Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-17
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Host and Hostesses Of Country Houses
! Welcome Friends.
NEXT WEEKS BRIDES AND GROOMS
Wednesday. as Usual, Has the
Largest List of All.
RECENT PLEASANT EVENTS

| AS far as city folks are concerned en-
PERTAINING is over except for the wedding
| parties, but the country houses around the
| capital are making the most of these days
| when invitations extended to city friends
are to say the least received with raptur-
Gus welcome. dinner or an old-fash-
Toned supper party, which is preceded by
an hours drive through the country and
followed by the same back to town, is a
most charming experience to those whose
necessities or desires still keep them at
the capital. Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Lee will
entertain at dinner tonight at the Lee
home at Silver Spring. Mr.. and Mrs.
Townsend, while not entertaining formally,
had their pleasant home on Woodley Lane
as a delightful change lately from the
heat of the city. The extensive alterations
and additions they are putting upon their
future home on Massachusetts, avenue are
we'll worth staying in town to watch. When
completed the TownsendS will have one
of the finest residences south Of New York.
Major and Mrs. Goodloe, who have been
at their country place north Of this city
about month, are as Hospitality inclined
as ever, and rarely spend a Sunday with
out guests.
Judge and Mrs Hlllyer, by the way, who
residence they will in future occupy on
H1llyer place, are going to relaize another
oft-desired satisfaction this summer in liv-
ing on their own farm. They have lately
purchased a farm near Fredericksburg.
Va, which has large residence. Mrs.
Hiliyer hopes to enjoy the benefits Of out
everything about the place. She has lately
returned from an extensive journey
through Mexico and southern California,
and has been greatly improved in health
and looking forward to country life With
the greatest pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Dulin and family
win leave Tuesday for their homo at Cam
bridge, Mass, and will not return till Octo-
Der. During the summer they will as
usual, make long visit to Narragansett
Pier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Poor and family are
now established at their home at Ska
neateles, N. Y, where the marriage of
Miss Poor and Colonel Maus will be attend
ed by member OF Washington friends
Captain and Mrs. Rodgers are at Chevy
Chase Inn for the early summer. Miss
Keats Rodgers sailed for Europe Wednes-
day, and will join friends in Paris shortly.
with whom she win return in the autumn.
Wednesday will be busy one SO far as
weddings are concerned. Miss Ida M.
Brown and MIR. Watson Freeman Clark will
De married at Trinity Church. Sd and G
streets, at 10 am, and Miss Madge Bowie
and Mr.. Charles r. Gibson, at Ascension,
et liooli. lie IudTTldSG OF MISS Julia Bey-
eridge and Mr.. Walter Connen Shoup win
be attended only by relatives and personal
friends, as both families are in morning.
Miss BeVeridge will attend her sister as
maid of honor, and Mr.. George Greer of
Rye, N. Y, will be best man. The cere-
mony Will take place at the residence of the
brides mother, 1913 H street and will he
among the most interesting of the month
the event. VA Ava
Miss Harriet Eleanor Austin and Mr.. D
j. Frederick Hager will be married at St.
faul Church, 18th and r streets, at 8
O'Clock Wednesday evening Owing To the
illness of Mrs. Austin the reception which
had been arranged to follow the ceremony,
Is necessarily omitted. Mr.. Hager and his
. pliae VIII to to Hagersville, Ontario, for
their future residence. :
Miss Lottie May Burkhart and Mr. Chris.
tan j. Gockeler will be married at the
same hour at St. PauPs English Iutheran
church, 18th and H streets. Miss I,ouise
Gemmelbauer will be the maid Of honor
ana MISS Carrie 1. Burkhart and Miss Ger
rude M. Gockeler, sisters of the bride and
groom the bridesmaids The ushers will he
ar. VIM H: Haney, Mr.. B. Frank Meyers.
Mr. J. Louis Willige and Mr.. MaIlery n
Taylor of Baltimore Nd. Admission ~ ~
church Will be strictly by card. A recen-
.lon viii follow at the home Of the bride
IL MT: Vernon place. for the family and
eut-of-toWn guests only
The marriage of Mr.. Alexander uo,so-
Quarles of the War Department and Mics
Anna Estelle Conner took place AT the
home of the bride, Gainesville, Ca. at Noon
Wednesday. June IA. The ceremony was
pert tSe ed by Rev I; p. Cleveland. DID,,
or the Presbyterian Church After lunch
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs T. III. Shelley
tne couple left for this city, where thew
VIII be at home to their friends 1415 Rhode
Island avenue, after June %
One of the daintiest of June weddings
hof Of
and Mr. Leon Meyer Estabrook ar ST
johns Thursday evening. The church was
tastefully decorated with palms and
Mowers. In the absence of Rev Dr. Mack
Rev. Mr.. Paddock. The church was well
filled with friends and relatives of the
bride and groom. Promptly at 8 the groom
and his best man. DR.. D. G. Davis, took
same time the BRIDE escorted by Major T
z. Dare, United States army, came up the
aisle to the strains of the wedding march.
They were preceded by the bridesmaid,
Gram; the maid Of honor, Miss Retta Gal
LANCER, who walked alone, and two ushers
DR.. M. J. Holmes and Mr.. P. H Cass
Major Dare gave the bride away.
The bride wore ivory satin dress, trim
med with lace and white satin bows,
tulle veil fastened in front with lilies of the
valley and diamonds. She carried an ivory
bound prayer book and a bouquet Of white
FUSES MISS GaIlanger wore white ofgandte
over white silk and carried a bouquet OF
pink sweet peas. The flowers carried by
Miss Stevens were Of deeper pink and
she wore a gown Of white organdie After
the ceremony the bride and groom and the
brides mother, Mrs. Jackson-Thomas, re-
ceived the bridal party and few init
mate friends at their residence, 1743 Cor
coran street, where the young couple will
be at home to their friends after July /.
The parlors were tastefully decorated with
palms and sweet peas and light refresh
ments with wine were served. Among the
many pretty presents received was an ele-
CANT china dinner and tea service. present
ed by the groom friends and fellow clerks
OF the record and pension office of the War
Department. The bride gave her attend
ants artistically painted fans, and the