The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

The British Ambassador and Lad
Pauncefote will give a small dinner thi
evening. They also entertained fev
guests at dinner on Friday evening. TO
the purpose of introducing Mr.. Joseph Pea
body, OF Boston, who arrived at the EN-
bassy few days ago Others present in
cluded Mr.. Dayrell Crackanthorpe, Thirt
Secretary of the Embassy and Mrs. Crack
anthorpe, Capt. and Mrs. Lewis Bayly. tn,
Misses Pauncefote, and Mr.. H. C. Norman
Lieutenant Colonel Kitson, who belongs
to the artillery arm of the British serv
ice, and who has been for some time at.
tached to the staff department. stationed
in Canada, is to succeed Lieut.. Col. Ar
thur Lee as military attache of the Brit
ish Embassy at Washington. Colonel Lee
was recently elected to seat in Parlia-
ment.
One of the earliest weddings of the COM
ing week will be that of Miss Alice Chand-
lee, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
Chandlee, and Mr.. David v. Chadwick
paymast.r, U. S. N, which will take place
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, at the
Chandlee residence, 1923 Vermont Avenue
Miss Chandlee will attend her sister, and
Mr.. Barr will act as best man. A recep-
The marriage of Miss Hannah Wade,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Wade
to Mr.. Edward P. Schwartz. will take place
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, at st.
Aloysius Church. The couple will be at
home after January /, at 239 Massachu-
sets Avenue.
A wedding of equal interest to Wash
ington and Baltimore will be that of Miss
Grace Norris and Mr.. Arthur Pue Cor
man. jr., which, as has been heretofore
announced in detail, will occur at O'Clock
at the New York Avenue Church. The
reception which will follow at the resi-
dence of Mr.. James l.. Norris, in Street,
will be for the relatives and personal
friends only, of both families.
At the marriage of Miss Anna Mary
Laise and Mr.. ]. Sylvester Phillips, which
is to take place next Wednesday evening
at Calvary Baptist Church, Miss Bessie
Dufour Rous. of Louisiana. will be the
maid of honor. and the additional maids
will be Miss Edith Diantha Foster and
Miss Jennie Cecilia Plank, of Pennsyl-
vania; Miss Annie Marshall Hayes, CT
Nebraska, and Miss Charlotte Minor, Of
Illinois. The men attendants selected are
Mr. Harry Hinman Dane, of Iowa; Mr..
Samuel E. Alex, of West Virginia; Mr..
William Butterworth Crowell, OF Ohio;
Mr. John Queen Slye, and Mr.. A. Rankin
Thornton, of this city. The ceremony will
be performed by Rev. S. H. Greene, d. D.
The bride will be given in marriage by
her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Melvina Laise,
daughter of Jacob Toole, who, at the
battle of Lake Erie, conveyed Commodore
Perry from the Lawrence to the Niagara
in the midst of the enemy's shot and shell.
For this remarkable bravery in that ac-
ton Congress gave him vote of thanks
and silver medal appropriately inscribed
and bearing a relief of Perry and his
famous message, I'VE have met the enemy
and they are ours" The historical paint
ing by Powell which hangs on the wall
at the head of the Senate stairway ap-
propriately portrays this event. Mrs.
Laise will present this heirloom to her
daughter on her wedding day. After the
ceremony a reception will be held at the
brides home, 1924 p Street.
The Minister from Haiti and Nine.
Legar have returned from New York,
where they went to greet Nine. Simon
Sam, wife OF the President of the Hal
tian Republic, en- route from Paris to
Haiti. The elder son of Minister and
Nine. Legar is in school in Paris. They
have with them now Nine. Legar's six
teen-year- old niece, Miss Louise Bourke,
of London. who will complete her studies
this winter, and next season will be a
Washington debutante. She will remain
two years in America.
Miss Katherine Bradford, daughter Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Bradford. will be
presented December IA at tea to be
given in her honor at the Washington
Club.
Mrs. G. n Lieber, who is making
short visit to Virginia, will return to
the city on Tuesday.
The marriage of Miss Lorraine Edison,
the attractive young daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph X. Edison, to Lieut.. II. w.
Schulz, u. s. A., will take place the lat
ter part of January.
Owing to the ,ndisposition Of her grand
mother, the date for the formal presen-
tation to society of pretty Miss Simpson
has not yet been fixed.
Among the December weddings OF social
interest will be that of Miss May Bever-
idge and DR.. Maurice Erwin Miller, which
will take place at the Beveridge resi-
dence, 1918 Street, Tuesday, December
IS, at s o'clock in the evening. A large
reception will succeed the ceremony,
which will be attended by only the mem
bers Of the two families. Rev Randolph
II. McKim, ID. D.. will officiate. The
groom's brother and sister, Mr.. and Miss
Miller. will be the only attendants.
Mrs. Mayo Hazeltine and Miss Hazelt'ne
have returned to their town house, after
an absence of several months spent at
their country home in West Virginia.
Mrs. nazeltinc has graciously placed her
home. 1925 F Street. at the disposal OF the
women's Auxiliary Of st. Johns Church,
who will give benefit concert there for
Porto Ricans November 80 at o'clock.
Prominent professionals and amateurs
will give selections from popular operas,
and as the fashionable congregat ton OF DR..
Mackay- Smiths church are taking an ac-
tive interest in the affair 1t goes without
saying that il will be a social as well as
success. Tickets may be Sc
cured from Miss Jane Wilson, S12 Con-
necticut Avenue; from Mrs. Hazeltine, or
at the door on the afternoon of the con-
cert.
The Friday Evening Glass held its see
ond meeting of the season last Friday at
Rauscher's. These dances, chaperoned by
Mrs. Craig and Mrs. James Kerr, and d.
rected by Miss Elizabeth Cox and Miss
Beall, are among the most delightful win
ter festivities arranged for the Capitals
beaus and bellies. The members include:
Miss Margaret Simpson. Miss Maud Roberts. Miss
Marsie Gatewood. Miss Olive ii. Warning Miss
Hattie English, Miss Louise Patterson. Miss Kate
Mccartney. Miss Anita Collins, Miss Elizabeth
Conncll Miss Janet StearTs, Miss Rose Bradford
Miss Grace Carroll, Miss Mary Sutherland, Miss
Patty Stanton. the Misses Goodwin, Miss Margaret
Woodward, Miss Helen Clabaugh. Miss Marie
Barnes Miss Blossom Reed Miss Barbara Kauf-
mann. Messrs. William Townsend, William Pear
"a At. 20, n R.,