Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-06
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. ROOSEVELT rs NOW ON HER
WAY HOME.
A Pleasant Gathering at the Moore
Residence-other Sociabili-
ties-Personals

Mrs Roosevelt and children left Havana
| yesterday aboard the Mayficwer to begin
1 the return journey to Washington. 1t is
| said that the trip has been highly beneficial
| to her in every way her glinpses of Cuba
having been accompanied by many pleasant
! incidents.
! At the marriage In New York yesterday
of Mr.. Austin Cheney and Miss Ruth Bacon.
| daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Gorham Bacon,
| the bride wore a white liberty satin robe.
| with lace, and a long tulle veil. Her orna-
| rnents we're pearls and diamonds Instead
| of a bouquet she carried a prayer book,
| with a white tulip as a bookInsrk. Mrs.
| Richard March Harper, sister of the bride,
whose own wedding took place in the same
| church few weeks since, came from
| Denver to be the matroD OF honor. She
| wore a coat costume of blue chiffon cloth
| and white lace and a blue hat The brides
maids. the Misses Annette Whipple Kate
| de Forest Prentice. Marion Smyth and
Ruth Cheney. were in pale blue cloth gowns,
| topped by cream straw hats. trimmed with
/ blue feathers and carried blue parasols in
| stead of bouquets. The two young flower
! girls the sister and cousin, respectively, Of
| the bride. were Miss Elizabeth Bacon and
| Miss Faith Simpkins of Washington. They
were in white Angaise embroidery frocks,
with yellow sashes and white hats trimmed
| with yellow ribbon.
! The Brazilian ambassador and Nine. Ma
buco entertained at dinner last night in
! honor of the Chilean minister and Nine.
| Walker Martinez. who are to leave Wash
| ington the last of this month for Europe,
en- route for Brazil and their own home In
/ the company were Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
| MacVeagh. the financial agent Of the Rus
| sian embassy and Nine. Wilenkin the
counsellor of the French embassy and Nine.
! Des Portes de la Fosse. the military and
| naval attacile of the Brazilian embassy and
Mime. de Pederneiras. Mrs. Mccartney Wis
| count d Ate. the minister from Portugal,
Prince koudaCneff of tie Russian embassy
Mr.. Velloso Of the Brazilian embassy Miss
| Walker Martinez, MIR. and Mrs. Hannis
Taylor and Mr.. Ca!deron of the Peruvian
| legation.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer Moore gave one
| of the most delightful receptions of the
! spring season yesterday afternoon at her
home on New Hampshire avenue for the
| friends to meet her guests, Mrs. Furt-
wangler and Mrs. Coulter, wife of Gen
Coulter, both of Cireensburg, Pa The &C.
| casion brought together several hundred
| persons prominent In official and resident
| life of the capital. The house was abloom
| with American Beauty roses and an orches
| ira played throughout the afternoon. In
| the dining room the table was decked with
| pink roses The hostess had the assistance
| of her daughter, Miss Irene Moore Mrs
William Alden Smith, Mrs RobeI, I. Flem-
| Ing, Mrs. Staples, Miss Seymour Miss
| Curtin, Miss Mamie Graham Hume, Miss
| Caderson, Miss Blanche Hooper, Miss
| Helen Humphrey and Miss Day. The latter
| presided over the punch bowl
| Wednesday evening, April 1. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Richar +. Farr gave an ice cream supper
| at their residence 1855 9th street northwest,
| in honor of the eighteenth birthday of their
| Oldest son, Earl w. FAIR. Friends present
were the Misses Mary Hammer, Josephine
! Wyne, Florence Moore, Goldie Wyne,
/ Louise Farr and Edith Farr, Mr.. and
| Mrs. George E. Wyne and the Messrs.
| Edgar Richardson, Charles Andrews,
Claude Farr and Richard Falr, jr
Mrs. V B. Mullan of Fort Madison.
widow of Commander H. E. Mullan,
| L. S. N, is visiting friends at the West
! over, Northwest, Washington, D. c.
One of the most interesting events in the
social affairs of Alexandria county. Va,
| was the marriage last Wednesday evening
| of Mr.. Henry Wilson Petty and Miss Alice
! Rose Smith. both residents of Arlington
! The ceremony was performed by Rev. DR..
| c. C. Pierce, chaplain at Fort Myer, In the
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Chapel at Ar
| lington The chancel and altar of the
| church were beautifully decorated with
| Easter lilies and palms.
| The bride was escorted by her father, and
wore white lace and chiffon over silk and
! carried a shower bouquet of white carna-
| tons. Miss Ethel Smith, sister of the bride,
who was maid of honor, wore corn-col-
|
! Of daffodils tied with yellow tule. Mr..
| Frederick Thompson of Wisconsin was best
man.
After the ceremony a reception was held
| at the home of the bride, which was at
| tended by many relatives and friends of
! the young couple. Following the recep-
| ton Mr. and Mrs. Petty started on their
wedding tour In the northern states. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
| Smith Mr.. Petty is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry s. Petty, who formerly resided
| In this city.
| DR.. and Mrs Lewis Rutherford Morris
tof New York will be here next Monday on
| their way home from North arohna and
| will spend the coming week with the father
| of the latter, Senator Clark OF Montana,
| at his home on Massachusetts, avenue.
NJ Havenith. counsellor of the Belgian le-
| CATION, and his colleagues, NJ. Nerinex and
! NJ lie Teller, gave a dinner last night at
the New Willard when among their guests
were Baroness Moncheur, Miss Wetmore,
! Miss Patten, Miss Boardmap, Miss Clayton,
! Miss May Miss Meyer, daughter of the
| American ambassador to Russia; Miss Cou-
dert, Mile. des Portes, Miss Sheppard, Rep
| resentatives Butler Ames, Capt Cassatt.
/ sgnor Montagna, charge d'affaires of the
| Italian embassy; Count SZechenyi, counsel
Tor of the Austrian embassy; Vicomte de
! Chambrun of the French embassy, and
| Count Mocenigo of the Italian embassy.
Judge and Mrs Howry had as dinner
| guests last night the Cuban minister and
| Nine Quesada, Senator and Mrs. Talia-
| ferro Senator and Mrs. Rayner Senator
| and Mrs. Culberson, Mr. and Mrs. Perry
| Belmont and Mrs. and Mrs. Oracle
! Mrs. John Ryde of Chiddingfold, England,
! is due in New York Saturday the 9TH, per
| steamship Lucania. While in this country
| Mrs. Ryde will be the guest of Mrs. Clark
| of Stoneleigh Court
| The marriage of Reuben Bacon Clark of
| this city and Miss Helen Godschalk of Phil
| adelphia will take place at the residence of
| the bride Wednesday, the 11th at high
| noon. Only the immediate families of both
| parties will witness the ceremony.
Miss Brooke gave a charming luncheon
| Wednesday at the Portner In honor of Miss
| Helen Elliott.
| Gen. Ferdinand c. Lstrobe of Baltimore
| yesterday received letter from Rome from
| his sister-fn-law, Mrs. r. Stewart Latrobe,
| widow of r. Steuart Latrobe, announcing