Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-16
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
0upid's Work Among Young and Old
Loven.
An EI0pement Quite Out Of the Usual
Order-Other Weddings
Personals.

turesque little church of ST. Adams Ten
leytown road. Fifty years ago the bride
was a school girl at East Chester, n. Y,
and the groom of today a newly ordained
| Episcopal minister.
For the last forty-five years Rev. w. s.
Coffey has been rector of ST. Paurs Church,
| in East Chester. His first wife died some
years ago. His bride of today, Mrs. Anna
Chatterson. is the widow of Rev. DIR. Chat
| terson. chaplain to the first Episcopal
bishop in this country. Right Rev. willism
White, LID Rev. DIR. Buck, rector of St
Adams. performed the ceremony. and at
Its conclusion reception for their inti-
mate friends followed at the residence of
| the brides sister. Mrs. Simms, who is the
| widow of Commodore Simms. DIR. and Mrs.
Coffey will take trip to Old Point before
going to their future home at Mt. Vernon,
n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Donald Cameron have is
sued invitations to the marriage of Miss
Rachel Cameron to Mr.. Chandler Hale, on
Tuesday, September -, at 12:a0 o'clock.
The ceremony viii take place at the Cam
! eron home, "Lochiel," at Harrisburg, Pa.
Miss Alice Kraft and Mr.. Andrew Renick
Benson were married yesterday at St
Andrews Church by Rev. DIR. Perry. Mr.
Walter A. Holden and Mr.. Theodore Dor
man were the ushers. and Miss Janet Hun
ton Young of Maryland was maid of honor.
= III,
trimmed with pink crepe and point lace
worn by her mother at her wedding. A
becoming toque to match was worn. and a
bouquet of bride roses carried. Mr.. and
Mrs. Benson are away on a honeymoon.
and will reside, after October ], at 1115 L.
street
Mrs. John Russell Young. who spent the
summer at Round HILL Va, has returned
to Washington.
AT the Eastern Presbyterian Church last
night the marriage of Miss Isabel Cam
eron McGregor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
John r. McGregor, to DIR. Noble p Barnes
was witnessed by a large assemblage of
their friends. The ushers were Mr. Roy
tiannigan, Mr.. Charles Cameron, Mr. John
Cameron, DIR. Braden and DIR. Miner Miss
Mamie McGregor was maid of honor Rev
DR.. Easton officiated. The platform and
reading desk were handsomely adorned
with plants and La France roses. The
bride was very daintily dressed i'm white
silk muslin and carried bride roses. Miss
Mamie McGregor was dressed i'm white or
candle and pink ribbons and carried La
FRANCE roses. The wedding reception fol-
lowed at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Gregor. on Maryland avenue, at which the
bridal party and relatives were entertained
DIR. and Mrs. Barnes have gone TO Boston
by sea, and will be at home to their friends
after October 1 at 9Th and ID streets
The pleasant country home of Mrs. Won
Dacherhausen at Wedderburn, Va. was
the scene OF a pleasant little house party
last week. 1t wound Up Tuesday after
hoon. the l4th instant, with a very inter
estlng elopement, the Parties being Miss
Bessie Steele of Capitol Hill and Mr. Alex
ander Won Dachenhausen of Georgetown
who were accompanied by Miss Ruth Fos-
ter, cousin of the green. 1t had beer
planned that che party should break UP
Tuesday night with little dance, to which
a few friends were informally invited. The
trio proposed to drive to Fairfax Court
House for various good things with which
TO celebrate the OHcaS sion nromsinp
they drove merrly off, to bring back a
great surprise with them. After hours of
anxious waiting and curious anticipation
on the part of their FRIENDS, il came in
the shape of a marriage certificate, signed
by the Rev. Mr.. Pendleton, rector of Zion
Church. Fairfax Court House. and duly
witnessed by Miss Ruth Foster and others
The whole affair had been previously ar
ranged by them and was so cleverly exc
cuted that no opportunity was allowed for
opposition, had there been any, and it be-
came Mrs. Won Dachenhausen's pleasant
duty TO open the evenings festivities by
Introducing her new daughter to the aston
ished guests, which she did in a few we'll
cEosen words; after which congratu
OF the neartleSt nature were in order and
then dancing. There was much merrimeni
over the cutting Of the brides cake which
had been hastily compounded. The merry
party did not break up till dawn when
the young couple amidst the usual gen.
erous shower of rice. old shoes and the
merry laughter of friends. took the early
train Tor washington; thence to Atlantic
City for brief honeymoon.
A surprise euchre parry was rendered Mr.
Chas. Dismer. jr., last evening at his resi-
dence, toS K street, in honor of his twenty
first birthday. The large parlors were
decorated with palms ami cut flowers
MISS Mamie Heine and Mr. Chas. Dismer
Jr., won the first prizes, and the BOBBY
prizes fell TO Miss Valerie Flack and Mr.
Heider. After the prizes were distributed
refreshments were served and a very pleas
ant evening was spent. Among those pies
ent were the Misses Mamie Heine Valerie
Flack, Blanche Weller. Pauline Mueden
Lena Ludington. Lima Dismer and Messrs
Weller Heine, Douglass, Miller Heider
Mueden, Aibers, Lyles, VIII Disner Bro
sius and H. Dismer
Miss Mabel Gould and Miss Alice Hig-
gins have returned after spending a most
delightful summer at the home of the
former, at Edgemont. Va.
Miss Amy Louise Conckfin has returned
to her home, 1872 18th street
Dr. ID. w. Prentiss and family have re-
turned from summering on the coast of
Maine and are at their home, i2lS 9th
street.
Mrs. E. A. Arnold of 221 A street south
east will leave today for Niagara Falls to
be absent until October 1.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Hunt has gone to New York
for a week.
Miss Josephine Miller is visiting her
friends in Philadelphia, and win probably
return in eight or ten days to her home
1623 Madison street
A watermelon feast was given last even
ing by the members of the Fluer de Lis
Social Club at the home of Miss Bessie
Moore OF Northeast Washington. Among
those present were Misses Gertie Keck,
Rachael Warren, Edna Knots, Edna
Thompkins. Missile Moore. Bessie Moore,
Gussie Bethume. and Messrs. Jas. Craw-
ford, Arthur Knots, Sellman Gather, Yer
non Gale, Julian Gale, VIM Banville, John
Coombs, Silas Moore. Austin Jarvis Fred
Murray, Charles o. Reed and Ernest
Waesche. Misses Warren, Knots, Thomp-
kins and Bethume, accompanied by Messrs.
Crawford, Knots, Jarvis and Murray, en-
tered a cake walk. Mr. Austin Jarvis, Vino
was accompanied by Miss Edna Thomp-
kins, won the cake by few points. The
melons were eaten in the back garden.
The Best ROute to
Atlantic City is the. one requiring no
change of cars. Through trains via Penn
sylvania railroad. s. excursion next Satrr-
day and Sunday-Adyt