Evening star., 1898-10-08
A Week Of Gayety Before the Official
Season.
MANY OCTOBER WEDDINGS
Washington Wanderers to Return
Home Soon.
PERSONAL NOTES OFINTEREST

hospitalities in honor of the visiting dele
gates to the Episcopal convention. social
life has been revived in a marked degree
the past week. The matrimonial events will
slow down the coming week only to begin
again with greater interest as to numbers
about the middle of the month. The return
of summer heat during the early part of
the week was enough to do away with
any extra energy. and If there were
many places to go to near by con-
venient to northern cities, the streets
would not have been as lively as they were.
Those who have planned their return for
the last half of the month are likely to
have a much more comfortable time than
the earlier arrivals.
The cabinet families will probably be
among the last to return to Washington
this fall, for the most of them their
holiday making did not begin until quite
recently. The Presidents departure for the
west next week will be the occasion of
cabinet reunion, as most of its members
VIII either Join or accompany him to the
Omaha exposition. Mrs. Hay and her
daughters will remain in Cleveland for sew
erai weeks yet.
The debutantes for the coming winter
are not very numerous yet. but the list
will grow longer as the budding season in
December approaches. So far those men
toned include Miss Hay, Miss Rosemary
Sartoris Miss Greely and Miss Julia Wag
gaman.
The parlors of Mrs. NJ. NJ, Metcalf. 1881
Marion street northwest were thronged
last Tuesday afternoon by members of
Excelsior Literary Club, the occasion OF
the first session Of the season. After
brief time of informal greetings, Miss Ger
trude Metcalf favored the club with
piano solo, when the hostess and new pres
dent of the club called to order and the
business of the organization was proceeded
with. In this was included the election OF
director, and delegates to represent Ex-
celsior in the Federation of Women's
Clubs. Mrs. l.. w. McCreery was elected
director. Mrs. NJ. L.. Edison, Miss Mary c.
Bennett and Mrs. II. Naylor as delegates.
and Mrs Agnes Phelps, Mrs, NJ. ID. Hall
and A. g. Powell as alternates. An orig
inal paper, by Mrs. Agnes Phelps. indicat-
ing how the home may be ornamented by
the aid of art, received marked commenda-
ton. A few congratulatory remarks were
made by Mr.. S. w. Russell, an honorary
member. The next meeting, two weeks
hence, will be held at the residence of
Past President Mrs. Sterns, 4o6 Florida
avenue northwest. At the conclusion of the
program light refreshments We're served.
Among those present were the Mrs. L. L.
Bacon. J. NJ. Bradley, M. L. Edison, J. NJ
Hall, w. w. Jones, c. E. kastrom. c. E.
Kent, L. W. McCreery, II. H Martin. DR..
Mary E. Morrison, Ada Murray, II. Nay
lor. D. L. Norris. Jennie and Marion PARK
Smell. w. G. Simmons. N. w. Sterns, Mrs.
E A Tibbetts and M NJ Metcalf. the
Misses M. C. Bennett. Julia widows, Hen
rietta c. Morrison and Gertrude E. Met
calf
Mrs George w. Cissel leaves tomorrow
for a visit to Mrs. Godfrey Miller, Win
chester, Va
Mrs. and Miss Wyville have returned
from the Elkton Lithia Springs. where they
have spent the past three months.
Mrs. George W. Hensel and daughter of
Lancaster county, Pa, are visiting Mr..
James H. Rea, 6U3 Massachusetts, avenue
northeast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Repp have issued in
vitatfons for the marriage of their daugh-
ter Eva Blanche to Mr.. Harry Sansbury
Ridgely Wednesday evening. October 10,
at $50 o'clock, at 'lngleside," Randolph,
Nd.
Mrs. Deborah Apple of the sixth
ditors office has returned from Cape May.
Mrs. Josiah Pierce will remain a while
longer at Sea Bright, N. J., where she
spent the summer months.
Mrs. Emma ]. Bell is spending two weeks
at Carlisle, Pa.
Miss Murray Ledyard is spending this
month at Cazenovia. n. Y.
The wedding of Miss Matilda F. Bergin
of Columbus, Ohio, and John r. Purvis of
Fayetteville, Tenn, took place ar st. Alloy
sius rectory at pm. "Wednesday, October
3 A number of relatives and friends
thronged the parlor and witnessed the
ceremony. The young couple were the
cipients of many valuable and useful pres
ents from friends in Ohio and Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purvts are at the St. Denis,
New York, for few weeks.
The young people at Towson. Md. are
tired now of golf and the bicycle and are
talking of forming a walking club. Young
ladies are heartily in its favor. and short
walks, two or three miles week and long
cross-country walks are projected.
Justice Harlan is said to have acquired
the passion for golf far ahead of any man
of his prominence and age in this neighbor-
hood. Last winter his devotion was great
enough to cause him to get up hours before
daylight, prepare cup of coffee for him.
self and then tramp out to the Chevy Chase
links. where he passed an hour or two in
blissful oblivion of the world and its cares
He was home in time for late breakfast
and his usual walk to the Capitol. The
summer he passed with his family at a far
away resort in Canada, where he could en-
joy the same pleasure and freedom.
The fondness for outdoor life among
young people of leisure, which has passed
through the bicycle fever only to be at
tackled more seriously by golf, ought to de-
velop strong men and women A remarkably
vigorous old lady. the Dowager Duchess
Lady Howard de Walden, is setting a great
example to her English sisters by the won
She is now ninety-one, and at the age of
eighty-five she started a beautiful garden
adjoining one of her residences which is
now the show place of the neighborhood,
all sorts of rare and beautiful plants being
found there. She spends great deal of her
time in il.
Gunton Temple Memorial Church was the
scene Wednesday evening of one of the
prettiest weddings of the season The edi- |
flee was beautifully decorated with palms |
and cut flowers, and was filled with the
relatives and friends of the contracting
parties to witness the marriage of Miss |
Marian Ernestine Baldwin, daughter of Mr. |
Charles Ransford Baldwin, to Mr.. Jay Mar
tin Scranage. The bride entered the church |
with her father, and was met at the cham |
eel by the groom and his best man. Mr.. |
William S. Allen of West Virginia. Rev Asa /
S. Fiske, pastor of the church, performed |
the ceremony. The bride was handsomely |
gowned in heavy ivory white satin. with |
train trimmed in rose point lace, The veil |
was held in place with diamond sunburst
She carried shower bouquet of bride roses |
tied with white ribbon The maid of honor, |
Miss Kathryn s. Brown, was beautifully |
attlred in rose-colored pink silk, and car |
ried bouquet Of white roses tied with |
white ribbon. The bridesmaids were the /
Misses Edna Riddleberger, FEMME Hamlin, |
Carlotta Brockett and Edith Hubbard. |
They wore green organdie, trimmed with |
and ruching of the same shade, |
and carried h0nnnafc Of Ia /