Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-03

others.
Mrs. E. s. westcott of Cleveland Park
| has been called to her home in Philadel-
| phia by the death of her mother. Mrs.
| l.. NJ. Pierson. Mrs. Westcott will not.
| therefore. keep her Wednesdays at home
| as she had planned to do in the early sea-
| son.
Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman gave lunch
con of fourteen covers today.
| The Due de Chaulnes the fiance OF
| Miss Theodore Shonts. daughter of Theo-
| dore P. Shonts. is staying at Lakewood,
| n. j., where Miss Shonts and her par
| ents are also spending few days.
At Gudemcnt the pretty home of Mr..
and Mrs. Adolphus Guide. near Anacostia,
| a New Year eve dance was given. at
which Miss Marie GUIDE, their daughter.
| entetained the members of the Senior
Club of the Eastern High School and a
company of other guests. The decora-
| tons of the home were of red and
green and included numerous beautiful
| red roses and poinsettias. The large par
| Tors were arranged for dancing. and the
program comprised twenty-four numbers.
| During the intermission Mrs. GUIDE. as
sisted by Mrs. Simpson and Miss Mary
| Noll. served refreshments. The affair
was continued until the advent of the
new year. The members of the club
present. in addition to Miss GUIDE. were:
Misses Elsie Weaver. Mae Shields. Jean
| Winter. Flosse Taylor. Edith Orbello,
Bessie Mckenzie, Margaret Clark and
| Messrs. Clarence Evans. Bennett Clark,
Jack Mccoy. Ralph Brown. Donald Nc
| Giffen Richard Sanderson and Gric
| Farmer. Others present were: Misses
Marian Green. Jean Stockett, Luella
| Field, J. Mccoy, Alma Gostin. Florence
Yoder. Tessie Henry, Esther Simpson. j
| Birdsall. Mabel Benson and Messrs. Wal
! ter Mcfarland Horace Johnston, Ran
dolph Titus, Fred Morgan, Clarence Hem
| ingway, John Field and William Miller
of Yale; Daniel Priest, Zane Pyles and
Russell Thompson, all of Harvard.
Mr. Pedro Ignacio Reyes. the second
son of the President of Colombia, arrived
in Washington last evening and is
Reyes is travelling in the United States
for pleasure, but will remain here only
| few days.
| Mrs. Neill S. Brown gave reception
last night for her friends to meet Capt.
and Mrs. Lytle Brown, who are at the
Washington barracks. Mrs. Frazier. wife
of Senator Frazier; Miss Frazier and Miss
receiving party.
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Barbour gave a
| theater party. followed by a supper. last
| night for their young daughter, Miss Mar
guerite Barbour, their guests being Miss
Laura Merriam. Miss Charlotte Pettus.
Miss Nancy Neff, Miss Dorothy Williams,
Miss Mary McCauley, Miss Margaret
Moncheur. Miss Marguerite Moncheur.
Miss Marguerite Trescott, Miss Adelaide
Heth and Miss Gladys Hinckley.
very delightful dance was given last
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
A. Barr for the friends of their daughters.
the Misses Barr. The drawing room floor
was decorated with holly and Christmas
greens, while music was furnished by
| stringed orchestra, when about sixty
young people enjoyed the hospitality of
the hosts. Mr.. and Mrs. Barr are enter
tanning house party, which includes Miss
| Helen Proctor of Boston, Miss Mary
| Richey of Uniontown Pa; Mr.. Paul Tat
TAM from Harvard College Mr. Morrison
Shafroth of the University of Michigan.
Mr.. William Malone of Yale. Miss Almeda
| Barr, who is at home from Vassar, and
Mr.. John Barr of Harvard, who is spend
| ing the holidays with his parents.
Yesterday afternoon a pretty but quiet
wedding took place at st. Johns Episco-
Richards, daughter of Mr.. Henry B.
Richards of Easton. Pa. became the bride
of Mr. Arthur Hollis Tirrell son of Rep
resentative and Mrs. Charles Q. Tirrell
of Massachusetts. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Frank H Bigelow in
the presence of the immediate families.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Tirrell
| left on a trip south. and upon their re-
turn will reside at the Portland for the
winter. where Mrs. Tirrel will be at home
| the third and fourth Tuesdays in Janu-
| airy.
Mrs. John Dalzell will receive tomorrow
and on Saturdays throughout the sea-
| son.
New Year eve jolly company of young
people gathered at the home of Mr. and
| &c NJ nrroc Irix
| Brookland, to celebrate the passing of
the old and the entrance of the new
year Various games were engaged in
and refreshments were served at a late
| hour. Music and the presence of several
| Teddy Bears also added to the enjoy
| ment of the evening.
Those present We're Mr.. and Mrs. Milo
Quackenbush Mrs S. j. Harry, the
Misses E. Taft, Olga Vermillion. E. Law
son Lizzie and Gertrude Thomas. Louise
! Elliot Mamie Robinson and Misses Eu-
nice and Catherine Quackenbush. and the
\ Messrs. w. Page, Arthur and Robert
wall, A. Cruikshanks and II. Thomas. At
midnight the new year was ushered in
with the music of horns, whistles and
singing.
The marriage of Mr.. Herman Franklin
Tucker, S. B., Harvard, 'O1, Assoc. NJ.
Am. Soc. C. E.. Engineers Club. Mon
| treal, F. O.. of Culebra, Canal Zone, and
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class of 1908. George Washington Univer-
| sity. member of the Columbian Women,
only daughter of Capt. William F.
| Meyers, the well-known secretary of the
board of Commissioners of the District
| of Columbia, was celebrated Thursday
evening at the residence of the parents
of the bride, 1919 Irving street. The Of
| floating clergy were the Rev. Carl C.
| Morhart of Christ Lutheran Church and
the Rev Walter Downes Humphrey,
| B. D., rector, of RoXbury, Conn.
The bride gowned in a white en-
broidered lace robe over messalne and
| chiffon and wore veil of tulie crowned
with myrtle and lilies of the valley and
| carried bouquet of lilies of the valley
| and maiden hair fern. She was attended
as maid of honor by the sister of the
| bridegroom, Miss. Alice Lauretta Tucker
| of Boston. Mass, who wore a white en-
| broidered batiste robe and carried "a bou-
Duet of La France roses.
| The maid of honor was assisted by
| eight ribbon girls. the Misses Lena Heit-
| muller. Lena De Grange, Beatrice
Kramer, Esther Woodward, Eta Mat
| thews of Washington, Victoria KEEP
pisch of New York and Ella Schoenrich
of Baltimore.
The best man was the brother of the
| bridegroom, Mr.. Robert Wheeler Tucker.
| late third officer of the Ohio, White Star
| line.
l. Owing to the recent death of the father
of Mr.. Tucker the wedding was attended
only by the immediate families of the
contracting parties, but after the cere-
| mOny there was reception attended by