Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

4 paper gossip anent the marriage
1 of Miss Elkins and the Duke of the
~ Abruzzi the wedding date has been
/ shifted from January % to No
vember and more latterly to the next
month. A reliable source says the cere-
mony will be performed in America. ac-
cording to the wish of the duke.
The Duke of the Abruzzi is known for
his dislike of all that constitutes the court
ceremonies and etiquette, but at the same
time he does not want to hurt the feel
ings of his aunt, the queen dowager. So
he decided that the wedding will be per-
formed in America, and only few init
mate friends of his and Miss Elkins will
be invited to attend. Soon after the we'd
ding the royal couple will leave for Italy.
The Duke of the Abruzzi, after the we'd
ding, will be promoted to the position of
rear admiral and will receive the COM
mand of maritime department. prob ~
that of Genoa, where the couple will re-
side.
A court authority" says that the month
OF November has been selected and that
/ 1t Will be to avoid delicate questions of
precedence, to which the duke is averse
and in order not to wound SusceDtibilities,
the marriage will take place very quietly
In America. Afterward the young couple
will go to Italy.
The king has declared that he will not
oppose the free choice of his cousin.
who Will reside in maritime city of Italy
as he Is about to acquire the grade of
rear admiral and commandant of a mari
time department. Mrs. and Miss Elkins
were still in Bar Harbor last week taking
part in most of its social life, which, as
! far as the cottage set is concerned will
| last throughout this month.
Miss Irma E. Mckelden and Lieut.
James Luke Frink, Sd Infantry, o. S. A.
Will be married tomorrow evening at s
o'clock at St. Paul's P. Z. Church. The
bride. who is the daughter of Mrs. Alice
Mckelden OF this city. WIFI be escorted
by her brother. William Blagrove Nc
kelden of New York. The bridegroom has
been ordered to Washington state.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ira Hamm of Mex
| leo City have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Emo Hamm, to
! Mr.. William kurtZ Johnson of Washing
ton and New York city.
Mrs. D. Louis Shoemaker of New York
and her son. David are visiting her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. r. Lee Cox.
Mrs Smoot and her daughter. Miss Julia
| Smoot, who have been s~ending the sum-
| ner out of town, have returned.
Capt. Girard Sturtevant. U. S. A., left
Friday for Mexico after having spent a
week in Washington.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Ready of 1925 NJ
ed from spending several weeks out of
lantic City.
| Mr.. Randolph c. Darlington has return
! ed from spendin gseveral weeks out of
| town.
! Miss Zallee Brinker is the guest of her
| sister. Mrs. s. LeMar Ross. at her apart
ments in the Friesland in New York city
| for about a month.
Mrs. Greene and Miss Keegin have gone
to Atlantic City for short visit.
Mr. and Mrs George w SaIter, who
have been spending about six weeks at
their cottage at Weekapaug. r. l., return
| ed yesterday
| Mrs. Thomas Shelton and little Miss
| Shelton. have returned to their home in
| Washington. after spending the summer
| at Leesburg, Va.
! Miss Elizabeth Hickey. who has been
visiting in Canada. and Miss Ethel Hickey
| who spent a month at West Point, have
returned to their home in Washington.
| Mrs. Edward Clifford Kalbfus. wife of
| Lieut.. Kalbfus, is spending few weeks
| at Ocean Beach, New London as the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Frederick Taber
| Cooper.
Miss Maria Smoot and Miss Georgia
| Smoot have closed their apartment at
| the Colonial and are spending some time
| at Atlantic City.
| Mr. James LeCompt Ford and Mr. Ell
lott Ross. who have been spending their
| vacation in the mountains of Virginia, re-
| turned last week to Washington.
| Mr. and Mrs. Roreback have gone to
! Portsmouth, Va, where they are visiting
| 4 hn lott or'S fafh
at his fine old home there.
Miss Snyder returned to Georgetown
last week, after having spent the season
out Of town.
Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Webster left recent
ly for Atlantic City. where they are stop
ping at the Boulder Hotel.
Mr.. James Townsley Worthington. who
has been spending several days with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Iownsley
| Worthington, at their home In = street,
has returned to Philadelphia.
Miss Georgia Smoot and Miss Maria
Smoot of the Colonial are spending few
weeks at Atlantic City.
! Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hopewell left
| Washington last week for visit or a
fortnight to Atlantic City.
| hlsS hdtlIc NIcS icit i"Sl "oCh ioi
Front Royal Va. where she will spend
the month Of September.
Mr. Elliott Ross and Mr.. James Le-
Compt Ford. who have been spending
number OF weeks in the mountains of
Virginia, have returned to their homes in
Washington.
| Mrs. Charles Mccartney and her
| daughter. Miss Annette McCarteney, and
her two sons Mr.. Summerfeld Mozart
eney and Master Richard McCarteney,
who have been the guests for the summer
of Medical Inspector Howard Z. Ames.
| U.S.N., and Mrs. Ames at their home at
the Naval Hospital Chelsea. Mass, re-
turned last Tuesday.
Mrs A McMullen. who has been visit
ing her home in Richmond for the past
six weeks, has returned to Washington.
/ Mr. William Cassin, who has been
spending the weekend with his family
at their home on Both street, has returned
to Baltimore.
| Mrs. William ]. Barbee and the Misses
Barbee. who have been spending the
summer in the Blue Ridge mountains
have returned to their nome on Florida
avenue.
Miss Elizabeth Peirce. who has beer
| spending about two weeks in Atlantic
/ City. has returned to her home on P
street.