Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-01
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MARRIAGE OF MISS CHASE AND
LIEUT.. RALSTON.
Invitations Out for the Palmer-Dun-
can Wedding-Debuts- Lunch-
eons-Notes.


Chase, daughter Of Mrs. Constantine
Chase. and Lieut.. Robert r. Ralston,
Engineer Corps, L. S. A, will take place
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at the home
Of the brides aunt. Mrs. Henry Good
fellow I'LL De Sales street. The cere-
mony will be followed by a small re-
ception at Rauscher's. to which only the
relatives and intimate friends have been
invited The decorations at the house
are to be white and green, carried out
with chrysanthemums and palms. and
red at the reception. i'll honor of the
groom's branch of the service.
Miss Edna Tyler. daughter Of the late
Col. A. c. Tyler of New London. Conn.,,
will be the maid of honor. and she will
wear a gown of champagne color crepe de
chine, with a large hat of black tulle,
trimmed with a bird Of paradise.
The bride will wear white satin, with
yoke and panel of duchess lace. and a
beautiful veil of duchess lace caught with
spray of lilies of the valley in pearls.
together with other pearl ornaments, all
worn by her great-grandmother Her
bouquet will also he lilies Of the valley
The best man will be Capt. William A
Mitchell, Engineer Corps, now stationed
at West Point, and a classmate of the
bridegroom.
Invitations have been issued by Col and
Mrs. Duncan for the marriage of their
daughter Carol to Lieut. r. p Palmer,
9Th infantry, which will take place at 8
O'Clock the evening of Wednesday. De-
cember D. in st. Margarets Church. A
reception will be he'd at the home OF Col.
and Mrs. Duncan. In the Westmoreland,
bridal party and relatives. The bride will
be attended by Mrs. FOulOis as matron
of honor, and four bridesmaids-Miss
Lillian Duncan Baxter and Miss Katherine
Keefer, cousins. and Miss Margaretta
Brooke and Miss Louise Jocelyn. child
hood friends. Lieut. Philip Bagby. 9th
Infantry, will be best man, and Capt.
Graham L. Johnson. 9th Infantry; Capt.
Henry F. Pipes, Medical Corps; Lieut..
Henry c. Pratt, 4th Cavalry, and Lieut..
Henry D. Cooke. t. S. N. will be ush
ers. After January 10 the young couple
will be at home at Eau Gallie, Fla. Lieut..
Palmer being on duty as military in
structor with the Kentucky Military In
stitute, which has its winter home in
Florida.
Mrs Robert Hinckley gave a luncheon
today for her daughter. Miss Gladys
Hinckley, whose debut occurred Monday,
and had in the company of debutanteS
and others around a beautifully decorated
table the Countess Luise- Alexandra Won
BernstOrff and her guest. Miss Lucy
Bigelow Dodge of New York; Miss Mar
garet Preston Draper. Miss Mary Nc
Cauley, Miss Laura Merriam, Miss Louise
Cromwell. Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss
Adelaide Heath, Miss Eudora Clover, Miss
Olga Roosevelt, Miss Alice Whiting. Miss
Frances Moves, and Miss Marie Guidet-
Duryee. Mr. and Mrs Hinckley will
give two large dinners this month.
Society went TO one or other of the
two debutante teas yesterday, and in
many cases attended both. The debut OF
Miss Eudora Glover. the charming young
daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clio
yer, was accompanied by all the enthu-
siasm which attaches itself to an event
in a household which has such popularity,
and gave an opportunity to the lifelong
friends of the host and hostess to express
their personal admiration in a welcome
to this lovely young girl, who has grown
up in this city and whose childish pleas
ures have now been merged into those of
young ladyhOod. Every suspicious cir
cunstance was In evidence. Flowers that
completely screened the bay window re-
cess where the debutante and her moth
er received. also filled every available
point throughout the drawing room, the
staircase, hall. the eastern room and
dining room, and represented friends
from all over the world.
Mrs. Clover's gown was Of blue satin
draped with chiffon in shade of olive,
and had great deal of net embroidery
on II. Inc QeDutdnte wore Il marie All
toinette dress of white chiffon copied by
a French artist from picture. The fichu
effect around the shoulders left square
opening at the neck. cunning little
wreath of pink rosebuds was worn in her
high couture Her fiowers-a shower of
white orchids and lilies of the valley
were fastened to a white satin muff, and
the entire effect Of the costume on its
happy sweet-faced wearer was charming.
Miss Margaret Draper, Miss Mary Nc
Cauley, Miss Gladys Hinckley. Miss
Laura Merriam. Miss Adelaide Heath,
Miss Alice Whiting. Miss Sophy Johnston
and Miss katherine Brown were the de-
butantes who assisted. remaining in line
near Mrs. and Miss Glover for the first
hour or so of the reception. In the dining
room Mrs. Audenreid and Mrs. Richard
Mulligan were vis-a-vis at the table, and
in the eastern room Mrs. Janin sat be-
hind the glittering tea tray. Miss South
erland. Miss Mary Switzerland and Miss
Elizabeth Parker were also assisting. An
orchestra played throughout the recep-
ton.
Among those present were the Italian am
bassador and Baroness Mayor des PIanches,