Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. ROOSEVELT MEETS PHILA-
DELPHIANs AT OPERA.
Engagements and Weddings in Plenty
Other Pleasant Occasions
Personal Notes.

Mrs. Roosevelt is to return today from
Philadelphia, where she was the guest
over night at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Brock. At the opera last night
she wore a white satin gown, the bodice Of
which was in folds of white chiffon and
jeweled lace. During the acts her hosts
presented a number Of their personal
friends.
Mrs Knox, wife of the Attorney General,
has been obliged to recall her dinner invi-
tations for tomorrow evening, and by the
advice Of her physician will leave town for
a much-needed rest the last Of this week.
While Mrs. Knox Is not really Ill, she is
tired out by the frequency of her social
engagements and by anxiety recently over
the illness of her son, who also requires a
change, and who will accompany his
mother down to Palm Beach, Fla, the last
Of the week.
To the indomitable energy of the Countess
Cassini her friends may be grateful for the
better opportunities they will have to wit
ness the Pavlow-Des Planques marriage
tomorrow night The household Of the
Russian amba ssador began to take posses
sion of the new embassy Monday, and the
moving is still going on, as well as the
preparations for the wedding, that are on
scale calculated to upset the ordinary home.
by small details. and was determined, once
that a change of location was decided upon,
that the marriage of her two friends should
be surrounded with every possible eclat.
The dining room Of the embassy being the
largest apartment. has been selected for
the ceremony. The bridegroom-elect and
the brides father. Mr.. Gabriel des Planques,
have arrived and the family at the Rus
sian embassy is a large one. Count
Cassini has been kept indoors lately by a
bad cold.
Mrs. William Thaw of Pittsburg, now re-
siding here in the Don Cameron house, La
fayette Square. announced last night the
engagement of her daughter Alice and the
Earl of Yarmouth eldest son of the Mar
quis of HEREFORD. Mrs. Thaw is the widow
of William Thaw of Pittsburg. millionaire
iron manufacturer, by whose death some
years ago each of his children inherited
million dollars, and his widow was left ten
times that sum. Miss Thaw and Mr.. Harry
Thaw have been conspicuous in the gayeties
this winter, the former having gone south
a few weeks ago to visit her sister, Mrs.
George L. Carnegie, at Cumberland Island,
off the coast Of Florida. The Earl of Var
mouth was the guest of Mr.. Thaw here, and
followed Miss Thaw south and has been
since member of her sisters house and
yacht party. The acquaintance of the
young people began only three months ago,
and it Is characteristic of the young Eng
lishman that it has been rushed to this
happy outcome. The Earl of Yarmouth has
a title as long as any in England, but no
estates Having been thrown his own
resources the young man has tried the stage
and journalism. and has been much in the
public eye the past two or three years. Miss
Thaw who is very attractive girl, made
her debut only two seasons ago and is a
great favorite in Pittsburg. She is the
younger Of the two daughters of the late
William Thaw, by his second marriage, the
elder. Margaret having been married sew
eral years ago to George Lauder Carnegie
Her brothers are Edward Thaw Of New
York, Harry Kendall Thaw and Josiah Cop
ley Thaw, and among her half brothers and
sisters are Mrs. George B. Edwards, Mrs
William r. Thompson, Benjamin and DR..
Blair Thaw. all of Pittsburg. No date is
fixed for the wedding. Miss Thaw will
shortly return from the south.
At the marriage of Miss leila E. Elliott
and Mr.. r. L. Corby at the Eastern Pres
byterian Church tonight Mr.. Edgar OCon-
nell will be best man and Miss Nellie
Beatty Of Pittsburg will be the maid Of