Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11
N THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
COMING SEASON WILL BE
RATHER A SHORT ONE.
Marriages Of Timely Importance.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Personal Notes.

Two dates of useful significance to those
who are arranging plans for the season
beginning 1910 are that Ash Wednesday
will occur February and Easter Sun
day March -. The season will be there
fore short one, with more reason than
usual to make December quite as gay as
the rest of the winter.
One Of the debutantes of the New York
sea son is Miss Virginia Livingston Hunt,
daughter of Lieut.. Ridgely Hunt, L. S.
NJ, and Mrs. Hunt, who was formally
introduced to society yesterday in Norris
town. Later on Mrs. Hunt will introduce
her daughter in New York. Miss Hunts
paternal grandfather was Secretary of
the Navy and at one time minister to
Russia.
Miss Leonie Lentilhon, the daughter of
the late Capt and Mrs. Joseph Lentilhon.
will be married to Mr.. John de Navarro
Macomb, jr., son of the late Col. John
n. Macomb. Engineer Corps. U. 5. A. at
Trinity Chapel. New York city. Saturday.
October 80. Miss Lentilhon is the niece of
the Countess d'Arschot of New York and
the sister of Mrs. Chester Clark Boynton.
Mrs. Charles Brewster Wheeler, Mrs.
John Parkin Clifford and Eugene and
Joseph de Tours Lentilhon.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard S. Reside re-
turned yesterday from New York. where
the latter spent the past fortnight. Mrs.
Reside accompanied her daughter to
New York. where she, has resumed her
musical and dramatic studies.
Miss Phoebe Eckels. daughter Of a for
mer Washington official. a debutante of
last season in. Chicago has selected No
vember II as the date for her marriage
to Mr.. John A, Stevenson, also of Chi
cago. The Fourth Presbyterian Church
is to be the scene of the wedding. the
ceremony to be at o'clock in the after
noon. followed by a small reception for
the family and intimate friends at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. James
H. Eckels, 50 East Elm street, Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Garrett of the
American embassy. Rome. expect the
mother Of the. latter. Mrs. B. H. Warder
of this city, to spend some time with
them at their home in Rome the coming
winter.
The marriage of Miss Rebecca Cox
Johnson and Mr.. John Daniel Talbot
will take place at st. Joseph's Cnurcn,
Bardstown. KY, tomorrow. the date
chosen being the wedding anniversary Of
the brides parents, Representative and
Mrs. Johnson of Kentucky.
The former minister of Nicaragua and
Nine. Corea, with their interesting little
daughter. India Bell Corea, were at the
Elysee Palace Hotel. Paris. September
80. They have Travelled extensively all
summer and have visited the large cities
and many of the most delightful resorts
in that time.
The marriage of Miss Harriet Richard
son. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c.
daughter of the late William NJ. Gait of
this city and Mrs Gait. to DIR. William
8. Keller of Cincinnati. Ohio. is announced
to take place October 20 at 80 at the
First Presbyterian Church. Glendale.
Ohio Rev. DR.. Calvin Dill Wilson will
oficiate and the bride will be attended by
a matron of honor, four bridesmaids and
two little flower girls. The brides brother,
Mr. Robert Rameay Richardson. will be
best man. A reception will follow at the
home of the brides parents.
Miss Mary Sheridan, daughter of Mrs.
Phil Sheridan is in Pittsfeld. Mass. Wis
iting Mrs. John A. Spoor.
Mrs. and Miss townsend are in New
York, where Mrs. Rush Shipper Huide-
keeper of Philadelphia, who was with the
latter all the past summer, Is also stay
ing.
Mr.. Frank A. Richardson. after an alb
sence from the city for the past four
months. has returned and is at the Hotel
Grafton for the winter.
Mrs Diehl, widow of Capt. Diehl of the
navy, is at the New Willard for few
days Later she will return to New
York to live.
Senator and Mrs. Depew returned
Saturday from Europe.
Mrs. Titan J. Coffey and her grand
daughters. the Misses Chew, have returned
from a weeks stay In New York
Mr. Skybak. secretary of the Norwegian
legation, who has spent the summer at
Bar Harbor. has gone to Lennox
Miss Alice Hanna. daughter of the late
solicitor Of the Navy Department. e. P.
Hanna, will be married to Mr.. Harold
Hudson Martin Wednesday evening. at
the suburban home of the brides aunt.
Mrs Campbell. Rev. DR.. Wood will off,
ciate. in the presence of relatives and
personal friends of the couple. Miss Mar
garet Hanna and Miss Lula Hanna will
attend their sister.
Bowers and Mr.. William Chambers Shep-
ard took place October 7, at Berlin, Conn.
The ceremony took place OF of doors on
the lawn of the Bowers homestead, in
front of a semi-circle Of small cedars
banked with hydrangeas. The wedding
party consisted of six ushers, Mr.. Will
liam J. Norton Of New York, Lieut.. H.
w. Torney.. U. S. A., son of the surgeon
general; Mr.. Charles Taussig of New
York son of Admiral Taussig. Z. S. N;
NJ. Blair Burk Of New Haven. DR.. John
Semple Sharpe of Bryn Mawr. Pa. a
cousin of the groom, and Mr.. Thomas
Bowers, a cousin of the bride. and son of
the solicitor general. The groom's broth
er, Mr.. Leonard G. Shepard of Chicago,
was best man. The bridesmaids were
four school friends and classmates Miss
Adeline Hammond of Washington, d. c.:
Miss Martha Bowers, cousin of the
bride; Miss Louise Burkley of Bridgeport,
Conn. and Miss Elizabeth Field of Ber-
lin. Conn. Miss Patty Suffern of Brook
lyn, n. Y. also a cousin of the bride.
was maid of honor. All were gowned in
pure white. and carried bouquets Of yell
low chrYsanthemums. The BRIDES gown
was soft white satin en- train, with tulle
veil. The bride and groom will make
their home for the present In Altoona,
Pa, where Mr.. Shepard is located as a
forester for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
The engagement has been announced
of Miss Anna Fairbanks of Washington
and Mr.. Kenneth Birkett of New York.
The wedding will take place December
l, 1900.
Mrs. F. H. Taylor announces the mar
riage of her daughter, Anna F. Bonell, to
Mr. Ulysses G. Goodman, at Baltimore.
Wednesday. October 6. 1909.