Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-01
N THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
SMITH WEDDING Is
SET FOR THE 26TH.
Timely Mention of Other Well
Known Persons-Fall Journeys.
Personal Notes.

| special dispatch to The Star from
Hastings, Neb, says that the marriage
of Miss Gertrude Dietrich, daughter Of
former United States Senator Dietrich.
| and Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
| of corporations, whose engagement was
| recently made public. will occur Septem-
| Der g. at Pennington, Conn. Miss Diet
rich will leave for the east next week.
There were mighty pretty clothes
| worn at the wedding of Mi=5 Alice
| Grosvenor and Mr.. Dudley Davis yester-
| day at Emmanuel Church, Newport
| The bride wore an empire gown of white
satin. with rare old lace almost covering
! 1t. Her veil of old point lace was that
worn by her mother when she was mar
| ried. and was caught with gardenias She
wore handsome diamond brooch the gift
| Of the bridegroom. Her bouquet of lilies
OF the valley, gardenias and Tide roses
| was tied with broad white lin ribbon,
with narrow ribbons tying the lilies of
| the valley. The bridesmaids wore pastel
pink chiffon cloth over pastel pink satin,
| with Jokes and trimmings of renaissance
| lace Their large picture hats of pastel
pink corded silk were wreathed with pale
pink plumes and were tied under the chin
at the left side with black velvet ribbon.
| An odd feature of these gowns were
| sleeves of net, which at the wrist formed
mitts. obviating the use of gloves They
| carried bridesmaid roses tied with pink
ribbon. The maid Of honor wore also
pastel pink chiffon. with a white lingerie
hat with pink bow and roses. She also
carried pink roses. The bridegroom's
father, Mr.. Fellows Davis. tooA the place
| of his son, Pierpont Davis, as best man,
owing to the latter's illness. and Mr..
Philip s. Hichborn Of this city was an
usher
| Dr. and Mrs. Claude H. Cooksey left to-
day for a two weeks trip to Atlantic
| City. Mrs. Cooksey before returning
of September She will be the guest of
Mrs. Barnum Crane McCusker.
Mr.. Max David, 171s 7th street. has
gone to French Lick Springs, Ind, for
| several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Mayer of Capitol
Hill have returned from a cruise on
| a party Of friends. They have as their
guests Rev. G. Wilbur Shipley and fam
| lily.
Miss Mabel c. Linton of this city gave
| a piano recital Thursday evening last at
| the Manhasset Hotel, aside Park, N. J.,
in the large music hall, which was at
| tended by guests from the neighboring
hotels and private cottages.
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| ing ten days in Atlantic City and New
| York, have returned home and will be
glad to see their friends after Septem-
| Der 10.
Among the Washingtonians stopping at
the Hotel Wolcott, New York city. dur
| ing the past week were Mr.. and Mrs. n.
o. Messenger.
Mr.. Claude B. Farr of 1417 Q street
northwest has returned home from quite
a visit to his uncle, Mr. John D. Farr Of
| Fairfax, Va.
Announcement is made of the marriage
Of Miss Emma l.. Head and Mr.. Alfred
D. Smith Monday. August 81. at Wash
| ington. D. c. At home, 221S Flagler
| place northwest, Wednesdays after Octo-
| Der l.
Midshipman L. H. Campbell. jr.. is the
! guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. H.
| Campbell, on Euclid street.
Mrs. c. Rambling and daughters left
Sunday for Baltimore to visit relatives
| and are house guests of their cousins. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Ermolo of 1902 Parkwood
| avenue
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens have gone
| to Atlantic City for an indefinite stay.
Monday evening. August -. a party
was given Miss ElizabethMonroe in honor
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Monroe. at their resi-
| dence. 336 Sth street northeast. Games
were INDUCED in until late hour. when
| the guests repaired to the dining room.
| where refreshments were served. Among
| those present were the Misses Emma and
| Florence Rohrman. Emily Smith. Fannie
Eaton, Mae Borland. Marie and Rose
| Ardeeser and Elizabeth Monroe. and the
| Messrs. ALI Borland. George Downs. Ray
mond Gibson, George and William Rohr-
| man, Walter Lyons and Emory Monroe.
| The young hostess received many beauti-
| full and useful presents.
german was given list Friday
night at the Warrenton Town Hall. The
leader was Mr.. H. F. Gray assisted by
William II. Gaines; jr The dancers were
with DIR. Harry Kerr of Washington: Mr.
| and Mrs. Clarence Woodward of Norfolk
Va: Miss Elizabeth Gaines and Mr.. James
Douglass of Alexandria. Va: Miss CHS
Clarke of Mobile, Ala: Mr.. and Mrs
John S. Gaines of Warrenton: Miss Mary
Nelson and Mr.. c. D. Strother: Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Richards; Miss Jane Forbes
Miss Elizabeth Brooke of Norfolk Va,
with Mr. Stuart White: Miss Stuart Of
Alexandria with Mr.. Thomas Thornton;
Miss Sublett with Mr.. Charles Deare; Miss
Sadie Sublett with Mr.. Edward Thornton;
| Miss Louise Evans with Mr.. Charles E.
Jeffries: Miss McBlair of st. Louis, Mo-.
with Mr.. Keith Payne: Miss Heath with
Mr.. D. Lees; Miss Mary Sewers with Mr.. In
man Payne Of New Orleans; Miss Doug
lass of Alexandria. Va. with Mr.. Percy
Evans; Miss Hattie Douglass of Alex
andria Va. with Mr.. Lee of Alexandria,
Miss Elizabeth Garst with Mr.. Richard
Chichester of Alexandria,: Miss Murdaugh
of Washington. D. c., with Mr.. III. F.
Gray: Miss Martha L. Jenkins with Mr..
| Vanderbilt: Miss Lettie Clarke with Mr.
John Stone.
The young ladies of The Plains. Fauquier
| county Va. gave a german last week
Among the visitors in Warrenton who
attended were Misses F.. and Mary Brooke
of Norfolk. Va, Miss Margaret and Miss
Barbara Hode of Washington, D. c..
Misses SnOwden and French Of Alex
andria. Miss Fair of Washington. Mr.. and
| Mrs Savage and Messrs. J. H. Gaines. jr,
W. H. Curtis. J. S. White, A. NJ. Curtis,
H. F. Gray. H. Spilman. T. E. Bartensttei
and E. D. Strother of Warrenton.
Mrs. Sarah Humes who has been visit
ing Washington. has gone on visit
to Old Point Comfort. During her trip