Evening star., 1896-10-17
Plenty to Talk About Besides Poll
tics.
BEAUTIFUL BRIDES, DASHIEG GROoMS
The Coming Bonaparte-HuitfeIdt
and BeIknap-May Weddings.
OTHER NEwsY TOPICS

teration. Since June last whole heaps of
things, unexpected and otherwise have
happened, until one feels thoroughly stupid
and ignorant If an absence Of q week or
two has debarred a participation in the
meetings where news is disseminated.
West End folks. with a few noted excep-
ticns, and especially in the congressional
line. may be said to be at home. Window
shades are up. lace curtains are hung. and
other signs that the domestic machinery is
in working order give evidence of a well
come. Everybody whose frame Of mind lie
not wholly controlled by the events of the
next fortnight in the political world looks
younger and better for the summers vaca-
ton, even II II has been spent in Wash
ington and feels a fresh thrill of interest
In life, discussing the why's and where
inmate In weddings. Most Of the brides
and grooms of these interesting occasions
are young, and have in all human prob
ability long lives in which to wonder what
important personages they felt themselves
on the eve of their wedding day.
Some others are entering the married
state for second time a circumstance
always most complimentary to their first
partners instead Of being considered in
an age when sentiment is practically at a
discount forgetful of these individuals and
their memories The weddings In which
popular interest will center will be the
this year of wonderful surprises in politics
and hurricanes. some of the foreigners are
marrying purely for love, Since it would
take more than the ordinary processes of
law to discover any substantial wealth
from which dot might be secured. This
very thing Is quite the incest possible
Election and shows that good looks and
pleasant ways make social prestige ard
attractiveness and will always he sure
capital In the game of hearts. There are
so many nice girls whose peaceful visions
are not likely to be disturbed by calculat
ing the cost OF a bridal trousseau, but who
will take an enormous interest in similar
affairs where 1t concerns thei. intimate
friends, as IL will In the case Of two of
the. coming brides, Miss Bonaparte and
Miss Belknap. young ladies much I'd
mired for their charms ofThanner as good
looks. and who have been friends from,
childhood.
The announcement of Miss Bonaparte's
engagement early last summer came d.
shared her friends happiness at once with
their mutual acQuaintances here We had
the news. perhaps. quite as soon as the ac-
quaintances of the happy man. Count Won
Noltke- uitfeldt, had in Paris. Before the
Bar Harbor season closed the engagement
| OF Miss Belknap. whose belleship seemed
undisputed both there and at Newport and
NarraYanSett. where the earlier season was
spent. became also public property. Her
marriage to Mr.. Paul May, attache of the
Belgian legation, will take place here next
month. and probably very late date will
be selected. The friends of her father, eX-
Secretary Belknap. to whom the golden
haired child was his proudest possession.
and Oh whom he lavished a wealth of afrec-
| ton. flashes OF which his own intimates
| enjoyed, wish that he were alive to enjoy
her happiness. Miss Belknap is hand
some girl, gracious and pleasing in man.
ner. She Is well educated and a good lin
guist. a delightful addition to ones capa-
bilfties who will probably spend most of
her life at foreign capitals Mr.. Paul May
has, SO Dame Rumor says no particular
reason to worry about his future financially
or in advancement in the diplomatic SER
vice. He has an abundant fortune outside
of any income his calling may produce and
| Is connected with that family in Europe to
whom kings and emperors pay obeisance
the Rothschilds. So far as poor human
eyes can discern the future, Miss Belknap
has brilliant and happy career ahead
The date on which Miss Bonaparte will
become countess is December 10. bui the
details Of the grand ceremonies, for they
certainly will assume that Importance are
| not as yet matters of gossip among her
friends. Mrs. Bonaparte, with her daugh-
ter and son, only returned to town a few
days ago, the bride-elect looking hand
somer and more distinguished looking than
ever. This wedding is said to give IN
bounded satisfaction to both contracting
families, and 1t was hardly to be expected
that with the fortl ne the young lady has
at her disposal and with the family con-
nections she represents. that she would
| marry any but a foreigner, and surely one
with a title and a career. This marriage
therefore, presentc all these considerations
and helps her friends to bear more pa-
tiently her departure for foreign shores.
where, unless q happy chance intervenes
from our American point of view, the cou-
pie will live.
No less interesting from the point of
friendship with. and intense affection for
the happy bride-elect which is universally
| shared by her Washington friends. will be
| the wedding day of Mrs. Bugher and Capt.
Nicol Ludlow, U. S. n. The date will be
November ore also. and will follow the
coming Of age of the brides only child
Mr. Fred Bugher. who then comes int5
possession Of the ample fortune LETT him by
his father. and which will rank him among
the richest, II not the richest of the young
| men in society. Capt. Ludlow has young
daughter who has rade the acquaintance
| OF her future parent under most delightful
auspices. as she was Mrs. Bughers guest
during part of the past summer at Deer
Park. and those who have enjoyed her hos
ptaE:y there or at her Washington home
| know all that such period implies.
General regret and affectionate sympa Thy
Of Mrs Howard Ganson White which sad
event occurred here last week at the home
of her father, ex-senator Sawyer. Much
Of her Yirlhood was spent in this CITY, and
friendships made then lasted through the
rest OF her life. Amiable and gentle in
manner. affectiorate and kindly in mind
and heart, ard hospita BILE to the highest
degree, pleasant memories come to all who
enjoyed her friendship or who in the rush
and hurry Of a winter season only met her
occasionally. She delighted in young COM
pany, and did many generous things among
those of her friends who were less favored
than herself by fortune. She was a charm
ing hostess, and her friends will best re-
member her standing in the rose-decked
parlor of her home smiling a welcome TO
them. Her life, short II was, had keen
sorrows in it. The death Of her only
child when the little one had reached
most winsome age was one the shadow
of which never lifted itself from her heart.
1t was a pleasing fancy with her to keep
the little ones belongings about her just
as she left them. Another. that the silk
covered furniture of the drawing room
should be embroidered in roses and single
petals. as IL they had fallen from the rose
wreathed ceiling, and 1t will be equally
sweet fancy that her friends embody their
remembrances in a single rose, and they
would make a fragrant heap above her to-
day.
Next Wednesday appears to have a great
charm as a wedding date. Miss Mary
Hoyle and Mr.. Edwin w. Smith will be
married at the Immaculate Conception
Church. Miss Mary Emma Hawke and
Mr.. Bert Iuschs Saxton at Epiphany. and
Miss Augusta Sunderland, daughter of Mrs.
Rundlett, and Mr.. George Lewis Stone at
st. MIchaers and All Angels. The next
Wednesday, October 2S, is equally favored.