Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-17
TIE WORLD OF SOCIETY
OF GENERAL JOE
WHEELER ENGAGED TO WED.
Longworths to Leave Oyster Bay To-
day for misunderstanding OF
Miss Ethel Heygster.


Of the late Gen. Joseph Wheeler. to Mr..
Gordon NJ. Buck Of New York. The mar
riage will be celebrated very quietly on Oc-
tober at the country home Of the brides
family, in Wheeler, Ala.
Miss Wheeler is the youngest Of the four
daughters Of the renowned fighter, who
died last January. Her sisters are Misses
Lucy L. and Annie E. Wheeler and Mrs.
William ]. Harris. She has one brother.
Maj. Joseph Wheeler, jr. Mrs. Harris was
a volunteer nurse In Cuba during the Span
ish-American war.
Mr.. Buck, like his flancee, Is southerner,
and has resided in New York for several
years. He Is lawyer and belongs to the
University Club and the Southern Society.
He was graduated from the University Of
Representative and Mrs. Longworth will
not return to Washington, but expect to
leave Sycamore Hill today for Cincinnati,
Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth in Cincin-
natl will divide their time between the
Longworth residence and the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Buckner Wallingford, the latter
Mr.. Longworths sister.
Secretary Bonaparte arrived at Lenox last
night from New York. Other notable men
in Lenox are Sir Gilbert Carter. governor
OF the British West Indies, who, with Lady
Carter, is at Curtis Hotel. and Carl Lum-
holtz, the explorer, who is a guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. David Lydig.
Miss Ethel Lavina Heygster, daughter
Of Mrs. Ada 1. Heygster of this city. was
married yesterday evening to Mr.. Merritt
Osborne Richmond of New York at 8
O'Clock in the home of the brides mother
by Rev. c. r. Stetsor1, rector of the Church
Of the Good Shepherd. The bride was at
tended by Miss Claudia Trainor of Garrett,
Ind. as maid of honor, and by little Miss
Enroll Muriel Richmond, a niece Of the
bridegroom, as flower girl The bridegroom
New York as best man. The wedding gown
was Of white net, trimmed with Irish lace.
The bride carried shower bouquet Of bride
roses and lilies Of the valley. After a
for Haines' Falls, in the Catskill noun
tains, for their honeymoon The bride wore
travelling gown Of gray wolfe, with a black
Neapohtan hat After September Is they
will be at home at 81 Ryerson street, in
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has arranged for
August 25 to give dinner for ITO guests
at Cross Ways, the dinner to be followed
by a vaudeville entertainment The guests
will be brought here from New York in q
private car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus H. Snow have re-
turned to their home, on Massachusetts
avenue. for a short stay after two months
of automobiling and yachting along the
coast Of New England. Mr.. Snow spent
two months previously in Europe and re-
turned only in time to join Mrs. Snow for
the auto trip in the north.
Mrs. Robert Aaron, who has spent some
weeks in Baltimore visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Freedman, has returned to
her home in this city.
The minister from Costa Rico and Nine.
Calvo in November will go to Costa Rico,
where they will remain for several months.
They have temporarily opened their house
in the city. after spending the first part of
the summer in the Virginia mountains.
A simple but impressive ceremony took
place yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when
Miss Leona Carroll Baxter and Mr.. Harry
Hoffman Reed Helwig were married by the
Rev. Edwin Slater Dunlap at st. John
Protestant Episcopal Church. Only rela-
tives were present. Immediately after the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Helwig left Wash
ington for their wedding trip Mr.. Helwig
is a WASHINGTON man. and for some time
was soloist at ST Johns Church. Mrs. Hell
wig is very pretty bride. She is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Francis H. Baxter Of this city
After their wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Hell
wig will make Washington their home
Count Hatfield Of the Russian embassy
at Washington Is the guest of F. J. Otis. at
Newport, for q few days.
Mrs. Reginald De Koven was over from
Newport and gave luncheon yesterday in
the Casino, at Narragansett. With her were
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Alexander, have
Robinson.
Gen. and Mrs. Alexander s. Webb, since
their return from Lenox where they were
the guests of their son-in-law and daugh-
tria arrived last evening at the New Cliffs
been staying at Parkside, their place at
-the-Hudson.
Countess Annie Leary will arrive at Park
Gate. Newport. during the first week Of
September.
Robert Bacon, assistant secretary of
state, and Mrs. Bacon are cruising on board
their steam yacht along the coast of Maine.
Countess Camilla Hoyos of Loesdorf, Aus
trtia, arrived last evening at the New Cliffs
Hotel, Newport.
Harry B. Kane and Mrs. Lehman Robin
son of New York gave dinner dance at
the Country Club at Newport last evening.
The guests included the Rev Mr.. and Mrs.
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. David Lewis,
Miss Eleanor Lewis, DR.. and Mrs. A. F.
Hopkins of this city and Mrs. Irving H.
Chase Of Waterbury, Conn.
Gen, Richard Lador, United States army.
is guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hutton, in
birmingham.
Miss Mabel Choate, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Joseph H. Choate, has gone to Dark
Harbor, Me.
Mrs William Astor Is booked to said
from Europe on August 25, and she is exc
pected at Beechwood on or about Septem-
Der l. Never in Viewpoints history did Mrs
Astor defer her visit to Newport until such
q late date.
Gen. J. H. Brinker has returned home
very much improved after three weeks
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Lanier Ross,
Riverside, New York city.
Miss Ruth Ellis of X street left this
morning for Deer Park, Md.
Mrs. G. C. Maynard and Mr.. Cotton May
nard are at Trout Lake, Algoma province
Canada
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Gregg have left for
q short stay at the Wiltshire, Atlantic City.
Mrs VIM. w. DAILY and son Harry with
Mrs A. Thour and daughter Edna, left the
city last evening to join a party of friends
in Baltimore for a trip to Niagara Falls,
Buffalo, Toronto and vicinity.
Mrs ]. S. Kann and Master Stuart Kann
have left for few weeks visit in the Blue
Ridge mountains.