Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-23
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER TO UN-
VEIL MEMORIAL TO MCKINLEY.
Ceremonies to Take Place at Column
bus September IA, the Fifth An
niversary Of the Martyrdom.

| the late President William Mckinley, which
will be presented to the state OF Ohio by
the Mckinley Memorial Association Friday,
September IA. The ceremonies will take
place at Columbus, and a very interesting
program has been prepared.
Justice Day, who was Secretary Of State
during the Mckinley administration, and
Senator Daniel of Virginia will be the
| speakers. The date selected for the dedica-
ton marks the fifth anniversary of the
death Of the martyred President. Mrs.
Longworth received the invitation yester-
day and at once wrote her acceptance and
| appreciation Of the honor
| The executive committee, in its letter to
Mrs. Longworth. stated its desire that the
| daughter Of the President of the United
! States should take part In the program.
Mr.. Longworth denies the reports that his
| wife will follow the English custom and
do some campaigning.
Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt submitted to
| an operation yesterday morning at her
country home in Portsmouth. near Newport.
| known as Sandy Point farm, for q slight
| internal trouble the nature of which was
not announced. The operation was perform
| ed by DR.. William T. Bull Of New York and
Newport, and Mrs. Vanderbilt was attended
| by q corps Of trained nurses from the New
| port Hospital After the operation 1t was
announced that it had been very success
I
patients speedy recovery.
Commander ]. c. Fremont, u. S. N, has
| arrived and taken up his duties as naval
attache of the embassy at Paris. He ex-
| poets to leave Paris for Fec, Morocco,
| shortly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A. Grant Watson
| Of the British embassy returned to their
| cottage last evening at Lenox from Dublin,
N. H.
The wedding Of Mr.. Quincy A. Shaw. jr..
Of Boston, and Miss Naneen Mitchell. which
| will take place this week at Magnolia
Beach. Mass, is Of particular interest In
| Washington where the bride-elect has been
| a frequent visitor during the social season.
The bridegroom will be remembered as one
| of Representative Longworth's ushers last
winter. Mr.. Shaw spent some Gays In
all Of the prominent society people here.
Gen. Theodore schwan, U. 8. A.. and
Mrs Schwan were of the arrivals from
Washington at Breton Woods Tuesday.
| They Will remain some time at the Mount
Pleasant, where other Washingtonians ar
| were Mr. and Mrs. ]. L. Sherwood. for a
| stay of several days. and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M " hsA ~ anu
Mrs. George E. Pickett, widow Of Gen.
Pickett, is entertaining Mrs Charles 8.
Northern, MISS Margaret Nortnen anu MIS-.
Smith D. Pickett of Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Van Taliaferro Of 1855 street
northwest has issued cards for the marriage
| of her daughter Emily to Mr.. Turner Smith
| of this city. The ceremony will take place
September at st. Andrews Church.
An interesting wedding took place last
| evening when Miss Dorothea Augusta
Boettcher, daughter Of Mrs. Marie Eliza
| beth Boettcher of 800 9th street southeast,
l pA6 nrf In ri
of this city. The ceremony was performed
| by the Rev Paul A. Mcneil at the Con-
| cordia Lutheran Church. The bride was
given away by her brother Mr.; .. freae-
| rick Boettcher and was attended by her
| only sister, Miss Louise Boettcher. The
| bridal gown was a very pretty anair OF
while crepe de chine made over taffeta
tulle veil fell gracefully about the bride,
who carried a shower bouquet or bride
roses A reception followed the wedding.
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Howard left for
| wedding trip of several weeks. Mrs
| Towards travelling costume was of light
gray cloth trimmed with white; she wore
| white felt hat. Upon their return to
| Washington Mr.. and Mrs. Howard will oc-
| cupy their new home, IA Adams street
| northwest, which was one of the gifts OF
| the bridegroom to his bride.
It became known yesterday that j. Q. A.
Ward, one of the oldest American sculptors,
| had been married for more than MONTH
his bride being his former landlady. Mrs:
an artist. Mr.. Ward, who is seventy.six
years old. takes his marriage, which has
occasioned much comment among his
| friends. in a matter-of-fact way; The mar
rage was kept a secret, Mr.. Ward says
| to avoid notoriety. The wedding took place
| July 10 at the Collegiate Reformed Church
at West End avenue and nth street, New
York city, the Rev. Herman Weber off,
| ciating. A Miss Wilson and the sexton
were the only witnesses. Among the works
| of Mr.. Ward are the statues of Washington
| in Wall street, the Indian Hunter and the
| Pilgrim in Central Park. the statue or
| Horace Greeley and in this city the statue
| Of Gen. Thomas, considered the best of Its
| class in Washington.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Salvatore Desio, who have
been stopping at the Grand Union Hotel,
! Saratoga Springs, N. Y, are now at Lake
George.
Mrs Fred Ladwig of Milwaukee. Wis,
| is q guest for few days of her sister,
Mrs Fred L. Davis Of this city.
Miss Grace Thompson of North Capitol
street left the city yesterday for short
| stay with her sister, Mrs. r. Meyer of
| Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mir. and Mrs. John Turner assisted by
Mrs Robert Lautenbach and Miss Olive
Turner gave a dance last evening Mt
Brewster Park Hotel. The invitations
were limited to fifty and included the
younger as well as the older set Of Lau-
| rel. The Saturday evening dances chaper-
oned by DR.. FLORA Brewster have proven
an interesting feature in Brewster Park
Hotel life.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. H. Melton, Mr.. and
| Mrs. T. L. Lewis and Miss Mamie s.
| Ryan are registered at the Ocean View
Hotel, Ocean View, Va.
Miss Alice Conway of Capitol Hill has
| returned home after spending a pleasant
vacation with her brother, the Rev. A. e.
Smith of Frederick, and at Gaithersburg
| with her aunt and cousins, Mrs. F. A.
| Tschiffely and the Misses Tschiffely.
Miss Ethel Windham Of Burnt Mills.
Md, has as her guest Miss Dorothy
O'Rourke Of this city.
| Mr.. and Mrs David Cridler and Mrs.
| George E. Lacey are stopping at the
Brunswick, Atlantic City.
Mrs. Gus Eichberg and daughter Thel-
ma are at Buena Vista Springs. Also at
Buena Vista Springs is Miss Amelia Alex-
ander. Mr. Sam Alexander is at Atlantic
| City for two weeks stay.
Miss Marian Rollins of 300 Maryland