Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-24

.LiNEpINST s'=
Miss Marjorie Kerr Gilmour.
received by the state regent, Mrs. How
ard L. Hodgkins, the vice president gen.
eral for the District; Mrs. Ellen Spencer
| Mussey, the state vice regent: Mrs
George 7. Smallwood and the following
chapter regents: Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood,
Mrs. William R. Lowe. Mrs: Sarah ].
Croissant. Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer. Miss
, Mary Desha, Mrs. Drury c. Ludlow. Mrs.
Harry T. Guss. Mrs William Van Zandt
Cox, Mrs. Thomas H. Johnston, Mrs
Mrs. Charles w. Brown and the state
| treasurer, Miss Anna S. Hazelton. and
Chaplain Mrs. Margaret NJ X. White.
Mrs. l.. B. Swormstedt. chairman of the
| entertainment committee, had the assist
ance of Mrs. Guss. Mrs. Albert J. Gore.
Mrs. Townsend. Mrs. Mary E.. Hunt. Mrs.
Birdsall, Miss Custis, Mrs Elise M. john
son, Miss Alice Reynolds. Mrs. II. 4 Full
| ton, Miss Mabel L. White. Miss Rosalie
Small, Miss Myrtle Moulton. Miss Jose
phine Webster. Miss Bertha Tefft. Mrs.
Helen A. Engle, Miss Darcy Fishburne.
Mrs. Harriet A. Arnold. Miss Florence r.
Keene. Mrs. Charles Nelson, Miss Ma
rian Lee Patterson, Miss Mildred New
Force. Mrs. Edmund Brady. Miss Helen
Stout. Mrs. Austin Mccarthy. Miss May
Howard. Miss Catherine +. Polkinhorn.
Miss May P. Duncanson, Miss Mary A.
| Emery, Mrs. Frank J. Lewis. Mrs. Julian
c. Dowell, Mrs. TRULY. Mrs. Anderson.
Miss Mary F. Brickford. Miss Jeanette
s. Landon, Miss Drake, Miss Lyman,
Mrs. A. f. T. Hansman. Mrs. Robert A.
Bennett. Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. G. NJ Brum-
baugh. Mrs. John Hoyt. Mrs. E. R..
Rochester. Mrs. Kate B. Gillespie mem
Der Of the Cumberland chapter of Nash
Vile, Tenn, but now living in Washing
| ton, sang. accompanied by Miss Pearl
| Waugh. Miss Adele Levers was another
soloist Among the out-of-town guests
were Miss Vining of Massachusetts and
Miss Temple of Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson went to Baltimore
last night and will extend their journey
| to New York before going south to Palm
Beach. They will spend the late spring
| in this city.
The annual Georgetown Prom took
place last night at the Arlington and
was one of the prettiest affairs of the
winter.
The ballroom was decorated with flags
| and ferns
Mrs, Carter, wife of Senator Carter, and
chaperons Of the evening. assisted by
Mrs. Colbert. Mrs. Easby-Smith, Mrs.
Hamilton and Mrs. White. Many pretty
gowns were worn. Mrs. Carter wore yell
toire: Mrs. Baker. wife of the United
States district attorney, wore pink satin i;
Miss May Powers. light blue satin: Miss
Marie Fisher, white messaline trimmed
with gold embroidery: Miss Byrnes. yell
low meSsaline with tunic Of cream lace;
Miss Sullivan, lavender crepe de chine;
Miss Sheehy, light green satin; Miss
Drury, pink satin; Miss Moore, yellow
satin; Miss Downey. white lace; Miss
Dietrich. pink messaline; Miss Nellie
9nr1cnf satin with touches sill.
yer; Miss Blake. yellow Powered crepe
de chine; Miss Lily Lang, white MESA
line; Miss Miller, blue chiffon; Miss Tay
lor, pink silk; Miss Moore, yellow satin /;
Miss Hannah, light blue mesSaline; Miss
Maury, white crepe; Miss Degnon, white
lace and net; Miss Harrington, light gray
net.
