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SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A
NOTABLE DINNER AND RE-
CEPTION.


Some Account of Miss HRnna's So
ciaI Career-AnnOunceme of the
Engagement of the Eldest SON OF
Mrs. Potter Palmer of ChicagO-A
story of Pretty Washington
Girl and Her GrandmOther-Other
Matters of General Interest.
Washington, D. c., May 29.-By all
odds the handsomest social affair of
the spring was the dinner and reception
given this week by the italian ambas-
sador and Nine. Mayor des Planches,
to welcome to Washington the Count
and Countess Guisappa Della Gherar-
desca, who were recently married in
New York city. They are now on a
leisurely wedding journey, and have
| decided to remain some time in Wash
ington, at one of our prominent hotels,
| prior to their summer abroad. They
will return in the early autumn and
| take up their residence here, Count
| Gherardesca being attached to the Ital-
| ion legation; and it is probable that
| they will themselves entertain extern
| sively next winter. The bride, who Is
a beautiful young woman, tall and slen-
| der as a lily and with that nameless
| air of distinction about her which
speaks of centuries of wealth, educa-
ton, and all that is best in life-wore
a dream of a gown, composed of white
| chiffon embroidered in tiny pink rose
| buds-all billowy fluff, with ruff1es
upon ruff1es of the transparent mate
rial trailing far behind the little figure.
| The finishing touch was added by a
big bouquet of pink orchids, diamond
star glistening in the hair, and long
string of pink pearls and diamonds,
the gift of the groom to his bride. Mime.
| Mayor des Planches was regal in a
| gown made entirely of point de Venice
lace, built on a foundation of white
| satin The dinner-company included
| the entire embassy set, and all the
prominent Italians in the city. At the
| reception, which lasted from 10 o'clock
until midnight, the Count and Countess
received with the ambassador and
Nine. Mayor des Planches in the ball
room, and several hundred guests came
| to offer their congratulations to the
| popular young attache and his bride.
The Washington friends of Senator
| and Mrs. Hanna received invitations
some days ago to attend the marriage
of their daughter. Miss Ruth Hanna,
to Mr.. Joseph Medill Mccormick of
| Chicago, on Wednesday, June 10, at
high noon, in st. PauTs Episcopal
| Church, Cleveland, o. The ceremony
will be followed by a breakfast and
reception at the home of the brides
parents. Bishop Leonard will officiate.
Miss Lucia McCurdy of Cleveland. will
| be maid-of- honor, with the following
bridesmaids: Miss Patterson, a cousin
| of the bridegroom, and Miss Hamilton,
both of Chicago; Miss Claire Hanna, a
cousin of the bride; Miss Florence
| Cobb and Miss Lewis of Cleveland;
Miss McGurley and Miss Johnson of
| Pittsburg, and Miss Hopkins of Wash
| ington. Mr.. Rutherford Mccormick,
the brother of the bridegroom, will be
best man. The parents of the groom,
| the Ambassador to Russia and Mrs.
Mccormick, with his cousin, Miss Pat
terson, sailed last week for New York,
to be present at the wedding The Pres
| ident has signifed his intention of at
tending the, ceremony, but it is not
probably that either Mrs. Roosevelt or
| Miss Roosevelt will make the journey
| to Cleveland. There's many a slip
'twixt the cup and lip" you know.
President Roosevelt telegraphed his
acceptance from the Far West, some
days before Senator Hanna announced
his stand on the coming presidential
nomination. Mr.. Mccormick and his
bride will make their home in Chicago,
but expect to spend sometime each
season in Washington. Miss Ruth
Hanna made her debut two years ago
in Cleveland, coming from there to
Washington, where she at once
I achieved great popularity, and during
the year her parents occupied the ia
nous house on Lafayette Square she
was an important factor in the gener-
Gus and gracious hospitality for which
the Hanna home was noted She took
little part in the social life of last sea-
son, although she spent some weeks
of it with her parents at the Arlington,
but at all times was surrounded by a
circle of sincere friends. After Ieav-
ing Washington she was Ill with
typhoid fever at Townsville, Ca, but
is entirely restored to health and likely
to be the most interesting bride CleVe-
land has seen in many years. Apropos
to the Hannas-rumor has it, and
rumor seems to be correct this time,
that the divorced wife of Mr.. Hanna's
son, who created considerable sensation
couple of years ago by successfully
running away with her two sons in
spite of the Hanna millions in hot
pursuit, is about to marry we'll
known gentleman of Cincinnati Her
ex-husband, it will be remembered,
took to himself a second wife some
time ago.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has closed
her apartment in Washington for the
summer and is now in Chicago with
her youngest daughter, Miss Rosemary
Sartoris. She went to meet her son,
Lieut.. Sartoris, lately home from the
Philippines. After a brief visit in the
Windy City, Lieut.. Sartoris will return
to California, where he will remain
for the present, and Mrs. Sartoris and
her daughter will go to Cobourg. Can
ada, for the summer.
Mrs. ]. D. Cameron, wife of ex-Sen-
ator Cameron of Pennsylvania, and one
of the most accomplished hostesses
ever known to Washington society
who spent most of the past year in
: Germany, has returned to Paris and re-
opened her apartment i'm that city. Mrs.
Cameron has, devoted herself during
her European sojourn to the education
of her young daughter, Miss Martha
Cameron, who will be among the Wash
ington debutantes several years hence
Mr.. Payne Whitney has purchased
H. B. Duryea's yacht, Vaquero III
and has given orders to have it fitted
out at once. Mr.. and Mrs. whitney
are now at their Newport. cottage for
the summer.
Mrs. Longworth of Cincinnati is in
Washington. selecting a house for her
daughter, the Countess de Chambron.
who will join her husband here in the
early autumn. Nicomta Charles AZ