The times., 1899-11-05

Der until May the Vice President and Mrs.
Mckinley could count upon their fingers
the number Of times they were permitted
TO dine en- famille, so extensive had been
the list OF splendid dinners In their honor,
and so many had they given in return.
When the President and Mrs Mckinley
return from the trip they are about to
make TO Ohio they will be accompanied by
Miss Grace Mckinley and the Misses Bar
Der. Mrs. Mckinley likes 10 have young
people about her, and as the young rela-
tiyes of the family greatly enjoy their
visits to the White House it is expected
that the social life of the Executive Man
sion this winter will be more than usually
gay.
That Dame Fashion is parsonage o.
strict business methods is proved by the
clockwork regularity with which she man
ages her affairs. In July her deyotees
sought the seashore. In September they
went TO the mountains and in October
those who intended 10 get married came
home They have been getting married
ever since. Wnen the brides and grooms
have been sent on their ways rejoicing the
social stage will be transformed from a
chancel to a rose garden, wherein society's s
buds will bloom. Then viii come the
Christmas junketings, and after that the
official season which opens with the New
Year, and keeps up its perpetual round Of
gaiety until the grey days of Lent In the
meantime the brides and grooms are hav-
ing things their own way TO such an e2-
static extent that October must look 10 her
laurels.
One of the most notable weddings Of the
coming week viii be that OF Miss Florida
Hampton Johnson the daughter of the
late James Creighton Johnson, and Mr..
James c. Johnson The ceremony will be
performed at noon by Rev. Josiah Terry.
of St Andrew Church. at the residence
Of Mr. Eldridge s. Johnson. uncle Of the
bride. The only attendant will be Mr..
Frederick H. Fletcher. OF Cambridge, Md.
Mr. johnson is resident of Cambridge,
and the couple viii reside at that place.
Miss Mamie Browning, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Horatio Browning. and Mr.
Charles Frank Carr will be married the
same evening at Trinity Church.
On the same evening viii occur the we'd
ding Of Miss Lily Sabine Calaghan and Mr..
William McGee Wallace. The ceremony
will be private, but will be followed by
a reception from Z to O'Clock at the resi-
dence OF the brides parents Mr. and Mrs.
D. O'C. Callaghan, in Eighteenth Street.
There are always wise people who know
more than their neighbOrs. They get their
information from a certain little bird.
Through this excitingly interesting but not
always reliable source il is learned that
Admiral Dewey's engagement is deadly
blow 10 the aspirations of more than one
ambitious mamma. Another item via the
same authority is 10 the effect that the Ad-
mral is writing q book.
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Mr. Michael O'Connor has issued invita-
tions for the marriage OF his daughter
Margaret to Mr. George NJ. Lehman on
Wednesday November -, at St Anthony .
Church Brookland After the ceremony a
breakfast will be given for the immediate
relatives at the home of the bride 20O2
Fourth Street northeast, lexington.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph r. Minetree have
sent out invitations to the marriage OF their
daughter, Martha Bath, 10 Mr.. Charles
Freeman Fits at St Pauls Church on
Wednesday, November 10, at noon.
Mr. and Mrs James K Edwards have in
vitations out for the wedding reception of
their daughter Julia and Mr. Frederick
Tracy Millham, of New York on Wednes-
day November Is. The ceremony VIII take
place al home at noon. in the presence of
relatives and intimate friends
Mrs. Ayres expects to join her husband
| Capt. Charles G. Ayres, in Cuba next
month. She has leased her beautiful home
| on New Hampshire Avenue TO Mrs George
| Lyman, OF Minneapolis. who VIII take pos
| session November 10.
The marriage of Miss Lillian Pauncefote
! and Mr.. Robert Bromley viii not occur, il
! is said until the close of the Ambassador
| diplomatic relations with this country n X
year, the affair to take place in England
Miss Pauncefote, in addition to other
social attractions, is an accomplished musi-
clan. She has fine voice. and often sing.
the songs composed for her by her dis.
| tinguished father. who accompanies hel
| upon the piano.
MIR. Bromley, who is the son Of a British
| peer Sir Henry Bromley, is twenty-five
years of age, and during the two years tha
he has served as an honorary attache o.
the British Embassy here, has made him.