Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-28
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
ENGAGEMENT OF COMMANDER
WELLES AND MISS DEEM.
A Party at Narragansett Pier With
a Capital Hostess-A Golden
Wedding-Personals.

Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Harriet Ogden Deem daugh-
| ter o. Mrs. Robert w. Gardner of Rock
gate Farm, Pine Plains. n. Y. to Com
mander Roger Welles. L. S. N, of the
battleship New Hampshire.
| Miss Deem, who has both beauty and
| an artistic temperament, has lived in
comparative retirement at Rockgate
| Farm. a quaint country home in the hills
| a few miles from the village. The date
of the wedding has has not been an
nounced.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Livingston Baker
of New Brighton, S. L., have announced
| the engagement of their daughter. Miss
Mildred Armistead Baker, to Lieut.. Brady
Green Ruttencutter, LIST Infantry, United
| States Army.
| Miss Bakers mother was Miss Marga-
| ret Armistead Appleton of Baltimore.
and is related to many old Baltimore
| families. including that of Mrs. Jerome
| Bonaparte. Miss Baker is great-grand-
daughter of Lieut.. Col. George Armistead.
who defended Fort McHenry in 1872,
which was the inspiration for Key 5
Star Spangled Banner" Lieut.. Rutten-
| cutter is now stationed at Vancouver and
has only recently come back from the
Philippines The wedding will take place
| Ill new brighton In OCTOBER.
seven-handed euchre and tea was
given by Miss Margaret E. Gale of WASH
| ington at Idlewild. her Narraeansett cot
| Vile Sharpe. wife of Brig. Gen. Sharpe.
Among the guests were Mrs Samuel H.
Valentine and Mrs. Charles Hitchcock
OF New York. the Misses Bowler, Marga-
ret and Emily Jackson. the Misses Ger
trude and Beatrice De Coppet of New
York. Mrs. Philip NJ. Prescott, Mrs F. A.
M: hopkins and Mrs. Corcoran Hill of
Washington.
DR.. Charles Allen. wife and daughter.
Mrs. b. w. Chiswell. have returned from
Atlantic CITY much improved by the trip.
Mrs. Annie M. Hofter, accompanied by
her two children, is spending two weeks
at Germantown. Md. the guest of Mr.
and Mrs John Hager. She will return to
washington the first part of September.
Mrs. Fred w. Behrens who recently
underwent an operation for appendicitis
at the Maine General Hospital, Portland.
Me-, is reported to be much improved and
hopes to soon return to her home at Bal
ley Island, Me.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Warren Gilbert an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Lula B., to Mr.. j. E. Freeman, August
"A. They will be at home after September
s at the Dewey Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. George ". Wood cele-
Drated the fiftieth anniversary of their
marriage Wednesday evening last at their
home, 1919 Minnesota avenue. Anacostia,
where from until 10 o'clock a large COM
pany of guests representative of the com
munity in which the couple have lived
practically all the years Of their married
life gathered to observe the event Mr..
and Mrs. Wood are among the best
known residents Of the town. They were
N a ~ OF hn
Joshua Morsel, then the pastor of Christ
Church. in the Navy Yard section. August
26, 1858. Mrs. Wood was Miss Elizabeth
Perkins of the district known as St
Elizabeth which tract has since passed
into the possession of the United States
government for its institution for the in
sane near Congress Heights. Mr.. Wood
| Is native of southern Maryland and dur
ing the civil war he served in the ranks
of the Union troops. The couple have had
eight children. Assisting Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood in the receiving of their guests
Wednesday evening were their children.
Mrs. Thaddeus Brashears. Miss Nettie
Wood. MIR. Edward Wood, Mrs. w. Court
| are Masters Willard and Harold Wood
and Merrill and Aubrey Lynch. The re-
ception hall and parlors were banked with
| beautiful flowers. all gifts the blossoms
gifts were presented to Mr. and Mrs.
Wood by their friends and relatives. From
various sources came the sum of $50 in
gold coin, while the array of gifts in
gold and silver ware, numbering among
other things. spoons, clocks, vases. etc,
and Austrian glass and china ware. quite
filled large table in one of the rooms.
During the evening there was a varied
musical program, In keeping with the
event, those who contributed being Mr..
Frank Boswell Mr.. and Mrs. William
Scantlebury and others. In the dining
room punch was served by Mrs. James
Marbury and assisting were Mrs. Edward
Wood, Mrs. Lucian Robey, Mrs. Edwin
Hutcheson and Miss Marie Robey. Be-
fore departing the guests each signed the
wedding book. Many letters. kilograms
and messages of a congratulatory tone
were received by the couple. Those pres
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wood. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Courtney Lynch. Miss Nettie
Wood. Masters Willard and Harold Wood
and Merrill and Aubrey Lynch. Mr.. C.
J. James. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gator
Misses hewitt. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin f.
Randall. Miss Ida Randall, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Purdy. DR.. Joseph Mundell. Mrs
Elizabeth Rose. Mrs. Annie Edelen. Mrs
A. Foose, Mr.. Marvin Towne. Mrs. Sarah
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wasney, Mr.
and Mrs Joseph Mcpherson. Mr.. and
Mrs H. C. DeWalt, Mrs. X. A. kerby,
Miss Catherine Kerby. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Ware Hutcheson, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Marbury. Mr.. and Mrs Nathaniel X Har-
nish, Mr. and Mrs. William Scantlebury.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brady. Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Burr. Mrs. Alice Tracy. Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Perry. Mr. and Mrs
George Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. George Skid
more. Capt. and Mrs. l.. E. Robey, Miss
Marie Robey. Mr.. Frank Boswell. Mrs
Boswell. Miss NJ. Kaufman, Miss NJ
Johnson. Miss Margaret Hurley, Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Fillius. Mrs. Mary Brooks,
Miss Ida Edelin,. Mrs: ]. P. Wilson. Mrs
E. J. Lloyd, Mr.. George Edelin,. Mrs
Alice Sheffield, Miss George Sheffield and
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett.
Miss Anne c.. Lincoln of the bureau OF
fisheries has lust returned from a three
weeks visit at Atlantic City.
Miss B. Myers has returned to her nome
| &, uopcook Md after a delightful trip to