Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
, %OW comes the returning tide to
n the cities from resorts of noun
~ tain and sea. A break occurs IN
the social annals between the

the social annals between the
summer and the winter obiga- Z
lions and for the days OF perfect autumn
relaxation and real recreation may De nAo
for the strenuous promoters OF social events
The thousands Of vacationists hurryins oach
sun drowned are not more eager for their
work In their new energy than are the
leaders of the resorts for the quiet OF coun-
try places and recuperstion for the winter
speeding. Coincident with the closing u
hotels and the retirement Of cottagers into
more exclusive fall quiet comes the news
that Secretary Root is approaching ran
anna The swift triple-screw Columbia, un-
der orders, sailed from New York yesterday
to convey the hundred marines TO duan.a-'
namo. where they will be placed at the dis
position of Capt. Switzerland. com"ahoins
the vessels in West Indian waters The
Columbia will then take on board an eQuai
number of marines who have been stationed
On tho Istbmus of Panama for some time
and are now at Guantanamo awaiting
transportation to this country. After maxi
ing this exchange the Columbia Will pro-
coed to Colon to meet Secretary ROOFS
party. 1t is not yet known whether the
Secretary will board the vessel or Will go
north on the Charleston to San Francisco
and return to Washington overland. But
In any event Mrs. Root and her party Will
be taken on board the Columbia, and II the
Secretary Is aboard the ship will proceed
to Cartagena; otherwise she will head d.
rectly for New York, reaching there be-
fore October /.
Mr.. and Mrs Ogden Mills will close their
Newport villa next week and go to their
Staatsburg country place for the autumn.
entertaining there with house parties over
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morris Morgan have
returned to this city after spending the
summer at Warrenton, Va, and Will stay
for a month at Chevy Chase Inn before
returning to their home at 1876 10th street
Miss Frederick Morgan Will De one OF tnlS
winters debutantes.
Miss Myra Esther Griggs was married
Thursday to Mr.. James H. Anderson IN the
Leuox Avenue Union Church. New York.
The bride was attended by Miss Blanche
Priest as maid of honor, and Misses Eva
Ernst, Ida Stable, Nellie Bush, Lillian An
derson and Mrs. w. E. Griggs as brides
maids. Miss Alberta Gobel was flower girl.
Mr.. ]. Henry Holloway was best man.
reception was held at the brides home,
1861 Madison avenue Mr.. Anderson Is prl-
vate secretary to United States Senator w.
A. Clark of Montana, and his bride was a
teacher.
Master Pembroke Jones, jr., Of Newport,
Is developing into quite a humorist. Re
Gently he has been provided with his own
funds and a check book. Those with whom
the boy does business have observed his
evident attention to details, but 1t has been
noted that all his checks are numbered Z3.
When asked about the matter recently he
remarked that twenty-three was the only
appropriate number for check after all
1t meant lit goes" just as money usually
does.
Master Jones gave a party for some of
his Juvenile friends at the Berkeley Friday
morning.
Mr.. Huntington Wilson, the newly APP
pointed third assistant secretary Of state.
has joined Mrs. Wilson at Magnolia, the
summer home OF her fother, Mr.. Thomas
James of st. Louis. They are making
short trips to Lenox and the nearby re-
sorts on the North Shore.
Dr. William E. Chancellor, the newly
appointed superintendent of the public
schools and Mrs. Chancellor have taken
the residence 1888 Baltimore street for
their permanent Washington home. The
house was occupied for the first time last
winter, Mr.. Havenith secretary of the Bel
gian legation. being the occupant.
Mr. Stanley Olmsted, son Of Mr.. Victor
Olmsted, chief statistician of the Agricul-
tural Department, who spent the summer in
Carlin Springs, Va, with his mother and
sister, Mrs. Charles Wilcox. left Friday for
Ithaca, n. Y, where he will assume his
duties as director of the piano department
in the Ithaca Conservatory Of Music. Mr..
Olmsted has attracted much attention as
an author recently, his book "The Nom
chalante," having attracted widespread
comment and attention. He is a former
pupil Of Leschetizky and an accomplished
pianist.
A pleasant day Friday at Hot Springs,
Va, made the birthday picnic of Mr.. Mel
vile e. Ingalls, great success. His guests
drove in buckboards to the elevation of
Flag Rock, where, September every year,
he entertains. Among the prominent rail-
road men at the springs for the event was
Mr. George w. Stevens of Richmond, pres
ident of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway.
From Cincinnati were Messrs w. J. Lynch
of the Big Four, F. B. Wiborg and Edward
Colston. Mr.. ingalls, was formerly presi-
dent of the Big Four railroad and now is
chairman Of the executive committee.
Morgan. who is spending some time at
Marienbad, the Bohemian resort so favored
by royalty and where King Edward Is at
present making his annual visit. enter
tanned at a dinner recently in honor Of his
majesty. The affair took place at the Cafe
Rubezal and among the guests were Sir
Stanley and Lady Clare. Mr.. and Mrs. Glas-
gov and Mr.. Anthony Drexel
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard who have
been among the most active entertainers
this summer both at Bar HarbOr and at
Tuxedo Park. have now given up their Bar
Harbor cottage and have returned to their
place at Tuxedo, where they entertained at
a house party over Labor day.
Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Key,
the Presidents naval aid in the White
House, has returned to Washington after
several weeks stay with his family in Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Mrs. Key and the children
will remain at that place until October 1.
Speaking of the social leader whose illness
has alarmed the whole coterie, it has re-
peatedly been said Mrs. Astor is society
Today her invitation list Is the coveted one,
as in the seventies-1S74-it was that she
gave her first large ball At this ball she
introduced her daughter, who afterward be-
came Mrs. James J. Van Allen. Since then
these balls have been given annually-and
semi-annually in Newport; often enough to
be considered one Of the features Of the
fashionable summer season, as well as of
New York's winter season.
With the coming Of Mrs. Aston to New
port the summer social season would open,
and with her departure the fashionable sea-
son would end. And so In New York. Mrs.
Astors luncheon or Mrs. Astor's dinner
would open the winter season, and the clos
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