The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16

A gay week, II you don't care what you
cay.
1t seems to take Us some time TO get up
proper social steam this fan.
Perhaps we've all been FaI-ing 50 much
and SC often during the silly season"
Just past. that there Is neither health.
wealth nor liveIiness left in us. Anyhow.
the big functions ont at the grounds are
the only important ones on the carpet Just
now. besides a few dinners.
One or two receptions are coming along.
Mrs, Norveil and Mrs. Wallace received
on Friday afternoon, and Mrs. Don Nor
rison does the came thing tomorrow
night for her daughter and son-tn-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Carr.
Some November wedding rumors I'll the
air. Lily Lambert ana Ted Walker are
only waiting for Mrs. Marion Lambert to
hurry home from her Virginia country
place In order to rush out their cards.
They would Ike to make the wedding the
very last OF this month. but. rs l said, are
still In doubt rs to Mrs. Lambcrt's re-
turn.
Tho wedding IS to take place at her
home IN Hortense place. and not at a
church Most Of the bridal party have
been asked Mis- Lambert will be sur
rounded by that intimate little coterie Of
girls with whom she has always been as
ISOLATED. and some OF whom went to Eu-
ropo with her to automobile last spring.
Janet Morton is the maid OF honor. and
LILY Mitchell. Ethel Gamble, Frances
w1ckham, from town. with Alice Kelley
and a Miss Cook, both from Norfolk. Va.
to make up the list. George Hall, who
once lived here but now dwells in Boston,
Ii TO be Mt. Walkers best man.
I understand that the young persons
Miss Lambert and Mr.. Walker. contem-
plate living up In Pike County. whore the
brdeEroom-eleot has already completed q
large. very ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and ex-
pensive country place. really a farm. It
IS near GAINESVILLE and. therefore. near
the celebrated Cameron place. Just how
true that IS 1 cannot tell you. but I sus-
poet that residence there will only be for
the summer months. with possibly house
parties whenever the spirit moves them.
I cannot possibly imagine these two love-
birds of q tender age. frustrating in the
country for the rest of their natural lives.
can your We shall miss them too much
on first nights at the playhouses and in
other ways as well. The trousseau IS
really quite wonderful. Miss lambert
home loads of lovely things from
and has always been a person OF
charming taste in her selection OF clothes.
Nothing Is being said as yet about the
Kennerly-Ei ith Collins wedding.
The prospective bridegroom is building
4 house in Lenox place. which was begun
sarly in the summer. and. therefore, ought
b finished by midwinter. so we can
not expect cards to be out for several q
months. Mr.. and Mrs Sam Davis. bride
Ind bridegroom. reached home a few days !
lgo and are at the Whitaker mansion In /
l
A BROKEN ENGAGEMENT. l
Society is vigorously ~sossiping about a .
ecenty broken engagement. the same y
laving been announced only a short time d
1t concerns n OF the prettiest and \
girls in society. While the man, C
rho 10 not quite SO well known, but Of a
xcelient stock-old family tree and that L
OFT OF thtng-occupies an official position
his hummer and has made himself very
opular. There doesn't appear 10 be any a
GOD and sufficient reason for the dis "
Diving OF bethrothal VOWS, either, except ID
Few whispers that the man in question Il
ID not altogether please the girls moth "
r. who has carefully supervised all her II
aughters male friends and set her foo. Il
OWN more h once before. e
As tho daughter is manifestly unbsnpv N
bout the broken engagement and much "
lore popular In town than the mother 30. r
sty hopes that the affair Will be patched b,
p.
WILL SOON DEPART N
Doctor and Mrs. Howard Rogers are pre- n
to take their departure. much to !.
" regret. They are the firs. Of the
'orld's Fair people. SO dear to our hearts. OF
60. Mrs. Rogers has affiliated herself Or
completely with St. Louis societv and W
ACE such hosts Of friends, unsteady and II
almost every way. that her ~Ieavatak-
Is bound to be watched with many pi
ehs and tears on our part. The Morning al
moral, to which size has belonged for a m
ar. has found her a valuable member Ia
40 VIII miss her sorely. Both the genial
octor and his wife have been much mora :.
An the word popular" expresses. and I. =.
a thousand pites that they could not V,
ay with US until the very last. N
Rogers goes on Tuesday. h,, an
astern duties claiming him. Mrs. Ros- bo