s.
Britain, who have been at st. Georges Island
since July, have returned to their home, 1907 T
street northwest.
! Miss i. Maud Newman Of II street northwest
has gone TO Pennsylvania on q short visit.
Miss Laura Treutlen of 1909 18th street
northwest has returned from long visit in the
south.
! Miss Anna Bush of tho land Office is visiting
her home at Richfeld Spring. n. Y.
Mr.. James Boykin of the bureau Of educa-
ton has gone TO the south for = two weeks
stny.
Mr.. Robert Beall is guest at the Kenilworth
Inn, Atlantic City.
| Miss Clayton and Miss sharretts will spend
the months of August and September az the
guests OF Mr.. Grayson Sharretts Of Baltimore
at his cottage on ChincOteague Island.
! Mrs. NJ. i. Jones and Miss Katie Jones are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Barrack, Cherry Hill, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Pearson are at Rock
land. Me.
Mrs. Richard H. Frere and baby leave today
for Berkeley Springs, as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Elias Rockwell. They will return about the
latter part of September or the LIST Of October.
Miss Ella Sweeney of Capitol Hill is spending
the month of August with friends in Win
chester.
] AL @1,a .r.1y H. al
to their friends on Thursdays at their country
seat. Fairview, in Howard county, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p West and child have
gone to st. Georges Island Md.
! Among the Washington guests at the Hotel
Royal, Atlantic City, are Mr.. and Mrs. Camp
! bell Darlington, Mr.. Fred Gushing, r. NJ.
Breitbarth, Mr.. Gus Brill. Mrs. A. b. Hazen
and niece. John L. Vogt and family and VIM.
Helmus and family.
The following extract from the letter OF the
! Vienna correspondent of the Paris New York
/ Herald of August furnishes some particulars
OF the death from perItonitis of Mrs. John J,
Chew, which win be of painful interest to the
| large circle Of her friends in this city: Mr..
! Chew. who was at his post during the absence
/ of Col. Grant, who is now at Brussels, was sur
prised one day last week ut receiving q letter
/ FROM Mrs. Chews maid TO the effect that her
/ mistress was i'll, but that there was no immedi-
ate danger. and that il she became worse the
maid would send n telegram. The wire came
that night and Mr. Chew left for Marienbad,
! where his wife Quietly passed away two days
/ later. She remained conscious until the end
meeting death with bravery the sterner. sex
| might envy. and calmly discussing with Mr..
| Chew the arrangements to be made with regard
to their two little girls sbout to become mother
| less. Mrs. Chews body is in the receiving
! vault at Marienbad, Her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coffey Of Washington, are on the
ocean and will arrive at Southampton today or
tomorrow. /; is likely that Mrs. Chew will be
j buried in Washington" Mr.. and Mrs. Coffey
sailed from New York July 10 to spend the sum-
mer with their daughter and grandchildren.
| When they landed at Bremen, where they were
expecting letter from her to tell them where
| to go to meet her. they received instead a let
| ter from Mr.. Chew announcing her death from
peritonitis. So far they knew when they sailed
she was in perfect health.
| Mrs. G. I. Jones is summering in the Blue
Ridge mountains Of Virginia.
| DIR. d. S. Lamb and family are in Loudoun
county, Va.
| Mr.. Harry G. Conn Of the patent office has
returned from q two weeks tour through the
| southern states.
Mrs. s. j. May. accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Esther V. May. have gone to
| the mountains of Virginia
Mrs. F. n. Webber and family from the west
hlc Ner hrb. NORMAN Il,
| at Takoma Park and expect TO remain there IN
til after the encampment.
Mrs. Sanford b. Woodward left yesterday FOR
a few weeks stay at Atlantic City. She will
visit Saratoga and other resorts before return
ing home.
| Mrs. l. A. Hartman, and daughter Of
! 1924 r street northwest. accompanied by Mrs.
William Graham Of st. Louis, are spending the
summer at Rock Enon Springs.
/ Mr.. d. b. Macleod and Mr.. G. E. d. Roll
ings of st. Paul's choir are summering at Point
Lookout Chesapeake bay.
/ Miss Flora Cook, daughter Of Mr. j. J. Cook,
chief clerk of the ordnance department, is at
Clarkville, Nd, visiting Mss Maude Dorsey.
! Mrs. Dan. Curry has gone to Paris, Va, for
/ two weeks.
Mrs. .. S. Ferry, who has been visiting Rock
Vile. has gone to Pigeon Cove, Mass, for Q few
weeks.
MIR. J. H. Bogsis will go to Eggbornsville.
Va, to stay until September /.
Mrs. Edgar Hodge has gone to Mountain Lake
/ Park, Nd, for a month.
! Mr.. W. C. Hill has gone to New London,
Conn, for a month.
/ Mrs. J. R. Wilmer viii spend two we eks at
White Plains, I'D.
Mrs. ". F. Holtzman has returned from At
lantic City.
Mrs. Lucy Brown is at Cherlestown, W. Va,
/ for two weeks
! DR.. W. o. Alexander has gone TO Hampton,
Va. until September /.
| Mr.. b. p. Lamberton is at Carlisle Pa.
| Mr.. Q. A. Pearson has gone to Salem, Mass,
/ for week or two.
! DIR. s. c. Mason will spend q month at CO.
lonisl Beach.
Miss ". G. Davis has gone to Atlantic City.
Mr.. Z. b. Cottrell is at Port Cockburn, Mus
koka, Canada.
Dir. John I. Doran is at Coyington, Va.
Miss Emily Jarvis has gone to Fort Pendle-
ton. ". Va. for a week.
Mrs. II. A. Merrill will spend two weeks at
Ha.per's Ferry.
Miss NJ. Moron has gone to Rehoboth for
three weeks.
G. II. Demonet, accompanied by his mother
and nephew. Charles Ii. Demonet, have gone on
az unlimited tour through Canada.
Mrs. Emanuel q. Minich of SIS L street, &C.
companied by her daughter, Mrs. G. R. Ieck-
ron, left today to visit some Of her relatives in
Penn, lyania.
Miss Hepburn, Miss Daisy Hepburn and Miss
Wolsey of Capitol Hill, and Miss Geneva DiehI
of the West End will leave this evening for