Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20

President-elect and Mrs. Fairbanks were
| occupants of boxes at the opening produc-
| ton of grand opera at the Columbia
Theater last night by the Savage company.
| Others in the presidential box were Miss
| Alice Roosevelt, Senator and Mrs. Lodge
| and Senior Ojeda, the Spanish minister. Mr..
| Fairbanks had quite party in his box,
| and other occupants of boxes included Sec
| rotary of the Navy Morton and party.
Prince de Bearn and party of the French
embassy and Senators Kean of New Jersey
| and Hepburn of Idaho. Many diplomats
and army and navy officers were in the
| orche stra.
| Postmaster General and Mrs Wynne will
| entertain at their first dinner of the season
| tonight, when the guest of honor Will be
the papal delegate. Mgr. Falconio.
| Senator and Mrs Fairbankssfad as dinner
| guests last evening Senator Frye, the Chi
| nese minister Senator and Mrs. Burrows,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh General
and Mrs. Gillespie, Representative and Mrs
| Sibley, Representative Bingham. Mr.. and
| Mrs A. II. Snow of Indiana, Mrs. Stanley
Matthews, Miss Hitchcock and Miss Ida
| Thompson.
| for Newark, N. j., to be absent until after
! the holidays. Mrs. Dryden will begin her
Thursday receptions January IL
The assistant secretary of state and Mrs.
Loomis entertained at dinner last night
notable company, their guests including the
Russian amba ssador, the French ambassa-
| dor and Nine. Jusserand, the Italian am
bassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches,
| the admiral of the navy and Mrs. Dewey,
| the Belgian minister and Baroness Mon
cheur.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Nor
| ton will give dinner tonight
The annual sale of the Washington branch
| of the Pennington Society, yesterday at
| Rauscher's, attracted numerous visitors
and brought about busy scenes. Mrs. Lodge,
Mrs. Sargent. Mrs. Arnold Hague Mrs; w.
| w. Rockhill. Mrs A. E. Bates, Mrs. Car
! field Mrs James F. Mitchell, the Misses
! Sedgely and the Misses Holt, Gallaudet
| Ely, Norris, Sargent, Warren, Jean Walsh
! and Carlisle took part.
| Nine des Portes de la Fosse will give a
| tea with dancing the coming Saturday at
| lila Connecticut avenue.
| Mrs Dunn gave a luncheon today in
| honor of her debutante granddaughter, the
| Misses Dunn.
Mrs. Elkins will entertain at dinner Janu-
ary II. in honor of Miss Wood and Captain
| Dunlap, who will be married next month,
| and Miss Elkins will be maid of honor.
The fourth large dance of the week will
he given by Mr. and Mrs. John r. Mclean
! Saturday night. Tonight Mr. and Mrs
| Thomas Calf will entertain about 4oo per-
| sons at a reception and dance, tomorrow
! night the sixty-couple cotillion will be held
| at Masonic Temple, and THURSDAY night the
| hop at the marine barracks Will De OF SUI
| preme interest to several hundred pelies
| and beaux.
Yesterday at the Hotel Stafford, Balti-
more Mr.. Harry Underhill Walton ana MISS
| Martha Louise Won Matre; ooth Oh wa EaI,
| ington, We're married by Rev Don s. COT
| of Grace Methodist Ep. scopal Church. Inc
| ceremony was performed In the 1ront par,
| lor of the hotel. Relatives of the prlde ana
| groom accompanied them. Mr.. Walton IS
Assistant manager of the New wizard
| Hotel The couple left in the afternoon on
| a northern trip.
70, and Mrs. A. C. Tyler have returned
| 70 snend the season in their street home
Nine. Walker-Martenez has invitations out
| for Tuesday December q, O'CLOCK, 1or the
| debut of Miss Walker-Martenez
Mrs. Bateman will give a dance for her
debutante daughter. Miss Bella Balemah'
| December &C. at Rauschers.
! Mrs. Hoyt. wife of the solicitor general,
viii give a dance December 20 at Ransch-
er's for the friends of Miss Hoyt and her
son. Henry NJ. Hoyt, jr., who Will be nome
| for the Christmas holidays from Yale.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will
| give dinner January IA.
! Mr. and Mrs Philip A. Darneille an
| nounce the engagement of their daughter,
Eva McIlvaine, to Mr.. Richard carlisle
| Steele, of Boston, Mass.
| Announcement is made of the coming
marriage of Miss Vera Mae Kerr, daughter
| of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Kerr Of Tippe-
| canoe City, Ohio, to Mr.. Robert Wood kes-
| sler of Annapolis, Md. The wedding will
| take place at 1880 o'clock New Year eve, at
| the residence of the bride. After a wedding
| trip Mr.. and Mrs. Kessler will take up their
| residence, after February l. 1905, at An
| napolis, Md, where Mr.. Kessler is stationed
as an instructor at the Naval Academy.
| Mrs John Bidwell of California is with
| her sister. Mrs. T. H. Alexander, I'LL Q
| street. for the winter.
| The members Of the Trolley Euchre Club
held their last meeting at the home Of Miss
| Anna Hobbs on Saturday. After an inter-
! first prizes to Miss SWEET and Mr.. Kreiter,
| the second prizes to Miss Hobbs and Mr.
| Kemper. Those present were the Misses
| SWEET, C.. Pole, NJ. Besselievre, M. Wells
| and c. Hawkins, and Messrs. Kemper,
| Kreiter. Hamilton, Pole, Evans and Potter.
Miss Marietta Little returned to her home
in this city Saturday last after her visit
| west.
| Miss Sudie B. Shipley of Capitol Hill will
| spend Christmas with friends in Norfolk,
| Va.
| Mr.. Walter B. Palmer and Miss Mildred
| Pierson were quietly married by Rev. For
| est ]. Prettyman in the presence of a small
| company of relatives and close friends at
| the Donald yesterday afternoon. A we'd
! ding dinner was served at the Raleigh.
| Those around the board were the bride
| o. ~ ND re n Ploc hmm
| of New York, sister and brother-in-law of
! the groom; Miss Pierson, sister of the
| bride; Mrs. Dodd, Mr.. Charles Erwin Bald
| win, and Mr.. Claude N. Bennett. Mr.. Pal
| mer has long been one of the most valued
| representatives of the bureau of labor He
| is from Nashville, Tenn. The bride is
| from Corinth, Maine. The two represent
| the best elements of the north and south.
| They will spend the winter in Washington,
| where both have many friends, with apart
| ments at the Donald.
Mrs. Juliette M. Rabbit welcomed yester-
| day to her new home 933 Massachusetts,
| avenue, the League of American Pen Wo-
| men, every detail of the coy surroundings
| appealing to the guests. who spent with
| this pleasant hostess a most agreeable hour
| Mrs. Babbtt had the assistance of Mrs.
| Rhodes Mrs. Devin, Miss Mabel L. White,
Miss Elizabeth Hyde, Miss Silverthorn, Mrs.
| Mertz, Mrs. Christine w. Dunlap, Miss Bes-