Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-22
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Coming Wedding of the Vice Presi-
dents Daughter
Five Maids and Seven Men VIII At
tend Miss Stevenson and Mr..
Hardin-PersOnaI Notes.

The marriage Of Miss Julia Stevenson
and Rev. Mr.. Hardin at the New York
Avenue Church, Tuesday, June 2, will be
solemnized by Rev. DR.. Radcliffe, pastor of
the church. The handsome bride will be
attended by her sister, Miss Letitia Ste
venson, as maid Of honor, and four brides
maids, Miss Letitia Scott, Miss Jane Har-
din, Miss Julia Scott and Miss Julia Har-
din. Mr.. Charles Hardin of Kentucky,
cousin of the groom, will be best man, and
the ushers will be Messrs. Longmoor and
Hill. Kentucky friends of the groom; Mr..
Carl Vrooman of Baltimore, Mr.. George
Hamlin of Boston, Lieut.. Cromwell and
Mr.. Wilcox of this city. The grooms pa
rents. Gen. and Mrs. Hardin with their
family; Judge Hardin, an uncle; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harding of Danville, KY; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrity of Philadelphia, and Gov. and
Mrs. Knott of Kentucky will be here for
the wedding. Mrs. Stevenson and the
Misses Stevenson had contemplated a little
visit next week to Old Point, but so many
home friends drop in at this season that
they feel in going away they would miss
the pleasure of seeing them. For the we'd
ding reception at the Normandie the par
lor suite will be handsomely decorated,
and the event will not only be a notable
one in the way of official distinction, but
of special interest to all the friends of the
charming bride and her family.
The marriage Of Miss Williams and Mr..
Edwin Cockrell of Warrensburg, Mo-, will
take place at Emmanuel Church, Staun-
ton, Va, June 3. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. z. Williams of
Stanton, Va.
A hop will be given at Takoma Springs
Hotel Monday evening, June 1.
The garden party at Chevy Chase will
take place today regardless of the weather
1t is given by the Ladies' Aid of the
Homeopathic Hospital.
After the races at Chevy Chase tomor-
row there will be a dinner dance
Mrs. B. H. Warder, Miss warder, Mr.
and Mrs. Ward Thoron and Miss Nord-
hoff of this city sailed yesterday for
Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Kaufman and Miss
Kaufman sailed Wednesday for Europe
on the st. Paul, to be gone until autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Leo Hutton have
sent out cards for the marriage of their
daughter, Virginia Theresa. to MIR. Eugene
King stewart, Wednesday evening May
"a, at o'clock, ST. Dominic's Church.
Miss Rose Baumgarten of Charlotte, n.
C., is the guest of her aunt Mrs. Herman
Baumgarten of 1880 9th street, and will be
pleased to see her friends
Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Noyes and Miss
Noyes left Washington today for Cali
fornia, where they will spend the summer
for the benefit of Mrs. Noyes health.
Mrs. William P. Rice has left the city
for visit to New York and to pass the
summer in Maine.
Miss Ella V. Hobart and Mr. Charles
A. Baldwin of San Francisco have an
nounced their engagement. Miss Hobart
is the youngest daughter of the late Will
lam S. Hobart, and has been one of the So
cfety bellies since her debut in society. She
was born in Virginia City, where her father
was then interested in mining on the Com
stock. In honor of the event Mrs. John
w. Mackay, who was in Paris at the time
sent over from the French capital a cradle
which was the wonder of the sagebrush
state.
Miss Hobart has always been considered
one of the richest matrimonial prizes on
the coast. She was awarded onc-third of
the Hobart estate at the time of her
fathers death, and 1t now represents an
interest Of nearly A,O00oo0. The income
has been accommodating rapidly since 1893
as the young lady has not been able to
spend more than small portion of her
income. In this way her estate today is
probably larger than either that of her
brother sister.
Charles A. Baldwin, the intended groom,
is the son of Rear Admiral Baldwin of the
United States navy, who died in New York.
He left an estate of nearly a million dol
lars, which was divided between the chill
dren. Most Of the property is located in
New York and Washington.
Prior to his death he gave Charles Bald
win a ranch situated near Mountain View
in Santa Clara valley. This was set out
in vines, and vineyard started. About
three years ago Mr.. Baldwin commenced
to put the product on the market, and one
brand of claret became quite favorte.
The ranch the past four years has yielded
quite revenue. Mr.. Baldwin had erected
a large villa on the property, at which he
has entertained extensively.
Mrs. G. Potter and Mrs. II. Eshenfelter
of New London, Conn.,, are visiting Mrs.
H. B. Smith, 612 Massachusetts avenue.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island has
purchased g. fine estate at Warwick Neck.
1t contains fourteen acres of land, which
extends to the shores of Narragansett bay.
Yang Yu, Chinese minister to the United
States, and also to Spain and Peru, ar
rived yesterday from Colon on the steamer
Advance on his return from a three weeks
visit to Peru. He was accompanied by two
attaches-S. T. SEE and Y. S. Cue. He
went to the Chinese consulate, No. 20 West
9th street, New York, for luncheon, and
left on an early afternoon train for Wash
ington.
Mrs. Margaret A. Larman has issued
cards of invitation for the marriage of her
daughter Mary to Mr.. Herbert A. Gibbs.
The ceremony is to take place at - o'clock
Thursday, June 4, at the First Congrega-
tional Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs will be