Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The fashionable World Still ENJOYING
the Capital
Recent Weddings and Other Inter.
esting Events Personal
NOtcs-Gossfp.

ingness to remain longer, IL their plans
had not. been cut and dried so long in ad-
vance The June weather has been IDEAL
ana the interesting gossip over events
past present and to come-matrimonial
and otherwise, leaves really nothing to be
desired to make time pass entertainingly.
A roll call at the Stevenson wedding would
not have disclosed such lamentable breaks
IN the ranks as one might have supposed in
june when almost two months Of summer
seem already to have passed by All the
various sets seemed well represented In
| numbers and by many Of their most charm
ing people There is another wedding, and
handsome one that Of Miss Letitia Scott
and Capt. Bromwell next Thursday, and
many of the same friends will be present.
The letter has played a leading part in
the wedding events lately. A lady who
gets more Invitations than The average
mortal has four wedding cake boxes ali
ready where one half of the bridal mono
gram is 5, and she fondly expects to add
another to the collection the .omng week.
At the marriage of the daughter of the
Venezuelan minister the monogram was
A. s.; at the Stewart Castle nuptials, p. S. !;
at the Vice Presidents daughters we'd
ding, H. s.; at the Snyder-Sternberg we'd
ding, 5. s.. and at the Scott-Brom-
well alliance the coming week it will
be b. S. The style seems to change as
to which initial shall be used before the
other. IT seems that the mans initial
has the lead just at present, and the OBJ
long shape of box appears also to be the
faVorite one at the moment.
AT the cadets ball last night at An
napols Miss Herbert vas gowned in white
organdie over white silk, trimmed with
lace and taffeta ribbon. In the superin-
tendents house party were Secretary and
MISS Herbert, Miss Sampson, Miss Thomas,
Mrs. Breckenridge, Miss Ramsay. Other
Washingtonians present were Capt. and
Mrs. iiobley Evaus. Capt and Mrs.
kempf, Lieut. Com. Rush, Miss Rush,
Houston, Miss Wainwright, the Misses
Hagner, Kelton, Coleman, Miles, Robinson,
Poor. Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. John b. Robin
son, Mrs. Bdbcock Mrs. Lockwood. Miss
Sickles, Mr.. and Mrs George Livingston,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Volk James H. Colweu
Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Lull, Miss LulI, Miss
Johnson, Miss Carmody. Mrs Stone, MS
Wood Miss Wood, Mrs. Eugene Wolson, the
Davis, G. O. Totten. jr.. A. G. kavanaugh,
Mss Peachy. Miss Samson, Miss Babcock
Miss Holmes, Miss Craftman, the Misses
Dare and Miss Julia Scott.
a brilliant military wedding took place
Wednesday afternoon in the Church of the
Centurion, at Fortress Monroe In the
presence Of a distinguished company of
army officers in full uniform and many
other friends, Miss Matilda Catharine
Jones ard Capt. John Pitcher lst Cavalry
Z. ). A, were married by Rev. Charles
freeland. chaplain OF the post The little
chapel was herdsomely decorated and the
bridal pa rty entered to the march from
TannhauSer, played on the Crgan and by a
portion of the LIST Artillery Band. Capt
William Crozier Of the ordnance corps and
Lieut. o. j. Brown, LIST Cavalry class
mates Of the groom in the Military Acad-
envy. seated the company, and Capt. W. l..
Pltcner, sth Infantry, a brother of the
groom, was best man. The bride entered
with her brother. Mr.. Henry X Jones of
Detroit attended by the maid of honor,
Miss Sidney c. Campbell, ard the brides
maids, Miss Edith Sanger and Miss Caro-
Campbell After the ceremony a reception
was held in the quarters of Capt. John NJ.
Il Laws, where handsome collation. was
served. The bride and groom received
CONGRATULATIONS under a canopy draped
with American flags ard an enormous
bunch Of golden gate roses, and the band
of the 1st Artillery furnished the music. A
splendid array of pr sents from all parts
Of the country was displayed, than which
none was more handsome than a silver
service contributed ky the grooms com
pany out in New Mexico. Capt. and Mrs
Pitcher left on a late boat for New York
to make an extended tour Some of those
present were Mrs. Joseph b. Campbell, the
brides mother: Col. Royal I. Frank. com
Inandant of the post: Mrs. Frank and Mrs.
Lieut.. Martin, Col. William A Marye Mai
Henry c. Hasbrouck. Capt. John NJ K
Davis, Capt. Edward Davis, Capt John w.
Pullman. Capt. William A Kobbe, Miss
Mary Hubhell OF Boston. Capt. William F.
Stuart. Lieut.. W. B. DuvalI, Lieut.. John T.
Wiser. Lieut.. William b. Homer, Lieut.
II. c. Carbaugh Lieut.. Edward A. Miller
Lieut.. NillcuGhby Wake, Lieut.. George o.
Squire, Lieut.. ID. Skerrett, Lieut.. Andrew
Hero, jT.. and Lieut.. c. A F. Flagler The
bridal dress was Of white satin, trimmed
with duchess lace and her bouquet was of
bride roses. The maid of honor wore white
embroidered chiffon. and the bridesmaids
wore white null. trimmed with lace.
The Cleveland papers devoted columns
of space to descriptions of the wedding OF
Miss Crocker of that city to Mr.. William
H. Acklan of this. With the splendid white
satin wedding gown, lace veil which cost
$1,000, of rose point, four yards and half
long. was worn. The travelling dress was
Of Scotch novelty goods in a mixed brown
and tan. Large velvet buttons decorated
the front side seams Of the skirt. The Goa,
basque had a front of pale blue Dresden
silk. covered with ecru bastiste embroidery
The revers we're lined with plum-colorei
satin. and bound with brown velvet. The
short double cape was also lined with tha
satin, and the round corners bound with
velvet. A ruching of brown satin ribbon
and pale blue chiffon finished the neck with
clusters of violcts, The hat was of very
coarse burnt yellow straw with fans of
ccru lace aud multi-coored roses. The
steamer dress Of rough bo,.cle cloth show
ed green and brown. The vest was of
hunters green velvet and the Tam O'Shan-
ter turban was of the same material. This
morning MI. and Mrs. ACkl9n sailed for
Europe, where they expect to spend a year.
going to Egypt for the winter. On their
return they will reside permanently in
Washington.
Miss Malone of Stormanstown House,
Dublin. ireland, after a pleasant visit of
month to her cousin. VIM L. Barringt on
of :'514 n street northwest, sailed for home
this morning on the Lucania.
A reception will be given by the District
Of Columbia Fedora ton Of Women's Clubs
at the residence of Mr.. Henry Blount The
Oaks" 300 u street, Monday evening June
g. at O'clock to the Senate and House Dis
trict committees and the city press in APP
probation of their aid in the passage of the
woman's bill.
A pleasant party was given to Mr.. James
MacDermott at his residence, $40 u street
southwest Monday. The evening was spent
with vocal and instrumental music and
games. The first prize was won in the
donkey game by Miss Anna Ryan, and the
BOBBY prize by Mr.. r. Costello. Those pres
ent were Misses A. Dunn, A. Ryan, +. Rab-
bit, NJ MacAu!iff, A. Tourney. NJ Cullough.
NJ Barnes and f. Mac Dermott and Nessrs
S. Lynch, NJ Horne. J. NacDermott. w
Shoemaker. r. Costello, NJ. Driscoll j
Healy, L. Mills and G. Butts
Miss Gale has closed her house on X street
and has gone to Narragansett Pier for the
simmer, Where she has cottage
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Oliver have sent ont