Evening star., 1901-11-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A GOLDEN WEDDING AND ITS HAPPY
OBSERVANCE.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Larner VIII He Greeted
by Their Friends - Saturday
Night Dlnners-Personals-

their residence No 937 l street, their
golden wedding anniversary. Their mar
riage took place In this city, and in a house
still standing, near Washington Circle The
only witnesses of the happy day surviving
are the Misses Larner, sisters of Mr.. Lar
ner, who will be present at the reception
this evening, and a brother of Mrs. Larner,
who is detained at his home In the north
by illness. The minister who officiated at
the ceremony was the late DR.. j. c. Smith.
pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
Six generations Of, Mr.. Larners family
have been residents of this city, and all his
married life has been spent on the site of
his present home. the residence now occu-
pied having replaced the one forr@erly
standing there. An interesting reminis-
cence of this wedding day of fifty years
ago is photograph recently made of the
house where the ceremony took place, and
portraits of the bride and groom as they
appeared on that occasion. The family
party that Will enjoy the happy event with
Mr.. and Mrs. Larner are Mr.. and Mrs
Philip Larner, Miss Nellie Larner, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Larner and children and Mrs
Charles Larner and Noble ID. Larner. jr.
A number of beautiful gifts in gold, COIN
glass with gold ornamentation, etc, and
quantities of golden-hued flowers have been
sent from home and out-of-town friends.
Miss Knox, daughter of the Attorney Cen
eral is in Pittsburg, where today card
party was given py -Niss oioNS
Aiken.
Colonel and Mrs. Robert l. Fleming gave
dinner Saturday night, when their guests
included Senator and Mrs. Burrows, the
Commissioner of Pensions and Mrs. ii. c.
Evans, Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Radcliffe. Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Moore Mrs. Skunk and
-.r Nathaniel Mckay.
Surgeon General and Mrs Sternberg had
In the notable company about their table
Saturday night the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Root, the Assistant Secretary Of War
and Mrs. Sanger the Adiutant General and
Mrs. Corbin, General and Mrs Gillespie and
General and Mrs. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Vending have
issued invitations to the marriage of their
daughter, Frances Elizabeth Vending and
Mr.. William S. Conant at St Margaret's
Church. Wednesday, December H. A small
reception will follow the ceremony.
The Russian ambassador. Count Cassini
and Countess Marguerite Cassini gave a
dinner last night, and during the late af-
ternoon the latter was at home to friends
as is her winter custom.
At the marriage of Miss Ruth Helen Boil
way to Mr.. Dudley Tibbtts Corning. to-
morrow evening at s o. clock at All Souls
Church. the bridesmaids will be Miss Trix
Haley Of West Chester. Pa. Miss Louise
Keeling Of Memphis, Tenn. Miss Edna
Scott Smith and Miss Clara Quinter of this
city. The maid of honor will be Miss Helen
Prehn of New York. The ushers will be
Mr.. William j. Bolway, Mr.. Jesse w. Raw
lings. DR.. s. w. Bowles of this city and
Mr.. James o. Jones of Florence Ala. Mr..
Walter Shaw Of New York will act as best
man. The ceremony will be followed by a
reception at the home of the brides pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. G. Hensey, 4O6
NJ street.
The Unique Social Club met at its new
hall, 1927 9TH street, last Thursday evening
and elected officers for the next six months
as follows: Mr.. s. r. Turner, jr, president;
Miss A. Martin. vice president; Miss H.
Myers, secretary; Mr.. A. Turner, treasurer;
Mr.. c. Cox, marshal, and Mr.. III. Forester
assistant marshal.
Mr.. Riano of the Spanish legation will be
charge d'affaires during the absence of the
minister in Europe this winter. Duke and
Duchess d ARGOS left town today, and will
sail from Boston.
Mrs. D. ]. Kaufman will be at home
Wednesdays at 1913 Rhode Island avenue
The many friends of Miss May Ham
mond and Mr.. George Pryor Foster. son of
Mr.. George F. Foster of this city will
be surprised to learn of their marriage
Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was
performed by Father Brien, in the
parsonage of st. Peters Church. in the
presence of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hammer,
Miss Nell r. Foster. Mrs. Frank Tabler
and Miss Ida Chezeltine. Mr.. and Mrs
Foster left on the o'clock train for New
York for an extended trip.
Thursday evening, November 81, Miss Lii
liam Riley held a reception at her home,
121 street. The parlors were beautifully
decorated with palms and ferns, and after
games, instrumental and vocal music and
dancing, bountiful repast was served.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs
A. j. Riley, the Misses Riley. Maude Pin
dar, Jennie Emerson. BERTHE Barren, Mamie
Reed, and Messrs. Jim Haney, Joe Barren
Alfred Wendover, George Dalton. Malcolm
McCrone, Alfred Smith, Ben Dryfus, Ivan
Riley and Master Andrew Riley.
Mrs. John B. Boutelle has returned to
Washington for the winter. and is located
at 1925 14th street Captain Boutelle will
spend Thanksgiving week with her.
Miss Mary c. Bennett of Capitol Hill,
assisted by her sister, Mrs Mcconnell en-
tertained her New York state friends last
Friday evening. Among the invited guests
were the Rev. G. n. Luccock, DID,, and
Mrs. Luccock; Rev. Granville Williams, ID.
D., and Mrs. Williams, their respective
pastors; DR.. Thomas Robinson and Mrs
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Diver Mr. End
Mrs, Randall and Miss Randall. Miss Fin
erty. DR.. Thomas Calver and Mrs. Calver
Miss Cornelia Lloyd Miss Let's. Captain
Travis and Mrs. Travis, Mr.. and Miss
Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. John Fletcher
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. Home-like sociablity
and bountfful refreshments were enjoyed
The. E. F. 8. held it's second meeting at
Robinson Hall Saturday night Among
those present were the Misses Flora Welsh
Nellie Moriarty, Genevieve Simms. Maud
Anderson, Katherine Christy, Laura ard
Lucy Edmonds, Misses Long. Tourney,
Walsh. King, Hoffman, Block. Misses VIII
son, Strong, Van Arsdale, Maher. Irene
Simms, Cox and Roach. Messrs. Selecman
Biggs, Diehl. Kaiser, Corbett, Evans. Frank
Butts, Steckman, Ruess. Murphy Sherwood
Edmonston,. Percy Smith. Sisson, Mating
ly, Hansford, Meads, Strong. Tom and J.
D. Sullivan, Hodges. Dawson, Berger. Dr.
Emery. Dawson and Holland.
The D. K. Euchre Club met with Mrs.
Hollingshead, assisted by Mrs Moore, at
634 E street northeast, Thursday last A
delicious lunch was served at noon when
the decorations were yellow and white
Mrs. Holingshead won first, Miss Keeler
second and Mrs Tyree BOBBY prizes