Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Senator and Mrs. Plat Will
Dine at Corcoran House.
OTHER NOTABLE GUESTS
BRILLIANT OPENING OF THE
THOMAS F. WALSH MANSION.
A Debut Reception in the List of Next
Weeks Events-Per-
sonals.
NOTABLE GUESTS


sonals.
Senator and Mrs. Depew's dinner to-
night for Senator and Mrs. 7. c. Plat Will
round out a week that has been interesting
in may particulars. The company will
include Senator Allison, Senator and Mrs.
Spooner, Senator and Mrs. Hanna. Senator
and Mrs Foraker, Representative and Mrs.
Payne, Representative and Mrs Porter. Mr..
and Mrs Griscom, Mr.. and Mrs. Glover,
Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Gillette, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Rockhill. Miss Pat
ten, Miss Phelps and Miss Sheridan.
Next week opens auspicuously with the
first large entertainment in the Thomas F.
Walsh mansion, when Mrs John w. Mackay
and some New York friends of the host
and hostess now here a visit will be
present. There will be forty at table, a
company which suggests the possibilities Of
this latest splendid addition to the homes of
| the millionaire residents of the capital.
1t also emphasizes this whole-hearted and
generous scale of hospitality which Mr. and
Mrs. Walsh have always offered their
Washington friends. every one Of whom will
unite in the wish that each recurring day
in their new home will find it's occupants
happier than the day before. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walsh will entertain frequently through
out the winter.
There have been weddings and debut par
ties recently, dinners teas and charity ba
Zaars and sales. each in turn opening for
various households the sociabilities usual
at this season. New York. with its manifold
attractions Of opera and shopping excur-
sions is keeping the pace down here some
what although there are signs that all Will
go merrily as wedding bells in the near
future.
Capt. and Mrs. Logan will give reception
Tuesday evening for the debut of their
daughter. Miss Georgiana Logan.
Mrs Audenreid gave a notable dinner
last night, her guests being invited to meet
Mayor-elect George B. Mcclellan and wife.
Count and Countess di Cellere entertained
a company at dinner last night to meet the
Countess Antonelli. sister of the hostess.
Miss Reynolds of Bedford. Pa, and the
Misses Green of Philadelphia who are visit
ing Commander and Mrs. Switzerland, were
given a dinner last night to meet other
young friends of their hosts.
Former Representative William Aston
Chanler OF New York and Miss Minnie
Ashley. a comic opera singer. were married
yesterday at st. Georges rectory, n Y, in
the presence of near relatives of both.
Later the couple started for Palm Beach.
During the past twelve months 14S men,
bers of the prominent families of Washing
ton have married, and forty-two women and
forty-eight men, according to the Social
Register for this city, have died, COM
pared with 122 marriages and the deaths of
forty-three women and fifty men last year,
a substantial increase in the marriages.
The use Of small type in the Christian name
of a dowager's deceased husband is for the
purpose of distinguishing her from her
daughter-in-law, as has been adopted as a
substitute for the title senior title which
has been objected to by those affected.
Mrs D. L. Canty of St Louis and for
merly of this city, who has been in Wash
ington for the past week. returned to her
home today. Mrs. Canty came here to at
tend the funeral of her brother Aloysius j.
Hussey, to whom she was devotedly at
tached.
Mrs. Elizabeth Yeatman Johnston left
Thursday morning for Denver Col, to be
with her sister, Mrs William A. Raymond.
Ihe latest reports from Denver indicate
that Mrs. Raymond has rallied from her
recent critical illness, and is slowly improv-
ing.
The hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs
James c. Purcell was the scene of a pleas
ant gathering on Sunday evening. There
was vocal and instrumental music by Miss
Mr.. Hugh Mcdonald, John German and
Ollie Jouvenal The hostess was gowned
In black lace over taffeta Later refresh
ments were served. Among those present
We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer EdmonstOn. Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent GULL and Miss Rose GULL,
Miss Ida Wolf. Miss Minnie Wolf, Miss
Masie Brahler, Miss Hattie Dickerson, LII
han and Isabelle Purcell and Messrs Ollie
Jouvenal. Hugh Mcdonald, John German.
John Foley, AL. Wisenborn, Elmer Barnes
and Master Ollie Purcell.
Mr.. and Mrs II. s. Lathrop, the latter
formerly Miss Flora Cluss, after spending
three years on the Pacific coast and in San
francisco. have gone to New York. Mrs
Lathrop has been the guest of her sister.
Mrs w. II. Daw, for the last three months
Capt. William Mitchell, son Of former
Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin. and Miss
Caroline Stoddard were married at ST
Luke's Episcopal Church. Rochester N. Y,
on the evening Of December 3
The groom was in full dress uniform as
also were the ushers, all of whom were
regular army officers After the ceremony
reception was held at the Stoddard home
The bride was attired in white satin,
trimmed with duchesse lace with point
lace medallions. The six bridesmaids We're
gowned in white lace over liberty satin
trimmed with gilt, and carried tea roses,
the color being symbolic Of that of the
Signal Corps The brides favors to her
maids were gold rings set with pearls The
groom's gift to the bride was a crown Of
diamonds and pearls.
Capt. and Mrs. Mitchell left for q visit to
the southern states and a tour through
Mexico, at the expiration of which the cap
tain will return to army service and be
stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The
brides father, DR.. f. " Stoddard is a for
mer army surgeon and a member of the
New York state board of charities
Capt. William Mitchell who is a son Of
former Senator and Mrs. John L. Mitchell
Of Milwaukee, is the youngest man of his
rank in the United States army. and has
had a greater variety of experience than
any other man of his length of service. He
been in active service since his eighteenth
year. At the time Of the breaking out of
the Spanish-American war Capt. Mitchell
was a junior In the Columbian University
at Washington, d. c. Mr. Mitchell left the
university and enlisted in the LIST Wscon-
sin Infantry, stationed at Jacksonville,
Fla.,. and in a few months was promoted
to second lieutenancy by Gqn. A. w.
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