Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-28
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A CRYSTAL WEDDING APPRo-
PRIATELY CELEBRATED.
Minister Calvo Will Be Groomsman for
Minister Corea Travel
Plans-Personals.

morning from $50 to II at the Corcoran
Art Gallery in honor of the members OF
| the Iron and Steel Institute of London.
| The members arrive tomorrow at noon, and
will remain here over Sunday. They will
| be given luncheon at the New willard
| at 1 o'clock, and President Roosevelt will
receive them at half-past two. There are
| great many distinguished men in the
company, and hundred or more ladies
are with the party. Mr.. William Barrett
Ridgely, controller of the currency, is
| chairman of the reception committee, and
| DR.. David T. Day is the secretary The
following are honorary members of the re-
| ception committee: Paul Morton, Secretary
| CT the Navy; Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary
| OF Commerce and Labor; E. A. Hitchcock,
Secretary of the Interior; Gen. A. r. Chat
| fee, Admiral George Dewey Gen. Geo. l..
| Gillespie, Gen. VIM. Crozier, Admiral c:
| M. Chester, superintendent of the naval
observatory; Admiral G. A. Converse,
! chief of the bureau of navigation; Admiral
| Z. w. Ray, chief of the bureau of steam
engineering; DR.. Daniel c. Gilman, presi-
dent OF the Carnegie Institution; DR.. Chas.
ID. Walcott, director of the geological sur
| vey; DIR. Otto H. Tittman, superintendent
or the coast and geodetic survey; Dr. Will
lam I. Harris, commissioner of education;
Dr. c; Willard Hayes. president of Geo
| logical Society; Mr.. s. p. Langley, secretary
| of Smithsonian Institution; Col. Bernard r.
| Green, superintendent of Library of Con-
gress; Admiral NJ. T. Endicott, chief of
bureau of yards and docks; Mr.. Elliott
Woods, superintendent of United States
Capitol; DR.; Charles w. Neeham, president
of George Washington University; Rt Rev.
Dennis j. OConnell, rector of Catholic Uni
versity of America; Rev. Jerome Daugher-
| ty, president of Georgetown University; Mr..
George Westinghouse DR.. Alexander Ora
ham Bell. Mr.. John Joy Edison, Mr.. s. Wal
| ter Woodward, Admiral r. E. Mason, chief
of bureau of ordnance Navy Department;
Mr.. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Congress;
Mr.. c. H. Keep, assistant secretary of the
treasury: Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, Capt. J. H.
Moore. DR.. Charles w. Richardson, presi
dent of Medical Society, d. c.; Mr.. S. NJ D.
North director of the census; Col. C. w.
Bromwel, Mr.. M. E. Allies and Mr.. Charles
j. Bell Mr. Andrew Carnegie. who is the
presi ee.e OF the Iron and Steel Institute.
and Sir James kilSOn, M. p, former pres
ident, will be in the receiving line.
for the marriage of Miss Bessie Irene Smith
and Mr.. John ]. Kelly, jr, of BALTIMORE
ND, to take place at Plus Memorial Church
October e;s y at 8 o'clock The event is of con-
siderable local interest, the groom-elect be-
ing popular among large circle here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Parker celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of their marriage at
their home 1915 Cincinnati street last
night. Added interest was lent the affair
by the fact that it was also an informal
reception in honor of Mr.. and Mrs Harry
watson Hepburn of Philadelphia who were
recently married in that city and are pass
ing through Washington on their honey-
moon. The fifteenth anniversary being the
crystal wedding, the many friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Parker were generous in their
presents of cut glass and such other gifts
suitable to the occasion. When the guests
had all been received and fielicitations had
been extended both couples on the happy
event supper was served, during the
course of which both Mr.. and Mrs Parker
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hepburn were toasted
and forced to listen to many complimentary
remarks from their guests Among those
present We're Mrs; Byerly of Philadelphia.
Seville, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Law
renee. Mr.. John A. Morgan. Miss Marian
Seville. Mr.. Wilson, Mrs. Halliwell of
Ferguson. Mrs. George Romans of New
York, Miss Romans and DR.. Felix H. Pipes
President Zelaya of Nicaragua has select
ed Mr.. Calvo, the minister of Costa Rica
to represent him as groomsman at the we'd
ding of Mr.. Corea. the Nicaraguan min
lister. Cablegrams have been exchanged to
this effect and Minister Calvo gladly ac-
cepted the honor and distinction conferred
upon him by the President of Nicaragua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carberry Richie the for
mer until his marriage a resident here
have taken house in Philadelphia for the
winter.
Miss Catherine Stockton Beasley of Tren-
ton, N. j., and Major Charles Lowndes,
SoIi VI Tie IOILleT SOFSTHOF Oh maryland,
but now living in the west, were married
In st. Louis, the bride having come west
to meet her tiance during his visit to the
worlds fair. The bride, chaperoned by her
aunts, Mrs. l. S. Carter and Mrs. Stockton,
has been in st. Louis a week Major
Lowndes. who won his title in the Cuban
war, has been in poor health for more than
year and was obliged to leave his former
home His fancee would not permit him to
endanger his health by a return to the
east, even for their wedding, and, giving
up her plans for a fashionable ceremony,
she went to meet him in st. Louis After
the ceremony Thursday morning a lunch
con was given, attended by one or two
friends, among them Mr.: Charles Bur-
Mr.. Baldwin Lowndes, the bridegroom's
brother. Major and Mrs. Lowndes departed
Thursday afternoon for Denver Among
those present at the wedding were Mrs,
Robert F. Stockton, grandmother of the
bride, former Governor and Mrs. Lloyd
Lowndes, parents of the bridegroom, and
his sister, Miss Lowndes.
Mr.. Harry Carter, the son of Gunner W.
w. Carter, u. S. N, retired, and Miss Mae
Hamaker were married at the brides home
at Strasburg, Va, last evening After an
short trip to Washington they left for
Norfolk and Virginia Beach. They will be
at home after December at ia 9th street
southeast.
The Capitol Hin Literary Society met at
the residence Of Mr.. A. H. Frear, 223 Sth
cious parlors being well filled with MEM
bers and guests. The subject of the even
ing, Our Government was ably discussed
in papers by George N. Brown and J. H |
Babcock and under five-minute rule by
Messrs. Bryson and Lawrence. Mrs. Daisy
Wedding Trauty gave a paper ON "Hypno- |
tism. Mrs. A. S. Boynton gave a humor-
Gus sketch, The American Bird" and the |
following musical and literary program |
was listened to with interest: Piano duet |
Mrs Chesly and Mrs. Trauty; vocal trio
Mrs. Fentrice, Mr.. and Mrs. Frear; recita- |
ton, Miss Pierson; piano solo, Miss Bea-
trice Johnson; vocal solo, Miss Cecil Fem |
trice, and vocal duet. Mr.. and Mrs A. H. !
Frear The next meeting of the society |
will be at the residence of Mr. W. #. Belts |
1912 H street northeast, Monday evening |
November IA.
Miss Byrde Bobb of 92i Pennsylvania |
avenue southeast is spending week with |
her grandparents, Col. Alex. Bobb and
wife, in Martinsburg. Pa.
Miss Vera May Kerr of Tippecanoe City, |
Ohio, who has been visiting Mrs. George |
L. Favorite of Carroll avenue Takoma |
Park, has returned to her home, stopping
on the way to visit friends at Pittsburg |
Pa.
Dr. and Mrs Marcus Benjamin have gone |