Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
QUEEN OF DENMARK RECEIVES
PRESIDENT OF sUFFRAGIsTs.
Society Of Newport Turns Out in
Unison at the Call Of
Charity.

| The Queen of Denmark yesterday grant
| ed an audience OF one hour to Mrs. Carrie
| Chapman Gait of New York, president Of
| the International League of Woman suf-
fragists. Her majesty showed deep inter-
est in the movement. and regretted that
the term of mourning for the late king
prevented her entertaining the delegates
| to the third conference, which is meeting
In Copenhagen August to H. She ex-
pressed her admiration of American wom-
\ en-, saying she thought them active and
progressive, and that the women of other
countries should take them as their
models A majority of the delegates, among
whom are many Americans. have already
| arrived. and are the guests of leading fam
| lilies of Copenhagen. A brilliant succession
| of excursions and fetes has been arranged
All society. as we'll as the town people of
Newport gathered yesterday afternoon at
! Sandy Point farm, the country place of Mr..
| and Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt, to at
| tend the fair given for the benefit of st.
| Marys Orphanage of Providence, which
| was the most successful affair of the kind
| ever held in Newport The treasury of the
| orphanage will be enriched by the sum of
| several thousand dollars. The fair was
| held in the big show ring at the farm,
the various booths being set up around
| the tan bark, while outside the ring IN the
stalls Mr. Vanderbilt placed his horses for
| exhibition
| The various booths were presided over by
society women. Kenilworth. the palmist.
held forth in the fortune teller's tent A
feature of the affair was the blind auction,
at which William Watt Sherman was the
auctioneer. An interesting feature of the
auction was the disposing of three bear
cubs, one of which was purchased by Mrs.
George Law for S13o, and the other two
went to Paul Rainey and Robert Goelet.
Mrs. Law presented her cub to little Miss
Kathleen Vanderbilt
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury J. H
Edwards, who is spending his vacation with
Capt Worth S. Ross the revenue cut
ter Mohawk, was at New London yester-
day and today expects to go to Newport.
The Mohawk will cruise along the New
England coast, and the return to Washing
ton is set for the beginning of next month.
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
| worth today sailed from Cherbourg for New
York on the American line steamer ST.
Paul A crowd of friends saw them off at
the railroad station here, including the Mar
qus and Count De Chambrun and their
wives, and the officials of the American
embassy.
The compartment in which Mr. and Mrs
Longworth Travelled was filled with flowers
and other gifts among which an enor-
nous basket of fruit sent in behalf of Am
bassador and Mrs Mccormick.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Mary Webster Clark. an Of
fetal of the Library of Congress, and Mr..
Charles William Jackson of New York the
wedding to take place in September at East
hampton. Mass the home of the brides
| parents.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Edith Jamison and Mr. Eu-
gene Tillotson. the wedding to take place in
December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Weyl and family will
spend month at Waverly, Judge Ash
tons farm, in King George county. Va.
Rev. r. S. w. Wood minister of the
Episcopal Church. for several years con-
nected with St Pauls School, Baltimore
and Mrs. Virgie Harris of Washington. d.
c., We're married at noon Wednesday at
st. Matthew's 2. E. Church, Oakland Nd.
by Rev. DR.. J. S. B. Hodges, rector emeritus
of St. Pauls Church, Baltimore. The bride
entered the church on the arm of her aged
uncle, Maj Gordon, who, with Mrs Cor
don, have been her huose guests during
the summer The bride wore cream lans-
downe and carried lilies of the valley The
church was finely decorated and was crowd
ed with friends of the pair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore F. Levers and
their daughter, Miss Mary Adele Levers, left
today to spend their vacation in the beau
tifu Lehigh valley of Pennsylvania among
the old Noravians.
Mrs. NJ. E. Sullivan daughter of Mrs W.
NJ Eppley, and son, j. A. Sullivan, are at
Atlantic City for a vacation.
Miss Julia Webb and Miss Mamie Zim-
norman of Washington, D. c., are making
short trip through the south
Mrs. B. Rosasco. accompanied by her
daughter Margaret NJ. Rosaseo will leave
today for Atlantic City for an indefinite
stay
Mrs NJ. Keff-Bostick with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond R. Breen and son Leo have re-
turned to this city after a delightful visit
to New York. Philadelphia, Atlantic City
and Walbrooke Park.
Mrs. James Breen and her little grand
daughter, Miss Lucille Moran, left last
Wednesday for Colonial Beach, where they
will remain for the rest of the summer
Mrs. Edward Hines and daughter Eugenia
of 1907 New Hampshire avenue are spend
ing few weeks at Bluemont. Va.
Mrs. Maude Wine Gardner is spending
several weeks with relatives near Han1ii-
ton, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs Erwin B. Linton and daugh-
ter. Miss Babel Katherine Linton have
gone to Island Heights. N J., to be absent
until the middle of September.
Misses Mary sherwood of Derwood and
Amy C. Eckhardt of. Kensington Nd will
spend a week with Miss Minnie 1. McIlwee
at Winchester. Va.
Arrivals at Hotel Lawrence, Atlantic
City, August 1, from Washington are Mrs
A Patterson. Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Friend
Miss Kate Heron, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Auhazer Mrs. W. II. Laudermilk and Mrs
G. L. Thomson and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan d. Ransdeil of 1916
Georgia avenue southeast leave today for
the mountains of Virginia, to be gone until
September L.
pretty wedding was that of Miss Fife
Francis Browning and Mr.. Charles Herring
which took place Monday evening at the
residence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Browning 81 r street
northwest. The bride wore a gown of
Brussels net over silk, with a tulle VEIL
and carried a shower bouquet of brides
roses and maiden-hair fern. Her only at
tendant. Miss Myrtle Saunders, wore blue
net over silk and carried a bouquet OF
bridesmaid roses. Shortly after the cere-
rnony the happy couple left for Niagara
Falls and points north. The bride received