The times., 1898-01-05

Countess Won Goetzen left for the West
| during the afternoon, the latter gov
| for travelling in black and heiiotrope
silk, with which was Worn large Hack
| hat of velvet, richly trimmed with Elumes.
The wedding trip will include SIX
weeks visit TO California, after which the
| count and countess will return to Wash
| ington for q fortnight prior 10 their de-
| parture for Geruiauy To the grooin's home in
| Berlin.
The family estate of the GoetzeEs are
| in Silesia, where Count GoetZen's mother
aud his younger brother now live. Count
| Goetzen is the head of the family, anu
| holds q Commission in the Royal Guards.
| His regiment is nov stationed at PotsdaIn.
Miss Rosalie Clifton Hill, the daugh-
ter OF Mrs. p H. Hill, made her formal
bow to society yesterday at a 5 o'clock
tea Mrs. Hill,' gowned handsomely in
black armour silk and point lace, pre-
sented the guests to her dehutante daugh-
ter, who wore a dainty combina ton of
white taffeta under mousseline de sole.
her bouquet being La France roses and
and ferns. The additional receiving party
| more, who are guests of the house, aud
a large number or the de ebutante friends OF
Miss Hill. Mrs. Howard Clagett served
punch and Mrs. johnson HELEN presided
in the tea room, which was decorated in
pink, the c0lors being carried out artistic
ally with La France roses and candles
that burned under pink shades. Mrs. Hill
and the Misses Hill viii be at home on
Wednesdays, January = and 19.
Mrs. Autenried was the hostess at a
luncheon en- Saturday given in honor of
her niece, Miss May Golket, of Phila-
delphia, who is at present. her guest. In
vited to meet her were Miss Jane Fuller,
Miss Miles, Miss Anderson. Miss Board
insR, Miss Ward, Miss Cobdit-Smith. Miss
Sheridan, Miss Guleer and Miss Kennedy.
The table decorations and bouquets at each
plate were of pink carnat ions and vioIets.
Mr.. Nathaniel Russell Herndon, of this
city, and Miss Sadie j. SiInons, of Glory,
Madison county, Va, were married yes
terday at the residence OF the brides
grandfather. Mr. M. Weaver. of that place,
Rev. Richard Bagsby officiating Among
the bridal attendants W as Mr.. Il. b. HerI-
don, who served his brother as best man.
Mr. Herndon and his bride, who is gifted
with the beauty for which her State is
famed, left for a honeymoon trip to the
South, but viii be at home at their Wash
ington residence, 6OT Rho.le Island ave
nue., after January 10.
A the marriage of Miss Alice Hume to
Rev Thomas Worthington Cooke, which
viii be solemnized this evening at s O'Clock
at the Church of the a scension, the bride
win be attended by her three young sisters,
the Misses Emma Norris Hume, Mamie Ora
ham Hume, and Mabel Harmon Hume, the
two last mentioned being school girls. The
best man will be Rev. William IT. Laird,
and the ushers Mr.. Lee Longstreet, Dr.
Morse, DIR. ReisiBger Mr.. Robert Scott
Hume, and DR.. W. Elliott Huger. The
betrothal service, which VIII precede the
marriage ceremony, viii be performed by
Rev. 2. Parker Phillips, rector of ST. Paul's
Church, Alexandria, and a cousin of the
bride, Rev Dr. Elliot, viii soIemnize the
marriage rite, and benediction will be pro-
nounced by Bishop Satterlee; the music
of the occasion will be chanted by the
vested choir. The ceremony viii be fol-
lowed by a reception to the bridal party
and Immediate friends at the residence of
the bride elects parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hume, 1895 Massachusetts, avenue.
Another handsome reception of the even
ing was given by Mr.. and Mrs Frederick
Pilling and Miss Pilling, 1886 Fifteenth
street, which was attended by prominent
gathering from the social world Mrs.
piIinp ypcajvpd jlar erlaGtS t,rav- ,,,,t
point lace. her only assistant being her
daughter, Miss Piliing, gowned in white
silk, with bodice and sash Of white tulle.
The dining room was abioom with scarlet
poinsetta, and the parlors Were decorated
with palms. Mrs. Pilling and Miss Pill
ling will be at home Fridays in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ora yson Dulin, of
1880 sixteenth street, were the host and
hostess last night of large and notably
brilliant reception.
Gowned in toilet of black tulle and
jet that strikingiy emphasized her blonde
beauty, the hostess welcomed her dfstin-
guished assemblage of guests. assisted by |
Mrs. Jules Guthridge, Miss Staunton, Miss
Edison, Miss Farnsworth. Miss wyville and
Miss TisdeIl together with her house guests,
Miss Brown and Miss Jaquiti,, of Boston, |
the former wearing yellow brocade and |
pearls and the latter lovely cornbinatR
of Nile silk and pink chiffon. The spirit /
Of the Yuletide was refleotrdin the Christ |
mas greens that were in artistic evidence |
the spacious and ha ndsome home /
and the floral decorations OF the refresh /
ment soom were in red.
Mrs. Dulin also has as her guests Masters |
Wood, Clapp and Dow, of Cambridge, Mass.
Success Indeed.
Undoubtedly thousands of the citizens Of I
Washington have, during the past year, /
read the advertisements of THE National
Medical and Surgical Institute The re.