Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-13
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PERHAPS LADY CURZoN Is COM
ING HOME.
A Recent Engagement and a London
Wedding Of Interest-Per-
sonal Notes.

Lady Curzon. wife of the viceroy of india
| is credited. according to recent advices,
| with desire to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Letter here next winter, and if she
comes she will bring her daughters with
her. The term of the viceroy has, however,
| been recently extended from January next
| to May, 1904. and this may have a bearing
| on the proposed visit. The last state ball
of the viceroy and Lady Curzon was, as
| usual, very brilliant function. About 800
people were present the men being in full
| dress uniform. Lady Curzon looked very
| beautiful in pale yellow with gold sequins
| and pale blue chiffon caught up with ruby
and diamond clasps.
Mr.. Henry A. c. Taylor, father of the
Countess GherardeSca and his bride have
returned from their honeymoon journey,
| spent aboard their yacht, and have invita-
| tons out for afternoon reception Sat
urday at their place on the Annandale road,
| Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Moore left Pride's
Crossing Place last Thursday morning in
their large touring motor car, and arrived
| at Narragansett Pier that afternoon, in
| time to see the finish of the polo game.
| has announced the engagement of his
! daughter, Mary Ridgely Brown, to Mr.. Cor
don Hughes. a lawyer of New York, and
once law clerk for the late Justice Gray
| of the Supreme Court. The ex-governor and
| his daughter are now in Baltimore where
| the mother of the former Is very Ill, and
where the announcement of the engagement
as made yesterday. Miss Brown is known
| here and is a great belle in the society of
her native state, although both she and
her father have spent most of recent years
! travelling abroad. She speaks French and
I German, and is an expert whip. Mr.. Hughes
| was educated abroad where he won
| scholarship in an English university and
afterward studied at various continental
| universities. He is also Harvard law
! graduate.
Miss Grace Greenway Brown of Baltimore
| and Mr.. Honore Palmer Of Chicago will be
married in St Georges Church, Hanover
| Square. London August 70. After honey
| moon tour of the continent. the couple will
| return to this country and take up their
residence in Chicago.
Mrs. S. A. M. syme and her daughter,
| Mrs. Frederick ]. Whitehead, have left this
| city for an extended trip through the west.
| They will visit Chicago and mean to spend
| some time both at Colorado Springs and al
| San Francisco. The plans for the trip in
| clude the ascent of Pixies Peak and visits
| to the principal resorts of southern Cali
| fornia. Mrs. Syme and Mrs. Whitehead
| will return by one of the southern routes.
! and will probably arrive here early in Oc-
| tober.
Miss Charlotte O'Connor is spending her
| vacation at Beltsville, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Eckhardt, Miss
Bessie G. Eckhardt and Master John Carl
Eckhardt are spending two weeks at
Niagara Falls and Thousand Isles.
Mr. r. ]. Quigley and sisters, Marian
and Frances, of No. 76 l. street northwest,
accompanied by Mr. Harry Benson. have
gone to New York and will visit Rockaway
Beach. Long Branch, Asbury Park and At
lantic City before returning.
Miss Lottie Hoover and her brother
Frank, left Monday for Atlantic City and
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Cissel and Mrs. ]. H.
Roche of this city are at Breton Woods,
| N. H.
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Baker and Miss
Baker of SIC Q street northwest leave to-
day for Boston by sea-
Mrs. Daily and her two children have gone
to Atlantic City for the rest of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shugrue of 1888 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest have gone to Allan
tic City with their children for the rest of
August.
Mrs John ]. Widmayer of 1919 10Th street
northwest has gone to Atlantic City with
her son, Master David, and will stay the
rest of the season.
Miss E. Leonora Downs of 223S 18th street
northwest left this morning for Atlantic
City, where she will stay for a week. She
will visit New York Niagara Falls and
Philadelphia before returning to this city
Messrs. Frank B. Wallace and Fred
Burke left Saturday morning for Atlantic
City where they will spend week.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Darnall and daughter,
pleasant stay in the mountains of Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs John P Poe of Baltimore
announce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Anne Johnson, to Mr.. Alfred Tyler of
this city.
Mrs. Bessie S. Hooker, daughter of Sen
ator Stewart, who has been quite i'll for the
past two weeks, is convalescing.
Mr.. A. c. Houghton is visiting Buffalo, Nj
agara Falls and Canada, and will go across
| Lake Erie to Elyria Ohio, to spend the rest
of his vacation with his uncle, J. F. Hough-
ton.
Last evening at the Rock Spring Club the
Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of this
city gave a farewell dinner to Nun Lew
Chung. secretary-interpreter of the Chinese
embassy. Mr.. Chung is under orders from
his government to proceed to Madrid
| charge d'affaires. a graduate of Yale, and
| a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he has
been actively interested in all matters col
lege and fraternal. and the esteem in which
he is held was evidenced by the goodly
gathering and the repeated expressions of
regret that he is leaving this city and coun-
try. Dr. Richard p Williams presided and
voiced the sentiment of all present that this
promotion of Mr.. Chung would be but
one of the steps which might later bring
him back to us duly accredited imperial
minister Mr.. Chung, in response, spoke
of his keen regret in leaving his fraternaI
associates, thanking all for their wishes for
his success in his advanced field of diplo-
matte work. Among those present were Dr.
A. c. Merriam. DR.. F. ]. Woodman, DR.. A.
B. Coolidge. w. s. BrOughton, E. c. Bull
lock, Charles l.. Dubois. w. w. Hite. w.
Twombly. l.. D. Wight c. l.. Hoy, E. H.
Lloyd and w. w. Rich.