Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
A Moonlight Fete to Mark the
Cars Coronation.
PLANS UNPLEASANT RUhORS
Where Westinghouse Will Enjoy
Their Vacations.
OTHER TIMELY GOSSIP


fortnight The Russian minister's corona
ton fete Tuesday evening at "Beauvoir'
will BIO a charming novelty in the way of
hospitality II the rains cease and a moon
lit sky illumines the scene There will be
music on the Lawn. fireworks dancing pa
vilions and everything delightful gener-
ally, II the weather conditions only serve.
Summer plans are the general topics of
conversation. The warm weather began
| so early this spring that it will make the
summer long one. The fashionable world
Is bending its energies in preparations to
leave town. but late June will find q strong
contingent here yet, and many official
households will scarcely separate for a
month later. II Is understood that Mrs.
Cleveland and the children will be off to
Gray Gables early in June, and the Pres-
dent will follow soon as Congress ad-
journs
Mrs. Stevenson and Miss Letitia Steven
son will go to West Point about the Sth of
June. and will not return to this city again
until next autumn
There is a rumor that while Mavroyeni
Bey has been succeeded by Mustapha Bey
that it does not necessarily mean that the
former leaves this country. No member
of the fashionable set at Bar HarIJor or
Newport would be as keenly missed so
of sad partings.
Another rumor has IT that Mr.. Marshall
Field. the millionaire merchant of Chicago.
intends to make this city his winter home.
He is to build palace of such proportions
as to give his entree a profound impression.
and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Tree, and
her husband will come from England more
frequently to enjoy it with him.
Mrs Olney, her daughter, Mrs. Minot,
and her son. Master Frank Minot. will
leave early in June for Falmouth, Mass,
their summer home.
Miss Morton will not leave town till
July. Secretary Morton is now I'm Cali
fornia travelling with his son. Paul Nor
ton, and a family party, which includes
the wife OF the latter. their two children
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Morrow and son.
Mrs. Lamont who spent week or so
with her father up in McGcawville. has
now joined her children at Seabright. where
they will have frequent visits from the
Secretary of War during the summer.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Postmaster
General, and their family will leave the
first week of June for Charlestown. w.
Va, where they will spend The summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page have
gone north They will summer at Rock
Ledge" York Harbor, Maine.
Miss Georgia Aldr:ch, daughter Of Mr..
William F. Aldrich of Alabama, and Mr..
John W. Heron, jr.. of Cincinnati will be
married at the Grafton next Wednesday.
ar. Heron will take his bride for sum-
n.er tour through England and Holland.
Mr.. Heron is well-known society man in
Cincinnati and the son of Mr.. John w.
Heron of that city.
Mrs. and the Misses Horstman have been
making a stay al Atlantic City, and will go
abroad later in the summer.
Mrs. Vance has gone to her mountain
home in North Carolina where Mr. and
hA
months.
Mrs. Phil Sheridan and family will go
shortly to Nonquitt. Mass. for the sum-
nier.
Mrs. and the Misses Harmon viii start
early in June for Bayshead, ". J.. and will
spend the summer between that resort and
Warm Springs, Va.
The Costa Rican minister and Mrs de
Calvo will spend the summer at some of
the nearby Virginia resorts.
Mrs. Mayo HaZeltine and Miss Hazeltine
will leave the early part of June for the
Adirondacks, and during the summer will
visit Prof and Mrs Goodwin Smith at
their beautiful place, The Grange, Toronto
Canada. In the fall they may go abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Barber will celebrate
their silver wedding anniversary by a re-
ceptfon aboard their yacht, the Sapphire
to g. Monday. June I. The Sapphire will
arc cher below the Aqueduct bridge. and
guests Will be taken over from the Column
bia boat house.
The Mexican minister and Mrs. Romero
expect to leave early next month for their
summer travels.
Senator Germans family will go out to
their home at Laurel about the 1st of June
At the recent wedding of Miss Williams
and Mr.. Hobart in California the newly
married couple found their English dog
cart and thoroughbred which the groom
was to drive to the railway station decked
out in the finest style. Their young friends
had festConed both horse and trap with
chiffon. ribbons and orange blossoms A
yellow satin slipper tied with ribbons had
a prominent place. and the cart was lit
orally filled with rice. Another shower of
rice fell on the couple as they stepped
in and their path to the train was marked
by line Of glistening rice. Mr. and Mrs
Hobart are coming east 20 visit the brides
father Pay Director w. w. Williams, who
is stationed at New London. Conn. Mrs
Williams has been an invalid for sixteen
years. since her husband was stationed
in San Francisco. The weak condition
of her lungs would not permit her to leave
the coast and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert E. Neil, went 20 the coast and took
UP their residence at San Rafael
Lieutenant ard Mrs. Mccartney will
spend the entire summer out of this city,
going first to Saratoga for the month Of
July.
Surgeon General and Mrs. Sternberg are
gong soon on a California rip.
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Reynolds
will be at Bedford Springs a part of the
summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Soule and Miss Soue will
soon go out to their farm, near Rockville.
The Austrian minister and Baroness
Hengelmueller and family have sailed for
Europe and will travel in England and
France before going to their home in
Austria Hungary.
Admiral and Mrs. Worden and family
have gone to their seaside home for the
summer.
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris will remain
here late as they can. and have not
yet decided their summer plans. Mrs
Sartoris mas been in rather poor health
lately.
The Misses Simpkns have gone north
for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gurley will go as
usual to their cottage at Nantucket.
Senator and Mrs. Elkins will leave about
June 1 for Elkins, W. Va, where they will
spend the summer at their lovely home In
the mountains.
Mrs. and the Misses TisdeI will go to
the Adirondacks for the summer, where
they have a pleasant home.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Mclean will go to
Bar Harhor where they are the life of the
ia sh onable set. They are never in a hur-
tn desert Wa Sh;p0.nD