Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Another White House Dinner
for Mr.. Morley.
THE SEASONS Blu DIS
a y
COMING MARRIAGE OF MISS
LETTER TO LORD CAMPBELL.
Another International Romance, With
a Well-Dowered Washington
Bride-Personals.


Doyle, Mr.. ]. ]. Hannahan, Mr.. P. H.
Morrissey, Mr. Warren S. Stone, Mr.. e. E.
Clark Mr. ]. B. Reynolds, Mr.. H. R.
| Fuller and Mr.. ]. b. Bishop.
| Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
| can Federation of Labor, and John Mitch
ell. president of the United Mine Workers
| of America were invited to the dinner, but
were unable to attend because of the an
| nual convention this month of the Fedora
| ton of Labor in San Francisco.
The social calendar begins to take on
In portance again. Next week has so many
| official events that the prospect is really a
gay one. especially coming as it does after
months of dullness and quiet. A reception
will be given at the German embassy We'd
resday afternoon, to which both resident
and official society has been invited. Sec
rotary Hay will give luncheon to the
German military ENJOYS the same day, and
Gen. Chaffee will, also be host on that date
| in honor of Lieut.. Gen. Won Lowenfeld.
His company will include all the officers
Of the general staff in the city. President
| Roosevelt's hospitality to the military vlsi-
| tors will be a dinner Friday night next,
| the same evening that a dinner for the
| Japanese visitor Prince Fushimi, Will be
given at the Arlington.
AS pretty a wedding as this season has
1 witnessed is f0reSnaQOWeQ by the arrange
ments for the marriage of Miss Rita Worth
! ington Ridgely to Mr.. John Williams Chill
| Dress jr., of Nashville. The color scheme
| will be pink and white and chrysanthe-
NUNS will be the flower. The brides en-
gagement bracelet having been set with
amethysts, she has chosen that stone for
| her souvenir brooches Ior her bridesmaids
and heart pendants for the little ribbon and
| flower girls A reception follows the cere-
| mony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
| F. Daley, 1872 Q street.
Another interesting wedding OF the week
will be that Of Miss Esther Gordon and
Mr.. Cuthbert Powell Minnegerode to be fol-
| lowed by small reception at the home or
the, brides parents, MI Nh and l.S Mrs. James
| Miss Margaret Mcmahon, daughter Of Mr.
| and Mrs Thomas Mcmahon, and Mr.. Philip
| Buertner of Wisconsin will be married at
| St. Aloysius Church at 8 O'Clock THURSDAY
morning. A reception will follow at the
| Mcmahon home from 1880 to Il O'Clock.
If the news of the coming marriage OF
Miss Nancy Letter and Major Colin Camp
| bell is true and there seems little reason
| to doubt 1t, and that the event is to take
place in this city, the capital will have an
| interesting subject Of conversation pretty
| soon. Nothing but a. love for her old home
would Offset the Inconvenience of return
| ing to this country for the ceremony. when
all the relations Of the bride. excepting her
| brother Joseph Letter, are already In Eng
| land. Miss Daisy Letter, whose matri-
monial plans have given great space in the
| newspapers for several years, went abroad
some weeks ago when Lady Curzon suf-
ever, she Is NOW happily recovering. AS
| the family is N deep mourning, there can
be no great display over the wedding any.
| way, and probably only=the Secretary of
State, British ambassador and members of
his embassy would be asked outside of the
| family circle.
| abroad than her younger sisters, though to
| all intents and purposes she is as thorough
| Nv English,in manner, dress and the inf1ec-
tons of her voice as If she had been born
| and bred in the British Isle. She spent the
| last year of her fathers life with him in
| this city and has Just as many domestic as
| intellectual accomplishments. Since the first
| hint of the marriage, Miss Letter has made
| no denial of it, as she always did very
| promptly upon similar occasions. She Wnet
| to Paris a few weeks ago. ostensibly to pre-
pare rousseau Major Colin Campbell is
| a nephew of the Duke of Argyle, whose wife
| is the Princess Louise, Marchioness of
Lorne, sister of King Edward. He has been
| an aid to Lord Curzon, but has recently
| been transferred back to his regiment now
| stationed in India. So that a long journey
| awaits the couple before they reach their
| first home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills have a house
| party at their place at Staatsburg, N. Y,
| over Sunday, their guests including the Ger
| man ambassador and Baroness Won Stern
| burg and Miss Alice Roosevelt. The latter
| left here yesterday, and has a series of
other visits in contemplation after leaving
her present hosts.
A wedding of great interest to many
| Neutrality-suspicious. occurred in Martinsburg,
w. Va, Thursday evening, when Miss Lucie
| May Clohan. daughter of Postmaster and
| Mrs. Alexander Clohan of that town, be-
| came the bride of William Sherman Kline,
formerly of Washington but now Of Mar
| tinsburg. The ceremony took place at $50
| o'clock in the spacious drawing room Of the
on Snnfh a or nd
| was followed by a reception until $50, after
| which an elaborate collation. was served in
| the dining room. DIR. Woods, pastor of the
| Presbyterian Church of Marttnsburg, was
| the officiating clergyman. Miss Agnes Eliz-
! abeth Clohan, sister of the bride, was maid
| of honor, and was becomingly attired In
pink silk mousseline and carried pink chrys-
| anthemums. The younger sister, Miss Elsie
Clohan, was flower girl, and carried white
| chrysanthemums, and was daintily gowned
in white organdie. The brides gown was
| or cream landSdOwne and panne velvet and
the bouquet was of white chrysanthemums
and her travelling suit a handsome tailor
made costume of golden brown broadcloth,
| with nat to correspond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kline were visiting friends
in Washington yesterday, and intend going
| from here to Baltimore and Philadelphia
| will reside on South Raleigh street, short
distance from the brides former home
Mrs Flora S. Edwards left the CITY on the
9TH instant for an extended visit to Los
| Angeles, Cal, where she will be the guest
| OF her sisters, Mrs. L. E. Hahn and the
Countess Won Schmidt Returning east
MRS. Edwards will remain several weeks at
| galveston. Tex, visiting her uncle, Mr.
Theodore K. Thompson, the city auditor of
| Galveston.
The Abracadatra Club was entertained on
Wednesday evening. byDr and Mrs. Henry
| Baker at their residence, No. 1900 @ street
| northwest, President Baher in the chair.
Ihe program wis opened by Mrs A s.
Perham who favored the club with clever
paper on Thomas Carlyle. Mrs. DR.. Baker
sang solo and Mrs. C-.arles G. Abbot read
an interesting paper on Leonardo da Vinci.
refreshments We're, served by the hostess
| during the social ho0f, after which the
| club adjourned to meet with Mrs j. L. Nc
Creery Novembef %. Members present were
Mr and Mrs. Charles G. Abbot, DR.. and
MRS. Henry Baker, Mrs. Fenelon B. Brock,
MI and Mrs. ]. d. Croissant, Mrs. M. E. S.
Davis, Mrs. Henry Decker, DR.. and Mrs. C.
| w. Gallagher. Mrs. ]. l.. McCreery, Mr..
and Mrs G. Leroy Parker, Mr.. and Mrs.
| A. .. Perham, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Squier
and Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Story.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Melville and Master
| Wnbert are located at The Auburn s214S
| pennsylvania avenue, where they will be
| pleased to see their friends.
Mr.. and Mrs fsearee r. Head of Fairfax