Evening star., 1901-08-27
THE WORLD or SOCIETY
MISS ALDRICH WON nv THE RICHEST
YOUNG MAN IN THE WORLD.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., the Lucky
suitor-Other wasbington Girls
In Luck-PersOnals.

Senator ana Mrs. Aldrich announced yes
terday the engagement of their daughter
Abby to John d. Rockefeller, jr., son Of
the Standard OH king, and heir to $500 ,000,-
600. Miss Aldrich has not made many ac-
Quaintances in Washington. as the sena-
tors family has not cared to take any con-
spicuous place in social matters. and has
only taken q house for the winter season
occasionally. Most OF the time the family
has been at hotel en- route to or COM
ing home from the southern resorts, where
Mrs. Aldrich and her daughters have fire.
quently spent the winter. Young Rookie
feller, while the prospective heir to the
largest fortune In the world, has the sim
plest tastes and habits, combined with
love for industry and a capacity for hard
work that any young man with the world
to conquer might envy. Immediately after
leaving college he went to work In his
fathers business and learned each and
every branch by actual experience. He is
something OF an athlete, but has never
shown any preference for one sport above
another. cares nothing for horses or yachts.
nor the later diversions Of the millionaire
time-killing classes, and has never taken
any prominent part in the social world at
ALL His active, busy life has rather in
clined him to serious views Of the reepon-
sibility attached to the ownership of the
colossal fortune one day to be his. The
wedding day has not been set. and 1t is
thought the ceremony will take place at
the Aldrich home in Providence, r. l.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, who has been
abroad for the past year, viii san next
week for home.
Mrs. Lucy Sweet, Miss Bessie Sweet and
L. C. Nelson are at Atlantic City.
Miss Pauline Hindle has returned from
visit to her grandmother, Mrs. NJ. E. Hin
die and her uncle, j. r. Perry of southern
| Maryland. Her cousin. Miss Leola Perry.
accompanied her home, and expects to
spend two or three weeks.
Miss Myrtle Bell, accompanied by her sis
ter Marie, left yesterday for a weeks stay
at White Sulphur Springs. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Sheridan of 70s F
street northeast, accompanied by their
Daughters, Edith and Mary Louise, are at
Atlantic City, to remain until the middle
Miss Viva B. Magruder has returned
from Cape May.
Captain and Mrs. John Shaw, after WIS.,
iting their daughter In Norberth, Pa, have
gone to the mountains for a short Sojourn.
Miss Gertrude Kellermann. Miss Leonore
Foster and Master Tyree Foster Of Wash
ington, d. c., are visiting Mrs. Frank Muir
ply at Fosterfa, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Davis are among
the Washingtonians sojourning at the Prin-
cess Anne, Virginia Beach.
Miss Louise Bainbrfdge Hoff. daughter OF
Captain Bainbridge Hoff. will christen the
torpedo boat destroyer Bainbridge today,
and Miss Eliza Wilkes, daughter of Com
modore Wilkes, will have similar honor
when the Wilkes leaves her ways Septem-
ber %.
The handsome country home of Capt.
and Mrs. T. ]. Gray at Lanhams. Nd, was
the scene Saturday night of a gay party,
on which occasion their daughter, Miss
Jessie, entertained large number Of her
frfa 1~o$h kh., 1i,oc~
country and Washington. The grounds
and verandas were tasteful.y hung with
Japanese lanterns. Those who enjoyed the
N,, Of 1hs ou1s aDsesS
Bessie Lanham, Virginia Lanham, Zella
| Elliott, Edna Fisher, Alice Fitzpatrick.
Edna Fitzpatrick. Marie Wildman. Flor
ence Howser, Cecilia Kennedy, Eldora Ste
vens. Elenor Emerson and Messrs. Ber-
kett, Lord, Kilkenny, Howser, Kennedy,
Sprenkel Laws, Ceombs, Tabler. III. Lar
combe. J.. Larcombe. Fitzpatrick. w. B.
Miller and L. 8. Miller.
Mrs. Charles W. Botsch has returned
after five weeks visit to Atlantic City,
Buffalo and Port Huron, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Finelli will return
from their summer outing at Bangor. Pa,
today.
Miss Mamie Jeman left Monday morning
for Richmond Va, where she will spend
her vacation with her uncle.
Mrs. Elphonzo Youngs, Mrs. VIM. T. Du-
vail. Mrs Eugene Copenhaver Miss Mary
]. Godfrey, Mrs ]. Riffard Mickle. Mrs
Stanley W. Finch, Miss E. Finch, Miss NJ.
Tyler, Mrs. Frank B. Holden. Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Hensey, Miss Marion Godfrey and
Mr.. e. C1audy are at Harper's Ferry.
Miss Mary Basenbrock and the Misses
Jennie and Grace Thompson are spending
their vacation at Deer Park where they
will be until the 18th Of September.
Judge E. c. ellison of New York is visit
Ing his son-in-law and daughter, Captain
and Mrs p. B. Balm.
Miss Mary Taylor Of Jeffersonville, Ind.
who has been visiting her cousins at 1922
7th street. has gone home, accompanied by
her cousin. Miss Bertha Taylor, who will
visit relatives in Kentucky.
The young people Of Laytonsville district.
Nd. gave their second annual midsummer
ball last evening in the Masonic Temple,
Gaithersburg, chaperoned by Mrs. Samuel
Riggs, Mrs Charles H Griffith and Mrs.
Christopher
DR.. and Mrs. L. D. Wilson and daughter
Elizabeth of Capitol Hill will leave tomor-
row for Atlantic City. They will be gone
about two weeks.
Among the Washingtonians stopping at
Buena Vista Spring Hotel, Pennsylvania, are
Commodore Montgomery Fletcher. U. S. N;
w. w. DUNCAN, u. s. N; Paymaster w.
Goldsborough, U. s. N; Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Beasley. H. v. Tullock and family, N.
miral and Mrs. Franklin. Mrs. e. B. Nor
gan, w. A. MeaIns and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Heiston. Mrs. F. B.. Loring and
daughter, w. e. Spier and family. Gen. and
Mrs Graham, F. P. Sands and family. VIM.
Baird and family. Mrs. Gregory and daugh-
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. B. Robinson, Miss Mac
Naughton. Mrs. E. A. Murray, Miss Mable
Murray, R. T. r. Allen, Miss Sands, Mrs.
F. L. Luckett, Mrs, D. A. Chambers, DIR.
and Mrs. j. w. Buckley, L L. Lamm and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Corcoran Hill and
Mr.. w. Gwynn.
Masters Walter and George Gray of New
York city last evening rendered a party to
numbers OF their young friends at the home
OF Mrs. b. G. Shreve, Maple avenue Ana
costa.
Miss Jennie G. BARLEY Of Spring street,
Anacostia, returned today from a visit to
the Buffalo exposition.
FOR PERMANENT EXCLUSION.
Labor Men Favor Restrictive LegisIa-
tfOn-Other Matters Considered.
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