Evening star., 1898-09-10
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Many Weddings of Note, But Only Few
Will Be Here.
Matrimonial Events Which VIII he
Followed with Interest-Per-
sonaI Notes.

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and Mr.. Arthur Lee of Richmond will take
place from ex-senator Dovis' home at Ell
| kins, w. Va, Monday September 10. The
| ceremony will be performed at the Davis
| Memorial Church. and the relatives and
| personal friends will make up the guests
| who are expected. The nephews and nieces
| of the bride will form her bridal attendants.
| The couple intend making a lengthy trip
| abroad. AS already announced. Miss Mary
| Breckenridge, another very great favorite
| here, will be married at her parents old
| home at Lexington, KY, to Ensign Hines
| next month. The family is in mourning, and
| therefore prefer the wedding to be quiet
| event among their kinsfolk and old friends.
| Miss Sickles, who is cosmopolitan enough
TO name Washington as her home, will be
| married at the English capital next month
| to Mr.. Daysell Crockenthorpe, third secre-
| tary of the British embassy at Madrid.
| Miss Dingley and MIR. John Cecil Hooe have
| not yet announced their wedding day. AIR.
| Hooe spent part of the summer as the guest
! of Representative and Mrs. Dingiey at their
| home in Maine. The engagement of Miss
| Marie Mattingiy. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| William +. Mattingly, to Mr.. Robert Treat
| Payne of Boston. which fas announced in
| the early summer from Magnolia, Mass.
where the Mattingy family have been all
| the warm weather created more than usual
| interest. Miss Mattingy is handsome ex-
| ceedlngiy gracious in her manner and an
| artist of marked ability.
| The marriage of Mr.. r. S. Chiffon, jr.,
| chief of the consular bureau, Department
| of State, Washington. and Miss Mary f.
| Dooly of San Francisco will take place in
| San Francisco early next month.
The marriage of Miss Rita Clagett and
| Mr.. Henri de Libour will be among the few
| weddings scheduled for the late fall and 10
| take place IN this city.
Mrs, Thomas d. Ingram will remain this
| month at Sea Girt n. j.
Mrs. n. b. Whitman is at Woods Hole
| Mass, for the autumn.
Mrs. Charles Lanman, who has been at
t5lock Island. has now gone to Mt. Wash
| ington, Mass.
Miss Adde E. Mcguire has gone to Parks
vile, n. Y, to spend a fortnight
Miss A. ]. Johnson will spend this month
| at Kennebunkport Me.
| Mr.. L. B. Winner and family are at East
| Gloucester, Mass.
| Mrs. ]. c. Boyd is spending this month
| at ChadweH, Va.
| Miss r. B. kinsolving will remain at
| 'Saranac lake this month.
Mrs. IL. H. Smith is spending a few
| weeks at Quogue, L. /.
| Mrs. Smith, wife of the Postmaster Cen
efal, has gone to Atlantic City.
Miss Wilson, daughter of Secretary Will
son, is out in Iowa. visiting friends
A delightful lawn party was held at the
| home Of Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN H. Miller
! near Sandy Spring, on Thursday the pro-
| ceeds of which Will be devoted 10 phflan-
| tnropc work in Maryland during the COM
| ing year. A long piazza was turned into
| stage, and flags, drapery lanterns flow
| ers and blooming plants made a beautiful
| scene. Supper and refreshments were
| served on the lawn, and 80 the enter
| talnment commenced. Music. vocal and in
| slrumental, was furnished by Mrs. kenne-
| dy and Mrs William f. Thomas of Wash
| ington, and by Mrs. John c. Bentley, Mrs
| K. P. NJ. Thorn, Miss Katherine Brooke
| John c. Bentley and Edward Iddings of
| Sandy Spring. and Edward y. Bentley gave
| three very amusing character sketches of
| odd customers he mad met. Mrs William
| lodlngS took the principal part in a play
| Miss Slimmen's Boarding House. which
| she had cleverly adapted from old mag
| aziEe article. Mrs. Edward n. Bentley and
| partially borrowed family were tremen-
| douSiy applauded, as Mrs. Ruggles train
| ing her nine children in manners for the
dirner party in The Birds Christmas
| Carol, and Miss Alice Farquhar was
| leader and speaker for the eleven 'Peake
| sisters, who drilled, sang, danced, recited
| and got off witticisms, to the amusement
| of highly appreciative audience of about
| 300 relatives, friends and neighbors. The
| gross receipts of the evening were nearly
| $40. Although most of those present were
| frcm the vicinity. New York. Philadelphia.
| W fdlllnlOre and w Washington
| were represented.
| Mrs. Mcconnell and daughter of New Jer-
| sey avenue have gone to the mountains in
| Virginia for several weeks.
| Among those who have recently returned
| from Colton's Point, where they have spent
| the month of August, are Mr.. and Mrs.
| Walter Wilcox and family Mr. and Mrs
| j. S. F1tzhugh and family, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
| A. Metcalf, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin keefe
| Miss Mdrjory keefe and Mr. Harry keefe,
| Mrs. Betz and Miss Madeline Jones of Bal
| timore, Mrs A. F. Brooks and daughter,
Mr.. Demster Smith. Mr.. Schmallhoff, Miss
| Jessie Nixon and Mrs. J. w. WeIty.
| Miss Matte v Wade has just returned
| after a most delightful visit of six weeks in
| Lancaster county, Va, and at Old Point.
very pleasant evening was spent by the
young people of the vicinity of Paeonlan
| Spring, Va. Tuesday evening last. A straw
load left the home of Mr.. John r. Mullen
| for Hamilton. which they reached after a
| pleasant ride through the spring. AZ Ham
| llton the party enjoyed refreshments. In
| the party were the Misses Maud Bird and
Fortunate Wilkins of Washington, Misses
| Meiya Brown and Edna Thompson of Ham
tilton, Miss Mammie Swartz of West Virgin
| ia and Misses Buelah Carr. Lucy Hough,
| Ella Warner, Do.iie Mullen, Fannie War
ner and Mamie Mullen of Paeonian Spring
and Messrs. Arthur Pierpoint Archie Null
| len, Buford Carr, Archie Carr, Arthur War
ner, Frank Bennett, Henry Mullen, Norman
Glascot, Elton Warner and Edward Mullen
| of Paeonian Spring. and George Utterback
Walter Hough and Fred Utterback of Wat
crford.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Allen of New York
will spend the winter in Washington. They
are at the Cochran.
Mr.. Chas. a. Jaquette and his sister Kate
will spend the remainder of September at
Atlantic City, Brooklyn and West Chester,
Pa.
Mr.. j. E. Jenkins and family Of Esther
vile, Iowa, are with relatives at $40 North
Carolina avenue.
Mrs. Charles H. Ryon and son Howard
of 1927 New Jersey avenue southeast ara
the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Corawell Of
Silver Hill, Md.
Mrs. Theodore L. De Land with her
youngest daughter, is visiting her son on
the south jersey coast
Miss Anna Cross Miss George Webster
and the Misses Spalding are enjoying a
stay at Atlantic City.
Miss Beryl H. Jones of Germantown is
the guest of Miss May F. Bilyeu at her
Summer home ''Edgewood' near Washing
ton.