The times., 1898-07-09

of New Jersey, whose announcement of
her marriage on last Saturday TO DR.. Jo-
seph Muir, at Hoboken, has caused such
surprise among her friends, is we'll known
in Washington, having spent portion of
her girhood and early womanhood here
during her fathers official career. Miss
Mcpherson was a great social favorite.
She was educated at Pennington, Conn,
and then went to the Convent of the Sa-
cred Heart, in PariS,Since she left school
she has divided her time between Wash
ington, London and Paris, with occasional
stays in New York. She is now twenty
five years old. She is a blonde OF brill
liant coloring and grey eyes. and greatly
resembles her father, both in feature and
mind. During her residence here she was
noted for her enthusiastic devotion both
to horseback riding and her wheel. De
spite the fact that she was an heiress to
millions, her mother, being a practical
woman, kept the young lady at her stud
les until she received a certificate
from a Paris institution, which
entities her to teach the French
language in any school in France.
The engagement between Miss Mcpherson
and DR.. Muir was not approved of by
Mrs. Mcpherson, but the daughter decid-
ed that she was the best judge of what so
nearly concerned her own happiness, and
so when, as it Is said, Mrs. Mcpherson
told her that if she married DR.. Muir she
would forfeit her fortune, she very
promptly accepted the consequences and
married the man of her choice. 1t was
! shortly after Miss Mcpherson went to
| New York to live that she met DR.. Muir
| at a card party. They fell in love at first
sight. DR.. Muir, who is a handsome man,
| of clever attainments. came to this coun-
! try from Russia about twenty years ago.
| He is thirty-five years of age and after
1 frt-d 1r., tf,,rr -,
York, enjoyed the advantage of hospital
practice in London and other cities
abroad. He married wealthy woman in
/ New York several years ago. She Sc
! cured divorce from him last year. In
referring to her recent marriage, Mrs.
| Muir has said:
1--WE were married in Hoboken because
I my husbands divorce made it impossi-
| BILE for us to be legally married in this
State really cannot understand why
people should be interested in US Ny
mother opposed my marriage, and If
am to lose my fortune it is a sacrifice |
| am glad to make for the man of my
| choice"
Mrs. Crowninshield, wife of Capt A. S.
Crowninshield. chief of the Burean of
| Navigation, will not open her Summer
home, near Mount Desert, during the sea-
son. but will remain in Washington.
Admiral and Mrs Greer will be among
| the Washingtonians who will spend a
portion of the Summer at Atlantic City.
Pay Inspector Hoy, United States
| Navy, and family will shortly leave Mar
ragansett Pier, where they are now stay
ing, and go to Bar Harber for the re-
| mainder of the season.
Mrs Audenried is spending the season,
as is her yearly custom, at Deer Park.
Senator Smith will shortly join his fam
lily. who are established for the next
| two months at Long Branch.
Col. and Mrs Henry F. Blount, OF "The
Oaks" Georgetown Heights, will enter
tain both this afternoon and every even
ing in honor of visiting members of the
| National Education Society. the first re-
| ception 10 be held from to 6, and the
| second from to 9. The guests of the
afternoon will be the officials of the Ma