The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-11-26

with the latter and il is said that the
friendship then formed has been large
ly instrumental in determining her to
spend the winter abroad She attracted
a good OF attention last season in Lon
don, while staying with Mrs. Jack Az
tor at the latter-s house in Portland
Place. and was dubbed by King Edward
the Gibson Girl when she appeared Ct
court With the social backing Of
Prince Louis and Of his English royal
relatives. she will now have better
time even than before in English So
ciety.
The Gibson family. by the way. will
be well represented abroad, for the
Charles Dana Gibsous are spending the
winter in Spain where the popular black
and white artist is now deyoting himself
TO careful study of the old masters,
with a view to perfecting himself in oils.
There have been two notable addi-
tons during the past week TO the num-
Der of titled Americans, the list OF
whom is now sufficiently long to iii
a good-sized volume Mrs. Alan John
stone, who has now become Lady john
stone through the investiture of her
husband. the British minister al Copen-
hegen. by King Edward. with the
knighthood Of the Victorian Order, was
formerly ere OF the reigning beauties
of New York society as Nelly Pinehot.
She is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James w Pinchot and a sister of Gift
ford Pinchot the chief forester of the
United States. and one OF the particu-
lar cronies OF the President. and a
member of his Kitchen Cabinet" Mrs
Arthur Herbert. who has now become
Lady Herbert. whose husband has
] just been appointed British minister al
| Christiania, was Miss Helen Gammell
OF New York and Newport, where hel
| sister, Harriet, likewise married TO ar
Englishman OF the name of T. Shaw
! Safe. is in the habit OF spending every
summer at her place known as ocear
Lawn.
One OF last weeks weddings namely
that OF Dorothy Manson TO youns
/ Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,. served 10 cal
attention to the fact that New Yorl
society harbors IN its midst anothe
| American who IS likewise investe,
with a foreign title. namely Charlie
Edmund Fairfax. who ofgleiated as hes
man at the ceremony. He IS the young
er brother and next heir OF Lord Fair
fax. and as such IS endowed by British
law and usage with the prefix o
Honorable" to his Christian name
Being like his father before him an
like his brother, the present peer.
full-fiedged citizen OF the United States
he abstains from making any use o
this titular distinction IN the land O
his birth. Indeed, many OF his friend
and acouaintsnces have been kept +
ignorance OF the fact that he possesse
it
Young August Belmonts wedding I
Miss Alice de Goicouria. which was {
have taken place at the Church OF tn
Ascension on Wednesday week, s41
which has had to be postponed in cor
sequence Of the mild attack OF typhoi
fever OF the bride. will. according I
present arrangements. now be eele
brated during the first or second wee
, IN January.
But there viii be quite q large nun
Der OF fashionable weddings in tn
: month which begins on Friday mex
; Among the most notable VIII be thos
OF Miss Jessie Sloane, daughter Of Henr
: 4. Sloane. to William Earle Dodge. {
st. Bartholomew on December Il
that of Miss May Hadden. daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Farquhar Haddel
! to Kenneth Douglas Robinson. formerl
. one OF the Presidents Rough Rider
and now associated IN business wit
| Douglas Robinson, on December u.
the Church Of the Incarnation; that
Miss Mary Barton Atterbury, daught
, Of John Turner Atterbury. 10 Full
! Potter. on December Z, at the home
\ the bride, whose sister. Josephine.
|, married 20 the bridegroom's brothe
: Ehphalet Potter. The wedding OF Wi
: lam Brock Shoemaker TO Miss Ella Mo
ris de Peyster will take place at s
: Bartholomew on December II. al
= owing TO the mourning OF the brid
who only lost her father, Frederic
!. de Peyster. last spring. II viii be
= rather quiet affair.
II December likewise brings with It A
u bert Morris Bagby's musical mornin
,, at the Waldorf-Astorfa and the ente
q taInments OF the various dancing classt
u The dance Of the organization know
II as the First Junior Cotillons takes pla
IT on December Z. at Sherrys. on viii
IS occasion the Iatter's new, or rather G
L tirely remodeled. ballroom will be /
r augurated. On the same night the fl
10 Neighborhood Cotillon has it's dance
'r DodwOrth's. On December u the first
n the new dinner dances, In which NJ
Vanderbilt. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitnt
and number OF other fashionable "
men are interested. occurs at Sherry
and Mrs. Astor's ball. which is alwa
p one OF the red letter affairs OF the Sc
son. is. according to her announceme
:. issued last week. set for January 8.
: is understood that James Henry SIN
likewise intends to give a big ball t
!" winter at his house IN Fifth aven
Ia Last winter It may be remembered Il
- he had a musicale there by way of
" house warming The mansion forme
y, aaIonee6 - TuuI,.t, n Vxyht,,,1,
"a. 49,
- THE ANTISEPTIC BABE.
an We can sterilize his bottles. we {
es boil his little mug;
re We can bake his flannel bandaEes .
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