Evening star., 1909-06-06

uel Baker A reception followed at the
family residence, 162 Highland avenue,
to which members Of the two families
present. Mr.. Reed and his bride will We
ct home after July in this city.
An engagement Of much interest here
that OF Miss May Benson. daughter OF
commander W. s. Benson. u. s. n, now
IN command of the United States steam
ship Albany Of the Pacific feet, and
Mrs. Benson. to Prof. H. F. Kraft of
Academy. Prof. Kraft's home is in New
port. r. I. The wedding 10 set for early
In June.
Tho wedding Of Miss Bertha Eldredge
bury. y. 8. A.. will take place Juno 22 In
St. Luke's Church. San Francisco. and
will be pretty affair in all its appoint
ments. with the sister Of the bride. Mrs.
Philip Van Horne Lansdale. In the role Of
matron Of honor. There will be two or
three other attendants. and q reception
for the closer friends OF the couple will
follow the church ceremony. Capt. Pills
bury will bring his bride east
The wedding Of Miss Hester Bell Bor-
den. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ivey Lewis
Borden, and Paymaster Henry Ellis Col
next In San Francisco. The pretty cere-
mony will be an evening affair in Trinity
Church, and will be witnessed by several
hundred friends. The brides gown is
the prevailing color the bridesmaids. Miss
Adelaide Lime and Miss Juliet Borden
Of Los Angeles. will be gowned in chiffon
over pink satin. Lieut.. Station, u. s. NJ,
Is to till the office Of best man at this in
ceptdon at the home Of the BRIDES parents
In Devtsadero street to follow the cere-
mony.
Mrs Taylor. wife Of Representative Ed
ward ]. Taylor Of Denver. Colo. one of
the new members OF Congress-, is a wom-
an OF charming personality. who has been
for years social leader In her home city.
where her husband was a state senator
for twelve years She has won many
warm friends nong the resident as we'll
as tho official set in Washington in the
past three months. Representative and
Mrs. Taylor entertained at dinner Monday
evening at Congress Hall in honor Of for
mer Lieut.. Gov. and Mrs Harper Of
Denver. Colo.
Nal and Mrs. Zalinski will probably
be in town until Congress adjourns. when
they will go to New London. Conn.,. for
the remainder Of the summer.
Col. John r. Williams has gone to Chi
Letter. jr. Mrs. Williams has been with
her daughter. Mrs. Letter, for some
weeks, and both are now at the Lincoln
Park boulevard homo OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Letter.
The French ambassador. M. Jusserand.
and Mime. Jusserand. who are. now in
California. are expected by Friday next
in Portland. en- route to the Seattle ex-
position. They are fortunate In arriving
there in time for the rose festival, and
will be the recipients Of q number Of
official functions, as they have since they
arrived on the Pacific coast.
Mrs Cyrus Hall Mccormick entertained
300 guests at luncheon at her country
home, Walden, In Lake Forest, I'LL, yes
terday, to meet Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Fred
erick Dent Grant. The guests were most
Iy the north shore friends OF Gen. and
Mrs Grant and the officers of Fort Sher-
idan and their wives. Gen. Grant and
Mrs. Grant are staying over today with
Mrs. Mccormick
The assistant secretary Of the navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop are staying over
Sunday with the former Governor Of
Maryland, Mr.. John Lee Carroll, at
Dougheran Manor. near Baltimore, Md.
Mrs Richard H. Townsend has taken
Colonial Hall at Bar Harbor for the sum-
mer. and Mss Mathilde Townsend will
go there very shortly. Mrs. Townsend
has planned some changes in and an ad-