Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-27

building that the mission hall, the class
rooms, dormitories parlors, etc., are sit
uated and with which the average visitor
is most familiar. At this season the clois-
ter gardens are in their fullest beauty, and
from any of the broad porches the view in
and out among the shady walks of the pref
ty hooks and resting places, the garden
shrines and the great oaks In the play
ground makes a most enchanting picture.
The old bell in the church tower, which has
rung out the hours for neary all these hun
bred years, will be a welcome sound to the
alumnae.
A large proportion of the pupils of the
academy before the war left school to en-
ter upon social careers to which family po-
sition and brilliant accomplishments alike
entitled them. Prominent in this list is
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, who, as mis-
tress of the White House during the term
of her unc,e, President Buchanan, ana
again when she accompanied him to Eng
land, brought new luster to her alma ma
ter. Ellen and Theresa Ewing, daughters
of Senator Ewing of Ohio, the hrst Secre-
tary of the Interior. were also of the mum,
Der. The first became TIE wife of General
Sherman, and her two youngest daughters,
now Mrs. TE&ckara and Mrs. Thorndyke,
were in turn pupils of Georgetown. Mrs
Eleanor Sherman ThaCkara, who is now
here on a visit. will attend the centennial
ceremonies. One Of the most beautiful
girls ever in the school was Adelaide Cults,
afterward Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas. and
upon her second marriage Mrs. Robert
Williams. Her death is of but recent oc-
currence.
Other Graduates.
Others who graduated before the war
We're the Carroll sisters. one of whom is the
Countess Esterhazy; Eliza and Isabella
Walsh, daughters of the United States
minister to Spain; the daughters of Com
modore Rogers, the daughters of Commo-
dore Cassin, Minnie Meade, sister of Cen
eral Meade, and wife of General Bache;
Albina MOntholon, daughter of the FRENCH
minister and granddaughter of General
Grateot, L. S. A: the Bronaugh sisters, one
of whom married Admiral Taylor; Kate
Irving, grandniece of Washington Irving;
the Misses Bass of Mississippi one of
whom married the Italian minister. Berti-
MALE; Madeleine Ninton. wife of Admiral
igren, whose death occurred last year,
and Emily Warren who became Mrs Roeb-
ling, the wife of the builder of the Brook
Ign bridge, and completed that structure
when her husband was stricken by illness.
In the honor list of graduates and pupils
since the war are: Bertha ard Ida Honore,
the former now Mrs. Potter Palmer and the
latter Mrs Fred. Grant. Miss Blanche But
Ter, daughter of General Butler, who be-
came the wife of Governor AmeS of MIsSiS-
sippi; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Miss Marie
Patterson. Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey, Mrs.
Russell harrison, COUNTESS Won Overlook,
formerly Romano Goddard, daughter If
the late Mrs. Dahlgren: Mrs Phil Sher-
dan. Miss Constance Edgar. daughter of
MIS-. BoLaparte, Eow Visitation nun in
Baitm0re; Mrs. c. G. Lancaster, formerly
Annie Randall. daughter of Samuel J RAN
dali; Mrs. l.. Is. W ebb. Mrs \. W. Dunn,
Ml&, " hite, formerly Mss Macias; the
N @.ses Mckenna, daughters of justice Nc
kt Hid; Miss Rosemary SartOris, grand
daughter cI General GIANT, are d few of
imtr pupils either living in this city or
be-@h2itg to Washington families.
Mss harriet Monroe of Chicago who has
written the centennial ode, which she will
denver at the reunion Wednesday next,
graduated in 10, having as her classmates
Adele Morrison of St. Louis who became
Mrs. Albert 7. Kelly of New York; Ella
W hltthorne of Tennessee, who married
alexander Harvey of Baltimore, and Miss
Newcomer of Baltimore, who became Mrs
ii. B. Gilpin of that city. Miss Monroe
Wrote the ode for the opening of the worlds
1alr, and 1t attracted national attention as
composition of great merit.
The sisters of the convent request all of
the old pupils and distinguished guests who
have received cards for the centennial cele-
DTation TO meet at the convent Tuesday
May 80, at ~ a m. to receive badges and to
march IN line to the church. This precau-
tlon Is taken for the reason that the church
VIII pe closed to the general public.