Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-07

Laura Merriam Miss Katherine Brown.
Miss Louise Cromwell and Miss Leonora
Finley.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas w. Symons are
entertaining at dinner OH the 18th.
Will give tea on January g. when their
young daughter. Miss Martha Wheaton
Bowers, will be presented.
Maj. and Mrs. Sylvester entertained at
large theater party followed by a sup
per last evening, VIXEN their guests were
their daughter, Miss Laura Sylvester. and
Mr.. Carleton l.. Wood and the brides
maids and ushers who will assist at their
wedding tomorrow night This evening
the rehearsal at the church will take
place, and will also be followed by
supper at the Sylvester home.
Among the out-of-town guests who ar
rived here within the last few days for
the wedding are Mrs. Myron b. Wright.
Miss Clara Falkenbury and Mr.. Albert
Falkenbury. all of Cincinnati.
Mr.. Thomas Johnson Of Utica. who is
to be best man at the wedding, and the
ushers, Messrs. De Los NJ. Johnson, jr.,
A. c. Barker, Harry Haynes and E:
Weiss of Utica, and Messrs. c. Christiani
and Hubbard Sylvester of this city, en-
tertained Miss Sylvester and her attend
ants today at a luncheon at the Shore
ham, Mrs. Sylvester chaperoning the
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph have invita-
lions out for the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Frances, and Mr.. Richard Percy
Hines Tuesday, December %, at l.
o'clock noon, in ST. Paurs Church.
Mrs William Writ Kimball. wife Of
Rear Admiral kimball, u. s. N, enter
night, consisting of the German ambassa-
dor and Countess Won Bernstorff, Mr..
Justice Brown and Mrs. Brown, the as
sistant secretary of war and Mrs. Robert
Shaw Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Har-
low, Mrs. George Alexander Gordon. Capt.
Staunton, L. s. N, and Baron Won
Hardenbroek of the German embassy.
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
had dining with them last night the
French ambassador and Nine. Jusserand,
the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh, Senator and Mrs. Aldrich, Rear
Admiral CoWes. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Brown Scott. Mr.. and Mrs ]. AMMAN
Bryce, brother and sister-in-law of the
ambassador; Miss Marjorie Bryce, niece
Of the ambassador, and the second sec
rotary of the embassy and Mrs. Esmond
Ovey.
Mr. J. Amman Bryce, NJ. P. brother of
the ambassador, returns to England this
week.
Mrs. Pinchot and her daughter. Lady
tombstone, went to New York yesterday,
and are staying with Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
r. Emo Pinchot Lady tombstone is
booked to sail for Europe December 1S.
The engagement has been announced
in New York OF Miss Clara Fargo, young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Fargo, and a debutante of last season.
and Mr.. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen,
nephew of Mrs. Charles McCawley of
this city and of Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen
of New York. with whom he makes his
home. He is a member of the Union
Club. and graduted from Harvard last
year.
\ topic of international interest accom-
panied the home coming yesterday of
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and he:' daugh-
ter. Miss Yvonne Townsend, after a six
month stay abroad. Miss Townsend
laughingly denied the report of her en-
gagement to King Manuel Of Portugal.
Mr. Townsend was at the dock to meet
his wife and daughter and came on to
this city with them.
Miss Townsend was presented at court
in England last June and she and her