Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-13
WORLD OF SOCIETY
Many Weddings Were Cele-
brated Last Night.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
MR.. AND MRS. LEWIS ]. DAVIS EN-
TERRAIN NOTABLE COMPANY.
Engagements Of Social Interest An
nounced-Personal Notes of
Washingtonians.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY


on Massachusetts avenue last night Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Johnson Davis received the
earnest congratulations of a company OF
relatives and old friends. 1t was the Occa-
sion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary,
the golden period of life. and was an op-
portunty taken advantage of by the asso-
ciates and many warm personal friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis to present with their
fluctuations some of the most handsome
works of art known to the skilled modern
goldsmiths. kilograms and letters of greet
ing and congratulation came from many
cities. The limited company invited to the
informal reception included relatives and
visitors from out-of-town, one niece, Mrs.
John G. Foster, coming from Switzerland
to participate in the family gathering.
Other relatives and friends cnme from Bal
timore and New York, Montgomery, Ala,
and other cities. The flower effect was yell
low, roses, chrysanthemums and otner dos
SONS being employed in carrying out the
color scheme. The flowers were the remem-
ORANGES of a host of admirers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were married in New
York city October II, 1854, Mrs. Davis was
Miss Margaret Jane Keller, daughter OF
Charles M. Keller, a counselor of patent
law, and it was at the latter's home on
Madison avenue the ceremony was per-
formed. The officiating clergyman was Rev.
Edwin HARDWOOD, at that time rector of the
Church of the Incarnation.
Mr.. Davis has always been resident OF
Washington. Last May he retired from
active association with the firm of Lewis
Johnson & Co., bankers, after career of
more than fifty years in business In the
national capital. Mr.. Davis retirement did
not mean his utter Punishment from bust
ness circles, for hardly a day passes that
he is not down town, discussing with his
friends and former associates matters OF
great Importance in the business commun-
ftxy he frai mi no M O
terests he has been instrumental in develop
ing keep him keenly alive to every situa-
ton.
HE is far too young a man to be al
lowed to shut himself out of a world in
which he has been such an honored and i'm
portant figure, was the expression or a
friend, which has been echoed in every
circle in which Mr.. Davis moved.
The influence of his personality and the
effect Of his efforts a public officer and
man of affairs have been ineffaceably i'm
printed upon the District of Columbia. He
had leading part in the movement which
resulted in the adoption Of the 'half-and-
half basis of support for the government
of the District. Mr.. Davis entered business
life In 1S4S, when very young man. When
the firm of which he is a member remov-
ed fourteen years ago to street Mr..
Davis wrote chapter of Washington his
tory of extreme interest and value. 1t
dealt with forty years of business on the
avenue" and was recital of early-day in
cidents of the national capital, widely read
and thoroughly enjoyed.
Among the many beautiful presents made
to Mr.. and Mrs Davis as lasting tokens of
the esteem in which they are held In a
community where they have spent half
century together the most elaborate was
the gift of the Washington stock ex-
change. 1t consisted of three massive,
hand-wrought gold compete dishes, each
mounted on a heavy stand or stem. The
largest of the three dishes measures about
sixteen inches in diameter of bowl. Within
fc nyyt c n nrin
ton:
"1s54-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis ]. Davis, from
Washington Stock Exchange.-19O4'
The two smaller dishes are engraved with
the initials of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, to-
gether with the dates of their wedding and
their golden jubilee.
Other presents came from many quar-
tiers, full five score of them. Some were
beautifully wrought gold vases, others
gold spoons, bon bon dishes, cake trays,
platters, cake dishes, all of the precious
metal. Gold-mounted cut glass objects
formed not small part of the golden ar
ray.
present entirely unique and highly
priced by both Mr.. Davis and his wife was
the gift of a clergyman living in South
Carolina. 1t consisted of two shmmering
gold fishes in a crystal globe aquarium and
with it came a card which read:
1.-The only offering in gold a poor parson
can make
bit of ancient Louis XVI GOLDEN
broidered tapestry was sent by a niece re-
siding in France. old-decorated china ware
and goblets of rare glass also form a part
of the magnificent collection
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Green entertained
last evening at a very handsome dinner In
honor of their house guests, Maj and Mrs
Charles R. Krauthoff. 1t was the first for
nal entertainment given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Green In their new home on Massac husetts
avenue, and their guests enjoyed the op-
portunity of inspecting and admiring one
of the finest residences in Washington. In
the dining room, an unusually large apart
ment, the party-eighteen in number-was
seated at a round table, which was elab-
orately decorated with pink roses and
maiden hair ferns. The guests were Mai
and Mrs H. ]. Gallagher, Mrs. H. Clay
Stewart Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Noyes Mr..
and Mrs. F. L. Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs
Mason N. Richardson, Miss Katherine Reed
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann Dr. Acker
and Mr.. r. Carter Ballantyne.
A pretty wedding took place last night at
O'Clock at the Calvary Baptist Church,
when Miss Nora Blanche Jerauld of this
cify formerly of apd Nv g