Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-09
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
THE FASCINATING DETAILS OF
THE DUCAL WEDDING.
Recent Inequalities and Coming
Matrimonial Events-Per-
sonal Notes.

| dNu lduy 1SdUcl 1uHcS-AcEIs AOSiACh aHN
| sister Of the Duke of Roxburghe, who will
| tomorrow become the husband Of the sec
ond richest heiress in this country. To-
| night the bridal party will be dinner guests
at the Goelet mansion, where tomorrow an
ideal gathering as to numbers and personal
| and affectionate interest in the couple will
assemble after the ceremony for congratu-
| lations and refreshments. This compare
| lively small group, every member of which
| is already so stated with the luxuries of this
world as to be incapable Of new thrill Of
delight, will see the wedding presents, the
| jewels, the plate, the laces, etc, that have
| been showered on the bride as lavishly as
| II she were member of royal house
| Fhe wedding gown Is of exquisite1y fine
| lace, and the bridesmaids will be all lace
and frills, on foundation Of pink chiffon.
| The marriage last Tuesday, at Oswego, NJ
Y, in Christ Church. of Miss Bessie Dewolf
Ward, elder daughter of Brigadier General
Thomas Ward. and Mr.. Edwin Allen Steb-
| bins of Rochester was a beautiful event.
| The vested choir sang during the ceremony
| and the chancel was beautifully decorated
with chrysanthemums. The bride wore
white satin with chiffon sleeves and collar
OF old point applique. The bridesmaids
| dresses were of pink point d'esprit with
| panels of net spangled with iridescent Sc
gums. The maid of honor, Miss katherine
Ward, was gowned in white net over pink,
| lAiiilhSu Will HodNy cream lace anu pink
velvet ribbon. The brides attendants were
Misses Jane Stebbins and Jane Porter Rob-
inson. Rochester: Miss Harlan Tracey, New
York: Misses Kate Mott and Elsie Gray,
| Oswego, and Mrs. Philip Raymond Ward,
| Key West. Fla. The ushers were: Capt.
| Philip Raymond Ward. U. s. A; Thomas
Ward, jr.. U. s. N: w, E. T. Neuman, U.
s: N. 1. W. Mott, oswego; J. R. Swan,
p. G. White, Gardiner. Me-; E. l.. Skinner,
Westfie.d. N. Y; s. H. Stone, Syracuse; w.
F.. Roberts. Utica. the last sixe bein former
classmates of the groom at Yale, The
rector of the church. Rev. L. G. Norris was
assisted by Rev. DR.. Henry II. Stebbins.
father of the groom. large reception fol-
| lowed at the home of General and Mrs.
Ward before the departure of the couple.
| They will live in Rochester. N. Y.
| Mrs Albert B. Dyer gave a reception Sat
| urday evening at her residence, 1917 K
| street northwest, in honor Of Mrs. William
| Butler and Miss Butler of Boston, and Mrs.
| Helen Mel Howard of Skowhegan, Me. Mrs.
| Butler is the widow of DR.. William Butler,
| one of the early missionaries Of the Metho-
| dist Church in India, and Mrs. Howard is
| a prominent philanthropist of Skowhegan. a
| personal friend of Jacob Riis. and is en-
| gagged IN the same work. The ladies have
| been guests of Mrs. Dyer for several days.
| and have attended the missionary meeting
| in Baltimore the past week. President
| Roosevelt received Mrs Howard Thursday
| morning.
Saturday evening. The parlors and the din
ing room of Mrs. Dyer's home were beauti-
| fully decorated with flowers evergreens and
tropical plants.
| John w. Foster, Dr. and Mrs. Frank l..
| Bristol, DR.. and Mrs. George H. La Fetra,
| Takeshi Ukai pastor of the Central Metho-
| dist Episcopal Church of Tokyo, Japan;
| Senator and Mrs Thurston Mr.. and Mrs.
| Howard Battle, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
| Stuart and Miss Stuart, DR.. Richard Kings
| man and Mrs Kingsman. Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph s. Chamberlain. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| NJ Forest, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. True and
| Miss True, Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Croissant.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl v. Hartleben. DR.. and
| Mrs. Charles w. Brown. Mrs. Charles s.
| Nutter, Mrs. William Eldredge and Miss
| Louisa Imhof, a missionary to Japan.
Mrs Wyatt G. Franks of this city and her
| young son. Weldon Hepburn. left town to
visit Mrs. Franks father. Robt. M. Moore.
| who is stationed at Schuylkill arsenal,
| Philadelphia.
| social evening was spent Saturday, Oc-
| tober 81, at the residence of Mr.. anu Mrs.
| Frank B. Ketchum, Lincoln Apartments. in
| honor of the birthday and baptism of their
daughter Emily Marie. The sponsors were
| the Misses Florence and Olive Johnson and
| Mr.. Richard NJ. Thomas. The ceramony
was performed by the Rev. ]. B. Perry at
| ST. Andrews Church Among those pres
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Vaughan. Mr.. ani Mre.
J. Hall Semmes, Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Thomas the Misses Florence and Olive
johnson, Messrs Clarence johnson and
| Masters Willie and Wesley Vaughan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin s. La Fetra gave
| ar lat home to their friends Friday even
ing from to II o'clock. The parlors were
| tastefully decorated with autumn leaves,
| palms and chrysanthemums, and an Or
chestra furnished suitable music.
In their private apartment, which had
! been tastefully reftted a beautiful collec-
| ton Of cut glass. silver of great variety,
| china. bric-a-brac and pictures We're q
prophecy of an attractive home for the
! future.
| guests and presented them to her daugh-
| ter Mrs. Edwin S. La Fetra. Next to the
groom in the receiving party stool Mrs.
Charles H: Noyes of Warren. Pa. mother
| Of the bride.
There were about three hundca.l guests.
| collation. was served in the dining room.
which was prettily decorated with Amer
lean Beauty roses, candelabra and palms.
Mrs. Edwin 8. La Fetra will be at home
the third and fourth Fridays of this month,
November 20 and q.
Mrs. George Baker Wagner will be at
| home Thursdays during the months of No
vember and December at the Brunswick.
Williamsport, Pa.
Mrs. Frank Wheaton and Miss c. N. Mil
Ter have closed their house on Columbia
| road and are with Miss Letitia Humphreys,
No. 1913 Goth street. for the present.
Mrs. and Miss Ware have returned from
the west and are again established at 1875
P street for the winter. Mrs. Ware enter
tanned large house party during the late
| summer and early fall at their Colorado
cottage, which stands almost within the
| shadow of Pixies Peak. Commissioner
Ware Joined them there for short time on
his return trip from the Grand Army en-
campment at San Francisco.
Miss Anita Schade has returned from Vir-
ginia and is again at her home, p Grant
place, for the winter.
Representative Geo. W. Smith of Illinois.
Mrs. Smith and Miss McClintock are at
their home. 1913 Columbia road. They have
recently returned from long voyage on the
Pacific, having visited Honolulu, Page Pa
go. New Zealand, Australia and other
South Sea Islands.
A birthday party was given Roberta
Ridgeway by her parents Mr. and Mrs
John Ridgeway, at their home, Kirkside,
| Chevy Chase, on Thursday. The decora.
| tons were In pink, the favorite color Of the
| little hostess. After an hour at pleasant
games the dining room was thrown open