Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-12
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
sTREW FLOWERS IN THE WAY
OF MRS. ROOT.
Receptions and Banquets to the Sec
rotary of State at the Peru
Wan Capital.

The mayor Of Lima, Peru, has presented
Mrs. Root. wife Of the American Secretary
of State, with beautiful golden brooch in
a mounting of diamonds and rubies, and
upon which is enameled the coat-of ARMS
Of the city of Lima.
At the banquet given in honor Of Secre-
tary Root at the presidents palace Monday
evening President Pardo delivered a speech
Of welcome and toasted the United States
and President Roosevelt.
Secretary Root and family, accompanied
by American Minister Dudley and the
mayor Of Lima, Tuesday Visited the cathe-
dral and other places of interest. At the
Central market the party received an ova-
ton A group of women strewed flowers
on the staircase the party were descend
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Scott Burden, who
have been staying at Islip with Miss Evelyn
Parsons, have gone to Tuxedo where they
are the guests Of Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Mccormick, jr,
of New York and Chicago are in Brazil.
They VIII return to this country some time
next month. They will then visit Mrs. Nc
Cormick's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Lewis Morris.
Hot Springs is rapidly filing with fash
ionable visitors from New York and else
gun much earlier than usual. Among those
who have just arrived are Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Livingston Beeckman, Mrs. Henry NJ. Alex
ander, Miss Anne Sands, Mr.. H. Hayden
Sands and Miss Marie Eddy.
Mrs. Morris Evans of Washington Is at
the Homestead Hotel.
Mr.. John F. Wilkins of Washington has
been receiving congratulations over his golf
victory. in which he defeated Mr.. Fay
I ingalls, and captured the prize.
Mrs. Meris w. Hawson to the marriage of
| their daughter, Miss Elizabeth, to Mr.. Ed
| ward E. Ayre. The wedding will take place
Tuesday, September Is, in ST. Marks Epis-
copal Church.
The marriage of Miss Jean Hancey to
William Keyser of Baltimore will be cele
brated on October IA in the Church of the
Incarnation. The engagement was an
| nounced last summer in this column. Miss
Hancey is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Edward Hancey, and made her debut about
two years ago.
At a nuptial high mass Tuesday morning
at West Point, N. Y, in the Holy Trinity
Chapel. at the academy, Miss Beatrice Otil-
lie Koehler, daughter of Capt. Herman j.
Koehler, physical director, was married to
Lieut.. Edmund Leo DAILY, Engineer Corps,
U. s. A., of Worcester Mass. Cadet James
L. Walsh was best man, and Cadets John
w. Lang and P. ]. Morrisey were the ush-
ers. The officiating of the cadets at their
schoOlIpate's wedding was an unusual and
pretty feature of the ceremony. The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss Virginia
Koehler, as maid Of honor. Miss Katharine
Daily and Miss Hazel Mckay were the
| bridesmaids.
Lieut.. Daily was graduated from the Mil
| itary Academy in the class of 1906 and has
| been assigned to the corps of engineers sta
| toned at Fort Mason, San Francisco where
| the young couple will reside
| At the close of the horse show at SYRIA
| cuse this week Alfred G. Vanderbilt will,
with Mrs. Vanderbilt, go to their camp in
| the Adirondacks for a fortnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane have like
| wise left Newport for Tuxedo, where they
| are now engaged in preparing for the we'd
| ding of their daughter, Miss Marian Sybil
Kane, which is to take place there in the
! fall.
Invitations have been issued for the we'd
| ding of Miss Ida Duany Beverly, a daugh-
| ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hill Carter Beverly Of
Essex county, Va, and Harrison Wexford,
| a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Wexford of
Sabine Hall, Richmond county, Va. The
| ceremony will be performed on October 10
at Oakley, Va, the country home Of Miss
Beverly's uncle. H. r. Dulany.
Gov ]. NJ. Terrell of Georgia and Mrs.
Terrell arrived at the Willard yesterday
for a stay of several days. Miss Sarah
Holt of Georgia accompanied them.