The Washington times., 1895-06-04
mrs. CLEVELAND READY
She and Mrs. Olney Will Leave for the
North Tomorrow
Impending Marriageof Miss Elizabeth
Randolph Keim and Lieut.. Kurtz.
Garden Party for Hospital.

| at their lovely place at that resort On
account OF the pressure of important work
| just at this time the President will be
unable to accompany his family ON Wednes-
! day, but will join them i'll ten days.
Mrs. Cleveland will make the trip in a
| special car over the Pennsylvania route
and viii be accompanied, in addition to
her children and maids, by Mrs Olney,
who goes North at this time to spend the
summer at Falmouth. Mass The Attor-
ney General will not be able to join his
family at that place until week or ten
days hence.
Since last season there have been many
improvements made about the Presidents
| summer home at Buzzards Bay, both in
| side the house and in the grounds.
Tho Presidents steward has already
| gone to Gray Gables, taking with him
| the horses, carriages, and servants in
advance OF the arrival of Mrs. Cleveland.
The new woman In France is coming more
decidedly to the fore than in any other
country of the globe up TO date. Even in
the most exclusive ranks of fashionable
| life the new woman is not to be exempt
| In this respect. new and hitherto al
! together undreamed-of field of usefulness
has been opened up to the women of France
| the only drawback being that whether or not
/ Ii is desired the new woman Will be called
upon TO fulfill the mission of life as the
male members of the government see ii.
This sphere OF usefulness is none other
/ than having the women of France, ire
spective of their social status or wealth
| regularly drafted into the army. A
share of the duties of the state will thus
| have TO be borne by the women This, at
| least, is the way ia which the government
| is at present inclined to view the matter.
IT must not be supposed that the French
| nation is inclined tn lead the world OF
| to-day i'll assigning 30 women place in the
rank and file OF the army upon the battle
field. The drafting of the women is for
the purpose of having them trained in the
duties OF hospital service in cases of neces-
sity and thus allow the men. at present as
signed to this duty, tn become available for
! fighting purposes on the field. Then women
are also to be used for taking charge of
| the military post-offiees and telegraph
stations The hospital nurses viii be
selected from those having the strongest
| physique.
The women of title the heiresses and the
paupers viii be treated alike in this matter
OF drafting, the law being no respecter OF
| social status, and in consequence OF this
fact there is throughout France most
| strenuous opposition TO its being carried
! into effect
shall in future register at the local marie i,
just in the same manner that male re-
cruit is required to do. Those drawing
| the unucky numbers are then to be put
| through a course of instruction, after un-
dergoing the necessary physical examination
for their fit ness for the duties TO be
assig ned them.
One of the most powerful arguments raised
against this plan of drafting the women OF
| France is that il Will have a very decided
| tendency to decrease the number of mar
riages and this, as an the world knows,
is against the fundamental principles or the
! French nation.
Mrs John Jacob Astor is oneof the lead
ing splits in an enterprise to have a
bicycle flower parade. The route to be
taken by the eyciers is along the fashion
able precincts of the handsome homes
along the Hudson. The exact date of the
proposed parade has not yet been settled
upon but it is understood that IL viii
be early in the present month before society
scatters for the summer among the sea
shore and mountain resorts. Mrs. Astor
is devoted to all out-of-door sports and
last summer made quite record in sailing
a catboat at Newport, where her victories
at numerous races were quite the talk OF
the season.
A meeting of the Georgetown Ladies
Society endowment fund-Home for In
curables-win be held Saturday, June
s, at 1890 a. m, at the residence of Mrs.
Matthews, No. 1903 Thirtieth street.
This Will be an important business meet
ing.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth andolph
Keim, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. De B.
Randolph Keim to Lieut.. Charles W. Kurtz,
U. S. a, will take place ON the 25th inst
at Christ Cathedral. Reading, Penn.
Miss Harriette Keim, sister of the
bride elect, will be maid of honor. The
bridesmaids viii be Miss Bessie d. Green.
of Reading Penn; Miss Alice Finkell, of
Washington; Miss Ella r Peacock. of
Chicago, and Miss Anna keim Mulholland
of Cumberland. Md. Lieut.. Andrews, q.
A., will be the best man, and the ushers
will be Lieuts NJ. Walker. Jay Morrow
Johnso nand George Howell, q. S. A. Lieut..
KurtZ and his bride will spend the summer
abroad, sailing for Europe on the Sd oi
July.
The marriage of Miss Ethel Purcell,
daughter of Mrs. James j. Purcell, to
Mr.. Walter Stilson Hutchins, will take
place at noon on the 18th inst, at ST. Mich
ael's and All Angels.
Mr.. and Mrs John Reiplinger. of No
316 Elm street. left washington yesterday
for Richmond to spend the summer with
Mrs ReipInger's family. The summer
tour will include visits to Old Point and
Virginia Beach.
The ladies of the National Homeopathic
Hospital viii give a garden party at
Chevy Chase Inn on Friday evening, the
-th instant. Tickets for the entertainment
will be sold for 80 cents, which Will in
clude the car fare to and from the Inn and
dancing privileges at the fete.
The la dies of the reception committee will
5e Mrs Francis Cotton. Mrs. Seaton Perry,
Mrs. DalZell, Mrs. German, Mrs wilkins,
Mrs Gardner, and Mrs. Willard Warner.
The British Ambassador, accompanied
BY Lady Pauncefote and the Misses
Pauncefote, will sail Tomorrow by the
ST. Louis to spend the summer in Europe.
They will go first to their town house in
London.
Mrs. and Miss Mcpherson, wife and
daughter of ex-senator Mcpherson, will
sail for Europe in a few days to spend the
summer abroad.
The marriage of Mr.. Crittenden Mar
riott, of this city, to Miss Swope, OF Louis
willie, will take place in the latter city ol
the 18th instant. Immediately after tn
marriage Mr.. Crittenden will bring hi.
bride to this city.
Mr.. Spring Rice, of the British embassy
will sail July for his new post of duty.
Miss Marie Schiller became Mrs. DR.
W. H. Vandenburg yesterday Afternoon
at her parents residnece on Sixteenth
street. The ceremony was performed b
Bishop Hurst in the presence of only tn
immediate relatives of the family. Th
bride wore pretty gown Of white Swis
and carried an exquisite bunch Of roses.