Others present were Messrs J. A.
Dilkes, Thomas Boyle. Vincent Corcoran.
Harry Devine. Charles Angullo. Vincent
Daley. Edwin Lang Miller, John Kings
ley, s. Joseph Walsh. Thomas Lavelle,
A. T. Berry. John Eckenrode, ]. B. E.
La Plante, A. V. Lynch. V. A. Corcoran,
Joseph Courtney, Edward Fitzgerald. Will
liam c. Sullivan. William Fitzgerald. Ed
| ward Miller. N. Weimarte. Ennis McQuail,
Frederick Gibbs, Joseph McNulty, w. L..
Byrne. Joseph Wills. Frank McManus.
Leonard Brosseau, Walter Maher, Ros-
Stewart, William Sitterding. Frederick
Rice, Thomas Wilson and John Martin.
The entertainment committee consisted
of Thomas Boyle, chairman; Vincent Cor
| coran. Harry Devine. Charles Angullo,
Vincent Daley and Edwin Lang Miller.
Mrs. Grassie Buckley and Commander
William Andrews Gill. United States
presence of a small company at the home
of the brides mother. Mrs. j. K. Upton.
The Rev DR.. Strahan. rector Of the Cath
Ole University, off1ciated. Commander
| ID
was the best man. After a short honey
| moon trip to New York Commander and
Mrs. Gill will take up their residence at
Vallejo. Cal. where the former is on duty.
Mrs. Ogden Mills gave dinner last
night at her New York home for Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, who sailed today for
England.
Miss Josephine Dawson and Mr.. Richard
w. Allnutt of Jacksonville gave a sue
cessful euchre recently in the town hall.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs James
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan S. Allnutt. Mr. and
Mrs. l.. A Darby. jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. John
F, Williams. Mr.: and Mrs. Milton G.
Darby. Mr.. and Mrs: Joseph N. Darby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis P. Alnutt. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert w. Allnutt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Allnutt, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
C. Darby, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A. AL
NUT NM Mr. i and Mrs George p Jones Dr.
Veirs. Misses Nora Williams. Jane Will
liams. Emily Williams, Nellie Her
sperger. Emma Hodson, Bette Grit
fifth. Earl Davis. Linda Jones, Ma
bel White Margaret Brewer. E. Grace
CLANCY of Prince George county,
Md. Miss Bessie Perry Of Luray, Va. !;
Misses Sophie Brown. Mamie Allnutt.
Elsie Byrd. Mary ]. Byrd. Susie Darby.
| Grace Darby, Josephine Dawson. Lulu B.
Colt. Messrs. E. r. Allnutt. E. R. Allnutt
jr, Ernest and Smith Allnutt. Joseph and
Frank Allnutt Nicholas L. Dawson, Will
liam v. Dawson. B. Frank Dyson, Edgar
Chiswell. Dorsey Williams. Marshall Her
| sperger of Canada, Albert Martin, Hazel
| Metzger. Harry Darby. Lawrence White
| Lawrence Jones, Oliver White Clyde
Griffith. Thomas D. Darby. S. B. Balch,
son Of Rear Admiral Balch of Baltimore;
| William Schaeffer. Henry and Benoni ALL
mutt, Jack Byrd, Samuel D. Byrd, Rich
ard Allnutt, Joseph Byrd. Mrs. Joseph
! Darby. Mr.. Harry c. Darby. Miss Jose
| Dawson. Mr.: Oliver Griffith. Miss Emma
Hodson and Mr.. Hazel Metzger won
prizes.
| Mrs. William Pennock Rogers wife of
| Gen. W. P. Rogers. Soldiers Home, was
| hostess at luncheon yesterday.
| Cards have been issued for a reception
to be given Thursday evening, March 4
by the Messrs. Van Vranken s. Mathews
Charles S. Pryor and ]. Leonard Dabney
in honor of their visiting friends.
Dr. William Malcolm, who has been III
! for the past ten days, Is still in q very
serious condition. Mrs. Malcolm, to whom