Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-03
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS GOBLET AND THE DUKE
SOON TO BE MARRIED.
Marriage Of Miss Heiberger and Mr..
Wagner Tonight-A Quiet We'd
ding Today-Personal Notes.

| Ogden Goelet. after the London announce
ment by the dukes mother. No date has
been yet given out for the wedding but 1t
is understood the ceremony will take place
this fall in New York city. While the Duke
| Of Roxburghe has a rent roll of a quarter
of a million. the expenses Of the dukedom
have been a heavy drain. Since the death
of his father the Duchess OF Roxburghe
and her daughters have lived practically
in retirement at Broxmouth Park. on the
Scottish border, the chief seat, Floors Cas-
tie, in south Scotland. being closed on the
score of economy. The happy news Of yes
terday will soon restore this splendid estate
| to its old-time grandeur.
Miss Goelet came into $500, GOO when she
attained her twenty-frst year, and in three
years more, when she is twenty-five, she
| will have her fortune Of thirty millions. In
addition to this, she enjoys for life one
half of the income Of another ten millions,
which last sum her fathers will stipulated
should remain in trust. The Goelet for
| tune was founded by Peter Goelet, great
grandson of Francis Goelet, a Huguenot.
| who fed from France In 1921 Peter Goelet
| had partner and a hardware business on
| Hanover square, New York. under the
name of THE Golden Key" when he died
| in 1880. Shrewd real estate investments
| made him a wealthy man. The late Ogden
| Goelet and his brother Robert were multi
millionaires from their birth by the enor-
| nous increase of their realty values, and
| when the former married, in 1877, Miss
| Mary Wilson, daughter of Richard T. Will
| son, a southern banker, then residing In
| New York, the family at once stepped to
| the front rank of the wealthest Both the
Goelets were delicate. and yachting was
| beneficial to. them. Ogden Goelet was
prominent in English society, entertained
| royalties aboard his yachts and at his town
| and country residences abroad. He died
| six years ago aboard his yacht at Cowes.
| Miss Goelet's grandfather. Richard T. Will
| son. is a self-made millionaire, now seven
| ty-three years old. Before the civil war
| he kept q store in London. Tenn. His
| banking business in New York was suc-
| cessful from the very start. His wife was
a Miss johnson Of Macon. Ga, and their
children were Mary now Mrs. Ogden Goe-
| let; Orme. who married Miss Caroline AS
tor in 1884: Belle now Lady Herbert;
| Grace, now Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and
Richard T. Wilson. whose wife was Marian
! Mason Of Boston.
This evening at the New York Avenue
| Church Miss Elizabeth Flora Heiberger,
| daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Franz ]. Heiber-
| ger. and Mr.. George Baker Wagner will be
| married at o'clock.
Mr.. 8. r. Waters and family and Miss
| Spignul have returned from Atlantic City,
where they spent several weeks at the
| Hotel Strand.
Miss Anna Dawson of Denver. Col. IL
VISITING Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Dawson,
| 2572 University place.
The marriage Of Miss Lillian Steiner and
Mr.. Norman Luchs will take place Sunday.
| September 8. at the Cairo.
Miss Emma 8. Trainor and her sister,
| Mrs. Canada. of Glen Ecno Md. are on a
| two weeks visit to Harper's Ferry for the
| benefit Of their health.
| A quiet wedding took place September 1
| at the rectory Of the Shrine Of the Sacred
| Heart. when Miss Ida Cole Matchette and
| Mr.. Robert Dyer Howard were married by
| the Rev. Joseph F. MCGEE. Only the i'm
mediate members Of the families of the
contracting parties were present. After
| October l. upon their return from their
| wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Howard will be
| avenue.
Mr.. George c. Wedderburn. jr., of this
| city and Mrs. Gertrude Foster Bliven Of
| Chicago, ILL.,, were married at st. Johns
| Episcopal Church of this city yesterday
| afternoon. The bride. the daughter of a
well-known railroad official of Chicago,
spent last winter in Washington. The
groom is a well-known member of the ex-
| aiming corps Of the patent Office and a
| member of the Washington bar.
| Mr.. Benjamin Darrell and Miss Darrell of
| the Corcoran Gallery of Art have returned
| home from an enjoyable stay of two weeks
! at Atlantic City.
Mr.. F. e. Rittman, auditor for the War
Department, with Mrs. Rittman and their
two daughters, leaves today on a visit to
| the Pacific coast
Miss Pearl Mcclure has returned from her
| summer vacation in the Shenandoah valley
| and is now at home to her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maurice Low, after sew
eral weeks in London. are now touring
through France, Switzerland, Germany,
Belgium and Holland.
| Mrs. B. B. Wechsler and daughter are in
| the city visiting her mother, Mrs R. Wal
| sky, ~ 9Th street, where she will be
| pleased to see her friends.
| Miss Mary Andrews granddaughter of
! the late Governor Fowle Of North Carolina,
| is visiting her cousin, Miss Harriss, at 93l
| G street northwest.
Mr.. Singleton L. Cooper of 7O1 22d street
| left yesterday on his vacation. He will
| join his little son Earl and daughter Marie
| who have been spending the summer
| months with relatives in Stafford county,
Va They expect to return about mid
| September.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. L. Hoover of 2S15 18th
street, who have been on the Pacific coast
| for two months, have returned to the city,
DIR. j. w. Hollingsworth and family have
returned from their summer vacation
A very quiet but pretty wedding took
place at the Methodist Protestant parson-
age, 1926 31st street, today at high noon
the Rev: John D. Kinzer officiating. The
contracting parties were Miss Elizabeth B.
Sherwood and Mr.. Walter H. Lehman both
popular young people of this city. VITO have
host of friends. as was shown by the
number of rare and beautiful gifts they
received. Only members of the family and
few intimate friends witnessed the cere-
| mony. They left on the afternoon train for
few days stay at Atlantic City, thence
to the lakes and other points of interest in
the north. After September % they will be
at home to their friends at No. 1000 oath
street northwest.
A reception was held last night by Mrs.
j. {. Fountain at her residence 1890 L
street northwest in honor Of her guest,
Miss Helen Adams of Glasgow, Scotland.
The marriage Of Mr.. George H. Snyder
of Kensington. Nd. and Miss Ida Mae Hill,
daughter Of Mr.. George c. Hill of 1z49 18th