Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
Society in the National
Capital and Elsewhere

Philip K. Gordon, passenger agent Of the
Southern railway in San Francisco, will
leave here Saturday, May Ii, for San Fran
cisco, where Miss Gordon will be married
from her brothers house early next month
to Mr. Isaac Oliver Upham. The Gordons
have as wide an acquaintance on the IA
cific coast as here, but SO many more reia-
tives at the former point that it was Sc
lected for the ceremony. Mr. Upham Is
the son of a wel-known publisher, and his
mother for many years shared the honor
with Mrs. George Fl. Wheaton of being the
two most beautiful women in Oakland
The garden party yesterday at Friend
ship was a tremendous success. 1t not only
demonstrated once again that IL few we'll
known matrons ask help for the charities
in which they are interested they may be
sure of the cooperation of everybody, but
1t also gave Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean
day of particular pleasure in sharing the
beauties or their splendid place with hun
dreds who could not ordinarily expect to go
there. In keeping with the spirit in which
they offered their home there were no bar
riers anywhere. Each visitor was free to
ENJOY every inch of the drawing room floor,
the long hall, the living room, the billiard
room the ball room and the verandas, as
Wen as the gardens about the mansion, the
tennis court and the shady walks and fine
roads that lead from point to point The
great crescent of fashionabl BILE society which
formed around the la wn to watch the hunt
ers competitions and the troopers drill
TO frequently reproduce. Society in all its
rdmihcations was present The list of
names II printed would suggest diplomatic
night at the White House, with the usual
sprlnkllng of out-of-town visitors noticea-
BILE on such occasions
The very latest thing in garden party
clothes and the very smartest effects in
hats and sunshades were to be seen bv the
nundreds. Fine equipages entered and
left the grounds or were parked north of
the house. The cloudy morning gave
an afternoon of real comfort There was
Just enough sunshine for warmth and the
fuil enjoyment of being out of doors The
refreshment tables were spread all around
the yerandas and did fiourishing bust
ness. Mrs. Oliver Cromwell and Mrs
George Lothrop Bradley had the first tea
tables at the south door of the house, and
had assistants Miss Pauline Morton
Miss ]. Boardman, Miss Isabel May Miss
Zaidee Cobb, Misses Harriet and Mary
Switzerland, Miss Marian Fish, Miss Janet
Fish, Miss Natalie Wells, Miss Lota Robin
son of Baltimore, Miss Robson and Miss
Alexander.
Mrs. Edward Lind Morse and Mrs. M.
Lewis Clark had an adjoining spread of
cakes, sandwiches and bonbons, and Mrs
Ralph jenkins, Mrs. Peyton Russell, Mrs
Johnson Miss Ernst. Miss Sheriff. Miss
Hitchcock another the west veranda
Miss Golf, with Mrs. John Wilkins, Mrs
Frank Ellis, Mrs. McClintock, Mrs. Larz
Anderson. Miss Eleanor Hoyt, the Misses
Oliver also sold sweets, frozen and other
sistants were Mrs. Timmins, Mrs. Hudgins
Miss Hartman, Miss Maxwell and Miss
Converse. Mrs. William Slater sold lemon
ade. The Marine Band played in the south
garden, inside the box-hedged circle
Among the specially observed visitors was