Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-24
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
THE cAssARD-coFFIN WEDDING
POSTPONED.
Home-Comings and Notable Guests
A Musica1e-PersonaI
Notes.

The marriage of Miss Mary Kate Coffin.
| daughter Of Mr.. Charles Edward Coffin of
| Muirkirk, Md, to Mr.. Lawrence Durbin
cassard which was to have taken place
tomorrow afternoon. at Beltsvilie, Nd;
has been postponed on account of the seri-
GUS illness Of the groom.
| Senator and Mrs. NJ b. Scott of West
Virginia returned to the city yesterday and
| have taken apartments at the New Willard
for the winter.
| Sir Edward Durand, brother of the Brit
ish ambassador, and his daughter, Miss
| Durand, are at the British embassy for a
stay Of several weeks. They arrived from
England Wednesday.
| Miss Eva McAdoo, daughter of Police
| Commissioner McAdoo of New York, will
| be the guest of Miss Louise Foraker next
week.
Miss Helen Cannon arrived yesterday
morning from the west and Joined her
father at their Vermont avenue home.
After returning from Europe in the early
fan Miss Cannon spent some time in the
| Berkshires.
| The Southern Relief Society gave recep-
| ton last night to provide funds for a
| Thanksgiving Offering to the INDECENT
families of confederate veterans. The
| newly elected officers are Miss Mamie Ran
| dolph Heth, president; Mrs. Albert Akers,
/ first vice president: Miss Susan Hetzel, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Archibald Young,
| third vice president, and Mrs. ]. c. Wheel
! err, fourth vice president The reception and
entertainment was held in Confederate Hall,
e and 18th streets northwest, and was con-
| Quoted under the direction of Mrs. Resale
H. Bocock, chairman of the committee on
arrangements.
| Mrs. Geo. H. Burton, wife of the inspector
general of the army Is visiting her daugh-
| ter at Fort Smelling, MINI
At the marriage December g. in New
York. of Miss Helena Rutherford Ely and
Mr. Richard Worsam Meade, son of the late
Rear Admiral Meade; the attendants will
be Miss Charlotte Meade, a sister of the
bridegroom, and the Misses Christine
Roosevelt, Ray Winters, Helen Talbot Oily
plant and Aritta Prentice. Henry T..
Maury will be Mr.. Meade's best man, and
the ushers are to be j. Sanford Barnes, jr,
Alfred Ely, jr., Charles Edmund Fairfax,
Robert Meade Parker, Ezra Parmalee Prem
tice and George Gordon Meade of Phila-
delphia.
Rev. Paul Griffith of this city officiated
Wednesday at the wedding in Baltimore OF
Mr.. NJ. A Renehan and Miss M. Louise
Higgins.
The woman's Auxiliary, No 10, will give
a complimentary entertainment to the chill
dren of members of Columbia Typography
cal Union, No 1O1, Friday, December l, at
2 pm, at Typogra phical Temple, 423 y
street A fine program has been arranged
after which refreshments will be served
The ladies hope to see every printers child
present and tickets of admission can be
had from the chairman Of each chapel.
verse. gave a dinner last night when Miss
Converse Miss Marion Oliver, Miss Mary
Randolph, Miss Mary Switzerland, MI
Buckley, Rear Admiral Caps, Lieut.. Law
renee Wells, Lieut.. Brant, Lieut. Anderson
and Dr. Morse were present.
Mrs. Clarence B. Rheem gave very de-
lightful musicale to ladies at her residence
Yesterday afternoon in honor of her guest
Mrs. Kittie Thompson-B Berry, who is IN
Washington for short stay prior TO ne
marriage to DR.. Samuel Lawson Burton OF
Kingston. Canada, which Will occur cary
In December. The occasion was perhaps
the largest social gathering of exclusively
musical people ever held in Washington.
The program included numbers by MRS.
Berry, Miss Pauline Whitaker, Mrs. Mary
Washington Ladies' Quartet, comprising
Miss BERTHE Thompson, Mrs. Berry, MISS
Edna Scott Smith and Mrs. Rheem. Among
the ladies present We're Mrs: Nellie wilson
IL,
Hattie Meads-Smith, Mrs Grace Dyer
Knight. Mrs. Florence Hill Harness. Mrs
Agnes Osgood Clifton, Miss BERTHE Thomp-
son, Mrs. Katie Wilson Greene, Mrs; Der
tina Lucas-Stoddard, Mrs. Charles Bayly,
Mrs John S. Alleman, Mrs. Jasper Dean
McFall, Mrs. Herndon Morsell. Miss Edna
Scott-Smith, Miss Pauline Whitaker, Mrs.
Margaret Nolan-Martin, Mrs William L.
Read Mrs Ralph Barnard, Miss Margaret
Eichorn, Mrs. Florence McNely-Price. Mrs.
Mary Kimbail-Kutchen, Miss Fannie Edgar
Thomas, Mrs. f. S. Kimball, Miss Jennie
Glennan, Mrs. John Nolan and Mrs. FRANK
Byram.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick H. Blodgett and
Miss Van Norwich, Mrs. Blodgetts sister,
have taken apartments at the Columbia, on
Binney street.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Jacobs announce the
approaching marriage of their eldest daugh-
ter, Laura May, to MIR. Thomas w. Ragland
Tuesday evening. December 5, at o'clock
at Bethany Chapel
Rear Admiral E. w. Watson, retired, and
family have returned from abroad and have
taken the house No. 1888 DIST street north
west for the winter
The home of Mr.. and Mrs II. G. Bright,
1853 H street southwest, was the scene OF
pretty wedding Wednesday evening, when
their daughter, Grace Anna, and Charles L.
Haines of Richmond Va, were married by
Rev B. T. Bittinger. Promptly at 8
o'clock the bride and bridegroom entered
the parlor to the strains of the Lohengrin
wedding march. rendered by Mrs. A. w.
Yerkes an intimate friend of the bride.
The bride was becomngly attired in
tailor gown of wine-colored broadcloth.
with hat and gloves to match, and carried
white chrysanthemums tied with white
satin ribbon. There were no attendants.
Only relatives and a few Intimate friends
attended the ceremony and reception which
followed. The large parlor was beautifully
decorated in palms. ferns and white
chrysanthemums. forming a bower in
which the ceremony was performed.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs. Haines
left on a late train for an extended trip
north visiting Niagara, Buffalo and other
points of interest. They will be at home to