Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A KENTUCKY BELLE WILL
MARRY A FRENCH MARQUIS.
Has Wide Acquaintance in This
City-Other Events-Travel
Plans-Notes.

announcement or the Engagement OF the
| Marquis Antoine de Charette and Miss
Susanna Henning. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Williamson Henning OF Tux
| edo Park. reached here yesterday from
Paris. The marquis is the son of Gen.
Baron de Charette of Paris and Of the
| Baroness de Charette. who was Miss
| Antoinette Polk of Tennessee, a niece OF
| President James X. Polk. He is twenty
| eight years old. and will inherit plan
| tation in Tennessee from his mother
From his father he will succeed to the
| possession of some of the greatest art
| treasures in France. Gen Baron de Cha
rette distinguished himself in the Franco
Prussan war and was at one time COM
| mander of the Pontifical Zouaves at the
Vatican. He stands high among the per-
| sonageS of Catholic Europe. His mother
was stepsister of Henry V OF France
| who as a child regned for few hours.
when his grandfather, Charles Y, abdi-
| Gated in a vain effort TO preserve the
throne to his lire. James W. Henning is
member of the New York Stock EN-
change. Miss HenninG made her debut in
society two years ago. She is we'll known
as a whip. and has taken a prominent
part in amateur theatrcals on several
occasions. Miss susanna Henning has
been a frequent visitor to this city. as
has her titled fiance. The latter has also
visited at the Hennings' Kentucky home,
Spring Lake. just out of Louisville, where
| Mrs. Henning is spending the summer.
Mr.. Henning is abroad with his daughter
No date has been set for the wedding,
| but it will probably take place in this
country in the early fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Selden NJ Ely have re-
turned to Washington after having spent
the month of July al Braddock Heights.
Md.
Mrs. George S. Covington of 1907 r
street left town Monday for Shafersvile.
Md, to join her sons. who are spending
the summer with Mr.. and Mrs. \. W.
Hall.
Mrs. Charles B. Campbell and daughter
are spending the summer at Loch Lynn
| Heights Hotel, Mountain Lake Park, Nd
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Buckingham
and children of 10Th street. Georgetown,
| are in southwest Virginia, where they
1ll spend two three weeks.
| Mr.. j. R. Fnney of the Treasury De-
| partment and Mrs. Finney will leave for
the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition, Seat
| tie. and an extended visit in California to-
| morrow.
Mr.. j. Will Lawrenson leaves August 1
| for three-week vacation, visiting Boston
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Given and Master
Harvey Given are spending the summer
at the Aurora House, Aurora, w. Va.
| Mrs. r. F. Lukei and children are
| spending the summer at Loudoun Heights.
ter and Master Norman Oyster are spend
| ing the summer at Turks Head Inn
| Rockport. Mass. Mr. Oyster expects to
! join them later.
Mr.. Will A. Ridgely. accompanied by
his mother. is spending his vacation in
| Asbury Park.
Miss Mamie England is stopping at Ho-
| tel Raleigh, Atlantic City, for a couple
| of weeks and will go from there to Blue
| Ridge for the remainder of the summer.
| at Narragansett Pier as the guests of
Miss Caswell. They will tour from there
| to Gloucester. Mass, and upon their re-
turn spend the latter part of August as
| the guests OF Mrs. l.. c. Newman at
| Coweset, r. I.
Mrs. Alfred Ray and her granddaugh-
| ter. Miss Harriet III. Thomson, who have
been at Orkney Springs. Va, are. now at
Ocean City. Md, for four-week stay.
| Mr.. P. B. Ray. Miss Ray and Miss Vir-
| ginia Wilson. Mr.. Will Curtiss and wife
and Mr.. Benton Ray spent several days
with them at Ocean City last week
| Baron Won Hengemuller, the Austro-
| Hungarian ambassador. has leased the
Frank c. Hagyard cottage at Lenox,
Mass, for October and will arrive there
at the beginning of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. K Schwab. Misses
| Frances and Kitty Schwab. Mr. Ben
Goldberg and Mr.. r. Bause are spending
two weeks at Atlantic City.
Capt. and Mrs. E. II. Ripley and Mrs
F. ]. Woodman of Washington Grove
Md. have returned from visit to Antie-
| tam, Md. During their stay the party
visited the battle-ground where Capt.
! Ripley lost his arm
Prof. Williston Hough, dean of the
| philosophical department of George Wash
ington University, who has been spending
two months in Berlin. has gone to oxford,
England. Prof. Hough is accompanied by
Mrs. Hough and Miss Grace Needham
daughter of President Needham of George
Washington University.
| Mr.. J. P. Pgott is at Atlantic City for
few days. From there he will tour the
New England states in his auto, return
| ing about October /.