Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01

Secretary and Mrs. Knox spent Sunday
at their Valley Forge farm. The Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Wickersham were
in New York since Saturday. and will be
| away until Wednesday. Secretary and
Mrs. Dickinson will be in town the last
of this week. and Mrs. and the Misses
Meyer will join the Secretary here early
next week.
| The engagement has been announced in
Philadelphia of Miss Priscilla Toland,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ID.
| 'roland of Wynnewood. and Gaspard @.
Bacon, son of Robert Bacon. former Sec
rotary of State. The date for the cere-
mony has not yet been set.
| Miss Toland made her debut three years
ago at a dinner dance given by her par
ents at White Marsh. their country home.
On her mothers side she as descendant
of Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton.
She is also a descendant of Commodore
/ Dale.
Senator and Mrs. Crane will remain at
their Dalton villa until nearly the last OF
| this month.
| The Belgian minister is in New York to
meet his wife, the Countess Bulsseret,
who was expected to land today with
! their children.
Mrs III. n. Slater, who is frequent
| winter resident here, gave a Halloween
party at her fine estate. Pine Bank, in
! Readville. Mass. The house Is full OF
art treasures and very spacious. Ihe
| dancing was in the beautiful ballroom
with its Gobelin tapestries. huge mir
rors on all sides and massive chande-
liers, and i'm the library adjoining. Lead
! ing from the ballroom onto the terrace
was a large tent arranged to give the
effect of the interior of an old country
7 -lnnt f0 irl1r1
ments. including a pillow over one hun
| dred years old, and hay wagon filled
with cornstalks. Through the wide open
| door of the barn one could see the green
| fields with apple trees and in the distance
| church spire all so admirably painted
as to be most natural Opening off the
dining room onto the terrace on the
other side of the conservatory was an
other tent in the effect of pergola over
looking the Bay of Naples, drop cur
tain so true to nature that il brought
many expressions of pleasant surprise.
| The pergola, which was used as sit
ting-out room. represented an arbor with
hundreds of punches of grapes hanging
overhead All about were bay trees so
| arranged with fruit and blossoms as to
| simulate orange trees, and the chairs
and seats were of green wicker. The
entire lower floor. including the ballroom,
| library, hall, dining and breakfast rooms
and the tents adjoining, was decorated
with artificial vines laden with illumi-
mated pumpkins and cucumbers, which
made a most picturesque erect, garland
ed from the ceilings and wound about
the stairway. Here and there were
we'll placed branches of artificial au-
tumn foliage and ponsettias.
Mrs. Slater, her brother, Mr.. Paul Hunt,
and her young daughter, Miss Esther
| Slater. who is still a schoolgirl, received
together. That the party was one en-
| tirely out of.the common was shown In
| several surprises prepared Tor the guests.
thn 100
bonfire on the lawn, where three fishermen
| from Narragansett Pier steamed nearly
| 200 Holsters and served them to the
guests. There was buffet supper
| throughout the evening, and I'm the barn
cider, beer and cheese sandwiches were
served during the dancing Promptly
at II dancing was stopped by the play
| ing on the grand organ of Prof. Rubner
| of Columbia University, one of the guests
AfterWard there was an elaborate sup
per at small tables placed in the break
| fast and dining rooms and on the ter
| race. Among the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. I.arz Anderson and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Edward Brandegee.
| Miss Frederick Morgan and Mr.. Evan
| St Clair Cameron, whose marriage takes
place Wednesday. were the guests OF
| honor at a luncheon today at the Chevy
| Chase Club. Miss Marion Cameron. sis
ter of the bridegroom. was the hostess.
and both the men and the maids OF the
| bridal party were present MISS Mary
| Scott a bridesmaid. will give dinner at
the New Willard tonight for the couple
| and the bridal party. and Miss Lillian
| Chew, another bridesmaid. Will have the
| party her guests later at the theater.
| Tomorrow night Mr.. and Mrs. James
| Morris Morgan, parents of the bride, VIII
| give a dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
Tor the bridal party
DIR. WI Ting-fang, the Chinese min
4 rim Ia a r
| rived last Tuesday night. he does not
| expect to make lengthy stay, as he may
| also go to Havana, via Vera Cruz, be
/ fore returning here to continue the du-
ties of his position until the arrival or MS
successor, VINO is expected here in De-
| cember.
| The Mexican minister to Cuba and
| Nine. Godoy, who are at the Shoreham.
Will leave very shortly for New YORK,
| where they will spend the next three
months. Miss Mercedes Godoy has been
| III with a bad cold s.nce arriving here,
but recovering rapidly. Miss Elena
| Calderon gave luncheon yesterday
| which was intended to he in Miss GOdoys
honor. but the latter's illness prevented
her being present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond are
at their place IN Gloucester. Mass, where
they expect TO remain until Thankssiv-
ing if the weather permits. They nave
| taken the Lew L. MOTlOn Oll huOuc
| Island avenue for the winter.
| Prince and Princess Cantacuzene, who
| were expected to spend the winter in
| Chicago with the parents of the latter,
| Gen and Mrs. Fred Grant, have post
poned their coming on account of their
Youngest child, Princess Ida, who is only
nine months old. 1t has been decided that
/ she is too young for the ocean voyage,
| and her parents will not leave her be-
| hind. The CanLacuZenos are now on their
| estate near ST. Petersburg.
| Mrs Byrne and Masters Francis and
| Edward Byrne. wife and sons of Col.
| Charles B. Byrne, United States Medical
| Corps, are at 175S = street northwest.
| Col Byrne and the Misses Byrne will
| join them early in November.
| Lieut.. Col r. j. James of the British
| embassy and Mrs. James arrived in New
| York on the Baltic yesterday.
| Mrs. John G.. Phillips is likely to spend a
part of the coming winter here instead of
going abroad. ~ So" expected, Nlih Ier
| son. Mr.. William Phillips, recently ap
pointed to the American embassy in Lon
| don. She has decided not to go until
| next April. She will keep the country
home. Moraine farm, North Beverly
Mass open all winter. and will divide the
| har ncfn nd oft