The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26

league in Philadelphia ron April 4 9,
General Chaffee will be the guest of
honor, and while in Philadelphia
both General and Mrs. Chaffee will
regular reserves. %
The dance to be given on Easter
Monday at Rausher's by the under
graduates of Georgetown university
will mark a new departure in social
RappGmingz for bas the younger set
compete with Cambridge or New
Haven in collegiate dances, so this
affair is looked forward to with no
little interest. Among the patronesses
who have given the cotillion the in
itia1 impetus towards success are
Mrs. White, wife Of Justice White;
Hamilton and Mrs. Philip Orme.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles is lying serious
~ Ill at her home on N street. Mrs.
Miles has not been we'll since her
fainting spell last summer, while at
West Point in attendance upon the
return to washington late: in the
autumn she resigned all participation
in the social obligations of her posi-
ton and only saw a few personal
friends. This enforced quiet appeared
to materially benefit her, and it was
hoped that the alarming heart symp-
toms would in time disappear. This
hope, however, was not realized, and
a few weeks since Mrs. Miles was
again attacked by serious complica-
ton.
Following the announcement Of the
Harry Lee, U. S. A., son Of General
Fitzhugh Lee Of Virginia, and Miss
Burton of Washington comes the fur
Their announcement of the engage
ment Of Miss Ruth McNutt, daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. William F. McNutt
Of San Francisco, to Lieutenant Fitz-
hugh Lee, Jr., U. S. A. It was dur
ing a visit to her sister, Mrs. Ashton
Potter, in Texas, that Miss McNutt
met Lieutenant Lee and her fate was
sealed. Miss McNutt will leave San
Francisco next week for an extended
visit to the family Of the groom-elect
in Virginia, and is expected to be a
Washington in April.
Mrs. Shaw and the Misses Shaw,
wife and daughters Of the secretary
of the treasury, are now at Los An
geles, Cal, where they will remain
be given this week by personal
friend Of Mrs. Shaw, when the guests
will be largely Iowa people who are
wintering there.
AS the California trip was under
taken entirely for the benefit Of Miss
Erma Shaw, who is suffering from
weakness following a severe attack Of
grip, Mrs. Shaw will accept but few
attentions from her friends that
would interfere with the quiet outdoor
life that Is necessary for her daughter.
The announcement Is made from
New York that the marriage Of Miss
Helen Roosevelt and Theodore Roose-
welt Robinson will take place in June.
| The bride-elect is one Of the best
| known Of the Roosevelt cousins; hay
| ing been q frequent visitor in. Wash
| ington even before her debut, and
usually the guest of Mrs William S.
Cowles. Miss Helen Roosevelt Is an
exceedingly handsome girl Of brunette
type, and an heiress in her own right.
Mr.. Robinson, who is still in college,
Is the nephew and namesake Of the
president, and son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Robinson. Jr., OF New York.
John D. Long. former secretary OF
the navy, with Mrs. Long and their
son, has arrived at Camden, S. c., to
! remain thru March,
Miss Juno Thornton Allen Of New
ark, N. J., the flancee Of Henry Bruce
Teller of Denver, son of Senator and