Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-26

| turn trip she will stop at Altoona TO spend
| several weeks with friends and relatives.
Mrs. NJ. F. Tighe and son Matthew Gilleu-
| water are guests at the Stockton. Cape
| May, for the season. Mr.. Tighe will join
| them very shortly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Beall and her daughter
! Ruth are spending the summer in Milford,
| Mass, at the home of her sister, Mrs.
| Frank c. Lothrop.
Mr. Charles w. Morris and wife and lit
| tie daughter Helen are at Marblehead Neck
| for the summer
Mrs Franklin T. Howe and her two
daughters, Misses Sarah Willard and Marie
| Howe, have gone TO Atlantic City for an
| extended stay.
Miss Sara West and Mr. Sidney West are
at the Raleigh, Atlantic City.
Mr. Frank ]. Taylor, who has been the
guest of his cousins the Misses Taylor, for
| the past three weeks. has gone 20 his home
in Kentucky and Will later go to Chicago 20
! study art.
Miss Flor!ne B. Rosenthal IS entertaining
Miss Camille MINI of Baltimore, Nd.
| Miss Ada Rhodes returned from England
| on the Kronprinz Wilhelm Tuesday. She
has been visiting the family of Col Meyer
| in London and her cousin. Mrs. bernard
| Puckle Steinman, in Warwickshire. Mrs.
| Steinman was formerly Miss Hlldreth OF
| this city and the widow of the late Addison
| Cammack of New York. Miss Rhodes
| greatly enjoyed her trip. which has entirely
| restored her health.
| A piazza and lawn party was last night
| given at No. 2149 18th street by Mrs. Geo.
| Simmons, in honor of her cousin, Miss RAJ
gan Spickard of Blacksburg, Va. who is on
brief visit to Washington. Mrs. Simmons
! was assisted by her niece, Miss Jane ID.
| Ludington. The piazza and lawn We're gaily
decorated with Chinese lanterns. Miss
| Spickard and MIR. Hammond entertained the
company with several choice selections on
the piano, while Mrs. Simmons conducted
| the graphophone. A feature of the even
ing's entertainment was the impersonatioE
of a gypsy queen by Mr.. John Shea of
Woodside, Md, whose clever fortune telling
| in his gypsy tent enjoyed by all. Mas
ter Wilbur Jefferys, Robert Norman and
Lybrook Simmons We're attendants upon the
queen. After partaking of a bountiful re-
past the party dispersed at a late hour.
Among those present We're Mr.. and Mrs.
| Eugene G. Jefferys. Mr.: and Mrs. John V.
Shea, Mrs. Moorman, the Misses Jessie
Barron, and Messrs. Jones, Hammond,
Charles H: Smith, John S. Mills Chas. G.
Watson. Charles H. GLADDEN., Samuel Hur-
ley, A. Brown and Clarence Taylor.
Miss Nellie Madden of East Washington
has gone for an extended visit with rela-
tives in Brooklyn, n. Y, and Englewood,
N. ].
Mrs Harry Rothschild daughter and
nurse are at Hotel Kee Mar, Hagerstown,
Md; for the summer.
Miss Minnie V Morgan, formerly of
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and Mr.. ]. Frank Points
of Staunton, Va. were married Thursday
Bagby of the Ninth Street Christian
Church Mr.. Clark and Miss Lillian Kirk
waited on the couple The latter will be
at home to their friends after Monday next
at 1927 18th street.
An entertainment was given at the Co
lonial Beach Hotel last week Among the
many interesting features of the evening
was the celebrated game of poniatta, under
supervision of Mrs. Montgomery. The
game is of Mexican origin and consists in
blind-foded person, armed with stick,
breaking an earthern vase filled with
candy. A lucky stroke causes the deStruc-
ton of the cornucopa and general flow Of
CONNECTIONS, for which all are supposed to
scramble. After many laughable attempts
among the guests to break the earthern
vase Miss Blanche Langley and DR.. Con-
nor were awarded the prizes. Among the
guests present at the novel entertainment
were Mrs. c. B. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. New
man, Mrs. Bergher, Mrs. l.. F. Brook and
daughter Mrs. Gertrude OLeary and Miss
r. A. Merrill of Baltimore, Misses Halli-
day, Miss Osborne and Mr.. w. z. Mont
gomery. Mrs. Lieberman of Washington
gave several selections on the piano during
the evening.
Mrs. S. D. Giddings is at Chateauguay
Lake in the Adirondacks.
Mrs. Bernard Weiss of 1901 9Th street
northwest will leave with her daughter
Catherine and son. Master George Weiss.
tomorrow evening for an extended trip
west.
~
spending the summer near Ballston, Va.
Miss Areta " Hayes left yesterday to
spend the remainder of the summer at VIII
mington, Del, Philadelphia and Atlantic
City.
Mr. Mark w Moore and wife, Miss Mamie
Moore and Master Oliver Moore are at
Atlantic City for stay of three weeks
D. c. Lyman, George w. Kehl, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Meline, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Jones
of Washington are recent arrivals at the
Jordan White Sulphur, Va.
Misses May and Ethel Kidwen of George
town have gone to Sudley Springs, Va, for
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. French and their
three sons. Raymond, Lewis and Howell.
left July IL for Colorado Springs, Pixies
Peak. Denver and California.
Mrs. j. A. Myers and her little daughter
Elsie, with Miss Clara NJ. Huetter, have
gone to spend the summer in the Blue Ridge
and the Rocky mountains.
Miss Mary Louise Wenger of Niagara
Falls is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ed
win Alden, at 1913 list street northwest
Mr. and Mrs. George A. r. McNeir are at
Aurora-n-the-Allegh anies for an indefinite
stay.
DECLINES TO BID.
Welsbach Street Lighting Company
Says Price is Too Small.
The Welsbach Street Lighting Company
of America, with offices in Philadelphia,
has acknowledged the receipt of an invita-
ton from the District Commissioners to bid
for Welsbach or other form of high candle