Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Social Calls at the Homes of Cabinet Min
~, - ---s'' listers.
Several Pretty Weddings and Teas
Personal Notes of In
r.,. terest.

Most of the cabinet houses were open to
| callers yesterday. Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Hoke
Smith, Mrs. Harmon, Miss Morton and Mrs.
| Micou each received from o'clock. A num-
Der of people were calling and among them
many foreigners. AS a rule, the cabinet
| ladies will receive Informally this month on
| Wednesdays whenever they are in town.
| Shopping trips to New York are frequent
| diversions at present.
| Miss Helen Crosby Engle and Mr.. Freder-
ck F. McAuliffe of New Haven, Conn,
were married last night at the residence of
| the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. E.
| Engle, 18th street northeast, Rev. DIR. Ora
| nam of St Marks Church officiating. White
| chrysanthemums and palms decked the
| psrlors and made a bower of the bay Win
dow where the ceremony occurred. The
| date was also the twenty-fourth wedding
| anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Engle. The
| bridal gown was of cream-tinted silk trim
| med with pearl passementerie and chiffon
| Her bouquet was of bride roses. A recep-
| ton followed from until $3.50, when the
| yourg couple departed for their wedding
| trip They will live in New York. The
| brides going away gown was black and
| blue Eovelty cloth, and with 1t was worn a
| large black velvet hat, trimmed with black
| plumes and velvet to correspond with the
| gown.
| At Mckendree Church last night Miss
Kate Eva Hammond and Mr.. j. M. Nc
| Laughlin of Ohio We're married in the pres
| ence of a great concourse of their friends
! The ushers were MesSrs. c. c. Barton,
| H. H. Ferguson. f. F. Geyar and R.. d.
| Beard. Mr.. Orris Mckee was best man.
| The brides attendants were her sister,
| Miss BERTHE Hammond, as maid of honor,
| and two flower bearers, Edna Hammond
| and Howard keyworth Hammond. Rev.
| Mr.. Waterman performed the ceremony.
| The bride was dressed in white crepon,
| trimmed with satin. and carried white
| roses, and the maid of honor was similarly
| attired and carried pink roses. recep-
| ton followed at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Francis Hammond, SO K
| street. where the couple will reside for the
| present.
The tea given yesterday by the Misses
| Tisdel brought together a delightful COM
| paiy of young people who were most
! agreeably entertained. Miss Helen Ttsdel
met the guests in the library, where Mrs.
| risdel and the Misses Tisdel also extended
| their cordial greetings. The occasion also
| gave the guests an opportunity to meet
the three young ladies who are now visit
| ing the house, Miss Edith Lancton of New
| York, Miss Bella Williams and Miss Laura
| Terry of Syracuse. They presided at the
| beautifully arranged refreshment table,
| where Mrs. Willard Warner and Mrs. Ad
olson Atkins also helped to do the honors.
Mrs. Hcldswol tn Gordon will give tea
Thursday, December II, to Z, to intro
duce Miss Gordon.
| The Misses Merrick will give house
warming tea December IL at their new
home, 1854 1 street.
Mrs Audenried gave a luncheon today.
Mrs. De Haven Of Philadelphia, her sister,
| is her guest ... -r
| A tea will be given by Miss Flora G.
| Rhees on Saturday next from to Z, when
| quite an II novation will be made, as all
| are invited to attend in bicycle costume.
AS her home is but a mile from the city,
the snort run will add zest to the affair.
Mrs. Elkins. Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Letter.
Mrs N. L. Anderson, Mrs. Richardson
| Clover end Mrs. Warder have taken boxes
for the matinee performance at the Ma
tional Theater Tuesday, December II, for
the benefit of the Children's Hospital. Two
| tist'' and Broken Hearts," by pupils OF
| the National School OF Acting. Among the
patronesses are Miss Virginia Miller. Mrs.
| Clover Mrs. Letter, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs.
| Ramsay, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. c. V. r. Berry.
Mrs. Mcclure Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. T. M.
Johnston, Mrs. S. S. Adams, Mrs. Mckee
| yer, Mrs. A c. Barney and Mrs. n. S. Lin
| coin. FH"
Mrs. H. T. Guss of Columbia Heights
will not be at home tomorrow evening.
! Miss Eula Hore daughter of eX-Congress-
man Hore of Texas, is guest of Mrs.
| Boughton's, G19 10th street.
Mrs. Charles Ulrich Kennedy was the
guest last week of the Misses Robinson,
! OaughterS of Mrs. John NJ. RoDlnSon o.
| Baltimore. Mrs. Kennedy assisted the
young ladies at their tea Saturday after
| noon.
Miss Laura Baker of Atlantic City is
| visiting Miss Pauline Whitaker at 1923 18th
street
! A beautiful wedding took place On the
evening of December 3 at the residence of
| Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ. Keller, 70S 18th street
northwest the occasion being the marriage
| Of their daughter. Miss Maude Pierre zee
| Ter, to Mr.. Frank Arnold Berner of Chicago.
| The Rev. DR.. Byron Sunderland of the
| First Presby terrain Church officiated. The
| couple will make Chicago their place of
residence.
A pretty home wedding took place last
evening at the residence of Chief Engineer
E. D. Robbie, U. S. navy, and Mrs. ROBBIE
| in this city. when their daughter, Grace
| Lockwood, was married to Mr.. Glenn
| Shepard Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y. The
| Rev. Teunis s. Hamln performed the cere-
mony. The bride was handsomely gowned
| in cream satin and lace and carried bride
| roses and lilies of the valley The brides
! sister, Miss Laura, was the maid of honor,
and wore a pink silk dress and carried
| white roses. Her cousin, Miss Jennie w.
| Barker of Anacostia, d. c., and the grooms
| sister. Miss Olive Grace Smith of Brook
| Ign, n. Y, were the bridesmaids, attired
in dainty white organdies and carrying
pink roses. Miss Augusta D.. Adams. the
brides cousin from Marathon. n. Y. played
the wedding march charmingly during the
|
brother, Mr. D. Albert Smith of Bingham
| ton, N. Y. No formal invitations were
| issued and only the relatives and intimate
| friends of the family were present.
! Representative and Mrs. Franklin Bart
! lett will give dance in New York Deem
| Der Is for their daughter, Miss Bertha King
| Bartlett
A dancing reception was given by Miss
| Blanche Starkey at Carroll Institute Hall
! last evening. Although the crowd in the
! earlier part of the evening made dancing
| difficult, the later hours were thoroughly en-
| juyed by all. The hall was prettly dec
! grated, and excellent music lent an added
| charm to the occasion. The chaperons
| were Mrs. F c. Starkey. Mrs. Anderson,
Mrs. Hill, Miss Riggles, Mrs. Sanford, Mrs.
| Orbello, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Hawke, Mrs.
| Hoover and Mrs. Bilingsly. Dancing began
at half-past s. and program of some
eighteen numbers was gone through with
by II o'clock. Among those present were
Misses Starkey, Minnie and May Hawke.
Gregory. Lee. Cullen. Billingsly. Ryan,
Slicer, Schmidt. HILL Anderson, Breitbarth,
| Shackelford, Walker, Eckloff, K. Master
son. E. Watkins, ]. Masterson, NJ: Walker,