The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

| almost as dull IS that remarkable town
in folklore land where nothing ever hap
pens. The President and Mrs. Mckinley
! are in Canton. Almost all the ladies OF
the Cabinet families are out of town. and
while number of diplomatic dignitaries
have returned to their various embassies
and legations, no one seems disposed to
do anything but await the outcome Of next
months election. When it is over every
body will come back. Queen Fashion Will
press the button that sets the social
| wheel in motion. the brides will retire
| from the foreground of interest. and their
places will be taken by the seasons buds.
| In the mean time. however, the brides ana
1 groomS are having the present entirely
| to themselves. That they are making the
| best of their advantage was illustrated
| by the number of weddings that took place
| last week. and those set for the week to
come. On one train that went out last
| Wednesday night there were ten bridal
couples aboard. four Benedicts from the
same part of the country having decided
| to time their VOWS TO suit the convenience
of their votes.
Word comes from Newport that the Brit
| ish Ambassador and his family will re-
main at their cottage there until the mid
| die of November.
Count Quadt, the successor of Baron
! Speck Won Sternburg as Charge d Anaires
| Of the German Embassy, has leased the
house 1742 Massachusetts, Avenue for the
season. Count Quadt will take possession
J of his new home upon the arrival in this
country, early in December. Of his wife
! and daughter. Countess Quadt, after
| spending some time with the relatives OF
| her husband near Lake Constance. is now
| visiting her family in the neighborhood
| of Pisa, Italy.
| Count Montzelas. the newly appointed
| Attache of the German Embassy, sailed
Thursday from Holland. en- route to this
| country. He is a member OF a dlstln-
guished Huguenot family. which emigrated
! to Bavaria many generations ago. He Is
| a young bachelor, and will be an acquisi-
| ton to the inner society circles. He
| comes to Washington directly from the
| German Embassy at The Hague. The
| newly appointed Military Attache at the
| German Embassy is Lieutenant Schron. of
| the First Bavarian Cuirassiers. This
| young officer is also bachelor.
Baron Covers, the Netherlands Minister,
! who has returned from visit to Holland.
/ has leased a handsome residence at 1917
Twentieth Street. near Connecticut Ave-
! nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Boardman have
returned to Washington after passing the
! summer at Manchester-by-the-S Sea Owing
| to a recent bereavement they will take no
active part in society.
Mrs. Hobart Chatfeld Chatfeld TAYLOR.
of Chicago. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reginald De koven. The latter is Mrs.
Chatfleld Taylor's sister. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chatfield Taylor. IL they can secure de-
sirable residence. have decided to spend
the winter in Washington.
Mrs. Slater. who is spending October at
Newport, entertained at dinner on FRIDAY
evening.
II isn't often that an American girl gets
a chance to be married in the throne room
of a palace and no one can possibly doubt
that Miss Bertha Allen. daughter of the
Governor of Porto Rico, enjoyed the
uniqueness of the thing.
The wedding took place Thursday and
was performed by Chaplain Brown, U. s.
A. The groom. Lieut. George w. Logan,
U. S. N, wore the full uniform of his rank.
and the bride was dressed In ~hite SILK
NULL Mrs A. F. Hobbs. the brides sister.
was the matron, and Miss Shedd. of Low
ell, Mass, was the bridesmaid. Paymaster
Brown was the best man. About 200 guests
we're present. The throne room was dec
grated with royal palms and pink flowers
and the lights were reflected from pink
shades. Lieutenant Logan and his bride
are now making tour of the island.
Mrs. John p. Storey hes returned from
Europe. She passed the greater portion of
the summer with her daughter, the Coan-
tess de Bensseret, of Belgium.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas C. Plat will
occupy their usual apartments at the Ar
lington this winter. Mrs. Platt has recov-
cred from her severe illness Of last year
and will shortly arrive at the Capital from
New York.
Rev. DR.. McKim and Mrs. McKim are
back from Bar Harbor, where their sum-
mer was spent.
Senator and Mrs. Lodge are still occupy
ing their summer home at Nahant and
will not return to Washington until after
the election.
Secretary Long left yesterday to visit
his daughters. who. with their grand
mother, Mrs. Glover. have spent the past
year in Colorado. The clear, dry climate
of the State has proved so health giving to
Miss Helen Long that she has decided to
remain there permanently.
The engagement has Just been an
nounced OF Miss Josephine Blake Belt.
youngest daughter OF Capt Charles r.
Belt, of Calvert County. to Mr.. John Gill
bert Eggen OF Norway aud South Dakota.
Miss Belt is the daughter of Commodore
William Joseph Belt. OF the "Old Navy"
,,toy iaJ his
Bowie. OF Prince George County On her
mothers side she is descended from that
family OF Blakes of which one was Colo
NAL Governor of South Carolina. Mr.. Egg
gen is representative Of one OF the Oldest
families OF Norway, and has in his pos
session valuable relics bearing the name
Of an ancestor and the date of 1416. He
is large landhoIder in South Dakota The
marriage will take place early in Deem
Der.
Senator and Mrs. George Peabody Wet
more have gone to Newport to join Miss
Edith Wetmore and Mr.. Roger Wetmore.
their son and daughter. who are visiting
tneI' aunt, Miss Alice Kataltas.
Col. and Mrs. T. A. Bingham have re-
turned from Nova Scotia, where they went
early in the warm season. and where
they are building a summer home.
IAN Hour With Chopin" was the subject
of a musical lecture given last Thursday
afternoon in the pavilion of the blind
at the Congressional Library by Mrs Lucy
Page STEELE. The composers characteris-
tics both as man and musician were
given Interestingly. the piano selections
with which the talk was illustrated elicit |
ing enthusiastic applause. Mrs. STEELE
plays with great feeling, her style being