Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-22
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MR.. AND MRS. WALSH, 1T IS
SAID, GOING TO, BAR HARBoR.
Weddings Here and Elsewhere Of
Particular Interest-Engage-
ments-Personal Notes.

A most interesting announcement came
from Bar Harbor today in the statement
that Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh have
taken the Charles H. Wood villa at that
resort and will spend next month there.
Mrs. Harley c. Gage and Miss Gage are
leaving tomorrow for the north, their
first destination being Maplewood. n. H.,
where they will stay a month or longer
On their way back next fall they Will
stay some time at Lake Mohonk and will
probably be in Washington again by the
LIST OF October They remained in town
much later than usual on account of re-
pairs and Improvements in progress at
their home on Dupont circle, which have
just been completed. Miss Gage was
debutante of the past season and Is
very popular member Of the younger set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. who have
been at their home, 234 Lincoln Park
boulevard, Chicago. since returning from
Denver. will leave this week for Manches-
ter-by-the-Sea. where they will be the
guests of Mr.. Letters mother, Mrs. Levi
Letter. They will sail for Europe about
August To-
Mrs. Mary Lane Johnson of Howard
county. Md. and Mr. John Henry Rodgers
OF Norfoik, Va, were married yesterday
at st. John 8 Church by the assistant rec
Tor, the Rev. Mr.. Edwin Slater Dunlap.
MT. George B. hobson, brother of the
pr1oe. was best man. The bride wore
smart travelling suit and hat of copen-
hagen blue cloth. Mr.. and Mrs. Rodgers
lett For New York later in the day and
Will spend their honeymoon abroad
Miss Elizabeth Whiting Conrad, daugh-
ter OF Maj. and Mrs. Holmes Conrad of
winchester, Va, last evening to Rev.
william ID. Smith, rector of Christ Epis-
copal Church of Winchester The cere-
mony. which was very quiet owing to
recent death in the brides family. was
performed by Rev. DR.. James Gramer. as
sisted by Rev. James r. Graham. After
tour In Canada Mr. Smith and his hride
VIII reside in Winchester Mr.. and Mrs
EoWard Hamlin of Boston came on for
IN! me wedding. Mrs. Hamlin is sister Of
the bride. %
n,rs. Hunt Slater, so we'll known here
VIII give reception today at her villa
tant oar Haroor In honor of three debu-
,anles. Miss Hebe Wright. Miss Muriel
Morris and Miss Mary Scott.
Mrs John B. Stetson. widow of tho
lul.i-n1lillona1re hat manufacturer. yes
n
nounced her engagement to Count SAINT,
Euiaiia, a Portuguese nobleman. Count
Eulalia Is sculptor, and won the grand
pre- at the Paris salon in 1892 Many
~ us WORKS or art are owned in this
country and in Europe. His estates are
situated near Lisbon. though for several
years ne has been resident of this conn
Try as the Portuguese consul at Chicago
ne Is nfty years old, and is a member
OF the "Cavalleros da Casa REAR of Por-
tugal He is now engaged fashionine q
likeness of Mr.. Stetson. Mrs. Stetson.
since the death of her husband three
years ago. has been living a quiet life
at ner handsome Old York road home In
mat time however. she has taken several
trips to England and the continent She
was the second wife of the hat manufac-
turer Her home Is filled with priceless
works of art. many of them being pieces
for the wedding.
Mrs. G. F.. NJ Grail Bond. wife of Dr.
G. F. NJ. Bond of Yonkers formally an
her daughter. Miss Lillian Grail. to Jo-
seph Ryan, youngest son Of Thomas F.
Ryan. Mrs. Bond said that the wedding
would probably take place some time in
years ago. when both families were neigh
bors. They were both thirteen years old
at that time Mrs. Bond said they be-
came acquainted while playing on the
was born in Louisville, KY, where her
father, the late Samuel B. Grail. was
clerk of the United States circuit and
district courts for a number Of years. JO-
seph Ryan finished his junior year at
Georgetown College last month. He said
last night at the Bond home in Yonkers
that he would not return to college next
fall, but would probably enter the bank
ing and brokerage firm of his elder broth
er in New York. He Is twenty-one years
old The intimate friends of Miss Grail
were told of the engagement several
weeks ago at tea given at the Amackas-
sin Club in Yonkers. Young Ryan said
last night that as his father was in Eu-
rope and his mother at her summer home
at Suffern no formal announcement of the
engagement by his family had yet been
made.
Gen. and Mrs Greedy and their daugh-
tiers are at Interlaken. Switzerland. E,
Miss Margaret Gale, Miss Prescott and
Mrs and Miss Mum were entertaining
or being entertained yesterday at Nara
gansett Pier.
Mrs Potter Palmer arrived in New
York from Europe yesterday and left at
once for Chicago. where she Will attend
the marriage of her son. MT fotter
Palmer. and Miss Pauline Kohlsaat Mon
day. July p. Mrs. Palmer paid a duty OF
81, 900 cash on a diamond tiara estimated
to be worth $1,000 one of the precious
objects in her luggage. Mrs. Palmer was
met at quarantine by Maj. Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant. her brother-in-law. who went
down the bay a revenue cutter AFTER
the marriage Mrs. Palmer will come east
to Mattapoisett. Mass, to visit her other
son, Mr.. Honore Palmer, and his wife.
who have a house there. In the autumn
she will return to Europe and open her
London house again for the winter. MRS.
Palmer wore a most becoming gown OF
gray and a modified Gainsborough hat
to match, with dropping plumes and
turned-up brim. When asked II there
was any truth in reports that she might
become a member by marriage of royal
family of Europe she smiled and repreo
that she had come here for the purpose
Of seeing her son married, and that she
was not interested in any o'her mar
riages.
Yesterday afternoon at Philadelphia
Miss May Gertrude Freil daughter OF MT.
and Mrs. John B. Freil of that city, was
married to Mr.. Charles Louis Cole or the
editorial staff of the Washington Herald.
The ceremony was at ) O'Clock at 81.
MichaeFs Church, Rev. Father John
ONeill officiating. The bride was es-
corted by her father and attended by her
sister, Miss Margaretta Freil. as brides
maid. Mr.. James B. Green OF thls CITY
was best man. There was a large at
tendance. a special party having gone
on from this city to attend the ceremony;
with other friends from Baltimore and