Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-19
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Continued from Seventh Page.)

May, Mr.. William Hit. Mr.. Donald Cas-
sels Mr.. William T. Moore and Mr.. Sew
ard Webb of New York; Count Scent
Ivany, DR.. Kerr, Mr.. Won Schubert. Mr..
Hanihara. Mr. Pulido, Lieut.: Falconer'
Lieut. Jackson, Mr.. ]. A. C. Palmer, Mr..
Frank Poe. Lieut.. Miles, Mr.. Glover, MI
George Meyers, Mr.. Cuthbert Brown, Mr..
Henry Williams, Mr.. Bingham, Mr.. Ma
than Weyth, Mr.. Robert Breese of New
York, Lieut.. Darst. Mr.. George Totten.
Mr.. Horstmann, Mr.. Wardwen, Lieut..
Strasburger Mr.. Franklin Ellis, Mr.. VIII
liam Merriam and Mr.. William Phillips.
Mrs Letter. DR.. and Mrs. Cary Lang
horne, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Westcott and
the counselor of the French embassy. and
Nine. DIES Portes de la Fosse were among
those giving dinners last night, the guests
generally going on later to the Matheson
dance.
The Misses Barr will give dancing
party January 2 in honor of Miss Anne
Portner.
luncheon of thirty-f1ve covers today at
Rauschers and will give another of the
same number at the same place tomor-
row.
Miss Nora r. c. Loving Of Lovingston,
Va, and Mr.. Edward c. Schube of Allen.
Mich. were married at the Metropolitan
NJ. E. Church last evening at o'clock by
L.
Buffalo Cleveland and Allen. Mich, after
which they will make Washington their
future home.
The Misses Tunstall Smith OF Baltimore
are visiting their aunt, Mrs Gibson
Fahnestock
81. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church.
Hagerstown, was the scene of a pretty
wedding at noon yesterday. when Miss
hot Z Charles
Alvey were married. The bride is
daughter of Mrs. Julia Noble McComas,
this city, and a niece Of the late Judge
Louis E. McComas Of the District OF
Alvey is a son of the late Judge Rich
ard H. Alvey, for a number of years chief
judge of the Maryland court OF appeals
and later chief justice OF the Court OF
Appeals of the District Of Columbia.
A large assemblage Of relatives and
friends witnessed the ceremony, which
was performed by Rev. Joseph P. Nc
Comas. rector of st. AIMS Episcopal
Church, Annapolis. and cousin of the
bride. The latter was given away by
another cousin. Mr.. Frederick w. Nc
Ccmas of Baltimore. She was attended
by Mrs William T. Hamilton. jr::,, as
matron of honor. and by Miss Anna Elder
Alvey. sister of the groom, as maid of
]. Funk Miss Jean Lucas, Miss Edna
Smith of Hagerstown. Miss Elizabeth
Bosler of Carlisle. Pa: Miss Jennie AL
vey of Galveston. Texas; Miss Cather-
inc Wallace of Cambridge, Md.
The bri1e wore gown of white lace,
with tule veil, and carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley. The at
tendants wore white crepe de chine. the
matron and maid of honor carrying Amer
| lean beauty roses. and the bridesmaids
shower bouquets of pink enchantress car
nations.
| Tho best man was Col. Charles A. Lit
tie of the Isl Maryland regiment The
ushers were Dr. William P. Miller and
Messrs. ]. Clarence Lane, r. D. Mckee.
Clarence needy. Lewis D. Syester, J.. V:
Jamison. jr.. of Hage rstown. breakfast
to the members of the wedding party
followed at the brides home, the orii,
| liant reception that had been planned
being called off on account Of the recent
death of Judge McComas. Capt. and
Mrs. Alvey left this afternoon to spend
their honeymoon in the south. The bride
known in Washington. where she fire.
quently visited the family Of Judge Nc
| Comas. Capt. Alvey is a prominent young
member of the local bar. He is captain
and adjutant of the LIST Maryland Regi-
ment, having been active in military Cir
cles for a number Of years.
According to the Philadelphia papers,
| Mrs Reyburn. wife of the mayor and
| former representative in Congress, who Is
so well known in this city, where she will
| spend most of the winter, is having Diff
| fcult time to ascertain just what the So
| cha. status of a mayors wife really Is.
| Mrs Reyburn, who expresses what she
means in a very distinct way, Is quoted
today as follows:
Every one in Washington who holds
a government position" said Mrs. Rey-
burn, has a definite position to
fill, and it is my position as the wife
of the mayor that 1 am anxious to To-
cate. I do not want to change any GUS
toms. but want to understand just how
matters stand.
when / was abroad, even in small
| towns, the fact that was the wife of the
mayor of a great American city was suf-
ficient to bring me attentions often almost
| embarrassing. No public entertainments
| were given to which I was not invited.
| Boxes at the theaters and seats in grand
| stands at fetes were offered me, and
other attentions were showered upon
| me-
Since returning to Philadelphia. how
| ever, all this has changed There has
| been no recognition whatever of the Off
cial character of her home or its mistress.
| Her Wednesday receptions are attended
by her old friends. but the public
makes no attempt to venture in, and
| thus acknowledge a first lady One
particular grievance lately. If such
harsh word could be used by one who is
only seeking light in a social problem,
is that no boxes are reserved for the