Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-15
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
WEDDING DAY SET FOR MISS
REID AND MR.. WARD.
Similar Events at Home Of Great In
terest-In Justice Har-
lan's Honor.

| Miss Jean Reid. daughter Of the Amer
lean ambassador to Great Britain, White
law Reid. and John Hubert Ward,
brother Of the Earl of Dudley. and eauer-
ry-in-waiting to King Edward. will be
| married June %.
| Queen Alexandra probably will be
among those who will attend the wedding.
AS the Chapel Royal Is small. the action
of his majesty in placing 1t at the dis
| posal Of the couple for their wedding
makes 1t necessary to limit the number
of invitations to the ceremony. but after
ward there will be a big reception at
Dorchester House. the London residence
of the brides father.
| The wedding is being held in June in
order to enable the Earl and Countess OF
Dudley to be present, as the earl VIII
| leave London early in July for Australia.
where he Is to take up the duties OF gov
| ernor general.
1t was at the personal suggestion Of
King Edward that the Chapel Royal Is
to be the scene of the wedding. His maj
| esty wishes especially to signalize the
T event Of the marriage OF. an ambassador
| daughter in London, and the fact that
| the bridegroom will. In this case. DO the
| first member Of his majesty's household
| to marry since his accession no the
| throne.
| Mrs. Reid held a reception yesterday
afternoon at Dorchester House. her
| American visitors in London. Miss Reid
and Mr.. Ward are receiving numerous
| congratulations.
| Mrs. Williams. who accompanied her
daughter. the fiance Of Mr.. Joseph Letter,
to New York over ten days ago. has re-
turned to the Connecticut. where she will
be joined by Miss Williams before Sun
day. All the arrangements are progress
ing rapidly for the wedding. which IS
fixed for June 10. at the Connecticut and
company Of relatives and close personal
friends. The invitations to the wedding
| breakfast at Rauschers. which will fo!.
low within the hour of the ceremony VIII
soon be sent out. This company will, 1t Is
said be also limited In number, so that
the beautiful bride on her wedding day
will only have her closest friends and
| those OF the bridegroom to witness Their
ceedingly beautiful. and the wedding
dress. which is nearing completion. Is to
be trimmed with cid family lace. which
| has probably been worn on many similar
occasions.
The wedding of the brides mother. who
was Miss May Hewitt of st. Louis. to the
then Lieut. Williams was an important
| event to the society of the former city
over two decades ago Mrs; " William ans
who was married twice. first to Henry
Choteau and after several years OF
| widowhood to Mr.. Cornelius Hewitt. also
of ST. Louis. Mrs; Williams stepstster
and brother are Mrs Bertha Choteau
| Turner and Mr.. Asby Choteau, both OF
| st. Louis.
| Entertainments for Miss Williams and
Mr.. Letter. which were suspended by
their absence from town. will be at once
resumed. In New York the bride-elect
was constantly feted by her friends. and
| in Chicago a similar compliment was paid
Mr.. Letter by his men friends.
Mr.. Charles Henry Butler has invita-
| tions out for a reception Monday even
| ing. June I. to meet Mr.. Justice Harlan.
| There Is no indication on the card to
| show why the date was selected. but an
tory discloses the fact that it is the sew
enty-fifth anniversary of Justice Har-
| lan's birth
bert Brown and Lieut.. Charles Russell
Train. U.S.N.. is likely to be Juno 15
although the Anal arrangements await the
approval Of the latter. who returned yes
terday with Rear Admiral Evans party
from California. The bride will have q
matron and a maid Of honor. Mrs. Minna
Field Gibson and Miss Pansy Bloomer.
Among the passengers scheduled to sail
aboard the steamship Frederick der
Crosse tomorrow are Mrs NJ. Bailey.
Miss Bailey. Baron Speck Won Sternburg.
! imperial German ambassador: Baroness
Speck Won Sternburg and maid, all of
Washington.
| Mrs. Carter. wife of Senator Carter.
gave a beautiful luncheon yesterday in
honor of Mrs. Norris. wife Of the Gov
ernor of Montana. White flowers and
green vines adorned the table and the
house To meet the guest of honor there
were present Mrs. Swanson. wife of the
Governor of Virginia; Mrs. Dixon. wife of
Senator Dixon OF Montana: Mrs. Pray.
| wife of Representative Pray of Montana;
Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn. Mrs. Brett.
| Mrs. Power. Mrs Avery. Mrs. Dougherty,
! Mrs. TOomey. who is Mrs. Carriers house
guest. and Miss Power
Mr. and Mrs. w. Emlen Roosevelt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Richardson of New
York are staying at the White House.
Senator Albert ]. Beverage enter
tanned at dinner last night in honor Of
| Gov. ]. Frank Hanley of Indiana. The
other guests were the French ambassa-
| dor Justice Holmes. Secretary Garfield.
| Senator Hemenway of Indiana. DR.. Cyrus
! Northrup. president of the University Of
! ident of the University of Michigan: Mr.
Hannis Taylor. Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. Or.
| Albert Shaw. Messrs. Frank A. Munsey
| and j. Hamlin Sears. all of New York:
/ MT. j. chase OSOOTnc Oh marquette,
and Mr.. Scott c. Bone.
| Senator PhiIander c. Knox entertained
a large company Of men at dinner last
! night in the Metropolitan Club in honor
of the Governor of Pennsylvania, Edwin
| Stuart.
Mr. and Mrs. j. W. Henry of this city
| are in Paris.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman sailed today
! for Italy. taking the voyage for the bene-
fit of the health of the former
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greeley Abbot
have arrived in California and are To-
| Gated in Pasadena. Mr.. Abbot goes to
resume his observations at the solar OBJ
servatory on Mount Wilson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Countryman
have issued invitations for the marriage
of their daughter. Emeline Perry, to Mr..
| Arthur Edwin Hodgson The ceremony
will be Wednesday evening. May 70. at
o'clock, at Northminster Presbyterian
Church. 18th and Rhode Island avenue.
| Yesterday at the brides apartment at
| the Cordova Capt. John B. Higgins. Med
ical Corps. U.S.A.. and Mrs. Rose L. Col
laday we're married by Rev. John Lee AL
| liSOn, DID.
Miss Helen Sunderland entertained the
| Technical High School orc heStra at her