Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Coming Marriage of a Popular Jour
nalist.
Miss Gaines BECOMES Mrs. B0ynton nj
the Covenant Tomorrow-Per-
sOnnl Notes of Interest.

very great interest rs attdCneQ 10 tue
marriage tomorrow at the Church of the
Covenant of Miss Florence Griswold Gaines
and Mr.. Charles Hudson Boynton of the
Associated Press by the numerous friends
of the young couple. The wedding fos-
tivities began last night by a dinner given
in honor of Mr.. Boynton by a number OF
newspaper men and other friends. The
spread was given at the Hotel Raleigh,
and was sn extremely happy event. The
table was richly adorned with pink roses
and m alden hair fern and the dinner was
a great success from start to finish. The
menu were daintily ornamented and form
very artistic souvenirs. The hosts of the
occasion were Henry l.. Merrick. Charles
A. Boynton, Archibald Butt, Walter Adams.
Victor Kaufman, James s. Henry. Al
fred Henry Lewis. Angus McSwecn, Frank
p. Morgan. Maurice Splain, DIR. IA. L. r.
johnson, Robert j. Wynne, j. T.. Jones.
Lewis A. Coolidge. Henry c. Kemp, Howard
n. Thompson, w. q. Sterrett. Tom Z.
Noyes and Scott C. Bone.
Tonight both the bride and groom-elect
will be guests of honor at theaier party
At their marriage tomorrow at noon Rev
DIR. Kerr of Richmond Va, viii be the
officiating clergyman. Messrs. Archibald
Butt. Howard Thompson, Horace Westcott
and Edward ]. Brady will be ushcrs and
Mr.. William holloway Farwell of New
York city will be hest man. Miss Meta
Boynton. sister of the groom, will be maid
of honor The bride will wear a travelling
dress dark blue in color. A wedding breaA-
fast for the bridal party and relatives VIII
be given at the Hotel Raleigh, and Mr..
Boyntcn will take his bride for honey-
moon jaunt to the Adirondacks. They VIII
go to housekeeping upon their return al
the Magnolia flats, NJ street near l4th
street.
At the marriage, tomorrow evening, at
the Eastern Presbyterian Church, of Miss
isabelle Cameron McGregor and DIR. Noble
p Barnes, Miss Mamie McGregor, sister OF
the bride, will be maid of honor. She Will
wear white organdie and pink ribbons. and
is to carry la France roses. The bride viii
wear white mousseline de sole. over white
taffeta DIR. Braden, Mr.. Roy Flannegan,
Dr. Miner, and Messrs. John and Charles
Cameron will be ushers. and Rev. DR..
E;:ston will off1ciate. Following the mar
riage a reception for the bridal party and
relatives will be held at the home of Mr..
ard Mrs. John McGregor. the brides par
cnts. The young couple will be at home TO
their friends after October 1 at 9th and b
streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Winner have just re-
turned from East Gloucester. Mass, and
their family will return October /.
Mrs. Burnham, wife of Capt. Durham,
has returned to the city with a view of
buying a home here. and is at 400 h
street. Capt Burnham and the youngest
son will remain another year in southern
California by the advice of their physician.
Lieut.. Burnham. the eldest son, is now
stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Kan
Miss Nellie Leadii CHAM has returned
after making a pleasant visit to her BROTH
err in Chicago.
Mrs. Sue F. Gender left today for a
months visit to her niece. Mrs. Robert
Cunningham of Ottawa, Kansas.
A pleasant party o; young friends gath
cred at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs Linn
erick, $50 f street southwest, last evening
to celebrate the sixth birthday anniversary
of their little daughter Agnes. Among
those who enjoyed the music. games and
dainty refreshments were Misses Meta and
Julia White Stuart, Bell Perry, Zita Gro
Rhe1 Werner, Laura. Bessie and Blanch
Pywell, Mary Hill, Carrie Stuart and Ella
Limerick. The guests were entertained
with piano selections by Miss Annie Moe
abee and Lillian Perry. Masters Harry Ply
well. Frank Perry. Charlie Limerick and
George and Henry Olive, Rod, Louis and
Curry
Mr.. and Mrs. David S. Hendrick and
family have returned TO Their home 1704
q street. after several months soiourn in
the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Miss Helen Offey. Miss Weston and Miss
Hcsmer have returned from their Euro-
pean trip.
DR.. Horace NJ. Decide has gone down to
Old Point, and will remain until early next
week
Major F. W. Coleman and family have
Just returned, after a most delightful sum-
mer spent at Atlantic City and Newport.
Miss Elsie Rittenhouse will spend the
winter with her friend, Mrs. Wade at
Fort San Houston. Texas.