Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-23
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Baby Show Now Delights London
Society.
Amusements mt Home and Abroad of
Well Known People
Notes.

The blase English aristocracy are now
enjoying a sensation pretty well played out
| in this country. They are organizing baby
shows in which the entries are limited to
infants Of noble blood. The little lords and
| ladies are appraised carefully by weight,
size. number, teeth and beauty. A most
successful aristocratic baby show was held
last week in a London drawing room. The
fashionable world thronged the house, and
the only drawback was the absence of his
royal highness, Prince Edward, from the
exhibits. The first prize for weight and
general excellence, for babies under one
year, was awarded to Dermot Browne the
son of Lord Castlerosse, who, although but
eleven months old, weighed thirty-three
pounds. The prize for babies over one year
was awarded to Angela Mildred Barring.
the daughter of Lord and Lady Ashburton,
who is eighteen months old and weighed
twenty-e:ght pounds and had fourteen
teeth. 1t reads like wavelet from Asbury
Park only for the titles.
The Venezuelan minister. Mr.. Andrade,
with his sons and daughters. are at Deer
Park for the summer.
Narragansett Pier has Washington con-
tingent of fair summer visitors who battle
and bike from the rising of the sun until
the going down of the same. There are
said to be plenty Of men there, but they are
mostly old, and, while they are better than
none, are nevertheless not to be considered
in the list of availables or eligibles.
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wilson of 316 B street
southeast will be at home to their friends
tomorrow evening, from to 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Edward D. Easton and Miss Hattie
NJ Easton will sail Saturday next for a
short European tour. Mrs. Easton and the
younger children remain in their Ocean
Grove cottage.
Mrs. H. o. Hall and her daughter, Ethel
wyn B. Hall, are in Atlantic City, where
they expect to remain until September, in
the hopes that Mrs. Hall will recover her
health. Mr.. Hall, who accompanied them,
will return early in August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Brice Brown and
son have gone to the mountains of Virginia.
Mr.. Brown will return in a week, and Mrs.
Brown and son about the 1st of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Winner and
daughters will spend the remainder of the
summer ut jamestown, r. 1.
The Misses Dunn of sos 9th street have
gone to Warrenton, Va, for the summer
Mrs. VIM. O'Dornell and the Misses
O'Donnell. Mrs. T. A. Duffy and daughters
have gone to Berkeley Springs for the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Sam. Fischer and children have gone
to Mt. Edgecomb, Loudoun county, Va, for
the summer.
United States Fish Commissioner and Mrs.
Mcdonald left for the Adirondacks last
Saturday.
The Misses Curtis, Smith and Nelson of
Capitol Hill have gone TO Piney Point for
| the summer.
pleasant sequel to the recent Y. P. 8.
c. E. convention at Boston was the sur
prise reception rendered by the society of
the Church of the Covenant to its delegate,
Miss Richardson, last evening at her resi-
dence. 1O11 o street northwest. Singing,
games and cool refreshments were enjoyed
by the following guests: DR.. J, A Mclean.
D1,,1 nj
Rosa Snyder, Miss Blanche Perry, Miss An
ME L. Gibbs NJ. G. O'Brien. G. A. LeDuc.
Miss Ellen McLay, z. NJ. Dutton, H. NJ.
LeDuc. Gay N. Freeman, Miss Edith Le-
Due, Miss Josephine Simpson. NJ. c. Kirk
er, Miss Mary H. Hogan, A. NJ. Dutton, ].
H. Lichliter, Miss Edith NJ. Smith. Miss
Ethel Patterson Wright, VIM. A. Dutton,
Miss Mabel LeDuc, Philander Belts. Lille
A. Gregory, r. I. Elliot, Norman E. Web
ster, jr.. Miss Gertrude Perry. Miss Eliza
Brice Wright Miss Bessie Helen Burche,
Miss Marion LeDuc, A. Watkins and Miss
Bessie S. Tyler.
The marriage Of Miss Lillian E. Smith to
Mr.. John Frank. will be solemnized at the
home of the brides parents, 600 South
Washington street. Alexandria, Va, Thurs
day, July 25 at $50 pm. After the cere-
mony the couple will leave on the Norfolk
steamer for Wilmington, N. c., where Mr..
Frank is engaged in business.
Mrs. Edward G. Niles and Mrs. Thomas
N. Conrad left the city today for visit
or two weeks to capt. IhomaS N. Conrad'S
country home, at Neabsco, Va.
Mrs. Jos. Specht and Miss Specht of Gun
ston Hall, Va, with Mrs. Morrey and sen
of St. Louis, Mo-. are at Round Hill, Va.
Mrs. F. H. Baden. Mrs. Guy Carlton and
daughter, Miss Anna Mitchell and Miss
Francis Baden are expected home the last
of the week from Atlantic City, where they
have been spending this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Williams and son
Willie of L street northwest are at Robert
Hoy's farm, near Potomac City, Montgom-
cry county, Md, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hey. Mrs. D. Livingstone and daughter,
Miss Minnie Shlomserg. are also the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoy, and expect to remain
all summer.
Prof. ]. D. Gallard and family are spend
ing the summer at 'Ingomar," Berkeley
Springs, w. Va.
A dance was given by Mrs. J. ]. Willett
at her summer home, Banks of the Dee"
Lloyd of Savannah, Ga. Among those
present were Mrs. Lloyd, the Misses Perry,
Hayden and Messrs. Lloyd, Hayden and
Summervlle, Mr.. and Mrs c. c. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCallum, Mr.. and Mrs Mar
tin. Miss Marie L. Grasse, Miss Ada J.
Lynch and Mr.. George Brown and Mr. and
Mrs. Hayden.
Mrs. Eugene P. Jewell and son are at
Farmwell, Va, for the summer
The Misses Florence and Maud Donald
son went last week to Virginia Beach
Mrs Byrd Lewis has gone to Ocean City,
Md.
Mrs. j. L. Dowden and little daughter
Louise are summering at Hamilton, Va,
Mrs. E. K. Chapman and son are spend
ing the summer at Pawtuckett Falls.
Lowell, Mass.
DEATH OF MRS. sEDGLEY.
A We1lknOwn Resident of Washfnx.