The Washington times., 1907-05-24

Supper Given
by Abb Club
forLongworths

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The President and Mrs Roosevelt are
again established in the White House.
where they will be until the 18th OF
June, when they will go to Oyster Bay
They will spend their spring season in
the informal way which has been their
wont. having friends to dine and TO
lunch with them quite informally
These impromptu parties began last
evening when DR.. Hart Merriam. Wood
worth Pike. and Charles Sheldon were
their guests.
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
LOngworth, who have been guests in
the White House during this week, left
this afternoon for their home in Gin
cinnati, where they will remain until
the LIST of July. Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth had a farewell supper given them
by number Of friends in the Abb
Club last evening, which proved TO be
one of the most fetching Of the enter
tainments for which that unique club
is already famous.
Mrs. Longworth came to Washington
from Boston, where she made a short
visit TO her maternal grandmother,
Mrs. George c. Lee. in her home in
Brookline. Boston's aristocratic suburb.
Early in July Mr. and Mrs, Longworth
will make a trip TO Alaska, the first
they have made to that region.
Much interest is centered about the
wedding Of Miss Constance Bacon! Of
Lenox. Mass. niece of the Assistant
Secretary of State. Robert Bacon. who
hu NJ
and New York. tomorrow at noon, in
the Trinity Church. Lenox.
Among the brides attendants viii be
the daughter of the Assistant Secretary,
Miss Martha Bacon, a young school girl.
Among the other bridesmaids viii be
the sisters of the bride Misses Elsie
and Emily, all strikingly handsome
girls. the former of whom is engaged
TO Joseph Lowering, OF commonwealth
avenue. Boston, and whose wedding will
take place in the fall. A wedding break
fast and reception will follow the cere-
mony. in the beautiful home of the
BacOns, Windyside, at LenoX- An anus
ing mistake has been made in calling
Miss Constance Bacon tire daughter OF
the Assistant Secretary OF State, as his
daughter is the junior Of her cousin by
some years. Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon and
their family went TO LenoX this morn
ing for the wedding.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Newberry entertained at dinner
last evening. in their home, on Sixteenth
street
Mr. and Mrs Larz Anderson were
hosts at dinner last evening. Covers
were laid for thirty and among the
Admiral and Mrs. William Sheffield
Cowles, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Brown
son. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rae Prince
Henri de Croy. and Mr.. Lindsay, OF the
British embassy.
Miss Katherine Elkins. daughter Of
the Senator from West Virginia, has
gone to Baltimore to attend the horse
show She is showing her two Jumpers
Joker and Blondell. and. according 70
her custom, is likely TO return with az
least one blue ribbon. She was the only
woman who appeared in the last entry
yesterday. She rode BlondeI.
Mrs. Walter D. Wilcox is the guest
of her parents-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G whfttemore at the Arlington. Mrs
Wilcox has spent the last year in Cuba
where Mr.. WiIcoX's business interests
have detained him.
He will Join Mrs. Wilcox here early
next month and they will start at once
for Europe for a summer tour Inc
yVbittarnOrp house has been leased for
several years, having been occupied AT
different times by Senator and Mrs
Dryden OF New Jersey EepTe AYE w.
York. and the past season by Theodore
p Shonts and his family, who are now
IN Europe Next fall Representative
and Mrs. Weeks Of Boston VIII Degln
10 occupy it under a several years
lease
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ford Thompson. ir..
have arrived in Washington from Eu-
rome where they were. married about
two months ago. The ceremony took
place in Geneva, where Mrs thompson 3
spending several years while her young
er children are I'm school there. MI;
and Mrs Thompson are the guests OF
the latter's aunt. Mrs. Richard liar
low, who presented her 10 washington
society two years ago.
Owing to the prediction of rain for
Saturday, the lawn fete for the Pro
Cathedral arranged for at St. Adams
Church tomorrow, between the hours OF
3 and o'clock. has been postponed untn
June 6.
Miss Anna Nash has removed from
1908 Thirteenth street 70 Alton House.
Cards have been issued announcing the
marriage of Miss Ida Garges and George
r. Chamberlain. The ceremony took
place on Monday. May 13. in New YORK.
After July l they will be at home at
sos West 1l1th street, New York.
The last talk OF Miss Janet Richards
on current topics will begin to-
morrow in the pavilion at the Chevy
Chase lake 1t has been Miss Richards
annual custom for several years to give
the last lecture of the season in this
attractive spot. and her patrons have
formed the habit of turning the affair
into a sort OF literary picnic. most OF
them taking their lunch baskets with
them and enjoying an informal picnic
after the talk. The latter viii consist
OF a brief summary of the most i'm
portant DEVELOPMENTS of last wear both