Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Home and Church Weddings Set for This
Week.
A ''Berryville High Tea" for a WASH
fngtou Lady - Recent Engage
menta-Pers0nals.

Ihe WISH OF f'Tltce Ge0fge OF leck 10
Lenox appears to have been entirely
joy OF anticipation and one not at all likely
of realization this year The smart set
there is making rhe best of each other ami
CT several minor celebrities who have APP
peared as guests in various houses, and the
enjoyment of the season is not at all dis
tirbed by the loss of the princeiy lion.
The marriage of Miss Marie NJ. Lisch
sister of Mr.. Theophile Lisch, to Mr.. Fred
erck Rauscher will take place Wednesday
afternoon at the residence of Mr.. Charles
Rauscher, 1884 Connecticut avenue, and a
large number of invitations have been
issued for the event.
A very pretty home wedding was SOL
emnized Saturday morning at o'clock at
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hedges. No.
l221 L street The contracting parties were
Miss Rose Hedges of this city and Mr..
Augustus Dawson of Putnam. Conn. The
Rev. John c. Bowers, pastor of st. Marks
Lutheran Church, South Washington, ori
ciated. The bride was very becomingly at
tired in travelling costume of dark brown
broadcloth with hat 10 match The pres
ents were very handsome. A very notice
able feature of the wedding was the pres
ence of four generations the brides
side. Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson left for the
north and viii spend several weeks at the
j home of the groom in Connecticut.
Among The approaching New York we'd
uluSS VI special Interest 10 W aSuliiS toilsduS
will be that of Miss Harriette Bradford
Hitchcock. daughter of the late Com
mander Roswell ID, Hitchcock of the United
States lazy, to Frederic Hartman, son of
Mrs. Frederic Hartman. Miss Hitchcock.
who has recently been at Pointe-a-Pic.
Murray bay, Canada, with her mother.
will be married to Mr.. Hartman some time
in November, probably the week after the
horse show.
An engagement recently announced is
that of Miss Laura Welsh, daughter of the
late Henry ID. Welsh of Wissahickon
Heights. Philadelphia. to Capt. Thomas
Lincoln Casey of the Engineer Corps of
the United States army.
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Taussig
are located at 1614 Riggs place for the WIN
ter.
Mrs. R. Noske of 2O5 R street has gone
to Brooklyn to visit her cousin.
Miss Agnes L. Eichhorn returned Satur-
Cay after two months visit to Atlantic
City and Philadelphia.
After an absence of two months with
| friends in New York. Mrs NJ. A. Keller of
zoos X street has returned home.
Mr.. w. P. Van Wickle returned from New
York today, and Mrs. Van Wickle is visit
ing in Boston and Lynn.
Mrs. Mary L. Stephens has returned from
very pleasant visit to Cape May and
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs c. w. Hall have issued
cards for the marriage of their daughter,
Florence Gertrude, to Mr. Morrison w.
Perley, Wednesday of this week.
Miss katherine Bryant reached WASH
irgton Friday, after an extended western
trip. and is with her mother at 1922 10th
street.
At the E Street Baptist Church, Wednes-
day evening, at z O'Clock, the marriage of
Mss Elsie Gunnell, daughter of DIR. and
Mrs. Robert H. Gunnell, to Mr.. Milton ].
Young will be solemnized by Rev. ]. j.
Muir, DID. The maid of honor will be
Miss Matte Fisher, the brides cousin, and
Mr.. Homer T. Hirst of Pittsburg will be
best man. Miss Agnes Shoemaker, Miss
Sadie C.. Champlin. Miss Florence E. Muir,
all of Washington. and Miss Sybil f.
Weidemann of Philadelphia will be brides
| maids, and Miss Edith Scott Combes, a
niece of the bride, will attend her as flower
girl. The ushers will be Messrs. John H.
GunneIl. John G. Muir. J. Clarence Price
and Richard E. Kimble of Washington;
Charles p. Norcross of New York, and Ed
ward P. Champlin of Norfolk. A reception
for relatives and the bridal party will fol-
low at the residence of DR.. and Mrs. Gun
nell.
At Berryville. Va, last Wednesday after
neon, Mrs. John B. Neill gave a progress
sive high f1ves'' party in honor of her
cousin. Mrs. Ewing Cockrell of Washing
ton, ID. c., which was largely attended.
A congress OF authors and artists will con-
vene at Nashville, October IL and II, where
Tennessee is celebrating the one hundredth
anniversary of her admission to statehood.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. Curtiss Smithe have re-
turned from their summer stay in Maine.
Mrs. Schoppert and daughter of Shop
herdstown, w. Va. are visiting Mrs. Rob-
ertson, GA Pennsylvania avenue southeast
where they will receive their friends.