Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
President and Mrs. Cleveland Will
Close Gray Gables Next Week.
some SAY GAY, OTHERS EAT-NAY
The Chysanthemum is Here and
so Are the Wedding Cards.
A BUNCH OF WEDDINGS

PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland changed
their minds about coming home this week.
but are pretty sure to have closed the doors
Of Gray Gables after them for the last time
this year before another Saturday comes
around. They will loiter a little on the
way down, however. for the section they
are leaving grows moro beautiful every
day in its autumn glory. and It seems
pity to leave 1t just when Il Is most at
tractive. And Esther has learned to walk
there too.
Social leaders differ as to the prospects
of the coming season at the capital Some
predict gayety, because they are feeling
pretty good themselves, and others say
that the pace is not likely to be much more
rapid than last winter, and perhaps, nor
ror OF horrors! even duller. The croakers
are, however. in the minority. and prooa-
bilities are that the weeks from December
1 till the end OF February viii average
about the same as usual Lent VIII COME
about three weeks later than last winter,
so there Will be time Tor all and TO spare.
In New York the season Will open wlth
the horse show, November Land the opera
is announced for week laler, an ,,,'e
portant here to the movers In the inner
circle of The l5o, who would not oe causht
doing anything in the entertaining line
until the ball opens in the great metropolis.
But even without such suspicious begin
niugs as these events would be. had We
them neare home. there are many other
happenings on the taps, which VIII De
sufficient to put US all on company 'front.'
one does not hear so much OF hard tunes
as last winter. for while many homes IN
timately associated with the smart set are
either for rent or for sale, there mas peeh
enough rebound of coin back TO pocketboohs
which had not known any scarcity TIL last
year to cause the sanguine predictions OF
the coming good cheer and extensive nos
FATALITIES. But while there may be some
difference of opinion as to future events
there is a general pleasure expressed In the
beautiful comfortable and lazy dullness
prevailing now. There has been plenty go
ing at the theaters. with an occasional con-
cert, SO that chances for evening outings
have been abundant. There Is the tolliest
kind of informal visiting going on, and, IL
the truth must be told, all society but the
dancing branch only think Of the coming
winter as a time when they must crowd
each day and night full of exacting duty,
masquerading under the name Of pleasure.
The only festivities which are really
festive at this time Of the year. when the
feminine mind has 50 many household
problems to wrestle with, are weddings. As
a spectacle a nuptial gathering holds pre-
eminence. no matter what other attrac-
tons the gods may provide. The chrys-
anthemum Is on time to contribute Its
beauty to these occasions, and will be prob
ably more admired this fall than ever. The
number Of weddings here last week seemed
large, and those announced for the coming
Wednesday would make IL difficult to choose
which one to attend. but, take II all in all,
the whole October list has not been up to
the average by any means The movers In
the smart set, and calling them smart
means something. too. prefer November to
this month. and some dates yet TO be an
nounced will get the happy principals I'm
New York for thanksgiving.
The invitations for the marriage ceremony
and reception of Miss Matte Thompson
and Mr.. William Leonard Davis have been
sent out in the name of the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Carlisle. The cere-
mony will take place at their residence at
noon on Wednesday, October 81. and the
reception will follow, from go until 3
O'Clock. The number OF invitations for the
ceremony are necessarily limited, but for
the reception they are more general al
though the major portion naturally have
been sent by the bride-elect to her friends
all over the country.
The invitation list from tie groom by the
way, has accomplished a lengthy Journey
having been sent by Mr.. Davis from Colo
rado to Germany, and from there to Paris
following Miss Thompson, who then sent n
here with her own list, for the cards TO be
distributed. Miss Thompson is expected In
New York tomorrow from Europe and will
at once come on here ana be the guest OF
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle until her we'd
ding day.
The Washington Club is fast assuming
the atmosphere OF comfort and ease with
WHICH NRto uIuSS COI-lDllteo ropes to
round every nook and corner OF it, The bill
lard table is In place, most OF the rooms
are cafpeted and furnished, the library Is
receiving its treasures. and from threshold
10 atuc good housekeeping shows very
plainly. The club stih congregates at the
old rooms, although pretty much every
member now in town has taken the op-
portunity to look over the new house The
formal opening will not, as already stated
in these columns occur next month, and by
that time the house will be perfect in every
detail. Mrs. William Earle has taken pos
session Of her apartments in the upper part
of the house. and has Miss Vote
street on the club square has changed con-
siderably during the past summer, not only
as far as the ownership and occupancy OF
the houses are concerned. but as well in the
transformations wrought In the separate es-
Establishments. The mansion bough, and
soon to be occupied. by Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston. at the corner of 18th and
streets. Is turned from the long familiar red
brick into the more pleasing colonial archi-
lecture. A driveway leads UP to the wide
old-fashioned entrance. and the buzz walls
relieved by the dark green shutters brighten
up the whole Of that end of the street It's
interior arrangement will be even more in
teresting, as Mrs Johnston has the fine old
furniture, which will exactly suit her house
stored in Baltimore from her last residence
there. She will be domiciled in her new
home within a few weeks. On the other
side Of the street Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold
Hague are preparing to move into their re-
cent purchase, the Bugher house, which was
generally considered to be about perfection
In the way of elegant homes during the
residence there Of It's first owner The
houses close to the Washington Club have
all been newly done up and look more i'm
posing than ever Next door to the Uni
versity Club 1907 street is being prepared
for the occupancy of Mrs. Stanley Mat
thew3, and very cczy and elegant IL will be
few weeks bence. when, after getting rid
of the last artisan. she will be able to take
possession herself.
Mr.. and Mrs John B. Thomas have issued
invitations for the marriage Of their daugh-
ter, Agner Warren, to Mr.. Horace l.. Reall
at the West Street Presbyterian Church,
Georgetown. Tuesday. November 80. at 1880
pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll Bailey have
invited their friends to the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Laura Davis. and Mr.
j. Miller Kenyon. Wednesday, October "a,
at noon, in ST. Johns Church, Georgetown
Miss Jessie Elizabeth Bryant and Mr.
Harry Colfax Grove will be married on