The times., 1901-06-16
SOCIAL And PERSONAL
The Coming Week Would Be Dull
But For Mid-June Weddings.

Artistic Souvenirs OF an Entertain
ment That Did Not Occur-Summe r
PInRs of Some Well known Pco-
! pie - Several Recent Marriages.
| The era of burglar proof homes and
/ neglected terraces is approaching, and for
three months or more Washington will
| know no such condition as a social world
| There are to be weddings next week and
! the week after that, and by then the
| June brides VIII have had their day. and
! the people who are glad for a fortnghts
| vacation along about August viii settle
! down to . summer of steady work by
| day and the dozen or more ways of en-
! joying hot weather life in the evenings
which the city affords
! "Ouray." the picturesque home of Mr.
| and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh in Colorado.
| where they viii spend the summer, is ar
! ustcally etched ON the card cases and
! portfolios which were to have served as
! souvenirs of the breakfast which that
| gracious host and hostess were to have
| given in honor of the Presidential party
| on June and which was necessarily can
/ celed by reason of Mrs. McKinley's i'll
! ness. They were forwarded to those who
We're to have been present, however,
reaching each guest on the morning for
which the entertainment had been
planned
Mrs. McKinley's case is of Colorado
gold and some of the ladies of the Cab
met of silver mined in that State. In ad-
dition TO the Walsh residence and mono
gram Of the person who was the happy
receiver Of SO beautiful a gift, each case
is gracefully sprayed with COlorado's
State flower, the "columbine,' wrought in
blue enamel.
Mr. MeKinIey's portfolio, of silver,
mounted with gold bears on one side the
seal of Colorado-mountains, pickax. and
shovel-and underneath its motto, MI
Sine Numine' (nothing without industry.
The columbine in enamel ornaments the
four corners. and on the opposite cover
is the Presidents monogram in gold. The
pictures consist of colored views of the
prominent points of interest in Colorado
through which the party was to have
traveled-Pike's Peak Garden of the
Gods, the Grand Canyon. etc. Each mem-
her of the Cabinet received a portfolio of
Russian leather, mounted similarly in en-
amel and gold
The house in the Berkshire Hills which
eX-President Cleveland has taken for the
summer is historically interesting from
the fact that Gen. George Washington
occupied it after the battle at Saratoga.
| The chamber which Mrs. Cleveland has
selected for her hours of resting and
reading is known throughout that part of
the country as Washington's room. Mrs.
Perrine, the mother of Mrs. Cleveland, is
at present her guest.
The Russian Ambassador entertained
the members of the embassy and few
additional gentlemen at breakfast at the
Raleigh, on Friday
Miss Blanche Lorraine Rueckert and Mr..
Louis II. Ascherfeld, of New York, will
be married Tuesday evening at Grace
Lutheran Church. at S o'clock. On
Wednesday at noon Mrs. Ella Marie
Marble, Of this city, and Prof. Oluf Tand-
berg, of Earlville, Ill, will be married at
All Souls Church. At the same hour of
the same day the wedding of Miss Lillian
Irene Christman and Mr.. Howard lie
Grande Christman will occur at St. An
drew 6. On Wednesday evening, at s
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel S. House. and
Mr.. J. Wallace Allen viii be married at
st. Paul's English Lutheran Church. At
Mount Vernon Place NJ. E Church. on
the same date, Y I'll occur the marriage Of
Miss Sadie L. Bacon and Mr.. Charles Z.
BabcOck
Mr. and Mrs. John T. CaIlaghan. Of
Grant Place, viii leave tomorrow for
Chester, Pa, to attend the wedding of
rbair con- and CrIyr child Mr. Iohr1 cal