Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
The Summer Wanderers May Soon
Be Expected.
Mr.. And mrs. lee OFF TO THE ORIENT
The Marriage of Miss Hoffman
and Mr.. ChesIey.
? E r S o n AL n O T E

! houses. which have been deserted and dull
) for the last three or four months. begin to
| show signs of returning life. The return of
hot weather all along the line changed
home coming plans considerably, and those
J who are enjoying the autumn at far north
, ern cities or resorts are in no special hurry
J to come back to this city, until cool wealth
) er is an assured fact. The early rush of
! weddings is already on, and will show in
( creased activity during the first part of Oc-
tober. Some of the events. however in
which society is apt to take the kindlest
interest will not occur until late Novem-
J Der, and some others. of which the world
; has already been given an intmation, will
J go over to the holiday season, or some time
in December.
| The marriage of Miss Grace Davis and
: Mr.. Arthur Lee at Elkins, w. Va, last
| Monday was one of the handsomest events
! of the year Their wedding journey is out
of the usual rut, being to Japan China and
Manila. They Travelled to the Pacific coast
on private car. The bride is said to have
worn the costliest lace wedding dress ever
imported TO the country, and her presents
were equally elaborate. Those from her
J | relatives We're superb, though they but
family express the affection in which she
| is held by them. 1t is probable Mr.. and
J Mrs. Lee will be home by Christmas.
pleasant bit of news this week has been
the announcement that Sir Julian Paunce-
| fote will remain at his post here until next
| spring. The Pauncefote family will stay
until the middle of October at New Lon
) | don.
\ | Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Mcclure are now at
the Hot Springs, where they will stay for
several weeks
Mrs. and Miss Terry, wife and daughter
of Capt Silas Terry, will spend October at
| Annapolis.
A memorial service was held last Monday
\ | pf at ha of pX IN r
Dillon, Far Hill, n. j., in memory of his
wife, Mrs. Anna Price Dillon, and his
J | daughter, Mrs Annie Dillon Oliver, both
! of whom We're lost in the Bourgogne diSas-
ter, and whose bodies were never recov-
J cred. Both ladies were well known in this
| city. The regular burial service Of the
! | Episcopal Church was read, without the
! committal, by the Rev. DR.. David H. Greer
, of St Bartholomew Church, New York,
J assisted by the Rev. Joseph Cooper Hall,
) rector of the Episcopal Church of BaskinS
Ridge. Large paintings of Mrs Dillon and
Mrs. Oliver were placed at the front OF the
library, where the service was held, and
were surrounded with wreaths of orchids
and lilies of the valley, and other floral
pieces The music was in charge of Rich
ard Henry Warren, the organist Of St. Bar
thOlomeW's Church, and included the sing
( ing of Tennyson's Crossing the Bar and
J of Jesus. Lover of My Soul by the choir
) | of st. Bartholomew's Church, and Chopns
\ | Funeral March was played by a strnged
I orchestra led by Prof. Ficke of New York.
The guests were met at the station by car
rages as the judges house is mile from
| the station. They included many prOmi
| nent members of the bar of New York and
| New Jersey.
;; Mrs. John Rodgers is back at her home
on 10th street. Miss Keats Rodgers is
: making a visit to the Misses Sheridan at
| Nonquit, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Burdette and Miss
| Burdette are home after their summer
. | travels, which extended as far as Quebec.
One of the pretty home weddings which
Z | will mark the early part of October will
( be that of Miss Marie Louise Hoffman.
( daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VIM. F. HoItz-
J man. to Mr. Willoughby Sprigg Chesley.
5 The ceremony will take place on the even
\ ing of October 6, at I o'clock. and will be
! followed by a reception. The bride will be
; attended by her two sisters, the Misses
\ | Florence and Genevieve Hoffman. Mr..
( | John Chesley will be best man for his
( brother. and Messrs. Harry Chesley and
J | Dixon Bynum will be ushers. Rev. T. D.
8 Clark of Bryn Mawr, uncle of the bride,
( | will perform the ceremony. The date of
J the wedding is also the twenty-fifth ami
; versary of the marriage of the brides par
ents.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
( Carrie Cornell and Mr.. William Benjamin
J | Ballard of Boston, St Pauls Episcopal
; Church. Wednesday evening, October 3.
} Mrs. Belknap, who in New York
s last week, will visit with her daughter,
\ |
! fore returning to Washington.
: Lady Beresford, Duchess of Marlborough
J | but best known in Washington Mrs. Lily
5 | Price Hamersley, the wealthy widow of
( Louis Hamersley of New York, is just now
| interested in a new fad-orchid cultivation
; | She has had splendid orchid house built
\ at her home, Deepdene. She recently gave
( | a large ball at Deepdene to celebrate the
( | first year of her young son, who is named
J | after his father, William Warren de la
( Poer
81 Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Thompson will be
: back again at their street residence about
| the LIST of October. They left Bar Harbor
this week for Boston, where they intend to
spend a few day before going to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mclean, who spent
the late summer at Bar Harbor, have been
a lately at Atlantic City. which they much
enjoyed during the early season.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil p. Wetzel are travel
ing through northern Maryland and south
ern Pennsylvania for the benefit of the
formers health
Miss Gould, Miss Katharyn McGirr and
. Mrs and Miss Lamont of Philadelphia left
this morning to be the guests of Major and
' Mrs Samuel D. Crawford of the 18th Regi-
; ment. Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Camp
! Meade. Middletown, Pa. for a few days.
Mr. w. c. Maupin and Mrs. Maupin have
; returned to their home on East Capitol
| street
, Mr. Clarke Waggaman, after spending
a year at his studies in Paris returned
, hor"" til early part of this week and is
, ..---.,.--e lor the present with his grand
: parents, DR.. and Mrs. Clarke, at Valley
View farm.
Miss Sydney c. Fallon. who has recently
recovered from typhoid fever. has gone to
Omaha, Neb., to regain her health
, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Parkman have return
ed to the city and residing at 100 18th
) street southeast, where they will be pleased
. to their friends.
Mrs, Louise Lyon Johnson of Minneapolis
past grand matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star for the state of Minnesota, is
in the city to attend the meeting of the
General Grand Chapter of that order, which
convenes here next week. She is visiting
DR.. Alice Burritt, 1923 14th street
The marriage of Miss Mary G. Holden,
formerly of this city. to Mr.. Myron F. Near
Of Buffalo, took place at the International
Hotel. Niagara Falls. August % last The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. r.
Crane. a cousin of the bride. of Middle
town. Ohio. Only the immediate family
and relatives of the bride were present
there being Mr.. r. A. Holden Of Cincin-