Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-23
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Brides and Grooms Are Plentiful q Autumn
Leaves.
Double Wedding and Several
Others to Occur Tonisht-Per.
0O1al Mention.


There will be double wedding tonight at
Calvary Baptist Sunday school house. Miss
Lillian Slater and Mr.. Ernest Holden of
Orlando, Fla, and Miss Bessie Slater and
DR.. F. A. Swartwout will be the high con-
tracing parties. The brides are sisters
and the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. s. w.
Slater of 1873 M street. Mr.. E. r. Hunting
will be best .man for the first couple, and
Miss Mamie Paxton maid Of honor. DR..
e. 8. Lothrop will attend DR.. Swartwout
and Mss Hattie Swartwout will be the
maid of honor to the second bride. The
ushers will be Messrs. Holt, 8. T. Smith,
L. D. Bliss and W. G. Steward. Rev. s. F.
Greene and DR.. Domer will be the Off
ciatng clergymen. The reception which
will follow will be for the relatives Of the
two couples. Mr.. and Mrs. Holden are to
live in Florida, and DR.. Swartwout and
his bride, after their wedding trip. are to
live at 200 9th street southwest.
Miss Mary Stevens. daughter Of Mrs
Louis W. Sensabaugh. and Mr.. Owen Love
Joy ingalls, will be married this evening at
Johnston officiating. Mr.. r. A. Philips will
be best man, and the brides cousins. the
Misses Stevens of st. Augustine, Fla, and
Miss Lille Stevens of Columbus, will be
honor. They will wear brocaded silks and
on the brides superb white silk gown will
be her grandmother's lace hounces and her
bridal wreath and veil Only the relatives
will witness the ceremony, but a large re-
ception will follow before the couple leave
on their wedding trip.
Mrs. Fox has returned tn her residence
on NJ street and Mr.. anc Mrs. Aristide
Preston will spend the winter with her.
They are now here.
1jzzia Sherman from NeU
York a few days ago and is now estab-
lished for the winter in her apartments at
the Portland. Mr.. William Tecumseh Sher-
man, the youngest son of General Sher-
man, will soon be heard from in the politi-
cal field. ell Is now Dracticing law in New
York city.
Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs.
Van Wyck in the severe Illness which
again threatens the life of ex-senator Van
Wyck. The family returned to the Port
land a short time ago and had anticipated
the pleasures of the winter here where Mr.
Van Wyck always seemed to improve, and
where they had so i,.any friends and diver
sions to attract them.
Mr.. B. H. Warmers family will not leave
their country home at Kensington. Nd,
until November I.
Ex-Gov. Shepherd and family sailed Sat-
urday last from Europe and will be here
next week, where they will spend the win
ter. Whether they will live at a hotel or
keep house is as yet undecided.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. Gorham and family
are back again at their @ street residence,
having as usual spent the summer north,
with two months stay at Pittsfeld.
Mass. Mr.. GOrham keeps busily engaged
the whole year round with his literary
work, his wide experience and acquaintance
with public men making his historical
writings Of the lives of some of the famous
personages of war times records of events
of which he had personal and most valu-
able knowledge.
Mr.. M. NJ Parker and family are again
comfortably installed in their Vermont
avenue home. Part Of the summer they
spent in New England visiting the scenes
of Mr.. Parker's boyhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. H. Painter divided the
summer between this city and their Long
Branch home, to which they are devoted
Miss Painter is among the most expert of
the riders of the wheel and takes the great
est pleasure in it.
Mr.. +. A. Richardson is back from At
lanta. where he remained almost a month.
attending the exposition. and the result of
fis study of the cotton states show
was embodied in a series of letters to the
Baltimore Sun. which gave a graphic pic
ture of the condition of the new south as
eXemplified by it's exhibits.
Mrs. and Miss Dolph are now in London
and will probably spend this winter abroad
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Nixon will spend
the winter at the Concord. They have been
D y,
their arrival here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Foster are back
from a western trip, which included Mime
arolis and Chicago, before going to Evans
vile, Ind, their former home.
Mrs. Hazen is in New York with her son,
VINO has not been In good health lately.
Mrs. Logan will be at home tomorrow
afternoon. She sails November 8, and her
anticipalions alone of the winters travels,
especially through Italy and the Holy Land,
| make most interesting story. After Mrs
fuckers return from Atlanta she will go
| back to St Paul, Mimi. for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. David Barry have gone to
Detroit for their annual visit to relatives.
Gen. and Mrs. Casey are home again at
their K street house and both in good
health after their summer travels.
Mrsand Miss Mcpherson, wife and daugh-
ter of ex-senator Mcpherson, are back from
Europe, where they had delightful sum-
mer. They are at their Vermont avenue
house for the winter. Miss Mcpherson. who
was among the first to learn to ride wheel
after her return from Europe last year, is
| row enjoying the sport to the utmost.
Miss Susie Watkins has returned from
New York. having spent a pleasant sum
mer at Narragansett Pier. Newport and
other points north
Mrs. Anderson, widow of General Robert
Anderson, has returned to the city, and is
| now settled with her daughters at her new
home, 1927 10th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel T. Williams of New
York are stopping for a week at the Graf
ton.
Gen., Mrs. and Miss Hazen have left Ia
koma Hotel and are at 922 NJ street for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Larner have returned
to the city, after a prolonged absence.
Mr.. r. p. Warner has gone to Ohio, to
be absent month or more. He will re-
turn accompanied by Mr. Howard G. WI
mans. formerly of this city, but now of
Cleveland.