Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Marriage Of Miss Tisdel and Mr.. de
Wollant.
Mrs. Mckinley's Tuesday Reception n
Large One-PersOnal Notes
of Interest.

The engagement of Miss Helen Tisdel
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard p Tis-
del of 10th street, to Mr.. Gregoire de VOL
| liant, first secretary and charge d'affaires
of the Russian legation. has been pleas
ant matter of discussion among their
| friends the last few days. The wedding
| day has not been Set, but the event will
| either occur before the 18th of June or
after the middle of July-the arrival of
the newly appointed minister to this coun-
| try, Count Cassini, having all to do with the
| selection of the first date. Count Cassini is
| now in Paris and may sail the coming Sat
| urday. Mr.. oe Wollant when relieved Of the
cares of the legation has been granted a sum-
| mers vacation. which he expects to spend
| with his bride at his home in northern
| Russia. The 18th of June is the beginning
| of the Lenten season in the Russian
| church. a period of forty days fast, dur
ing which no weddings or other festivities
are permitted, consequently the wedding
day for Miss Tisdel and Mr.. de Wollant
I may not be possible until after the middle
| OF July. The arrangements for the cere-
| mony are therefore yet undecided upon.
| save that it will necessarily be conducted
| by Russian priest, either in New York
or in this city, which the friends of the
couple would naturally prefer.
MISS Tisdel is one of the most charming
and interesting young ladies prominent in
| dlplomatic society the past two or three
years. She has had a liberal education
both in this country and abroad supple
| mented by dramatic and vocal training
| under the best French teachers She is a
| linguist of unusual ability, having COM
/ mand of four foreign languages, and is now
rapidly acquiring Russian. Mr. de Wollant
Is well known and highly esteemed in the
| diplomatic corps. He has been in charge
| of the Russian legation since the departure
of the last minister. He is a nobleman, al
| though he has no title. and has had a long
and interesting diplomatic career but is
| best known in his own country by his scien-
| tific knowledge and TO the literary world
by his books on philosophical and scientific
| subjects He holds degrees from several
! European universities Among the numer-
Gus orders and decorations he has received
are several for conspicuous valor I'm war,
| well others for his achievements in
4 science and diplomacy. He has travelled
extensively and has written a book descrip-
| tive of the countries and people he has
visited
| MIR. Tisdel, who has been in South Ameri-
| ca since last fall. returned last week to this
| city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron NJ. Parker entertain
| ed at dinner last evening DR.. and Mrs. w.
| Sinclair Bowen, Miss Cannon, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Jules Guthridge. Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
| Kaufman and DR.. J. III. Bryan.
Mrs. Mckinley received several hundred
callers yesterday afternoon, assisted by her
guest, Mrs. Herrick of Cleveland, and Miss
Barber. Among them were Mrs and Miss
| Moore. Mrs. and the Misses Evans. Mrs.
Auick Palmer, Miss Palmer. Mrs. w. F.
Stone, Mrs. A. L. Wagner. Mrs. Richard
| Crowley and Miss Crowley Mrs. George d.
Perkins, Miss O'Ferral Miss Homer. Mrs.
Charles z. Blackman. Mrs. Hornsby, Mrs.
Robert X. Evans, Mrs G. w. Harding and
the Misses Harding. Mrs. C. E. Whittlesey
and the Misses Whittlesey of Madison. n.
j.: Mrs. Charles A. Boynton, Mrs. Arthur
Bateman, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Jerome Eli
wards. Mrs. Warren Rank. Mrs. Heistand,
Mrs. A. c. Wilson, Miss Hansbroush. Lieut..
). +. Brady, Mrs Nicholas Anderson and
Miss Anderson, Mrs. B. F. Coston. Mrs Jo-
seph Southwick of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucien Brooking. Miss Fairfax Loving of
Richmond. Mrs. c. A. Green and Miss Lar
ned Miss Starr of New York, Mrs. Frank
F. Trimble of Salem, Ohio, and Miss Hen
rietta Trmble.
Mrs Mendonca and family are still in
Washington. Mr.. Mendonca is in New
York. and the departure of the family for
Europe has been delayed for short time.
Queen Victorias seventy-ninth birthday
was celebrated last night at the British en-
bassy by dinner at which the ambassa-
dor and Lady Pauncefote entertained the
members of the embassy staff and others.
Sir Louis and Lady Davies of Canada and
Captain Alfred w. Paget of the royal navy
We're the special guests of honor The rest
of the company consisted of Captain Lee
of the royal artillery, Captain Dundas Mr..
and Mrs. Adam, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fra
SER Mr. and Mrs Bard, Miss Pauncefote.
Miss Sybil Pauncefote. Miss Audrey Paunce-
fotc. MISS Lillian Pauncefote, Miss How
ard. Mr.. Henry Norman. Mr. George How
ard, Mr.. Tower, Mr.. Hugh O'Beirne and
Mr.. Young. The table was decked with pink
peonies and ferns and the George III sill
Yer. which is always used on state occa-
sions.
The Argentine minister. DIR. Merou, who
returned to his country some months ago
to escort his family back to this country.
is expected to arrive in this city the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Mary Robbins Mead of Watkins,
N. Y, is in the city, the guest of Mrs.
Helen Sumner, ODD New Jersey avenue
southeast, and will remain through June.
Mrs. r. w. Allen and her daughter Mrs.
Charles Conard, will be at home at 1912 Q
street. Thursday afternoon, May %.
very pleasant surprise party was ten
dered Miss Blanche Russ at her home Fri
day last. Games were played up to a late
hour, when refreshments served.
Those present were Misses b. Russ, Maud
Wagner. H. May johnson, Bertha Gard
ner, Mabel Hearst, Nellie Parkinson. Ada
Tiler. Gertrude Tiler, Annie Pyles and
Edith Church, and the Messrs. William
Wallis, Arthur Russ. ]. Harry Bean, Chas.
Havell, Elmer Briggs and Clarence Church.
Mrs. ]. E. Sickels and daughter have re-
turned to their country residence in Vir-
gina, after spending the winter in Mexico
and California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l. Wade of Pitts
burg, who have spent most of the winter
in Washington, will leave tomorrow for
Atlantic City, where they will remain for
some weeks before going to Canada for the
summer. Miss Alisan Wilson will accom-
pany them to the city by the sea-
A wedding that was caused as we'll as ex-
pedted by the war occurred yesterday at |
the residence of Mrs. Charles Parker moth
er of the bride, No. 3l3 East Capitol street |
1t was that of Ensign Charles Wellington.
futile of the navy and Miss Florence
Eaton Green, a member of the Corcoran ar; |
class and clever water-color artist Mr.
futile is the son of President Tuttle of the |
North American Telegraph Company and |
connected with the board of trade in Chi
cagO. He was q member of The Illinois |