Evening star., 1895-06-08
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Welded at Incarnation Church Amid Smil-
ing Friends
Marriage Announcements of the Com
ing Observation-Disclosures Abroad
and at Newport.

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Next week the chances are that they will
be equally numerous. Miss Mary Grant
| Saxton and Mr.. Edward Clarkson Seward
| will be married on Tuesday evening at
| All Souls. On Wednesday evening Miss
| Knorr and MIR. Wonn will be married at
| Gunton Memorial and Miss Brown and Mr..
| James a Hamline After the marriage of
| Miss Myrtle Griffith Hughes and DR.. Will
| son, reception will follow at the brides
| parents residence, 20S 4th street southeast
Wednesdays ships, we'll as today's
| have carried away good many Washing
tonians who will summer in Europe. The
| family of the British ambassador sailed
| Wednesday, as did also Lieut.. Commander
and Mrs. Attwell. Mr. and Mrs. White
! more and Miss Aline Wilcox.
| The Newport colony of Washingtonians
will be an important one socially this sum-
| mer The official headquarters of the Brit
| Bax-Ironside at it's head. The Earl of
| WeStneath, Mr.. Beirne, Mr.. Ford and the
| other members of the embassy will also be
there. while Lord Cough and family will
| be at Beverly Farms.
| At Incarnation Church at noon today
Miss Frances Rcome, daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. William Oscar Roome, was married to
| Mr.. Charles William Powers of Chicago.
| DR.. Townsend ofiiciated, assisted by DR..
| Perry of St. Andrews Church. The ushers
were Messrs w. NJ Harris, Ferdinand
| kimmell, Alfred T. Gage and VIM. Oscar
| Rocme, jr. The brides only attendant was
| her sister, Miss Leila Roome, who was
| daintily gowned in a light flowered silk
| trimmed with white lace, and a chiffon
| bonnet Mr.. Boyle of Bolivar Heights, w.
| Va, was best man. The bride was gowned
! in a travelling dress of novelty cloth, with
| a becoming white chip hat, and carried a
| bouquet of bride roses. No reception fol-
| lowed the ceremony. as the couple took an
| early afternoon train to commence their
bridal tour. They will live in Chicago.
| The marriage of Mss Clara Isabel Wood
| daughter of MIR. II. C. Wood, and MIR. Ben
nett Carroll Sh.pman will be quietly cee-
brated on June II. Only their relatives
| viii be present.
Mr.. Thomas 1. Wright and Miss Nellie
F. H:ghfields of Prince Georges county. Md,
| Were married on June 6. at the residence
| of Mr.. Harry Tracey, ~ and l. streets
| southwest, Mr.. and Mrs. Wright will make
| their home at the residence of Mr.. Fitz-
| hugh, No. $40 Sth street northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase gave a reception
| Thursday night at their beautiful home in
| lexington in honor of their daughter, Mrs
Eugene Parker, who is visiting them. The
roc ms were decorated in pink roses. A
| large number of guests came from Wash
ington. Mrs. Parker. who will be remem-
| bered as Miss Susie Chase, has not visited
| her home before since her marriage, three
Years ago.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. olney
| ton in the way of a new residence than
| they did when .hey took possession of the
| Storer house, 18th and Rhode Island ave-
hue. early in the spring. 1t is SO much
| more conveniently situated than their for
mer home. and SO much better adapted to
| Inc purposes of large entertainment. Mrs.
! Olney is so cordially liked by society gen.
| orally that on every side are heard express
| sions of pleasure and interest in her. That
| she will adorn her new position is a fore
| gone conclusion. for she brings to it not
| only graciousness Of manner that would
| insure success on any lines. but she has
| besides enjoyed valuable experience in the
| past two years which will be of an i'm
mense advantage. Mr.. and Mrs. Olney are
| gifted in that most admirable and delight
| full accomplishment-dinner giving. None
! of the official households have entertained
more frequently and handsomely than they
have, by dinners as well as in other ways.
Mrs. Olney and her daughter, Mrs. Minot,
and her young son are now at their sum-
| mer home at Falmouth, Mass, while their
home here is in summer dress of linens and
coolness generally for the comfort of Mr.
Olney.
The one exercise and sport to which the
new Secretary of State is most devoted is
tennis-all last summer he spent his even
1ngs on the court adjoining his home, and
as the nefghborhood of his present resi-
| dence abounds in good courts he is as well
equipped for this summers enjoyment of
the same pleasure.
Mrs. Harmon. the wife of the new Attor-
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especially among the large Cincinnati con-
Urgent. She is the daughter of the late
DR.. Scobey of Hamilton. Ohio. and is said
to be lady of most accomplished man.
ners. There are three daughters in the
family. one married, in Philadelphia-Mrs.
Edman Wright, jr.-NIiss Elizabeth Har-
mon. who is in society. and the youngest
member of the household, Miss Marjorie
| who is about fourteen. The accession of a
young lady to the cabinet circle is pleas
| irg information, as the daughters of Post
| thA
enjoying that honor at present. 1t is
| hardly possible that the family of the new
Attorney General will come here till the
fall, except for brief stays.
A pleasant reunion of the Normal School
class of '92 was held at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Lewis in Ecking
ton last night. Miss Lewis was a member
of that class. and it was her happy thought
to bring her former associates together at
| the home of her parents. Mrs. Frederic
Bond. Mrs. Gorthold and Mr.. Hunter sang,
Mr. W. H. Conley both sang and recited
and Mrs. Charles A. Shaw gave a piano
solo. The feature of the evening was a
conversation, during which the following
| topics We're discussed: Your Pet Aversion,
Amateur Photography, Books, Base Ball.
The Stage, A Street Car Incident, Painters,
Your Hobby Friendship. One Summer. AM
bition and 1T is better to have loved a.d
| lost" &c. The talk was bright, instructive
and witty. and showed that the young
peoples wits had not rusted since their
ton was served. Those present We're Misses
Barton, Drown, Berry, Everett, Keogh,
Dulin, Mayse, Brenningen, Stutz, Hunter.
| Tucker, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Gott-
| hold, Misses Bessie and Grace Lewis,
Messrs. w. Hensey. Sherman. Shand, Hop
kins. Davis, Nye, Harrison, Hunter, Davis,
| Conley and Benson.
Miss Nettila Knorr and Mr.. Edward NJ
Wonn will be married Wednesday evening
at o'clock at the Gunton Temple Me-
| mortal Church. Rev. w. w. Van Arsdale
will officiate. The bride will be attended
by her sister. Miss Flora V. Knorr as maid
of honor. Mr.. Will Dougherty will be best
man. The ushers will be Mr.. Edward K
Lee, DR.. John A. Drawbaugh and Mr..
Julius C. Knorr of Baltimore. A reception
will follow for the relatives and intimate
friends at the residence of the brides
parents, 1918 14th street. The couple will
be at home after June 20 at 4ii Massachu-
sets avenue northwest.
On Tuesday, the 4th instant, an enter
tainment was given at Hynesboro' Park,
Prince Georges county. Md, under the
| auspices of the ladies interested in the
church at that place, who were much
gratitied at the large attendance. An in
| teresting program was rendered, consist