Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-08
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Weddings and Engagements Lately Dis
cussed.
The Marriage In New York of Mr..
Samuel Wards Granddaughter-
Personal Notes of Interest.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney have
In their stables at their mountain home
near Lenox at least twenty horses. The
mountain which Mr.. Whitney bought for
his son is charming these autumn days.
Their &C mp and cottage are furnished in
antique fashion, with plenty of old Inahog-
any furniture. cretonne and muslin cur
| tairs and In the cottage there are dia-
| mond-paned windows. and big fireplace
| made of the rough stones which abound
in the vicinity. Mugs and plates of old
pewter adorn the walls, with queer oval
| mirrors. and. of course, there is a settle.
AT TIE wedding last week of Mr.. Bayard
Thayer and Miss Ruth Simpkins at Sandy
Side, the Simpkns country seat at Var
J moCthport. Mass, the elegant mansio was
beautifully decorated with lilies of the
valley, palms, orchids and roses. and Wall
ter DamroSch led the orchestra The
bride. who was given away by her brother.
Mr.. John Simpkins, congressional repre-
sentative for the Cape district, wore a
Worth gown of white brocade satin adorn-
ed with old family lace Her veil was of
tulle,and she wore also chaplet Of orange
blossoms. Miss Mabel Simpkins. her sister,
was maid of honor. The wedding break
| fast was charmingly served on small "a
bles set under marquee and commanding
a beautiful view. The bride and groom
will spend their honeymoon cruising about
| the New England coast in the groom's
steam yacht Chetola.
| Mr.. and Mrs +. B. Mcclure are at Warm
! Springs, Va.
| Justice and Mrs. Gray were travelling last
week in New Hampshire.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilbur Nc
! Daniel, GIL G. street southeast, the
scene of a pleasant gathering Thursday
cvering, September the occasion being
the christening Of their foGr-months' old
daughter. Mildred Aline. After the chris
tenng ceremony was performed by the
Rev. J. ID. Wilson the guests repaired to
the dining room. where a bountiful repast
was laid. Among those present We're Mrs
! Bond, Miss McInturf M. and Miss Armi-
tage, Miss Mamie Mcdaniel. Mrs. Adams,
Mrs. Keeper. Miss kerper. Mr.. Preston Nc
Daniel and son. Mrs Hunt and son, Miss
Ada Turner and Miss Edith HUNT.
| Miss Gertrude LochboehIer left Sunday
night visit to her sister, Mrs. Frank
Randolph, at Dayton. Ohio.
| Miss Margaret Hillibish and Miss Zoe
| Mckenzie of Canton. Ohio, are visiting the
| family of Maj. r. C. Cheesman Of 1924 9Th
| street fer 4 few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Hall home from
| their cummer trip to the Adirondacks.
| They will return to their old home, which
has been rented for the past year.
| Miss Corbin, daughter of Col Corbin,
| United States army stationed at Cover
nors Island, and Mr.. w. Usher Parsons.
Youngest son of Mr.. George Parsons of
New York will be married early in jan
| uar?.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Helen Mae Foss. daughter of Mrs Sarah
| B. FosS Of Massachusetts, avenue north
west, and Mr.. Charles Francis Jones of
New York. Mr. Jones is well known in
Washington. he having been in business
| here for some time. He is a member of
| the Columbia Athletic Club and has host
| of friends both in and ont of that organiZa-
| ton. The wedding, it is believed, will take
I place this fall.
Mrs. Calvin r. Mutt of Frederick, Md.
| is visiting Miss Vcazie.
! A party of young people, composed of
Misses Minnie. Nellie, Dorrie and Tessie
| Hicks. Stella Weeks and Messrs. Walter
and Raymond Hicks, Mont. King. Jack
Phelps and Willie lngersoli, claperoned by
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. King, went to Arundel
Station, Md. last evening on a straw tide.
The party returned a midnight, having en-
| jeyed a pleasant evening.
| Mrs John Schwinghammer has gone to
the Allegheny mountains for her health,
and will remain several months.
Mrs. Catherine Schwinghammer of At
laEtic City. n. J.. is here visiting her son.
Mr.. John Schwinghammer, and will remain
several weeks.
Mrs. Ellen Smith left this morning for
Atlantic City and New York, to be absent
until October.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Bum, who have
! been spending the summer near Chevy
! Chase. are now at Ocean City, Md. They
| will return about September 20.
| Prof. and Mrs. N. H. Doolittle and Miss
Doolittle. who have been spending the sum-
| mer at their country home at Linden, Nd
have gone to Ocean City for couple of
weeks.
Mrs. Henry Steinberg has left her coun-
| try home in Maryland to join Miss Stein
berg in New York, where the latter has
been spending the summer.
Miss A. Z. Rely and Miss Florence How
lett are at Myrtle Hall, near Round Hill.
Va.
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Barker of 9O7 NJ
street have returned after an extended trip
| to Long Branch and Atlantic City.
| DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Gurley Schafhirt have
returned from Atlantic City.
| Miss Carrie Kaiser of Mount Pleasant
| was married today to DR.. W. Hoffman,.
formerly Of this city, at Cassel Hessen
After bridal tour on the Rhine they will
reside in Marburg, where DIR. HOFFMAN,
has a lucrative practice.
| Misses Ella and Nina Beall Of Rhode Is
| land avenue are spending September at
Elkton, Va, in the Shenandoah valley.
day, Miss Elizabeth Howard Ward, daugh-
New York, was married to Mr.. Charles
Bruen Perkins of Boston. Mgr. Doane Of
| ficiated, assisted by Rev. William OBJ
Pardcw, 81. Miss Ward, whose mother
was Miss Howard Of Baltimore, is a grand
| daughter of Samuel Ward of Washington
and long identified with life in Lenox. The
brides only attendant was Miss Marion
satin, rather simply made. and a lace veil.
| Jmmediatly after the ceremony there a