The Washington times., 1901-09-22
SOCIAL And PERSONAL.
Last Weeks Sadness Frightened
by Interesting Weddings.

| Other Marriages to Come - Miss
EarIy,s Engagement to n Fairfax,
of Observation-Disclosures and De-
pnrtures of People of Note.
The autumn's brides ought to be given
| n vote of thanks this year for furmsh-
ing a rift of brightness in the general
gloom. Last week was marked by sever
al out-of-town weddings of social prom
| inence. and judging by the invitations
now in circulation here october VIII as
sert its former prestige as Bymeh iaN-
orite-a prestige which has been closel!
challenged by November for the past
two years There has been great deal
| of talk as to the social outlook Tor the
coming season, but until an announce
| ment is made from the White House as
| to the duration of official mourning every
| thing is a matter of speculation IN the
meantime the Executive Mansion is closed
for thirty days The autumn MOWERS
scarlet. yellow, and royal purple, that
make splashes of splendid color on the
front lawn, are practically wasting their
| sweetness on the desert air. The black
birds whistle and fight unconcerned-
ly as though the big trees and leaf-ileck-
ed grounds were in the heart of forest
and when the President mounted his horse
Yesterday afternoon, he might have been
a private citizen riding away from his
country home, quiet lay the house ana
grounds in the September sunshine.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Annie Ridge Early, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Early, and Mr. Ronald RAN
dolph Fairfax, of Virginia Mr.. Fairfax
is the cousin of Mrs. Burton Harrison
and Mr. Clarence Carey, of New York
He is the third in line of succession to
the title Lord Fairfax. The Fairfax peer
age has been dormant IN Great Britain
for several generations and there seems
no immediate prospect of the family sew
ering their connection with America and
| going to England to take up the position
| which is theirs by right The twelfth
| baron, who succeeded to the title last
year. is considered New Yorker. He is
| at present in England. 1t was thought
| that mis- visit might mean that he IN
tended to go through the necessary for
malities and settle in that country, but
| he has said his object of visiting England
| was simply 20 see the country. lie has
been staying principally in York a dis
| trict in which he has relatives living and
| whose history is closely connected with
| that of his ancestors.
| Miss Early's marriage to Mr.. Fairfax
will occur in the second week of October.
The wedding will be quiet affair owing
to Mrs. Early's delicate health. 1t will
be celebrated at home
| Miss Early's education was finished
abroad. Since her debut She has spent
| a portion of each year in the South,
| where many of aer relatives live She is
| the grandniece of Gen. Jubal Anderson
Early, of Confederate fame. The future
| home of the young couple in Virginia will
| be splendid one, and is the gift Of Mr..
Early. Miss Early will leave today for
a ten days visit to New York.
| Among the arrivals recently from abroad
| Were Mr.. ]. Coleman Drayton and Miss
Drayton. Miss Drayton will be with her
| grandmother. Mrs. Astor, later in the au-
| tumn.
Mrs. Mackay-Smith, with her daughters,
is visiting Mrs. Vanderbilt at the Break
| ers, Newport. .l-- t,
| Mrs. Ordway, of 1740 NJ Street. widow
| of Gen. Albert Ordway, has as her guests
Mrs. Goodwin Ordway and son. Lieutenant
| Ordway has been relieved from duty at
Manila and ordered to Jackson Barracks,
La.
| Miss Caroline Lewis Gordon, daughter
| of Gen. and Mrs. John B. Gordon, was
| married on Wednesday to Mr.. Orton
| Bishop Brown, of Maine. The ceremony
took place at Sutherland, the generals $
| residence, near Atlanta, Ca, and was the
event of the season in that section. The
| brides only attendant was her sister,
| Mrs. Burton Smith. of Atlanta, who was
| the matron of honor. Sixteen hundred in
| yitations were issued. The groom was
| accompanied south by a carload of rela-
! tives and friends. The handsome bride,
| who has many friends in this city, looked
| superb in her wedding gown of satin and
| lace. Two years ago she adopted pro-
fessional career, now abandoned, as an
interpreter of original songs and sketches
| in negro dialect. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.
after a Western trip, viii go TO New York
for the winter. They have a summer
| home in Maine.
The admiral of the Navy and Mrs.
| Dewey find their country home so pleas
ant these early fall days that it is their
intention to remain there as long as the
| weather viii permit.
The Secretary of War has joined his
family in New York. His son, Elihu Root,
jr., who has been very i'll, is reported to
be much better.
Lieut.. Frank Taylor Evans, son of Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans, and Miss
Gertrude Elizabeth Pullman, daughter
Of Captain Pullman, U. S. A, form
erly stationed at Fort Monroe, now of
New York, were married at the residence
of Major OReilley. in the Fort Monroe
enclosure. at o'clock Friday afternoon.
Chaplain Reynolds U. S. NJ, performed
the ceremony The orchestra from the
battleship Kearsargy, flagship OF the
| North Atlantic Squadron, anchored off Old
Point, played the march from Lohengrin'
as the bridal party entered, and Mendels-
sohn's as the ceremony was completed.
Miss Virginia Evans, sister of the groom,
was maid of honor, and Miss Frances
| OReilley was bridesmaid. Both wore
| beautiful gowns of blue crepe trimmed in
black lace. and carried white carnations.
The bride wore a gown of white crepe
| trimmed in white lace, and white tulle
veil fastened by a diamond brooch. She
carried lilies of the valley. Mr.. Harold
Sewell, of Boston, was best man. Naval
Cadets Philip OReilley and Charles Fitz-
patrick were ushers. wedding supper
at the home of Admiral Evans followed.
| Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Evans
took the New York boat for honeymoon
in the North. The wedding was very
quiet, there being present only few in
| yited guests
Mrs. Helen w. Merriam has issued in
vitations for the marriage of her daugh-
ter. Clara Elizabeth, to Mr.. Thomas Lin
Vile, Wednesday evening, October 2, at s
o'clock, at Wesley NJ E. Church, Fifth
and F Streets northwest.
Miss Florence E. McNelley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas McNelley, and Mr.
J. Clarence Price were married last Tues
day evening at Calvary Baptist Church.
The ceremony which occurred at s
o'clock. was witnessed by many relatives
and friends of the contracting parties
The ushers were Messrs.a Vernon Mcneil
ley, Charles II. Hunt, Milliard T. Dixon,
Edward N. Burns. of New York City:
Ernest G. Thompson and N Columbus
Harper. Prior TO the arrival of the we'd
. l,z Il,