Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
IN THE. WORLD OF SOCIETY
NOTABLE PARTY AT POSTMAS-
TER GENERALS HOME.
Miss Schaefer and DR.. Farwell of
the Navy to Have Quiet We'd
ding-Personals.

the Navy to Have Quiet We'd
ding-Personals.
The Postmaster General and Mrs
George Won l.. Meyer entertained at din
ner last evening in honor of their house
guests, Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd. The
other guests were the Secretary of State,
the French ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand. Mr. Justice Moody. the minister
from the Netherlands and Nine. Loudon.
Miss Harriet Norris, the Misses Meyer.
Viscount de Chambrun of the French en-
bassy and Mr.. kennard, second secretary
of the British embassy.
The marriage Of Miss Virginia Davis
Schaefer and Passed Assistant Surgeon
Trey Gilmore Farwell, U.S.N.. which will
take place Thursday next at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin White. parents
of the bride at the Portsmouth, will be
a very quiet event, owing to the recent
protracted illness of the bride. Rev.
George Thomas of Adamstown, Nd. will
officiate Mr.. Earl Farwell of New York
will be best man for his brother, but the
bride will have no attendants. Only
family party and a few personal friends
have been invited to the ceremony. DIR.
Farwell and his bride will travel consid-
eraby before going to the naval hospital
a Philadelphia, where the former is sta
toned.
Mr. and Mrs John f. Newberry, who
were recently married in Detroit. are
spending few days of their honeymoon
at the home of the brother of the former.
the assistant secretary of the navy.
The dance given by the assistant sec
rotary of state and Mrs Bacon at their
new country home at Westbury, L. L.,
Saturday. October 10, had a three-fold
significance. AS already suggested in
these columns, it served as a coming-out
party for their daughter, Miss Martha
Bacon, who was thus presented to the old
est friends of the family. 1t also marked
the twenty-tfth wedding anniversary of
the host and hostess and was a house
warming for the new structure of which
they have only recently taken possession.
1t was the first formal party in the neigh
borhood this fall. as we'll as the most
elaborate for long time. The house,
which is colonial in style. and the largest
in it's vicinity, occupies commanding po-
sition on the Wheatley Hills overlooking
Garden City. the Hampstead Plains and,
beyond, the ocean.
The gayeties of the occasion began with
dinner, to which eighty guests were in
vited, the small tables beng set in the
dining room and other rooms adjoining.
This was followed by general dancing.
there being no cotillon. AS a souvenir
of the occasion each guest received
handsome silver heart-shaped box OF we'd
ding cake
About two hundred attended the dance.
The British ambassador and Mrs. James
Bryce were guests for the week end of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles at their
place at Pennington, Conn. This week
they will visit Rev. and Mrs. Arson
LNl~ tn1y ~ IL,
The Attorney General and Mrs. Bona
parte were the honor guests at a dinner
given Saturday night in Baltimore by Mr.
and Mrs. John Hays Hammond of New
York. who are staying in that city for
few days.
Miss Alice Meyer, daughter of the Post
master General, will be in the party at
tending Miss Sylvia Parsons at her mar
riage to Mr.. W. Rudolph Weld at Old
Trinity Church, New York. November &,
at noon. The ceremony will be followed
by small wedding breakfast at the home
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Barclay Parsons, 81 East 5Oth street.
Miss Elizabeth E. Reed. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Latham Gallup Reed: Miss
Corinne Douglas Robinson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and a
niece of the President; Miss NJ. Dorothy
Kane, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gren-
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dana. and Miss Eliza
beth Morgan will be bridesmaids with
Miss Meyer.
In the notable collection of wedding
gifts made the couple the bride was given
house worth $1OO,0OO by her father.
A wedding of interest to many Washing
tonians. where the bride spent her girl
hood days. was that at Reistertown, Md,
Wednesday last. of Miss Lillian Wheeler
and Mr.. f. Stansbury Snyder of Balti-
more, Md. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. ]. r. Wheeler. The bride wore
handsome empire suit of dark blue
crepe and silk and large black picture
hat trimmed with large black and white
plumes. The couple were met at the sta
ton by twenty-five young friends, where,
amid a show of rice and good wishes.
they took the train for Washington, to
Galpin, a lifelong friend OF the bride. at
Kenilworth. Their presents were nu-
merous and costly. After November /
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder will be at home at
715 East Goth street. Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Thele gave party
Friday evening. October 16, in honor of
the eighteenth birthday of their daughter
Anna. Games were played and refresh
ments served. Those present were
Mary Kelly. Wilhelmina Crowder. Jessa-
mine Graves, Josephine Walter, Emma
Thiele. Anna Thiele and Minnie Thiele
and Messrs. Harry Richardson. Alfred
Richardson, Perry Baldwin. Charlie Belt,
Harvey Chestnut, William Crawford, Err
nest Linden and Mrs Otto. Mrs. Wynn
and Mr.. and Mrs r. Thiele.
Nine. Blanche J. Bemont has returned
from Paris and has taken the residence
3404 Prospect avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar L. Malo of Denver.
Col, who are on their wedding tour, are
at the New Willard for few days. Wis
iting friends here and sightseeing Ell
route for their home, after a month s
visit In the north and east. The bride is
the daughter of Mr.. j. X Mullen. the
millionaire miller of Colorado. She is
a handsome young woman of the brunette
type.
Mrs. Alice Perkins of this city an
nounces the marriage of her daughter,
Elsie Mae. to Mr.. John n Scherger of
Chicago, ILL.,. in Alexandria, Va. Septem-
Der Is. 1908. by the Rev Charles d.
Bulla.
Miss Marian Litchfield West. daughter
of Commissioner and Mrs. West. will be
A bridesmaid at the wedding in Philadel-
phia Saturday, October 81. in the Rod
ney Street Presbyterian Church. of Miss
Elsie Hopes. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar NJ. Hopes. and Mr.. Will Curtiss
Nesbitt. The bride. who will be given
in marriage by her father. will be at