Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A NooNTIME WEDDING WITH A
SMALL PARTY PRESENT.
Engagement of Washingtonian An
nounced-A Golden Wedding
Personals.

noon at the home of the bride 1913 10Th
street, when Miss Amy rockingham Kane
became the wife of DIR. James G. Fisher.
Only few intimate friends and near rela-
tives were present at the ceremony, which
was performed by Rev. William Tayloe
Snyder. The house was decorated with
daisies and plants. Mr.. Thomas Evans
Greene sang before and after the ceremony
and during the wedding breakfast The
wedding march was an original composition
by Miss Evelyn rockingham Pooke who
played it. The bride of today is the niece
of the late Capt. Samuel II. Pooke. L. s. N
The engagement of welton Stanford of
Schenectady, n. Y. to Miss Bertha San
ford of this city, was announced today.
Miss Sanford is a Methodist fleid deaconess,
who conducted a series of evangelistic meet
ings in Schenectady last winter, at which
time she met Mr.. Stanford who is promi-
nent in church work. He is nephew of
the late Mrs. Jane Stanford of San Fran
cisco.
Another largely attended reception
brought the hospitality for the present of
the German ambassador and Baroness Won
Sternburg to a close last night. The hos
tess was beautifully gowned in white satin
and point lace and wore numerous dia-
monds. A buffet supper was served and
the company, as usual, brilliantly reflected
the many-sided phases of partygoing So
ciety. Mrs. Arthur G. Langham of Louis
vile, KY, who has been visiting the en-
bassy for the past week, left for home to-
day.
While the large affairs are over, the am
bassador and Baroness Won Sternburg will
continue their dinners, having invitations
out now for the 10th and oath.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Gee of 615 Florida
avenue are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin S. Cogswell of % Dorchester avenue,
Cleveland, whose golden wedding anniver-
sary occurs today. Mr.. Gee and Mrs Cogs-
well are brother and sister. The latter was
Helen NJ. Gee, and her marriage TO Mr..
Cogswell took place April ., 1850 at
Thompson, Geauga county, Ohio. They went
to Cleveland five years later and have since
made that city their home. Mr.. Cogswell
was for fourteen years a deputy county
clerk, and afterward served a term as
county CLERK. Both of the children of the
couple are dead, but Il number of grand
children by letter and telegraph congratu-
fiftieth milestone. Friends here will join
in the informal celebration. and a quantity
of flowers awaited the couple yesterday
when they arrived from Cleveland. They
will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Gee month.
Mrs. Converse, wife of Rear Admiral Con-
verse. has returned to town after six
weeks absence.
birthday party was given last Sunday
evening in honor of Miss Lima Alma Rinck
at her residence, 63S l. street northeast
Miss Rinck received many beautiful and
useful gifts. Refreshments were served and
the evening was pleasantly spent in music
and games. Those present were Mrs. l.. T.
Rinck, Miss Grace Goodhart, Miss Lima
Alma Rinck, the Misses Florence and
Genevie Mcmahon, Miss Alice Walsau, Miss
Margaret Sauter, Miss Irene Middledorf
the Misses Agnes and Annie Bennette,
Messrs. Frederick Herbert, William Bull
lard, Walter Frech and Henry Rinck.
Mrs John T Callaghan has returned home
from a three weeks visit among friends in
New York city and to her son and his fam
lily in Chester, Pa.
Col. and Mrs. Rosecrans leave tomorrow
for ASbury Par N j. The former has
nearly recovered from his late Illness.
Mrs. E.-Plowden Hickey jr., of 925 r
street, will be at home tomorrow. Mrs. W.
R. Stricken of Baltimore and Mrs. Madi-
son Swadener of Indiana will be with her.
A very quiet wedding took place at noon.
Monday, April B. at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, performed by the Rev. Alfred
Harding. The contracting parties were
Miss Lucille A. Mullett and Mr.. Clarence
Spellman, both of Kansas City, Mo. The
bride has been spending the winter with
her aunt, Mrs. P. p. Mullett. The couple
left for an extended trip and later in the
month will go to Kansas City, where they
will reside.
Mrs and Miss Morton will leave in a few
days for New York and will go later to
Chicago, and may be absent about fort
night from this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Halstead, with their
three children, have sailed for England, to
be absent until October.
Mr.. S. w. Woodward, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Woodward, sailed from New
York today, per steamer Teutonic, White
Star line, for Europe.
Mr.. Woodward will be absent several
weeks, and will attend as a delegate the
Y. M. c. A. convention to be held in Paris
the latter part of April.
Last evening a pleasant farewell surprise
party was rendered Miss Sallie V. Woodson
of Lynchburg, Va, at the home of Mrs.
Penn, 1882 r street northwest Among
those present were Miss Merrill Hunter
Miss Jennett Penn, Miss Catharine Penn,
Miss Georgiana Penn and Miss Bessie c.
Penn and Messrs. Joseph Novel, Randolph
Haskins, John L. Gaut, ]. William Rose
and Theodore NJ. Sanders Miss Woodson
will leave today for Norfolk, Va, and other
points before going home.
The Congenals will hold their April as
sembly tomorrow evening at National
Rifles Armory.