Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
SOCIET Y
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time for the great historical pageant, Illus
trating one thousand four hundred years OF
the eistory of the house of Warwick. to be
given at Warwick Castle during the first
week in July.
OF Col. Henry A. Du Pont. the newly elect
ed senator from Delaware, the following
has appeared in print:
Like the other members of the Du Point
family he is a great lover of blooded horses.
The fine stables connected with his man.
sion, several miles from Wilmington, con
tain dozen high-class saddle and driving
horses. The senator. however, does not In
dulge In horse racing, contenting himself
with riding about his estate and the sur
rounding country on horseback and in car
rfages. He Is also breeder of Holstein
cattle. ~--~.---4-e
T. Coleman Du Pont, cousin of the new
senator. who engineered the plan where by
Col. Du Pont was elected, is an ardent lover
OF standard and thoroughbred horses. He
has number of fast trotters and partici-
pates regularly in weekly races of the Del
aware Horse Show Association here. Sad
die horses are also his hobby. many of them
having won blue ribbons. He sailed for Eu-
rope from New York with his family on
Tuesday.
Col Du Points stone mansion, which re-
quired over two years to build. is the hand
soonest home in Delaware. It has squash
court that Is finished In marble When a
Wilmington telephone official recently drove
there to arrange for the Installation of tele-
phones by means of underground wires, he
left his team some distance from the man
sion.
II will have to see to my team" said the
official presently.
Never mind about that" replied the
colonel Some of the servants will attend
to your horse. Lord knows there are so
many of them around here that they in
each others way. Let them have some
thing to do"
1t is believed that Colonel Du Pont will
entertain on a fine scale in Washington.
taking his servants and horses with him.
He Is widower with one son.
The engagement has been announced by
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall c. Leferts of their
daughter, Miss Mary Cozine Lefferts of
New York, to Ensign Henry Rawle. U.S.N.,
of Philadelphia, who is son of Mr. Fran
els Rawle Of the well-known Philadelphia
family, and is related to the Pemberton,
Hare and Wharton families of that city.
He is on the battleship West Vir-
ginia, in the New York navy yard
Mr.. and Mrs. Lefferts are at their coun-
try house, Hedgewood, in Lawrence L. l.,
where Mr.. Rawle is visiting his fancee.
No date has been mentioned for the we'd
ding
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey are expected to
spend July at Richheld Springs.
Senators and Mrs Burrows will go out
to their Michigan home after the adjourn
make a short European trip during the
summer Mr.. Burrows McNeir, grandson
of the senator. and his bride. who was
formerly Miss Eileen Ely of New York,
have returned from their wedding trip to
New York city. They will spend the next
few weeks at Rrier Cliff Manor, the home
of the brides mother, and on July Is they
will go to Brae View. the home Of the
bridegrooms parents at Scarborough-on-
the-Hudson. They will spend the remain
der of the summer there, as Mr.. and Mrs.
George McNeir. son-in-law and daughter
of Senator Burrows, will sail about the
18th of next month for a several months
visit In Europe. Mr.. and Mrs Burrows
McNeir will go to housekeeping in their
own apartments in New York city in DC
tober.
A pretty wedding took place last
evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of the
bride. 3411 18th street northwest Columbia
Heights, when Miss Minnesota Madison of
Osakis, MINI, and Mr.. Henry T. Ronning
of Glenwood, Mimi. were married in the
presence of their immediate relatives and
friends. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Samuel H, Greene, pastor of Calvary