Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Soon You win Meet Familiar Faces
Again.
EHE GAYEflE CHARM now At IEHOI
Gossip Of the Belknap-May En-.
gagement.
RECENT RRETTY WEDDINGS

With the return Of the President and
Mrs Mckinley within the coming week.
provided the weather changes to an au-
tumnal degree of comfort. the rest of the
official families will soon commence to turn
/ their faces this way, although another
month will pass before anything like a
revival of social life can be expected Sum-
mer visitors are beginning to desert the
north Atlantic shores in some Instances
for Lenox and its neighborhood, in the
Berkshires. The Lenox season is on with
or without its promised Prince Alexander
of Teck and nothing can stop 1t now till
the real cold weather comes and the horse
show season opens in New York The
prince market has its ups and downs. Some
days derisive comment has it that the al
! most royal young gentleman has no mo-
| tive of coming to these shores, and never
had, for that matter, while again 1t is as
serted with even a greater degree of GER
tafnty that he will come with his prospec-
tive hostess, Mrs. Shattuck, when she re-
turns from Europe this month, and go with
her at once to her fine home at Lenox
where her daughter, Mrs. Hoffman,. and
her husband, who has an intimate ac-
quaintance with the titled visitor, now
await them. Whichever way 1t goes, Lsnox
has had a pleasurable excitement, and no.
body can blame it's charmingly exclusive
/ SET III It's enjoyment OF TO the utterm0St
extreme. The round of festivities, dinners,
dances and balls are up to the usual stand
ard, and invitations to house parties are
enviable possessions at the moment.
As affairs grow in interest in the direc-
| ton of the Berkshires. they simmer down
| at Newport and Bar Harbor. At the latter
place the game Is practically over, and at
Newport the usual wedding Or two, which
are generally the closing events of the sea-
| son, kept houses open that would have
he
establishments are closed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Belmont have sailed for Europe intending
to add their very agreeable personalities
to the splendors of Blenheim where the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough await
| them.
| Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has also sailed
to rejoin her invalid husband, who SEEM
irgly contemrlates a much longer absence
abroad. the improvement In his health, 50
| well begun here, having continued. Apropos
of the Vanderbilts residence here, there
was naturally a very lively competition for
| their house trade, and in this connection
a good story is told of the proprietor of
a large store He saw the Vanderbilt car
| riage in front of his place Of business one
| day and he could scarcely restrain his i'm
patience until he found out what was
the, amount of Mrs. Vanderbilts purchase.
| 1t was just exactly 10 cents worth, but 1t
| was to be delivered. The situation was
| amusing and nobody enjoyed 1t more than
I the store owner, who tried to get all the
at least his business wagon would be seen
| in front of the Vanderbilt establishment
So 1T was ard regularly thereafter every
| day. for the way the small order was at
tended to without any annoying remarks
of a desire for future patronage SO pleased
| Mrs Vanderbilt that she continued her
| dealings as long as she remained in Wash
| ington.
neither Mrs. For Miss Belknap have taken
any trouble to deny it-that the latter
! has embraced the Jewish religion to full
| fill h,r part of the conditions imposed by
her future mother-in-law to facilitate her
marriage with Mr.. Paul May, the Belgian
diplomat, who, while a young man of
| brains and promise in his career, has not
| that most desirable of attractions in
| son-in-law-a large income-unless his mar
| riage pleases his mother. Mrs. May is not
| only something of diplomat herself, but
| has extraordinary business ability, and
| evidently knows how to drive sharp bar
gain. Miss Be:knap who has been SO much
| admired, has never had serious attach
ment before. and the year of waiting.
which was the first condition imposed by
| the mother of her iance, has only strength
| ened her determination. Mr.. May arrived
in this country from Japan a month ago
| and lost but little time before joining the
Belknaps at Cobourg. 1t is now but rea-
sonable to suppose that the next announce
ment will include the date of the wedding
day.
| A very interesting marriage ceemony
| was that on Monday last at st. Aloysius'
| Church, which united Miss Jessie Meow
| an, daughter Of Mr.. Nicholas MCGOWAN. TO
| Mr.. Patrick Ambrose of New Jersey. The
| ceremony. which took place at noon, was
| performed by Rev. Father Gillespie, s. j.,
| assisted by Fathers Burke and Fullerton
| The altar was handsomely decorated witt,
flowers and Illuminated by MANY tapers.
| Mr.. Michael Ambrose was hest man and
Mr.. Louis WhaIen of Cumberland Nj
William Boyden. Mr.. McKenna and Ny
| Jerome NcCowan were msbsrs Tha raoa,,
ton, which followed at the home of NJ
and Mrs Nichoias McGovan VS. . ~.
ant nccasion na,+fcinat ed IN h1 hol p,sa -
| friends NJ "a 49, ,ahras no .o,.t "a "a
Niagara Falls and Canada on their honey.
moon. and will reside in New Jersey upon
their return.
| Colonel and Mrs Rutherford with THAR
| ~ n..re. eii
! SUI, MI. ~, " n noI ~, nave re-
.urnea 10 tneir Istn sIreet nome from a
| 9une, ou.lhs spent IN the mountains OF
| rehhssrvania-
| MRS. r. i. Z. Dent OF 18th street has re-
turned to the city. after splendid visit of
nve weeks at ottawa Beach, Lake Michi-
| gan: MISS Dent. who accompanied her