Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Fourth Birthday Marked by Joyous
Celebration.
A Coming Wedding ForeshadOwed-
Interesting Personal
Notes.

Little Miss Sarah Hickling celebrated her
fourth birthday in royal manner at the
| residence of her grandparents. DIR. and
Mrs. Hickling. Sd street. last evening. Her
parents Dr. and Mrs Percy Hicklng. are
still on their summer outing in Europe.
fDuring their absence little Sarah and baby
Percy are staying with their grandparents
and the birthday party was given in the
latter's yard. Mr.. Spottswood ran up his
| big Old Glory in honor of the occasion;
Chinese lanterns were hung all around the
| fence and vari-colored bright lights were
burned during the evening for the delight
of the children. Ice cream and birthday
| goodies were served later and brought
the happy evening to a close.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Gasch have gone to
Atlantic City for a short stay.
Miss Annie Hoffman Of 221 D street is
spending THIS month with the Misses Schaf-
fer at Atlantic City.
Among the many Washingtonians spend
| ing a part OF the summer at the Mountain
View House. Aurora, W. Va, is Miss X. E.
Trundle; she will remain there throughout
| August and the early part of September.
Mrs w. ]. Crockett and daughter and
| Miss Helen WISE who have been at At
| Iantic City for three weeks. have left there
| for Niagara Falls and Toronto
The engagement is announced of Grace
| Elmo Taylor, daughter of Horace A ray
| lor assistant secretary or the treasury 10
| Mr.. William Deering Morse OF MINNEAPOLIS
The marriage will occur in the early IAN.
Mrs b. Knapp of K street is chaperon Tor
a party of her Washington friends who
| have departed for the mountains of North
| Carolina Among the party is one OF w ASH
| ington's well-known street bellies, MISS
| Lila B. Johnson.
4Lor - md n6chii-
dren celebrated last Sunday. at Red Top.
! the country home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Alden. Seat Pleasant, Md, the fifty-fourth
| birthday of the latter. Among those pres
daughter: Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Turner and
son. Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Alden. daughter
and son: Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Alden. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Poole and Mr.. Joseph
Lomax of Philadelphia. Many useful pres
| ents were received. bountiful supper
was served before the party dispersed.
| Mrs. Macdonald of S13 9th street is
| spending a weeks vacation at Hotel Royal,
| Atlantic City.
A jolly party left the Blue Ridge Noun
tain House. Round Hill, Saturday night
and drove over to Hamilton. Among them
| were Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Becker, Mr. and
| Mrs. c. p. Boss. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, Mrs
Eureh Mrs: Little Little Miss Miss Carrie e, Joy and
| Gedney, Oval West, Holden. Humphrey
the Misses Conkin. and Messrs. Hunt
| Burch. Merrill. Kearney and Rudy.
| Miss Henrietta Eisinger of 131 c street
northeast has left Washington on visit
| to her sister, Mrs. Schuman of Tacony
(Philadelphia). She will also visit Atlantic
| City then return to her sisters, where she
| will spend the Christmas holidays.
straw ride was given by Mr.. w. T.
| Kerrick of Markham. Va, Monday, Au-
! gust y. The party. which was chaperoned
by Mrs. B. F. Williams of Washington. d.
G., consisted of Miss Josephine NOEL of
Porto Rico. the Messrs. Williams of Wash
| ington, Miss Annie Dawson of Occoquan,
| Va, Miss Kate Strother of Paris, the
| Misses Gannett and Jones of Washington.
Miss Lake of Happy. Creek. Va. Messrs.
| Milton F. Kerrick of Alexandria. Va, Chas.
| Williams of Washington Casper Strother
| of Paris. VIM. Cary of Petersburg, Va, and
| Harry Jones of Washington. The destina-
| ton of the party was the home Of Mrs
| Jane Bolan, where they were delightfully."-
| entertained by the Misses Bo!an Music
| and games were the order of The evening
| the hostess.
The w. o. T. Club was entertained at the
residence of 4ar. G. T. Windham Burnt
Mills, last Saturday. Dancing and music
| Members of the club present were Mr.. b.
| Candy, A. Tolson, P. Marlowe. L. Faw-
cette: w. McCeney. H. CLANCY and Geo.
| Windham. The other guests were Misses
Virgie and Estelle Johnson Of Washington,
Dottie O'Rooke Alice Kelly, Ethel and
Annie Windham, Mr.. Fred Colwell, A. Kid
| well, Harry Nelly, H. 1anDy, fOTu
lein and Spencer Windham
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Curry gave a delight
| full dance at Runnymede Farm, Round
| Hill, Va, Tuesday evening. August % The
pavilion was taStefully decorated with ever
| greens and golden rod. The grounds were
| Illuminated with Japanese lanterns. There
were nearly 300 young people present.
Miss Grace Graham Skinner has returned
| after pleasant visit of six weeks with the
family of DR.. West of Keyser w. Va.
| Miss Ethel Sigsbee, daughter of Capt.
| and Mrs. Charles D. Sigsbee, will take the
| part of Martha in THE Creatures of I'm
| pulse" which will be performed for charity
| the Newport Casino next month Miss
| SigSbee, who is a bright and interesting
| young lady, is expected to make a hit on
| this her first appearance as an amateur
| actress. At present she is visiting the
| Misses Hunter, who are also to appear in
| the performance.
| NJ. Thebaut of the French embassy gave
| a dinner last night at Newport in honor of
| the Princess Adolphe de Wiede of Paris.
| DR.. Fred L. johnson and wife of Wichita,
| Kan, are visiting in the city and stopping
| at $40 18th street.
| The Misses Curtiss, Smythe and Nelson
| of South Washington have gone to Colonial
| Beach.
| a quiet wedding took place yesterday in
| this city. The contracting parties were
Prof. W. w. Skinner assistant chemist of
| the Maryland Agricultural College and
| Miss Georgia Mitchell. also of College
Park They will reside in College Park
| Mr.. Harry H. Smith. eX-journal clerk,
| House of Representatives, and wife, with
their daughter. Mrs. George C. Dean. and
| her children, left this morning for a fort
nights stay at the Stockton, Cape May.
MAkE EARNEST ApPEAIS