Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Pleasing Variety in the Easter Week
Program.
a DANCE At TEE FRENCH EMBASSY
Other Notable Inequalities on
the Cards.
P E R S o N A L OTES

! The Easter program of gayety as fore
| Swallowed by invitations is one of the most
| attractive enjoyed here in years. The we'd
| dings, without which no early spring could be
| considered complete are sufficiently numer-
| Gus to make up for tie dullness in this
| particular line for 4he past couple OF
| months. The brides of April nave arranged
| very pretty pageants for these blissful
! events, but there is already a suggestion
| that some of the weddings In which much
interest will be displayed will be Of an ex-
ceedingly quiet nature, and little knowl-
| edge as to details will be made public in
advance However, these circumstances do
| not concern Miss Beatrice Allen Bates,
| Miss Poe, Miss BeardsIey and Miss Rodg-
| ers, the brides of the coming week each
of whom has arranged her wedding on
| the orthodox lines, and all of X HON expect
J their intimate friends TO be present on the
| happy occasions. Miss Bates and Captain
| Robert Sewell, U. s. A, will be married
7 Monday at All Souls Church Miss Bessie
Hine, Miss Edith Totten ana Miss Helen
kn1pe of Philadelphia will attend the bride,
| and Mr.. VIM. J. SewcII, jr., will be best
| man.
The marriage of Miss Ellen Poe and Mr..
| Edward Lowery White will take place at
! St Margaret's Church Monday evening.
! The bride will have three attendants Also
| Miss Louise Wilson as maid of honor and
the Misses Marian and Emily White as
bridesmaids. Mr. Carey Johnson will be
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Poe.
Only family party will be present at the
| marriage Of Miss Keats Rodgers and Mr.
Horace Westcott, next Wednesday noon, at
| the residence of the brides mother, Mrs
| John Rodgers, 1910 10th street but a large
company is invited to the breakfast Miss
Rodgers who Is such charming girl and
great favorite will be attended bv Miss
! Sheridan and Miss Gertrude Clagett Mr.
John P. Story, tr., will be best man.
| The future bellies and beaux have not
been neglected in the enjoyments of the
week: They start the ball going Easter
Monday night, when Mrs. Elkins will en-
| terrain large gathering of the associates
of her young daughter, Miss Katherine
! Elilns at a dance. Mrs. Huff will give a
aance Wednesday night at Rauschers for
Miss Carolyn Huff.
| A delightful evening is promised at the
Raleigh Easter Monday night. when a num-
! per OF young men will be hosts of a dance
with several wal-known matrons to receive
their guests. .s
| A 'pan-fraternity' dance at Rauscher,s
tuesday night, under the patronage of Mrs
| David Jayne Hill, Mrs John NJ Harlan
| Mrs Galaudet and others will bring to-
sether representatives of all the Greek let
! Ter societies of Columbian University,
siXty-couple cotilon. under the man
| agement of Mrs. Charles H. Campbell Mrs
John c. Poor, Miss Merriam and others
| following the very successful one given
curing the past season, will be repeated
| Tuesday night.
Inc French ambassador, NJ. Cambon
WIZ make the presence memorable at this
capital OF his countrymen the officers and
| CADETS OF the schoolship Duguay Trouin. He
| Will give reception and dance Wednes-
| DAY evening at the French embassy at
WI. when ABOUT so VIII be present including
the special guests, The French schoolship
| Is now in the harbor at Baltimore The
| officers and cadets viii also enjoy a sail
on the Potomac and visit to Mount Yer
| non during their stay here. Tomorrow
/ the French ambassador, with members of
the embassy, will go over to Baltimore
to visit the ship and attend the Easter
services aboard which will be conducted
by Able Roubeaud.
! Other hosts and hostesses of the COM
ing week will be Mrs c. E. Blunt, Major
| and Mrs. T. n. Wood and Captain and Mrs,
I Beach.
The annual reception of the National
| Geographic Society will be held Friday
evening, April H. at the Arlington, when
Mr. Paul Du Chaillu, the African ex-
plorer, will be the guest Of the society.
The reception committee will consist of
Secretary Hay the French ambassador
the Russian ambassador Mr.. John w. Fos-
ter, Mr.. David ]. HILL Mr. A. Graham Bell,
Mr.. S. P. Langley, General Greedy, Mr.. w.
J. MCGEE, Mr. David T. Day, Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot, Mr.. Milton E. Allies, Mr.. Gilbert
H. Grosvenor, Mr.. Charles j. Bell, Mrs.
David j. Hill, Mrs Foraker, Mrs. John
w. Foster, Mrs. Hearst, Mrs Thomas F.
Walsh Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs Greedy,
Mrs. g. II. Grosvenor, Mrs. Willis Moore,
Mrs. c. Hart Merriam, Mrs. Anita New
| comb MCGEE, Mrs. Henry Gannett Miss
Wilson and Miss Aileen Bell
Cards have been received here announce
ing the marriage of George F. Gibbs, for
| merly Of this city, and Miss Maud Stovell
Harrison, to take place at the Church OF
the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Wednes-
day, the 24th instant.
Mrs. Charles E Crowell, 513 I'd street
northeast, has as her guests three sisters
Miss Barton of Boston, Miss Edith Barton
and Mrs Cavanaugh of Portland, Me.
| They will be at home Tuesday, April 8,
| from to pm.
| Mrs. z. P. Gunion of 927 street has
| gone to Atlantic City for stay of several
weeks.
| Mrs. John HadIey Doyle of 3O16 o street
| has as her guest Miss Anna Qunlan of
! Houston, Tex.
Miss Catharine Macarty, who came with
the Brooklyn school teachers last Monday,
| is now visiting Miss Lillian A. Cuff of 1345
| u street.
Mr. Michael Cuff has gone to his home in
| Brooklyn for fortnights stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Key and wife, after
spending the winter in Florida, have re-
| turned to the city and are located at the
| Fredonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Snyder, 1929 Yale
! street, will receive the members Of the Ne
| braska Association and it's friends Easter
| Monday evening, from until IL o'clock
| being assisted by ex-senator and Mrs
| Thurston and Mrs. Helen Boice Hunsicker
| Of Philadelphia.
Miss Emma H. Gelston, accompanied by
her niece, Miss Edna Calvert, daughter of
! Chas. P. Calvert, have gone to Old Point
| Comfort and Virginia Beach to spend the
Easter holidays.
| Miss Elliott of San Francisco, daughter
| of the late Gen. and Mrs. w. L. Elliott, u
| 8, A., is visiting Pay Inspector and Mrs.
| F. c. Cosby at 1908 massachusetts, avenue
| and on the 18th goes to visit Col. and Mrs
| Hoff at 1920 Rhode Island avenue.
| Miss Lillian Brooks is home from school
| for the Easter holidays.
Mrs. Mary Townsend Hawke has gone to
New York city to spend the Easter holt
| days.
Miss Edna Thomas has gone to Baltimore
! to spend the Easter holidays as the guest
| of her aunt, Mrs. r. w. Barnard.
| Mrs. ]. B. Littlewood has discontinued
| her Mondays at home for the season,