Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A DINNER IN HONOR OF THE RE-
TIRING RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
Weddings Yesterday in Which Wash
ingtonians Have Interest
Personal Notes.

Count Cassni. the Russian ambassador
who Is soon to retire from the dolom attic
service here was the guest of honor last
night at a dinner given by the French am
| bassador and Nine Jusserand. The date
OF Count Cassini's departure has not yet
| been definitely fixed but it probably will
| be early in June. The dinner guests at the
| French embassy were Baroness Mayor des
Pianches. wife of the Italian ambassador;
the German ambassador and Baroness Won
Sternburg, the Netherlands minister, Bar
| oness Giskra. wife of the charge d'affaires
of Austria Hungary; Hugh Beirne charge
d'affaires of Great Britain; Mr.. and Mrs
| Henry May, Mrs. Slater, Commander Bou-
takon and Col. RaSpoDooff of the Russian
embassy, the counselsor of the French en-
Dassy and Nine. des Portes de la Fosse the
viscount and Viscountess de I'aramond and
| Capt Fourn!er.
| Miss Natalie Wells. who was the guest
| here SO lately of Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, wah
married yesterday in New York to Mr.
| Harry Twyford Peters. The bride wore
| the conventional white satin and point lace
| with veil of Brussels net. The maid of
| honor, Miss Marian Fish, was of white
| crepe meotori and mousseline de sole
Her white straw hat was trimmed with
white feathers. The four bridesmaids
wore white chiffon dresses, white lace straw
| hats trimmed with pink roses and carried
| white and pink flowers.
The marriage of Mss Estelle de Puyster
| so well known ke:e. and Mr.. Edward
| Sturges Hosmer, former resident, took
| place yesterday at Grace Church, New
| York. The bride who was given away by
| her brother-in-law Carrot T. B. Kip wore
a princesse gown of white liberty satin,
| trimmed with point lace and had a
point lace veil. She carried lilies of the
valley. Her sister. Mss Justin de Puyster
| was the only attendant Her frock was of
pale blue chiffon CLOTH trimmed with blue
| lace, with which she a light blue hat
| trimmed with feathers of the s lme color
| She carried a bouquet of pink roses. Mr.
| l.. H. Hosmer was best man, and Mr.. Theo-
| dore Hansen of the British embassy and
| Mr. w. D. Davidge of this city were among
| the ushers. A small reception followed at
| the temporary home of Mrs. de Puyster
Fifth avenue.
| Miss Edith Kent Sanger of this city was
among Miss Russelrs bridesmaids at her
| marriage yesterday at Middletown. Conn,
| to Mr.. Charles r. AuchiuclCss of New York.
| The brides souvenir to her maid of honor
was a diamond pin and to her bridesmaids
| pearl pins.
| Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson, USN
retired, and Miss GriZelda Houston Hull
| We're married yesterday at the home of the
| latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Huntington Hull, at Tuxedo Park. Rev
William FitzSimmon of St Mary's Church
offciated. Three floral arches spanned the
distance from the drawing room to the
| conservatory. where before an altar dec
GRATED with flowers from Mt Vernon, the
couple stood to be married.
Miss Lucia f. Hull, sister of the bride
was maid of honor, and Lieut.. James NJ.
Hobson. jr, U.S.A, brother of the bride
groom, was best man. Among the ushers
were Mr.. ]. A. Blunt Mr.. Edward De Graf
fenred and Mr. L. B. Musgrove of Ala
bama; Gen. Curtis Guild, jr, Of Boston;
Mr.. S. r. Bertron and Mr. Nicola Tesla of
New Richmond vic
and Mr. Hayne Davis of North Carolina
The couple received many elegant gifts
put put number of others of greater 1
historic than intrinsic value. These latter
included key, the gift of Mr.. A. NJ Tuck
er of Canton, Ohio, which locked Capt
Hobson In a cell of the MORO castle at
Santiago during the Spanish-American
war; the glasses which Admiral Cervera
captured from Capt Hobson at the time
of the sinking of the Merrmac and a
number of pieces of wood taken from the
Merrimac and presented by different per-
sons. Among the guests were the Misses
Ann, Margaret and Florence Hobson of
miral Chadwick. U.SN; Gen Nelson A.
Miles, U.S.A.; Major. Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
E.S;A.; Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Dickerson,
Springfield, Mo-; Miss Hubbell. Spring
field. Mo. Mr.. Larry Gore. st. Louis; Miss
Irene Gore, st. Louis, Mo
The wedding guests left with Capt and
Mrs. Hobson at o'clock on a special train
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobson will pass several
weeks in the Adirondacks, after which
they Will go to Greensboro, Ala, where
they will reside.
1t IS pleasant to record the honors about
to be paid to Miss Emily Virginia Mason
of this city, who will leave next week for
Detroit, where she will lie the guest IF
honor at the unwilling June } of the statue
erected OF her brother, Stevens Thomson
Mason, first governor OF Michigan. Miss
Mason will attend by an Invitation extend
ed to her in person BY the governor of
Michigan and the mayor of Detroit who
recently visited Washington for the pur-
pose. and will be equally he guest of city
and state. A private car will be placed at
her disposal for the triJs from and to
Washington, and the most elaborate nrepa-
rauons have been made for her comfort
in Detroit
Miss Mason, who was then a dashing,
spirited belle in her teens, presided over the
executive mansion In Detroit during its oc-
cupancy by her brother popularity known
as the hoy governor" She will be ac-
companfed upon the Wis., by her great
nephew. Mr.. Stevens Thompson Mason of
Baltimore, and is loking Onward to the in
cident of her visit with the greatest en-
thusiasm.
Miss Virginia Tllard syme of Winches-
ter Va, was married yesterday to DR..
George Bullock Weiss of this city at the
home of Rev. Henry T. Sharp, Baltimore,
who performed the ceremony
The bridesmaid Miss Susie SWINE a
sister of the bride, and Mr.. G. w. iddings
was the best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fitton Denny have
sent out cards for the marriage of their
daughter, Virginia Small, to Mr., Hermann
Wilhelm Bergfeld, Wednesday evening
June Z. at O'Clock, at ST Andrews
Church. reception will follow from o
to 10 at 1852 street. The couple will no
at home after July Is at Culebra. Panama
Mrs. Peirce Crosby. with her daughter.
Miss Jean Crosby, will sail for Europe
June to pass the summer
Mrs. James Mulloy of 1901 sth street
northwest celebrated her eighty-sixth birth
day on May "a. surrounded by her chill
dren, grandchildren and great-grandchil-
dren, some of the latter two groups com
ing from Indianapolis and Richmond.
Miss Annie d. Sturgeon of Apex. N C.,