Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
A London Season and the Stars and
Stripes.
MISS MARION CLEVELAND SOUNDS WELL
The Romantic Marriage Of Miss
johnson and Mr.. Brown.
OTHER GOSSIP NOTES

have the profound conviction that they are
making all the good times themselves, but
the fact remains that Of the season just
closed the stars and stripes exerted the
widest hospitality and was much in evil
dence every whore. OF course. as these
pleasure hunters cannot be in two places at
once. it follows that the months of gay
London season are dreadfully dull at home.
Things are beginning to pick up at New
port, though. The Astors and Vanderbilts
are not creating any more stir than the
Brlces. so 1t would seem that Washington
can claim considerable Of the attendant
eclat. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt are only now learning to ride
the wheel, feature Of a Newport educa-
ton last summer which they missed by
their absence. Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt will make their early days at
the Breakers memorable by a series of
dinners. receptions and balls Even fine
folk can be excused from curiosity to see
the inside OF this palace on the cliffs. The
decoration Of the banqueting hall is said to
have cost s250.OOO. The onyx pillars rise to
the roof, more than seventy feet. The
house cost 100000, exclusive Of the decora-
ton.
1t is said the warmest sponsors of the
Brices In their reception by the ultra fash
lonable set at Newport have been the
Astors and Goelets.
matrimonial tendencies, which is rather
ootnersome at the early part of the season.
Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt is kept busy denying
the engagement of her daughter to the
Duke of Marlborough, who is to come over
this summer, If all reports are true. If the
youthful duke Is a nice fellow, 1t will be in
the natural order of things good mar
riage for Mr.. W. K. Vanderbilt's daughter.
Marlborough is fond of Americans, and he
ought to be. since it was the American dol
lars OF his step-mother. Duchess of Marl-
borough. widow. now Lady Beresford Ham,
mersley of New York, which made his
t-n1 ho,-.
Miss Virginia Fair, daughter of the late
Senator Fair, who has established a repu-
tation for great shrewdness in taking care
Of her large fortune, is also reported as
engaged to son of a wealthy and power
full United States Senator, who is now at
Newport; but who this Interesting youth
may be Is left to conjecture. Miss Morton.
daughter Of Gov. Morton. has declined the
New Yorker, WHO felt his rejection so Keen
ly that he has taken no pains to hide it.
1t appears that, fearful of the result, the
would-be sutton frst asked her father to
intercede for him, but the governor at once
said his daughter must decide for herself,
which she seems to. have done in pretty
quick order. g.
Mrs. Cleveland has chosen name for
the baby and now. Marion is queen of
the bay. The fair: wife of President Cleve-
land, the President himself and a company
of their closest friends along the Buzzard's
Bay shore celebrated two events yesterday.
These were the naming of the baby and
the first reception held by the mother since
ago. I'i' i
There were present the several members
Of the family of 4. Clark Davis, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Ham
lin and the Misses Hamiin from Marion.
Mrs. Olney and the members of the Jeffer-
son family, After the informal ceremony
at Gray Gables Of giving the little one the
altogether pleasing name of Marion Cleve-
afternOOn
brief but none the less hearty congratula-
ton the party from Marion. the west shore
resort across the bay, departed for home,
Every one was enthusiastic over the
name selected by Mrs. Cleveland for her
little third born. One recalled that Marion
was where Mrs. Cleveland first came to
southeastern Massachusetts blushing
bride eight or nine years ago, to be the
guest for brief period of Mrs. Greedy.
the wife Of the then chief of the govern
ment signal service.
Mrs. Cleveland then gave the quaint sea
port town a boom as a fashionable seaside
resort When Marion was made a town.
ship by separation. from the parent town
of Rochester, which away back embraced
Marion, Mattapoisett, Wareham and Roch-
ester, the name was taken chiefly because
1t sounded pretty. That and Its most pleas
ant personal association determined Mrs
Cleveland to accept the suggestion of a
friend that the name be given to the little
stranger that has come to be a playmate
for Ruth and Esther.
At the time of the bi-centennal of the
mother town and her offspring. held at
offered by a son Of the old town. now
Wareham, which has become the one po-
etc recollection of this great day in local
annals. 1t was recalled. as pertinent
to the naming of the baby of the President.
as it was uttered by Hon. Gerard c. Tobey
at that time. His toast was: Now comes
Marion, fair nymph of the sea, bowling to
us out of the deep waters today, young ana
tIa inxy Of ha
of the water, and the sweetest Of all young
est daughters.
The Marionettes have long insisted that
Mrs Cleveland has ever remained true to
her first love. and that the advantage of
their town has never been lessened In her
mind as the one place altogether lovely IN
all Massachusetts. Now they are certain
that their insistence was well grounded
The mobility door," as the new entrance
to the blue room at the White House has
already been named, Is rapidly being I'm
ished. Making the cut disclosed the fact
that the partition walls in the old mansion
are at this point over two feet thick and
of such solid description that some idea OF
the substantial construction of the entire
building can be cleaned. The outer walls
are nearer four feet thick, and the comfort
this knowledge gives to any one attending
grand winter crush is consoling. The
care which has been taken to substitute
iron for wooden Orders new lumber for
old gradually throughout the whole house
are Other comforting TeueCllOuS Ol Tic
same line The ceiling of the little recep-
ton room at the right of the vestibule IS
now crossed by three iron girders, made
necessary to support the extra weight put
upon the floor above in the heavy bath
room fixtures several years ago. No other
changes or repairs, paless a touch of paint
here and there upstairs, are contemplated
this summer. The work in the blue room
will soon be finished and its usual appoint
ments put back In order. The mobility
door, has created quite as much interest
as the brass gate offs the blue room did a
few years ago. sThat was move in the
right direction, 'fbut cutting open another
door will be positive, boon to the special
guests invited to receive with the Presi-
dents family ON state occasions. Particu-
larry will it be welcomed by the members
of the diplomatic corps. who will thereby
be able after participating in the recep-
ton, to get their wraps and withdraw
from the gay scene by the back portico,
without having to fight their way, as has
been so long the case. across the incoming
line of guests ia the corridor.
Miss Morton returned from her visit to
Massachusetts last week. and will not go
west until after the return of Secretary
Morton from his pleasure trip.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle had Secre-
tary Olney to dine with them last night.
Mr.. w. K Carlisle, who is on a visit to his
parents, had a fall from his bicycle yester-
day out at the Soldiers Home, but fortu-
xry:f