Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-01
PERSONAL NOTES
West End Streets Becoming Lively
Again,
BRIDES And GROOMS OF NEXT WEEK.
The Pretty Weddings Fixed for
Two Days,
0 L H E II FALL EVEN S

There are a few more indications that
| summer is past and gone and that Wash
| ington is again a desirable residence city
! by the increased activity in West End
stl eets. Quite a number of houses have
| been opened up during the past week al
| though som" are only for temporary uses.
! The Letters are back much earlier than Is
| their custom, being en- route for Newport
News, where next Tuesday Miss Nancy
Letter will chrsten the battle ship Illinois
| Mrs. Washington Mclean and Mrs. Hazen
returned or sad errand, the funeral Of
Mr.. John Hazen. and have the warmest
sympathy of hosts of friends in their grief.
| The month will be ushered in by num-
| Der Of interesting weddings. Wednesday
| morning at st. Pauls Church. 18th and Y
| streets, Archbishop Kahn of St. Louis viii
perform the marriage ceremony for Miss
| Dent and Mr.. Carlon. The same evening
| Miss Carrie Cornell of this city and Mr..
| William Benjamin Ballard of Boston will
be married at St. Paurs Episcopal Church
at o'clock by Rev. Alfred Harding.
Mr. Narcisse Demongeot has issued invi-
| tationS for the marriage of his daughter,
Victoria c., to DIR. Felix A. Van Reuth,
| Wednesday evening. October = at half-past
) o'clock, at St. Aloysius Church.
| Thursday evening at the residence of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Hoffman,
| Miss Marie Louise Hoffman and Mr.. Will
| loughby Sprigg Chesley will be married by
the uncle of the bride, Rev. T. d. Clark of
| Bryn Mawr, Pa The ceremony will take
place at 4 o'clock and will be followed by
| a reception The brides attendants will
| be her sisters, the Misses Florence and
| Genevieve Hoffman. Mr.. John Chesley
will be best man and Messrs Harry Ches-
| ley and Dixon Bynum will be ushers. Mr..
| and Mrs. Hoffman were married on the
same date twenty-five years ago.
Mrs. and the Misses Claget will return to
| Washington about the middle of this
| month. The mar iage of Mis- Rita CIagett to
| Mr.. Henri de Shour will take Place the
| first week in November at Mrs. Clagetts
| residence. and will be very quiet.
Miss Marie A. Churchill of New York
| ard Mr.. Harold A. ]. Barring of London.
| Who will be married in New York October
| "a. will spend their honeymoon in south
| ern France and Italy. Miss Muriel Ursula
Barring, sister of the bridegroom, will be
maid of honor, and in all probability the
| brides only attendant at the marriage,
| which is to take place in st. Thomas
| Church at 400 O'Clock in the afternoon.
| She will wear an exquisite gown of white
| ard pink satin and chiffon, with a picture
hat to match.
Another October wedding will be that of
Miss Margaret hammond to Mr. w J.
| Marsh, which will occur at noon Wednes-
! day, the 18th. at her mothers house Co
iulHDld fieiSnlS. KEY. Mr.. Perry of ST.
| Andrews. will perform the ceremony.
Last week, at Sterling. ILL., the home
| coming of the officers and three companies
| OF the 9th Illinois Volunteers was made a
great occasion. A banquet was served in
| the park and afterwar1 speechmaking was
| enjoyed to the fullest extent. Colonel Fos-
| ter of the regiment. and Mrs. Electa +.
Smith of this city, formerly of Sterling
| were the special guests of the event and
| both the citizens committee and the SOL
| lad lob Is.s,,
honor. While the regiment was al Camp
| Alger Mrs. Smith obtained cots for their
| hospital fed the entire company every Sum
! day, obtained furioughs and discharges for
| the sick and looked up absent sick ones to
| inform their families of their condition
| AT all times her home was open to the SOL
| der boys, where she tenderly nursed them
| and miniStered to their comfort. She inter-
| viewed generals and the Secretary of War
| in their behalf and all through the war she
| helped feed the hungry and assisted the
| sick OF all the regiments that passed
| through Washington. Most of the speakers
| at the banquet referred in most apprecia-
| tive terms 70 these acts of Mrs. Smith The
| same evening the regimental band: sere-
| raded her at her hotel.
Mr.. B. F. Leighton and family have re-
turned to their country place, woodside,
| Md The family will not open their city
| residence until November.
| A surprise party was given to Miss Mat
| tie Beall at her home sol Florida avenue
| last evening. Those present Were the Miss
| es Ida Pasco. Mamie and Mamie Boyle
| Mabel Davis, BERTHE Cox, Pansy Maur, Lot
| tie Pasco, Ora Moore, Nellie and Carrie
McMichael, Annie Kerns. Marie Bell, Mag
| gle Sherier, Margie Clark, Messrs. Carl
Fox, James Hendley, Daniel hurry, D. H.
| Michael. William Mann. Clarence Mann.
| Laurence Gilchiese, JOHNNY Boyle, Jimmy
! Doyle, David Barrow. H. L. Richtor, Char
lie Sherier Willie Pool, Frank Parker.
Miss Della Fishel, 921 Sth street, has as
her guest Miss Flora Guggenheimer of Bal
| timore. At home Sunday evening.
Invitations have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. H Moreland for the marriage of their
| daughter, Miss Mamie L., to Mr.. Emil R.
Mueller at st. Stephens Church. Mount
| Pleasant, Wednesday evening. October 49,
At a reception given Thursday evening
by Col. and Mrs. James ]. Ross of Della
| ware, in celebration of the twenty-fifth an
niversary of their marriage their beautiful
home THE Elms' in Sussex county Del
aware, was thrown open to five hundred
| guests, a special train bringing those
from a distance. Mrs. Ross wore her we'd
ding dress and jewels and carried the bou-
quet she had twenty-five years before.
Among the guests were the bishop of Della
ware, the governor and his staff and the
directors of the Seaford National Bank, of
which Mr.. Ross is president The Wash
ington contingency of Delawarians present
were Senator and Mrs. Kenney, Mr. and
Mrs McFee nee Miss CampbelD Mrs. Liz
Zle Stuart-RoblnSon, Miss Fisher and Mr..
Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs George Klenk gave chill
drenS party at their residence. 2131 l.
street, Thursday evening in honor of Master
George Klenk'S seventh birthday. The din
ing room was prett:ly decorated with plants
and cut flowers. Refreshments were served
at o'clock Among those present were
Misses Emily Littlebridge, Alice Colladay,
Mary Crowley, Ethel Lanam, Bessie Long
Blanch Long Sadie Cahin, Winneford Ran
dolph. Helen Doran, Nellie Doran, Blanch
Toomb, Helen Sharp, Louise Gheselli,
Louise klenk, Masters Karl and George
klenk Henry Doyle, Milton Tucker Max
Duvall. Clifton Breck, Thomas and Deacon
Randolph, Paul Sharp, Howard Toomb
Thomas Doran. Philip and Ralph Ward.
Thomas and Jerome Crowley, John Long
Willie Hill and Arthur Hindle of Baltimore.
Mrs. E. Lamasure will be pleased to see
her friends Wednesdays, after o'clock
and Mondays. after o'clock pm, at 1893
Q street.
A birthday party was given Thursday
night in honor of Miss Mary Fersinger and
Mr.. ]. S. Fersnger. Those present were
the Misses K. Fersinger, S. Keller, b. In
derwood, S. Clements. NJ. Maltby. NJ. Bur-
NJ TbomeSt HaSSlnr s