Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-30
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS RoosEvELT's FRIENDS GIVE
HER A COUNTRY DANCE.
Notes of Well-Known Residents-Re-
cent Weddings and Others
Personals.

Miss Alice Roosevelt was given a country
dance last night at Portsmouth. r. l., her
| hosts and hostesses, Col and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor Mr.. and MIS- Cornelius Van
| derbilt, the Misses Mills, etc. making the
trip from Newport in automobiles and car
| riages. Supper preceded the dancing.
The death of the venerable Mrs. Timothy
| Reed, which occurred very suddenly at her
| daughters home in Quincy Mass, last
| week, will have marked erect upon the
| marriage of her granddaughter, Miss Patty
| Faxon, to Mr.. Warren ogdeh OF Washing
| ton, which was set Tor next month. 1t may
| postpone the event or make it much smaller
than would otherwise be the case.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Wilkie of this city
are visiting Mrs Walter Hill of Chicago at
| her Highland Park cottage
Miss Daisy Letter as well as her brother.
| Joseph Letter, both denied yesterday the
| current story that an engagement exists
| between herself and the Earl OF SUFFOLK,
| now at Newport. The LEVERS mother.
| sisters and brother, are together for few
days in Chicago
The Chinese minister aud his children are
| making visit this week to Mr.. and Mrs
| John W. Foster at their Henderson Harbor
cottage.
Mrs. William Thaw and her daughter, the
| Countess of Yarmouth of Ragiey Hall, War
wickshre, England, who arrived in New
York Saturday, now at 'LyndhurSt.
| Pittsburg. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Copley
Thaw, who have been spending the summer
in Grand Rapids. Mich, with Mrs ThaW's
parents. and at Watch Hill. R. L., will join
| the party this week The Thaws expect to
| Lord Yarmouth. who will remain in Eng
land for the fall shooting, will come over
to accompany the countess home next
month.
Mrs. B. H. Warder is automobiling with
party in the White mountains.
Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont distributed the
prizes at the Sorrento, Maine, tennis tour
nament last week.
Mrs Robert j. c. Walker of Germantown,
Pa, has been made one of the wealthiest
women in the world by the death of her
| father, William Weightman. She has in
herited about fifty millions. While her hus-
entertained considerably and has many
friends. She has been widow several
years.
The Austrian ambassador and family will
spend the autumn at Lenox, and are ex-
pected there from Bar Harbor shortly
Miss Minnie Nash of this city will be the
of her school friend, Miss Charlotte Nc
Dowell Fleetwood of San Francisco, to Mr.
Robert Papin Greet. The latter's mother
is a great-granddaughter of one of the
earliest settlers in st. Louis. -
The Misses Edmunds and brother, WILEY
Edmunds of 1917 X street northwest, are
summering al Atlantic City They exnect
to spend several weeks there and to visit
other eastern cities before returning home
Mrs Isabelle Rudd and Mr. Frank P. Hall
were married at noon today The cere-
mony was performed at the parsonage of
Ryland NJ: E. Church. 40 10th street south
west, by Rev Mr.: Skellinger. Only a few
Mr. and Mrs. Hill left on the / o'clock train
for New York and will go to Boston the
latter part of the week, and return home NV
water, stopping at Old Point Comfort sew
Mr.. William B. Jackson and. family of
Orlando, Fla, who have spent a portion of
the summer in this CITY, expect to leave
| Thursday for New York. There they will
take the steamer and go to Switzerland,
where the fall and winter months will
near Geneva. Mr.. Jackson will return
shortly to this country.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Crane and Miss Maud NJ.
crane are spending the remainder of the
summer and early fall at the Aurora House,
Aurora, w. Va.
Miss Charlotte Robinson of Columbus.
ohio, is visiting Mrs. Frank C. Henry at
the Portner
Mrs; Susie R. Jacobs and Miss Rena Her
pert nave returned after visiting Boston.
Samprldge, Providence, Newport New
York, Coney Island and Baltimore.
Friends of VIM. Force Stead in Howard
t.ouhaS, Mo- turned out on the evening of
Inc Z3th instant to give him a SURPRISE
party at his home on LAWYERS Hin Aftsr
ieifeShnentS were served music and DANE
ing continued until a late hour.
Miss Josephine Durand, daughter of the
returned to LenoX from a month,Ss viCi+ To
the ST. Lawrence river and Canada
Mr.. and Mrs Charles HI. Hood and Mr..
ana mrs. chester E MCGOWAN are at Lin
ganore Hills, near Frederick. Md.
| DR.. and Mrs. George B. WEIGH have re-
| turned to the city,
Miss Mabel Daily having recently returned
from pleasant stay at Colonial Beach, left
| last Sunday with her brother Harry to
join party of friends in Baltimore who
| leave today for pleasure trip to Pen Mar
and vicinity.
Mrs. Joseph H. Hunter and son Ross will
leave tomorrow for visit to Chicago, tho
worlds fair and other points of interest in
| the west.
Mrs. VIM. A RiedI of TOO I street north
| east has gone to Dunton Jamaica Long Is
| land, N. ", for ten days, and will also
spend several days with her aunt, Mrs. R.
| Ravenhalt, al Coney Island.