The Washington times., 1904-07-12
CLARK WEDDING
A GREAT SURPRISE
Formal Announcement of
Marriage to His Ward.
GILLETT WINS AT RUG GOLF
Major Won Etzel and Count Hoyas Con-
valescing-Herbert Dering to
Play at Newport.

The formal announcement Of Senator
William A Clark's marriage came as a
great surprise to his friends In this
country. notwithstandb a rather SEN
sational statement Of the facts In the
case some weeks ago. when Senator
Clark first went to Europe
His war1 and wife, formerly Anne E.
La Chappelle spent some time IN Wash
ington and was pupil at local board
ing school. on account Of accepting
one of Senator Clark's invitations to the
Arlington, where he was giving dinner
when her teachers discouraged the idea.
she lett the school and was for tiire
chaperoned By one Of SenStor Clark 3
friends in the old part OF the city. near
the War Department. AfteTwIrd, ste
went abroad. and IL was on May =, 1901.
in Marseiiles. France, that her marri-
age 70 Senator Clark took place.
Representative Gnlett Of AIassachu-
sets, the right-haud man and house
companion of Attorney General Moody.
is at Shadow Brook Inn, Lenox, where
he holds the record in the new. game Of
rug golf" the latest fad in the Berk-
shires.
Rug golf has for its course one of
the huge oblong rugs IN the great main
hall Of the Inn. upon which there are
eight tees. one in each corner and one
IN the center Of each side A putter Is
used and the game is TO stop the ball
within "a three-inCh circle at the center
OF the rug. The sport Is simple enough
out mas C|eated great excitement at the
hotel. which was once the famous Arson
Stokes residence
Major Won EtzeI, Of the German en-
bassy, and Count Hoyas, Of the Austria
Hungarian embassy. who were thrown
from high cart while driving in Bar
HarhOr the other day. are progressing
finely Count HOyas received a broken
rib and Major Won EtZel a number OF
serious Commissions, while the cart IN
which they drove was kicked 10 pieces
by the frightened animal they were driv-
Herbert G. Dcring. second secretary
Of the British embassy, will leave
LenOx the 1st of August for Newport.
where he will spend q month IN visiting
friends. Early IN the month Mr.. Dering
will take part in the Newport tennis
tournament. and having already won
fcrty-two prizes, will likely capture
more and handsOmer ones He held the
championship Of Austria for three
years and OF Berlin for tWo. At the
Chevy Chase Club, where he Is a con-
slant player While here. he carried off
tho prizes in the doubles and singles in
the contest a few weeks ago. Later Mr..
Dering VIII also visit Bar Harbor
Gordon J Saxon has gone 20 the
Berkshircs for a vacation. and is stop
ring at the Curtis Hotel
hiss Eta Taggart. daughter OF Hugh
T. Taggart. is visiting her cousin, Mrs
Henry P. Arnold, 300 North Fifth
Street, Philadelphia. where she is much
admired and is being extensively enter
tanned. Miss Taggart will make her
debut next season.
Preston Gibson, who married Miss
Nina Field the step-deughter OF
Thomas Nelson Page. has taken up lit
erature as his future calling. and be-
sides having taken an editorial posi-
ton on 'Wayside Tales" a Chicag 60
monthly publication. has written n
sprightly story or two which mark him
as another literary member Of the
Thomas Nelson Page type Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibson and their baby are al
Rock Ledge" York Harbor. Me, the
home Of the Pages. for the rest OF
the season.