Evening star., 1898-12-20
TODAY'S SOCIAL PROGRAM
More Buds to Join the List of New Bellies in
Washington.
Dinner, Dance and Reception Per-
sOnal Notes of In
terest.

III &C uNbAAaHttS VIII make lleiT INITIAL
bows today. Mrs. David Graham Adee in
rtoduces her daughter. Miss Adee: Mrs.
Garter. wife of Senator Carter. viii present
her sister. Miss Galen to their friends. and
Mrs. Charles y. Cragin her youngest
daughter. Miss Lillian Addison Cragin.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Griggs
gave a dinner last night in honor of the
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart.
Lady Pauncefote has cards out for a tea
tomorrow at ! o o'clock.
Mr.. Maury has invited his friends for
December 24, 4 to 6.
Mrs. Brown, wife of Justice Brown, has
tea Invitations out for December -, ) to Z.
Mrs. Seth Shepherd will give a tea this
afternoon.
Mrs. Foraker. Mrs. Elkins and Mrs.
Ffoulke will give dinners on the evening of
December 30. and Mrs. Foraker will enter
tain the entire party at a dance the same
night.
Mrs. William b. Orme will introduce her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Booth Orme at
tea December ~, from to O'Clock. They
will have as their guests Miss Massey of
Germantown. Miss MalVina Tabb of Hamp-
ton and Miss Miller of North Carolina.
Miss Bessie Cannon and Mr.. John Her
bert Osborne will be married tomorrow at
noon at the recto-y of st. Patrick's Church,
Rev. DIR. Stafford officiating. A bridal trip
10 new OTh VIII follow, ana the young
couple Will be at home after January l at
fb2o Stn street. The bride-elect is the sis
ter of DR. Walter d. Cannon of this city
and niece of Representative Cannon of Illi-
nois. The couple. friends from childhood at
their old home in Indiana, met again in this
city when Mr.. Osborne cane here during
the past summer. having enlisted in the
Signal Corps at the outbreak of the war,
and is now attached to the War Depart
ment
Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs.
Heath will entertain at dinner tonight.
Mr.. Heath entertained at dinner last
night, his guests including Solicitor General
Richards, Assistant Secretary of War
MeikieJohn. MIR. Webster Davis, second as
sistant secretary Of the interior; Mr.. James
+. Boyd, assistant attorney general; Sena-
tor Thurston, Join Russell Young, Charles
Dick, Mr.. b. H. Warner. Mr.. Rudolph
Myron NJ. Parker.
Mrs. B. II. Warner and Miss Mary War
ner will not be home Wednesdays until
after January l.
Mrs. NJ. d. Wadsworth having rented her
home on Vermont avenue she and Miss
York.
Mrs. Grant has been quite i'll for the
past week, but is now much improved. Her
condltlon has at no time been serious, al
though it is possible she may be confined
Tor some days longer to her room.
Mrs. Kate Thyson Marr, who has been
so i'll at the Shoreham since her mothers
death. left this afternoon for her home in
New York.
Miss Lillian C. Ferris of Brooklyn is
spending few days with friends at the
Shoreham.
Mrs. P. c. Claffin, accompanied by her
daughter Marguerite, has gone to Wiscon-
sin to spend a few weeks visiting at her
old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A Newton, sr, are with
their son-in-iaw. Mr.. A. X. Raymond. No.
ll1a Park place northeast, where they will
be glad to See their friends and relatives.
Owing to a death in her family very
recently, Mrs. Lillian Rozell Messenger
will be unable TO pay any calls this season.
Mr.. Cambon, the French ambassador who
is shortly expected back here again, was
guest at dinner of Queen Victoria at Wind
sor castle lately.
Very general regret will be expressed here
in the death of Mr. Edmundo Plaza for
merly attached to the Mexican legation
Mr.. Plaza since leaving Washington has
been the Mexican consul at Yokohama
Japan. where he made many friends and
was highly thought of in diplomatic and
other circles. The news of his death, which
came in private letter yesterday, indicates
that few, If any, of his friends knew of his
illness at all, and his death was a great
shock Mir. Plaza was a great favorite
among the younger Spanish-speaking dip
lomats and was a welcome guest every
where.
Mrs. John W. Foster was at home yester-
day to callers and had the assistance of
Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mrs. Halford and
Miss Thompson.
One of the farewell courtesies to Lord and
Lady Curzon previous to their sailing for
India was a dinner party given Iy the
Souls 1t was, in fact, a return courtesy
of dinner which Lord Curzon gave Just
before his marriage at the Bachelors Club.
The Souls are society who pride
themselves upon being nol only more intel
lectual. but more virtuous than the great
majority Of people.
Christ Episcopal Church. Navy Yard, was
comfortably filed this morning by friends
to witness the marriage of Miss Josephine
Lillian Lawrence, daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Joseph II. Lawrence, to Rev. Isaac Albert
Cantield of Elkins, Randolph county,W. Va,
Messrs. II. Il. Thomas and Benjamin Oar
nellie of the Theological Seminary, Nir-
ginia, acted as ushers, and they escorted
the bride and groom to the altar, where the
ceremony was performed by Rev. A. 5.
Johns. the rector of Christ Church. as
sisted by Rev. w. i. Stehl of Baltimore,
Nd. The bride looked very attractive, at
tired in taiior-made cadet blue cloth trav-
cling suit. with hat 10 match. She carried
prayer book Of white, used in the service, !
and in which the names of the officiating
minister and witnesses are to be inscribed.
a short informal reception in the chapel of
the church followed the ceremony. after
which the couple left for an extended visit
to Florida and other southern states.