Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
IN the WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. BALLINGER ENTERTAINS
OFFICIALS AT SEATTLE.
Engagement Of Miss Florence Libbey
and Mr.. L. B. Crist-Home-
COMPREHENSIVE.

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| Mrs. Ballinger, wife OF the Secretary OF
the Interior. gave a large dinner last
week in honor of Postmaster General
Frank II. Hitchcock and Gov. Walter E.
| Clark and Mrs. Clark of Alaska at the
Rainier Club. Seattle. Washington state.
The affair took place in the private ban
| Quet hall. The tables were arranged
around a hollow square filled with palms.
The most beautiful decorations were the
masses Of varied colored cactus dahlias.
To meet these guests there were pres
ent Senator and Mrs. John l.. Wilson,
Admiral and Mrs. John Rogers. Mr.. and
Mrs j. d. Lowman. Judge and Mrs.
Thomas Burke, Senator and Mrs. Benja-
min F. Wilcox, Mr.. A. B. Stewart and
Miss Stewart. Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. Blaine,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dickinson. ex-Gov.
John H. McGraw, Mrs. Gordon Paine OF
Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. H Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Williams, Senator and Mrs.
Samuel II. Piles. Representative and Mrs.
Will E. Humphrey. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F.
Backus, Postmaster and Mrs. George f.
Russell Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Lewis. John
H. Ballinger, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Baker
and Mrs. J. E. Chilberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Libbey announce
the engagement Of their daughter Flor
ence to Mr.. Lucien cambridge Crist Of
| Boston. formerly Of Washington. The
wedding will take place in November.
The Bolivian minister ana Nine. CAL
deron and their attractive young daugh-
| ter. Miss Elena Calderon. who spent
or so ago. Nine. Calderon. unfor-
i tunately, was i'll much Of the time Of
| their absence, and did not, therefore,
greatly enjoy the travelling, which on
| her account had to be made by 4
| leisurely route. She has gained some
what since returning here, but is not
| yet out Of her room.
Miss Victoria M: Parks. youngest
mander of the Brooklyn navy yard. and
| Capt. John Arthur Hughes. Marine
Corps. We're married last evening in St.
Johns Church, Brooklyn, the ceremony
being followed by a dinner and dance at
! the navy yard.
| The guests, who were for the most part
| officers, appeared in full dress, and the
ceremony was performed under the ma
tiOnal and regimental colors. The bride
| ting the wedding cake with her husband S
saber. Her gown was of white charmeuse
satin studded with pearls and she car
! ried lilies of the valley and white orchids.
/ Her father gave her in marriage Mrs.
Herbert Miles in lavender acted as ma
| iron of honor. and little Miss Hughes,
cousin of the bridegroom, was flower girl.
Paymaster Edward Goodhue was best
| man. and the ushers were Capt. Pane
Chamberlin. Lieut.. Joseph Little and
The bride and bridegroom left last
night for Havana, Cuba, where they will
| remain till November.
Virginia, will return to Richmond tomor-
| row, where she will have a large party
| for the state fair.
| Miss Mary l.. Decide. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Decide, and Mr.. Warren S.
| Titlow of Philadelphia were married yes
terday afternoon in ST. Thomas EpiScO-
pal Church by the Rev. G. Ernest Smith.
| The bride wore a brown broadcloth suit
and a brown hat. Mr. and Mrs. Titlow
| left after the ceremony for trip to Can
ada and will live in Philadelphia.
MI Roberto Ceutaro secretary of the
| Italian embassy. was passenger on the
! Mauretania yesterday. He spent the sum-
| mer abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hall have returned
from the Adirondacks, where they spent
the summer. Mrs. Blackburn, their
daughter, from Albany, N. Y, is visiting
| them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon N. Newton are
Mr. Irving Iandell sof Washington, D. c..
at their home in the Ventnor.
| Gen. c. III. Tompkins, L. S. A. and his
daughter. Miss Julia Tompkins, have re-
| turned from the Blue Ridge mountains,
and are at their residence, 1925 21st
street northwest.
Mr.. Douglas c. Cordiner, L. s. n, his
wife and infant daughter are the guests
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Mrs. Lee NJ. Lipscomb. University place,
Columbia Heights. At the expiration of
| his leave Mr.. Cordiner will rejoin his
vessel. the L. S. s. Mississippi. Mrs.
| Cordiner will remain in Washington dur
| ing the fall. returning to Philadelphia
| for the winter.
| Miss Marie T. O'Connor Of 10 ood
street northwest left here Wednesday
morning to visit her uncle. Mr.. Cornelius
| Bohen and other relatives of New York
city. Mrs. ]. F. Miller. Mrs. f. RAM
say, Mrs. E. T. Hammett and the Misses
Edith and Irene Hammett. Miss Mae
Thomas and Messrs. Charles Ramsay and
| Edward Hammett also went to New
York at the same time.
Mrs. Sara S. Barnes widow of
James J. Barnes of this city. will sail
from New York October on the At
| lantic transport Minnehaha for a years
travel in Europe and the Holy Land.
| Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley and their
| daughter. Mrs. Herbert Shipman re-
| turned yesterday from Europe.
| Mr. and Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh are in
| New York, and are staying at the ST.
Regis.
| Senator and Mrs. Scott, who have been
|