The morning times., 1896-10-16
DAME RUMOR PREDICTS
4 CABINET WEDDING
Secretary Of the Navy's Home May
Have Another Mistress.
Society Says That She win BE Mrs
Stanley Matthews-Notes and
Personals.

BY far the most Interesting piece of
gossip III Official society Is the reported
ss.is.sS..a.bt u ttie SSIIIuIiy oI tie ..t. y,
hou. hiiary a. HerberL, anu Mrs. Stanley
aaatsie"s, WIDOW of TIE iate JGstiee of
lne supreme Court OF the United States
Whlcii interesting piece OF news has ueen
| " a,ai,eiea aDYul ainong lnc irieHas oI lne
distinguished ceupfe, Lut winch, owing 10
| eAceiienI reasoIs concerning liie seer, uary s
family, mas hot yetDeen CIV en 10 the puotic.
1 nat Tie secretary Ras long beeh paying
court 10 this popular widow mas been Wen
Known, but untii Very recently MS alteii-
lluAs have been regarded as III VAIN.
should this engagement cuiiiiilate III .lle
| quiet but very s~eil weuulhs onaU 70 pie.
| uIcted lur ,ie carry winter, IL WIN DE
The third marriage of The bride ana Inc
second of the goon. -,
some ana distinguished looking VIC
man, and twenty-five years ago
| was beautiful young girl hoiuing a.
clerkship in lie FosLoiIice Department.
| N,.tI lied, Wed educated auu ,leScr, sne
| attracted the attention OF iier 11rst nus
| bil.Iu early III her olilce life, the latter
| being Commissioner of Patents at that time.
| Commissioner 1haker was many years iiis
| wiie's senior, a widower, with grown
| children ana independent means.
| Mr. aad Mrs. inaHerHved Ior some years
at the Natonal hQtel, which at that time
" US The lone OF many oi the most us
uhguisDed men ana cnarming women in
y, asnlugton. On tIedeash oi ner husband
Mrs. Thaker moved to Connecticut avenue,
near the Cnureh oi tie Covenant, in which
congregation she wassA zeuious worker, ana
-tnyre siie met y usoige MalllIcws. VINO iuu
only recently become widower. The
acquaintance lDen iormeu illuminated III
marriage Some two years later, Judge
Matthews aiso paving family OF grown
ciiiitreii ana comfortable fortune As
member OF the supreme Court circle
Mrs. Matthews was Iamous as hostess
aud ever a much sought guest she made
Justice Matthew'S home one of the most
attractive In. the city. Their home was
on the corner of Connecticut avenue and
street, anu Is now The Brazilan lc,sa-
ton. here judge Matthews died lew
years after bis second marriage, and his
wIuuw aIuer some time purchased her pres
cut handsome home on / street, above
Seventeenth, where she has resided ever
since.
Mrs Matthews entertained onite, OK.
teusiyely last winter, her dinners being
particularly choice III all their appointments
aud the admirable selection OF her gucsts
She has no children, but in recent years
her niece, Miss Addison Mitchell, has re.
sided with her, aiiu Tie younger portion
OF society has been as delightfully."- enter
taihcd.AshaNe tie grayer statesmen, ta,es
aud diplomats who We're always TO he met
there t.-.,-.
Secretary Herbert is the only member
OF the caoinel whose age is not faithfully
recorded IN the Congressional Directory,
notwith standing the fact that there is
another widower in that body, but 1t is
sale TO put MIN down in the early sixties
He mas been "a widower tor ten years and
Herbert is well known to every one In
Washington as the head oil her fathers
house, and the feminine representative
OF the Navy Department on all fofmal
| social occasions. Having served eight
terms AZ member OF Congress from A Ia
bama before being called TO a poiIfClio
Secretary Herbert has spent The last
| twenty years in Washington, and Mrs.
Matthews has been friend of his family
| for nearly IN length of time.
HIS present Washington residence, at
r.th Nt ..T
| all the Cabinet houses, and his home at
| Montgomery, Ala, is also unpretentiGus
Mrs. Micou, wife of the chief clerk of the
| Navy Department, is the Secreiary's sec
ond daughter. and with her husband and
children, resides with her father.
Word has been received in this City of
| tue approaching marriage OF Miss Helen
SHeEmap, daughter of Eoyt Sherman of
Detroit, to Mr.. Griffiths OF Philadelphia,
the wedding to occur at the briae's home.
| MISS Helen was Tie guest OF her uncle,
| Senator sherman, last winter, when one OF
| the Smartest evening receptions of the year
| was given in her honor and that of other
/ wishing nicccs at tie Senator's handsome
l-k-sLreet home. The bride-clect is one of
| the handsomest of this large family of
! fair women. With delicate but very regu-
, lar fea .urcs, soft brown eyes and abundance
OF brown tIair and complexion that might
1 be thel envy OF either blonde or brunette,
| Miss Helen Sherman was one Of the most
! admired visitors 10 Washington last winter.
Miss NJ. II Carroll has returned from a
| summer spent at Laurel, Md. en- route for
4 Charleston, w. Va. Where she W i'll make a
| visit of several weeks, after which she
| Will ilireJurp-te-l221 K street for the winter
Mrs. Lavinia Kepler has temporarily re-
| tired from the concert stage 10 study for
| the opera, and will make Washington her
home this winter Last evening number
| or fr1epds assembled at the studio of Mrs.
| Kid Well stewart 10 cOngratulatetnis yt.Hng
| songstress on her recent success. IL is
I reported that her voice shows marked ini-
provenent. and that she Is destined 10
become very popular.
Miss Lillian Beatrice Hamblett daugtte
| OF Mr. and Mrs. .. A Hamblett of No.
| 80 California street northeast, was mar
| rled yesterday evening at $50 O'Clock 10
J MI. Orlando w. Good win OF this city The
| ceremony was solemnized in the presence
OF relatives only by Rev. A. Recon. pastor
| of the Fifth Congregational Church. and
| the wedding aaarch from ..Lobengrin'
was rendered by Mrs. II. l.. wilkins
4 The bride entered the parlOr with heI
father, wlO gave ner in miIflaS Se, preceuetI
by little Miss Susie Hambiett and Master
| Harold Goodwin, who acted as flower cir
and page. The maid or honor was Miss
| Lura V. Hamblett, the youngest sister OF
the bride, and the best man, Mr. NJ F.
| Norwood.
| ILS .ride was guwned in white Corded
| silk trimmed with rare lace that had he
lungeu to her grandmother. She Wore !;
4 AL lisa "a frt Iri1 i,p1