Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-31
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE AND
AT OTHER HOMES.

Recent Hospitalities and Some Com
ing ones-Weddings-Per-
sonal Notes.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Farnam of New
Haven. Conn.,, are guests at the White
! House.
Mrs Sherman wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, and Mrs. Wickersham wife of the
| Attorney General, are receiving this aft
ernoon. Neither Mrs. Root nor Mrs
Meyer will be at home to callers today.
| Mrs. Wickersham, wife of the Attorney
General. is leaving town tomorrow and
| will be away until next week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Decatur Howard Miller Of
Baltimore have sent out invitations for
the marriage of their daughter, Agnes
| Maud. to Capt. Richard Peters Williams,
United States Marine Corps, of this city,
Monday, April 10, at o'clock at the Ca
thedral. A reception will follow at the
Bevedere at $50 o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings had a
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meet their guests, President Eliot of Har-
ward University the next ambassador to
England, and Mrs. Eliot, who are here
after a southern trip. Mrs Cleveland Per-
kins, Mrs. Talbot and Miss Jennings as
| sisted at the tea table.
| Mrs. Schuyler gave a dinner last night
| for Dr. and Mrs. Eliot.
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! tertained at dinner last evening. followed
by small musical.
Senator du Pont was dinner host last
| night for the Vice President and Mrs
Sherman.
Secretary and Mrs. Meyer have their
son, George Meyer. jr.. home from Gro
| ton for his Easter vacation.
Mrs. Daley, wife Of Prof. S. I. Daley
Of Harvard University, who has been
the house guest Of Justice and Mrs.
home in Cambridge, Mass. Last night her
hosts entertained at dinner in her
honor.
who was SO frequently entertained here
the past week, went south yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Beale Mclean
/ a week two.
| Mrs. Floyd Sicard entertained at bridge
| followed by tea yesterday afternoon in
honor of her house guest. Mrs. William
G. Young of Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Macveagh and
| Miss Margretta MacVeagh who have
been south all winter. will return to their
| country place at Bryn Mawr. Pa, May 1.
| Representative and Mrs. Lowden have the
| MacVeagh house, on Massachusetts, ave-
nue..
Col. and Mrs. Colin Campbell, Lady
| Elcho and Miss Charters, Lady Clifford,
| Mon. and Mrs. Ronald Lindsay. Mrs.
| Don Cameron and former Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Newberry and Miss New
berry were on outgoing ships today from
| New York for English ports.
Mrs. Harper of Wheeling, W. Va. and
| Mrs. Sylvester G.. Williams of Denver,
Col. will be with Mrs. John ]. Glover
| Friday afternoon and will be glad to re-
ceive their friends Informally.
| A pretty wedding occurred yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ. Hoge. the brides parents. on
Miss Mary Leila Hoge of this city and
Mr.. Robert Henderson Bruce Of Big
Stone Gap. Va. was duly solemnized. The|
| ceremony was performed at $50 o'clock
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M. E. Church South. and in the presence
| of limited number of relatives only.
The wedding march from I4ohengrin'
and other incidental music was rendered
by Miss Mary Wallace. The bride was
beautiful in handsome gown of heavy
directoire satin made in empire effect and
trimmed with duchess lace, and she car
ried bouquet Of bride roses and lilies of
the valley.
She was attended by her sister, Miss
| Lula Hoge, and by Miss Flora Bruce.
4 sister of the groom, who wore gowns of
cream silk and carried bouquets of white
carnations. The groom was attended by
Mr.. Clyde Hoge as best man. The par
lors were tastefully decorated with banks
| of ferns and palms in bowerlike effect,
and the dining room presented a pretty
and attractive scene, with a profusion Of
roses and carnations arranged in taste
full and impressive effect, with a we'll
maintained cofor scheme of red and
white, An excellent collation. was
left on an early evening train for trip
through New York and New England.
whence they will return here in about
| two weeks for brief stay. and go thence
| to their future home at Big Stone Gap,
| Va.
After enjoying a months visit with his
| sisters, Mrs. j. NJ. Baden and Mrs c. S.
Saers of Mount Pleasant. this city, and
also after spending several days about his
boyhood home on the old Bramblee farm.
| near FdlTIdS SOuTl mouse, va, MT. M.
| Sylvanus Bramblee of Placerville, Idaho.
has gone to Union. n. j., where he will
pay a short visit to another sister, Mrs.
Andrew Kirkman. From Union he will
go to Brooklyn. y. Y. and visit for a
! short while his nieces. Mrs. Edward
| Brinker and Mrs. Frances Beckley.
| Mr.. Bramblee left his home in Virginia
| thirty five years ago. when but boy of
| seventeen years, and settled III Idaho,
| where he has accumulated a number of
| mining interests. Mr.. Bramb'ee married
| In the west and is the father of five chill
| dren. On his trip back to Idaho he will
go by way of Panama and San Francisco.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hyde and Mrs.
| Calderon Carlisle have bought boxes and
will entertain parties at the Barney play
the evening of April "a, when it will be
| given for the Episcopal Eye. Ear and
| Throat Hospital.
| A dispatch to The Star from Los An
| geles, Cal, says that Miss Leah Ander-
| son Burton, daughter of Representative
Burton Of Delaware. with Mrs. George
| Nixon. wife of the Nevada senator ar
rived in that city yesterday after hasty
| trip from the City Of Mexico, Miss Bur-
| ton having suffered considerable distress
due to the altitude of Mexico's capital.
! After Miss Burton has recovered her
health she and Mrs. Nixon intend to visit