Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-09
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Hospitalities at the German En-
bassy.
Coming Marriage of Washington
Poetess--The GOuld-HOwe We'd
dinE-PersOnal Notes.

C ed TO AlX-leS-tSalDS, the ldlilous waiting
place, where Mr.. Hanna will undergo treat
ment for rheumatism. After about two
months he will return home by easy
| stages. stopping at two or three Spanish
| cities, and reaching America about Septam-
| Der l. in time to take part in the fall cam
| paign in Ohio.
| Miss Condit-Smith. who spent the most
| of last winter in Cuba with her sister, Mrs.
| Leonard Wood, is now on the eve OF a
Longer journey. She is going TO Japan 10
| join her sister, Mrs. Key, wife of Lieut.
| Key, and will remain for some time with
her
Mrs. w. P. Van Wickle is visiting friends
| in Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ID. Easton will sail for
Europe July for an absence of five
| six weeks.
An event of interest to the literary and
art circles in and out of Washington is the
| coming marriage of Miss Alice Archer
| Sewal of this city to Mr.. John Nough James
| of Urbana, Ohio, to take place at the New
| Church Wednesday next at l. o'clock, the
| Rev. Frank Sewall. the father of the bride
officiating. The groom is a grand nephew
| of Mr.. Charles James of this city. The
| best man will be Mr.. Frank Bailey Niles of
Toledo, member of the Ohio assembly. The
| bride will be given away by her uncle
| Mr. Arthur Sewall of Bath. Me. Miss Maud
| q. SeWall, the brides oldest sister, Will be
! maid of honor. and the other bridesmaids
will be Miss Gertrude James of Crhana,
sister of the groom. and the other sisters
| of the bride. The ushers Will be Mr.. Joseph
Russell of Urbana, Mr.. Wallace Gilchrist of
Philadelphia and Messrs Charles Davis,
William Hamilton. John Joy Edison. jr.
Wayne Smith of this city, and Capt. George
Clymer Shaw of the District of Columbia
| National Guard.
| A pretty wedding took place at the par
sonage of Christ Church Wednesday night
the contracting parties being Miss Alice
Howe and Mr.. David Gould, Rev. Arthur
Johns officiating in the presence Of the
| brides sister, Mary Z. Howe, and the
groom's brother, Harry Gould. The bride
wore white silk null trimmed in white
satin and ribbon. and carried bride roses.
Immediately after the ceremony the couple
| went to their new home, where a reception
| was held until late hour. The bride
ceiVed many handsome presents. The
couple are at home to receive their friends
at l2l Kentucky avenue southeast.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Leighton have closed
| their house in town and are now at their
country place in Woodside Md. Later in
the season they go to northern Maine
where they have beautiful residence in
the vicinity of the lakes.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
Christian j. Gockeler and Miss Lottie May
Burkhart at st. Paul's English Lutheran
| Church, Wednesday, June n, at clock.
| Admission to tbs church win be by card
st. Johns Church was the scene of an
| other very pretty wedding yesterday at
high noon, Rev. DR.. Alexander Mackay-
Smith officiating. The bride was Miss Ruth
Merriam, daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Lewis Merriam. United States army, and
| the groom Dr. Frank Hood Shultz, lately
| Of Lancaster, Ohio, recently located in this
city. The decorations of the chancel were
| of palms, with vases of Easter lilies on
| the altar and pink and white roses at the
charcel gate. The guests were seated by
| the following ushers, who later led the
bridal party to the chancel: Mr.. Allen Gle
pr ane, DR.. Harry Hewitt, DR.. John Is. Null
lans and DIR. w. p. Malone all of this city
DR.. Shultz and his best man. Mr.. Daniel
Duncan, awaited the coming of the bride
at the chancel gate. Miss Merriam was
escorted by her father and attended by the
maid of honor, Miss Shultz of Lancaster.
Ohio, sister of the groom The latter wore
q beautiful gown of white organdy, with
large white picture hat. and carried purple
sweet peas. The bride wore a pretty we'd
ding gown of white silk null, made over
white satin, and trimmed with old point
lace. a gift from the brides family. Her
veil was gracefully arranged, with lilies of
the valley, and she carried white roses. The
brides mother was handsomely gowned in
violet silk trimmed with point applique
lace, and was accompanied by her little
son, Lewis. The guests We're limited to
the immediate friends Of both families.
Captain and Mrs. Merriam only recently
returned to Washington from Richmond.
where they have been residing. Among
the out-of-town guests, in addition to the
sister of the groom, were his aunt, Mrs.
Gale of Brooklyn, and his cousin, Miss
Van Buskirk of Baltimore. and Miss Bode-
ker and Miss Haggerty, friends of Captain
and Mrs Merriam, from Richmond. There
was no reception.
DR.. and Mrs. Shultz left yesterday after
noon for Il short honeymoon trip north, and
on their return will reside at 1916 II street
northwest. Many beautiful and useful pres
cnts Were re reived from the large circle of
friends of both families. The bride is an
accomplished young lady and has promi
nent connections in army circles on both
her fathers and mothers sides. She is q
riece of Brig. Gen. Henry c. Merriam, and
her maternal grandfather was the late Col
cnel anG Deputy Judge Advocate General
II. B. Burnham. L. S. A. She also has a
brother serving with the army in the Phil
ippine Islands. DR.. ShultZ is the son of the
late Judge Shultz of Ohio.
Miss Rose l.. Wheatfied of 1897 Sth
street northwest. after extended visit
to Atlantic City, Philadelphia and Balti-
more, has returned home
Mrs. Rapley and son have gone to At
lantic City to occupy their cottage until
October, and Mrs. Errelman will join them
in two weeks and will return in the fall
with the family.
Mrs. Lucien H. Niles of Galilee n. j.
has sent cards of invitation here to many
friends for the marriage of her daughter
Florence, 20 Mr.. John Joy Knox, formerly
of this city, Wednesday, June 2S, at II
o'clock, at st. Peters Church at Galilee.
DIR. and Mrs. MackaySmith have taken
the Morris cottage at jamestown for the
summer.
A few relatives and friends assembled at
2106 14th street Wednesday, June 4 to wit
ness the marriage Of Mrs. Jane McClosky
and Mr.. n. Sellman Cook. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. E. L. Watson
of Grace NJ. f. Church and after it the
company went to the dining room.
Maj. and Mrs. George T. Carter have is
sued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter Evelyn to Warren Wooden Foster,
MD, Monday evening, June l., at s
O'Clock, al the First Congregational Church. |
Hotel Arrivals.
Arlington-P. French, St. Louis: P. Gal |
bis, Havana; E. Warren, Troy, N. Y; B. |
Ames, Lowell, Mass; w. E. Pooe, Louis |
ville KY.
Cochran-J. W. Woodland, Cincinnati; L. |
C. Robbins, st. Louis.
Dewey-Gov. {. NJ. Brown, Indian terri |
tory.
Ebbitt-Geo. Alder, United States army: |