Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-09
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
DIPLOMATIC AND OTHER SATURDAY
DINNERS.
Miss Biount's Bridal Party-The Bar
ciay-Giliiiand Marriaxe-
Personals.

The German ambassador was host Satur-
day night Of another large dinner. when his
guests were the Swiss minister and Mrs.
| Pioda, the Netherlands minister. Senator
Kean. Major and Miss Ferguson. Mrs. Ber-
dan. Mrs. Slater, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Nc
| kee, Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Lee, Capt. and
| Mrs Vignal, Baron and Baroness Fersen,
| Miss Davis. Miss Horstman. Miss Secken-
| durf, Mr.. Jesse Brown and Mr.. Seckendorf.
The japanese minister. Mr. Komura. who
| sails this week for his new post at St. Pc
| tersburg. gave a farewell dinner Saturday
| night, when Mrs. Hobson presided as host
| ess and the guests were the Chief Justice
| and Mrs. Fuller, the Secretary OF the Treas
| ury and Mrs. Gage, Senator and Mrs. Frye,
| Senator and Mrs. Davis. Senator Wolcott.
| Col. Charles DENLY, Mrs. George Westing
| house, Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. Mr.
| and Mrs. Charles A. Spalding and Miss Lay
! The assistant secretary of state and Mrs.
Hill entertained at dinner Saturday night
| when the Mexican ambassador and Mrs.
| AZpiroZ were the guests of honor. The
| others present were the Chilean minister
| and Mrs. Vicuna, the Guatemalan minister.
Monsignor Conaty, Senator and Mrs. Lind
say, Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson. Mr.. and
! Mrs. Branigan, Mr.. and Mrs. Godoy. Mrs.
| Perez and Mr. A. A. Adee.
| Another of the notable dinners Saturday
I y
| Crowninshield. whose guests were Secretary
Root, Mrs Audenried. Capt. and Mrs.
Cowles, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lothrop-Brad-
| ley. Mr.. Whitehead of New York, Miss
| Page. Miss Tuckerman and Prince Trou-
| betskoy.
| Senator Depew and Miss Pauldng were
also among the dinner-givers Saturday
| night, their company consisting of SeCre
| tary and Mrs. Hitchcock. the minister from
Austria Hungary and Mrs. Hengeimuier,
| the minister from Belgium and Countess
Lichtervelde. the minister from Norway and
| Sweden, Admiral Higgi:son, Mrs. Possible
| waite. Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald de Koven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston Hunt. Mr. and
| Mrs. Huidekoper, Commander and Mrs.
| Hunker. Commander and Mrs. MuiliSan,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Padelford Mr.. and Mrs. Cur
| tbs, Mr.. Putnam. Miss Hegeman. Miss Wal
| ZACH and Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis.
| Guests are expected from several northern
| cities for the marriage. Wednesday even
| ing, April IS, of Miss Elizabeth Blount and
| Mass. The ceremony will take place at 7:3O
| at The Oaks" the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Henry F. Blount on L street. Georgetown.
| The charming bride who is an accom-
te nded by her sister. Miss Mary Blount, as
maid of honor, and Miss Ph!llipa Chase of
| Boston and Miss Dorothy Croft of Los An
geles, Cal. as bridesmaids. Mr. William s.
| Allen of Dorchester will be best man and
| Mr.. Clarence Humphres, also Of DorcheS-
ter, and Mr. Walter Blount. ushers. Rev
| DR.. Rush Shipper Of Massachusetts, father
| of the groom. will officiate and a very
| large company is invited to the wedding re-
| cepton.
Miss Eleanor Gilliland and Mr.. William
Woodward Barclay We're married Saturday
| at st. Stephens P E. Church, Rev. Mr.
| Dudley officiating. The ceremony was pri-
! vate owing to the recent death of Mr..
| Barclays sister. The bride is well known
| newspaper writer and the groom. who is
/ connected with the cash room a the treas
I n n Of
| Barclay have gone north for short trip
and will reside at 1i45 w street upon their
| return.
| Mrs. Vincent de Dominguez, formerly
Miss Helen Murphy. and pleasantly re-
| membered here during a former residence
| when her husband a member of the
| diplomatic corps. was presented at court
| recently in London She a gown of
black velvet. the bodice embroidered with
| chenille with train of black velvet with
jet in a trells design, lined with white
satin.
| Mrs. John Sherman and Miss Sherman of
Cleveland Park sailed on Saturday by
| North German Lloyd for Naples in ending
to spend the spring and early summer in
Rome and northern Italy.
| Invitations have been issued for the mar
| riage of Miss Anna Smith Weaver to Mr.
| Manton Eckfeldt Hibbs of PhiladeIphia
| The ceremony will take place tomorrow at
| noon at the First Presbyterian Church.
| Friends of the two families are invited to
| the ceremony, which VIII be followed by A
| breakfast at the Raleigh.
| The members of the Wilson Memorial
Junior Epworth League most agreeably
| surprised their superintendent, Miss Edna
| Earl Bobb, Wednesday evening last at her
! home. 324 Pennsylvania avenue They met
| at the home of one of their number before
| proceeding to Miss Bobb's. The evening
was spent in music and games. which the
| children thoroughly enjoyed. AT 10 O'Clock
| they were invited to the dining room where
| the committee. Misses Nellie Bender and
| Ella Webb. had prepared repast. Among
| those present were Misses Sara and Mamie
| Young. Harriet Burgess, Katie Disney, Hat
| tie Belts. Evelyn Toison. Isabel Donahey
| Nellie Bender. Ella Webb. Clara Gunter,
| Bessie Rothweu and Messrs. Scott Webb
Frank Bateman. Vernon Denham, Willie
| burlington, Wills Jones. Charlie Denham,
| Ray Erb. Howard Huntington and Willie
| Tydings.
Mrs John Addison Porter will not receive
again on Tuesdays this season.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Mary S. Edelin, the daughter of Col Thos
| Boyd Edelin,, to Capt. T. Edwin Grimsley.
Miss Edelin, is the granddaughter of the
| late Col James n. Edelin,. u. S. NJ. c.. and
Lieut.. Col. DAME! P. Whiting. I. S. A.
| Captain Grimsley is the son of Judge Dam
iel Grimsley of Culpeper, Va. The marriage
| will take place at her home at Culpeper,
| Va. Tuesday, April "A. 1900.
Miss Isabel c. Williams of 424 Sd street
is confined to her home by severe Illness
DIR. and Mrs. E. Oliver Belt of this city,
| the Duke of Newcastle and Assistant Naval
| Constructor Powell and wife were among
| the arrivals in New York Saturday from
| England on the St. Louis.
! The marriage of Miss Mary f. Rabbit
| Of Beane. Montgomery county. to Mr.. John
| c. c. Patterson of Washington is
| nounced to take place in Washington April
| Is.
| Miss Epson. who has been spending part
| of the winter with her aunt. Mrs. George
| B. Williams, has been called to her home.
| Sacramento. Cal. in consequence of the
| death of her father.
| The Capitol Hill Euchre Club met at the
| residence of Miss Daisy Rothwell Friday
| night Miss Lydia Rothwell and Mr.. VIM.
| Rothwell carried off first honors, while
| Miss Genevieve Matthews and MIR. Butler
won second prizes. Those present were:
| Miss Lillian Wagner. Miss May Hersey,
Miss Maude Wagner. Miss Lydia RothWell