Evening star., 1896-08-04
THE WORLD l0F SOCIETY
A seventieth Birthday Pleas
Marksd.
Pleasantly
Where Many WashinHtonians Havo
Gone to Escnpeixhe City's Heat
-PersOnal Notes.

First COngregat1Onaii Cpurch OF this city
called upon Col. Charles W. Thompson of
the bureau of pensions at his residence Sun
day afternoon last. and. in behalf Of the
| class presented him with a box Of flowers
the occasion being the SEVENTEEN birthday
| of the recipient.
! Mrs P. B. Pierce Is spending the month
| at Paeonian Springs, Va.
Mrs Thomas Wilson is now at Newport
| where she will spend a fortnight.
Miss M. e. Barr is at Eagles Mere Pa.
Mrs. H. A. Goldstone has gone to Buena
Vista Springs.
| Miss K. B. Macqueen has gone to Hamil-
| ton Va, for her vacation.
Mrs O'Hare and her daughter Miss Bes-
| sic O'Hare. are at Atlantic City.
Mrs. T. E. Nyman has gone to Boones-
| boro Md
| Mrs Peter Preuss will be at Harper.s
Ferry. w. Va, this month.
| Mrs s. A. Buckmanis is at Riverdale Nd.
Mrs L. N. Collision Will spend this month
| at Jeffersonton, Va.
! Mrs. ]. B. Stone has gone to Harper's
| Ferry.
Miss S. U. s. Duvall will be at Berkeley
| Springs until the 1st of September
| Mrs. r. T. Macauley will spend the rest
| OF the summer at Hamilton, Va
Miss Florence f. Smith has gone to At
| lantic City.
Mrs. F. B. Weeks will spend this and next
month at Oakland.
| Mrs. L. M. Shaw will spend the rest of the
| summer at Riverside, Me.
Mrs. A. A. Wilson will be at Cape Nav
until September /.
Mrs. L. d. Pace Is at Rock Enon Springs
with her sister, Miss Gertrude Phillips.
Miss E. A. Koones will be at Stephens
City, Va. until October 1.
| Mrs. C.. G. Bunker is at Mortified Farms.
Mass.
| Mrs Mary H. Hood is summerine at Old
| Orchard, Maine.
Mrs r. S. Quick has gone to Metuchen.
N. J.
Mrs. R. E. Harris is at Culpeper. Va.
| this month.
Miss Lille Zimmerman has gone to
| Brighton. Md.
| The Misses Florence and Miriam Edmond
sen are at Pelham Manor N. Y.
| Mrs. Hugh Mitchell has gone to Berry,
vile, Va.
| Miss l.. c. Yeager Is at Ocean Grove,
| N. ].
Mrs. klotz has gone to Atlantic City,
Mrs Bessie Kines Is spending this month
at Quickville. Va.
Mrs. E. H. Griffin will remain until late
| in this month at Westerly, r. 1.
Mrs E. E. briggs is summering at Glou-
cester. Mass. -
Mrs H. o. Towles is at Aurora, W. Va
Mrs. Tune. Miss Della Tune and Miss
| Nettie Tune will spend this month at Lees
| burg.
Mrs ]. ]. Van Arsdale is at Ocean Grove.
! Mrs r. L. Gait is at Rockland, Maine
| Mrs. H. P. Randolph has gone to East
| Gloucester, Mass.
Mrs. Frank Burke will spend a week at
| Long Branch before going to visit ex-Rep-
| resentative and Mrs. O'Niel at their cottage
| at Tiverton, R. l.
Miss Ida Phelan Is at Atlantic City.
Miss Flora H. Eccard Of 1890 New Hamp-
| shire avenue will spend this month at
! Round Hill, Va.
Mrs. John J. Shipman and her daughter.
| Miss Shipman, are summering at Stony
| man Camp. on the top of one of the high
| Virginia peaks Of the Blue Ridge.
| Mrs. August Donath and daughter Emily
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin s. Clarkson and
| daughter Dorothy have gone to Philomont,
| Va. to spend this month.
Mrs. Cornelius T. Belt is at Atlantic City.
Mrs. John A. Schneider and daughters
have gone to Atlantic City for the sum-
mer.
| Miss Dottie Schneider of 18th street and
her cousins. Misses Edith and Bessie Law
| yer, are at Atlantic City.
Mrs. f. Halsted Klemroth. having re-
turned from Roanoke. left Saturday for
Atlantic City. and will be at the Hotel
Berkeley until September.
Miss Bertha May Martyr Of Capitol Hill
Is visiting her aunts. Mrs. Kate A. Lips
| and Mrs Louise v. Dukehart, In Balti-
| more.
Mrs. Rose A. Martyr Of No. 232 9th street
southeast has returned from visit to
! friends in southern Maryland.
Miss Maud Roland of Norfolk. Va, is
visiting her sister. Mrs. M. Spohn, No. 1915
| Sth street northwest.
| Miss Minnie Mueller of SO3 Sth street. who
| Is visiting her friend, Miss Fisher of Ever
| green. Md, will leave for Atlantic City on
| Thursday next to spend the rest of the
| season.
| Miss Janet L. Whitcomb, accompanied by
Misses Minnie and Dorothy Rynex, left
| Saturday last for few weeks outing at
| Plains, Va.
Mrs. George r. Leckron of 2155 X street
left last Tuesday for Reading, Pa, for
| short visit. From there she will go to the
| Blue Ridge mountains, and will remain till
| October.
Miss Bertha Blessing of Philadelphia,
| who has been visiting the Misses Schaffer,
| returned Thursday to her home Genside,
Pa. accompanied by Miss Lillian Schaffer.
Mr.. Fred Schaffer has gone for few
| weeks stay at Atlantic City.
| Miss Margaret hammond has gone to
| spend this month at Lake George, and
| later to stay some time in the Adrondacks
| and New York city.
Mrs NJ. E. Wilson and family have gone
| for several weeks stay among the noun
| tans of West Virginia.
Mrs B. Hereford has gone to Leesburg.
Va.
| Mrs S. E. keenan,, Miss Lille keenan,
| and Miss Mamie Mann have gone to At
| lantic City.
Mrs. B. T. Mccartney has gone to the
| White Sulphur Springs, to remain until
| September. L.&Et
Thinks Him mRiaiculous.
| To The Editor Of The Evening Star:
1 note among those who have contracted
the itch Of financial writing, and who run
the risk Of having themselves written down