Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
THE SOCIAL WORLD
The Last Roses Of Summer and Its
Joys.
WANDERERS WILL SOON Be home AGAIN
Only Weddings Will Break the
Autumn Quiet.
THE BONAPARTE HISTORY


There is beginning 10 be little evidence
that within the coming fortnight many ia
miiar faces will be seen on the streets
again. and that the end of the summer
stiffness will have been reached. Already
coming home plans are figuring largely in
everyday announcements, although offset
IN some degree by corresponding number
OF autumn vacation travels or rests. The
coming two months viii be. unless all cal
culations fail. deadly dull in these parts.
Tor society will scarcely date it's correspon-
dence from this city until November and
It's election events are past and gone The
PLACID quiet may be now and then inter
rupted by a wedding but nothing very
striking Is talked of until late i'm October
The wedding list, however is exceedingly
interesting. and will stir up things consia-
erabiy when the dates are settled. For
once. 1t looks as If all the coming matrimo-
NAL events are Of the regulation order, and
while i'll making predictions 1t Is always
safe to leave some convenient loophol.. by
suggesting the unexpected. 1t is not even
limited that there will be any international
romaHceS finding culminatiOns or no De-
cember and May combinations Their,
seems TO be no possibility of q poor and
worthy young man CHANGING on adoption in
fich Families by securing the hand ana
neaft or It's lovely heiress Eor no poor and
3eautlfut maiden being sought out by
Prince Charming
These extraordinary circumstances al.
ehtireiy too interesting to happen so fra.
quently. and perhaps. on the other ha nd
me oid-faShioned love matches with fathers
ana mothers complacent and satisfied ar.
really what the average mortal likes L..
near about best. OF this kind. the chances
are that the list will be as long as usual
no such deterring features as admintst r:-
tlcn changes political revolutions or hard
times beng allowed to play any par
against them. Some of the matrimonial
events having more than local :ignifi-
ca nce which VIII in all probability take
place here this autumn will be those in
which Miss Louise Boz aparte and Coun,
ven Moltke Hutfeldt, Mrs. Bugher an,
Capt. Nicol Ludlow. United States navy
Miss Lilly Barrett and Mr.. Sergeant Prem
tlss knut will figure as high principals.
The Bonaparte-HuitfeIit wedding will bt
one worth reading about. Miss Rcnaparte's
coming-out ball at the Arlington a few
years ago was unique in its way. and prob
ably more money was spent on it than "A;
airy similar affair in this city Miss Bona
parte's paternal great grandmother, Mis-
PATTERSON OF Baltimore. was married in
1903 to Prince Jerome Ronaparte the
youngest brother of Napoleon l. Her moth
err was Of Maryland birth, but her father.
Nm Patterson, was of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction. merchant, president of tn,
his time in Maryland. perhaps excepting
Charles Carroll of Carrolltoa. jerome
Rcnaparte came to New York in command
of a French frigate and TO Baltimore to
visit friend. He was introduced to Miss
Elizabeth Patterson. who was not only
beautiful. but had most fascinating man
neTs and many accomplishments. His Of
ter of marriage was made through the
Spanish minister, and on Christmas eve
or 1913 the couple were married by Arch
Bishop Carroll. The marriage was bitterly
Opposed by Mr.. Patterson. but the fair
bride-elect declared that ''she would rath-
er be the wife of jerome Bonaparte FOR an
hour than any other man for life After a
year spent In this country the couple en-
parked for France. but Madame Bonaparte
was prevented from landing by command
Of Napoleon. who would not recognize the
marriage. Mime. Eonapar;e sought refuge
in England. where n short time afterward
her SON. Jerome Napoleon Benapar;e. was
born. Her husblnd. after vainly endeavor-
ing to have Napoleon recognize his wife
married again by dictaiion of the imperial
will. Nine. Bonapaite returned TO Ameri-
ca and later went back 10 Italy with her
son. whose education was finished, how
ever, in this country. He married Miss
Susan May Williams OF Baltimore. and his
eldest son. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
was the father OF the coming BRIDE Miss
Louise Bonapate.
Young Bonaparte. after graduating from
West Point. went to Paris. with his father
and received great attention from the EN-
DcFOf LOUIS Napoleon. HeSfKNfnE his COM
mission in the United States army. he was
appointed sublieutenant in the French
army. and served with distinction in the
Crimean war. the italian campaign and
war. Barely escaping
with his life from the commune. he return
ed to this country, where. in 1871 he mar
ried. His widow. who survives him, was
formerly Mrs. Ncwbold Edgar. Her
maiden name was Caroline LIE Roy APP
pleton. granddaughter of Daniel Webster.
Madame Bonaparte. the discarded wife of
Jerome Bonaparte. lived to see her hus-
bands family twice ruined and overthrow
She died in Baltimore, 1879. having lived in
a quiet boarding house for many years.
Notwithstanding the great wealth she had
accumulated. Her father in his will made
but small provision for her, leaving her
along with the reproof that her folly and
misconduct had cost him much money. On
the birth of her son her husband sent her
LOCO guineas. From Napoleon she received
S0.On in cash and $4,000 a year until his
abdication. These sums were the founda-
ton OF her immense fortune Her econ
omics, so far as her personal expenses
We're concerned. were extreme. and she
admitted that of the three passions which
actuated all her life. love. ambition and
avarice only the latter remained Apropos
OF the marriage of Miss BOnaparte to a
foreigner of rank. Nine. Bonaparte's last
talk With her grandson Col. Jerome Bona
parte. seems very practical today She
said that rank and royalty We're at an
end. that the masses were very tired of
supporting courts. and that in a few wears
there would be neither kings nor Kingdoms
in Europe.
Mrs. Bonaparte and her daughter are
now at Bar HarbOr, where the fiance of the
latter, Count Won Moltke Huitfeldt has
enjoyed all the gayeties of the season.
The marriage on Monday last Of Mr.. Jno.
W. Thompson and Miss Flora b. Markwar,l
vas genuine surprise to the friends OF
tcth and coming. as 1t did. as a break In
the summer stiffness. formed a most inter
est ting topic Of conversation. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson sailed Wednesday for Europc
ard after month or SO spent in Ireland.
Scotland and England will go to Paris for
the remainder of their stay. They expect
to he home again in November and at their
fine home on street.
Mrs. H. B. Sperry has returned to her
home, 32l Delaware avenue northeast Mr.
and Mrs. Sperry and their son Paul left
last April for tour in Great Britain and
the continent. Mr.. Sperry returned in
June and Mrs. Sperry and son spent July
and August in Wales with Arthur Sperry,
vice consul at Swansea.
Miss Stella prane has gone to Black
Mountain. N. G.
Mrs r. b. Taylor has gene to spend a
month at Harper's Ferry.
Mrs. K. A. Donovan will he at Stoning-
ton, Conn. until September 10.
Mrs. H. d. Cooke will spend next month