Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

| @OSMOPOLITAN society had a lit
tie stir yesterday in the reported
engagement Of Miss Beatrice
~ Mills and the Earl Of Granard,
the latter being a passenger
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills and fam
lily on the returning Mauretania The
n1ills family has been abroad for sew
eral months. When questioned on the
subject Of a possible engagement Mr..
Ogden Mills replied in the negative, and
that Col. Forbes under which title the
earl Is travelling. is to be his guest dur
ing his stay in this country.
The Earl of Granard owns an estate of
21.3O0 acres, and his country seat is Cas-
tie Forbes, in Longford county, Ireland
The earl saw actual service in the South
African war, where he won the queens
| medal. He is Viscount Granard and
Baron Clanehugh. He Is lord in waiting
to the king and master Of the horse.
His mother was the Hon. Frances
Petre. daughter Of the twelfth Baron
Petre. The Petre family is one of the
oldest Roman Catholic houses in Eng
land One Of the Baron Petres was
priest. A nephew of the Countess of
Granard. the earl's mother. the Hon.
Philip Petre, married Miss Cavendish
Taylor, a niece of Gov. Carroll Of Mary
land and cousin to Royal Phelps Car
roll and Charles Carroll and Mrs. Her
bert ROBBINS.
Miss Beatrice Mills is one of the twin
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Mills. She
Is a handsome girl, fond Of outdoor sports,
and very English in appearance and man.
ner. She and her twin sister, Gladys.
now Mrs: Henry Carnegie Phipps. came
out In society five years ago. They have
passed their summers in London and later
in Newport. Last December Miss Gladys
Mills was married to Henry Carnegie
Phipps.
The engagement of Miss Grace Bell.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j.
Bell. to Mr.. CASTOR de Romaix, first sec
| rotary Of the Belgian legation in Mexico.
likely give Washington an international
| welded in the autumn.
A pretty wedding tomorrow afternoon,
at which family party only will be
present, will be that Of Miss Caroline
Louise Smith and Lieut.. James E. Alb
bott. U.S.A. Miss Esther Smith. the
schoolgirl sister Of the bride, will be the
only attendant, and the ceremony will
be at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Smith, parents Of the bride.
Lieut. Abbott's station is at Fort Mason,
Cal. where he will take his bride.
A Tuesday wedding will be that of
Miss Alice Boswell and Mr.. Frank Morr
rison. The couple will tour New York
and Canada, and make a stay at Thou
sand Isles before returning here.
Mrs. H. H. House, 500 Taylor street.
is at Atlantic City for the month of
August.
Miss Georgia Rose Ormsby of Detroit.
Mich, who has been visiting her brother,
Andrew A. Ormsby of Washington. has
returned north.
Miss Carrie Lowe of this city left
Wednesday morning for Niagara Falls
and a trip through the great lakes.
| Mrs. D. ]. Carr, who has been visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs James Tally.
| has gone to Fort Wood, New ork harbor,
| to join Capt. Carr, who Is stationed there.
| Mrs. Joseph Sharp. accompanied by her
niece. Miss Claudia Watkins. and the
Misses Mary Hester and Bessie Ward
have gomez to Atlantic City for short
stay.
! Mrs. F. A. Sebring. wife of the clerk
OF the Police Court, and her two daugfl-
| tiers, Elaine and Frances. are spending the
month of August at Cape May. They are
| accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Eliza
beth bennett. wife of the commissioner
Of the general land office.
| Mrs. LIE Breton and Miss Marguerite LIE
Breton write their friends most enthu-
u.
| They are on the way to Japan to await
Lieut.. lie Breton on his return from Auck-
| land with the fleet.
little son leave tomorrow for trip to At
lantic City.
Miss Sadie r. Stryker of 1119 14th street
northwest will leave tomorrow for three
weeks trip to Atlantic City.
Col and Mrs. Marion P. Maus will
shortly take possession of the pretty quar-
tiers of the commanding general at Fort
Mason. Cal. just vacated by Gen. and
Mrs. Funston who have gone to Fort
Leavenworth. Col and Mrs. Maus have
been stationed for the past two years at
fore her marriage was Miss Poor of
Washington and was great belle.
An engagement of more than usual in
terest is that of Miss Mary Eldred Ham
lin and Lieut.. Hensley Lacey United
States Navy. Miss Hamlin Is daughter
of Mrs. Parks Warren Sims of Warren,
Pa and comes of one of the most promi-
nent families of the Quaker state She
is a graduate of Smith College and has
spent much time since abroad. Lieut..
Lacey is attached to the Charleston. The
wedding will take place in October at the
home of the bride in Coronado, Cal.
The engagement of Lieut.. KurtZ. US N,
of this city and Miss Irene Van Ars-
dale of San Francisco was announced last
week at luncheon at the Paramount Ho-
| tel in the latter city. This couple were
attendants at the Crichton-Freyer we'd
| ding recently in San Francisco and Miss
Van Arsdale caught the brides bouquet
when she tossed II to her girl friends.
The news of the engagement was con-
| veyed to the guests at the luncheon
through the medium of cleverly designed
place cards. These were in the shape of
a miniature battleship. upon the bow OF
which sat rosy-cheeked cupid blowing
from a megaphone tiny golden letters
which spelled the names of the engaged
young people This ingenious device
evoked a shower of congratulations from
the group of girls gathered in honor Of
the occasion. Miss Van Arsdale made her
debut last winter and has been great
| favorite. Lieut. KurtZ will be stationed
| for q few months at Yerba Buena. The
wedding will take place Immediately be-
fore his departure for a new station.
| DR. and Mrs. Fenton Bradford and Mr.
and Mrs. Granville Meyers are at Orkney
! Springs for a two weeks visit.
Mrs Ada Dorsey and her daughter. Mrs