Evening star., 1909-05-23
luating and Commencement Gowns.

at her Chicago home last week. and
will leave the latter part of June for Ell
beron, N. j., where she has summer
place.
Miss Mae Donohue celebrated her six
teenth birthday anniversary by a party
last Thursday night at the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Donohue,
1919 9th street southwest. AmoAg num-
ber of lovely gifts made her was the
wedding ring of her grandmother, pre-
sented by her mother. She was dressed
in white batiste and lace After a mu-
sical program In which Miss Cleo Riley,
Mr.. Noble Viers. Mr.. Brooke Furr, Mr..
Ernest Riley, Miss Margaret. Furr and
Miss Lillian Owens took part. the entire
party was entertained at supper.
Draper cottage at Beverly Farms, not
far from where President and Mrs. Taft
will live the coming summer
the Elk We lie Club were entertained by
Mr.. Joseph Dawson at his home. ~ NJ
street northwest. The evening was de-
lightfully passed in singing and dancing;
vocal numbers were given by Miss Mabel
Hamann. Mr.. Aloysius Stormont, Mr..
Ray Barrick and Mr.. Victor Jaeger: solos
on the piano we're given by Miss Virginia
Hunter, Miss Edna Boyd and Miss Ger
trude Lane. Mr.. Dawson was assisted in
receiving his guests by his sisters, Miss
Emma and Miss Edna Dawson. At late
hour refreshments were served. Those
present were Miss Virginia Hunter. Miss
Catharine Thompson, Miss BERTHE Thorn,
Miss Irene Frick, Miss Edna Boyd, Miss
Mabel Hamann, Miss Ethel Pryor. Miss
Regina Kellimann, Miss Gertrude Lane,
Miss Catharine Fennell, Miss Bessie
Langsdale. Miss Helen Langsdale, Mr.. Ar
thur Frick. Mr.. Frederick Lake. Mr.. Jo-
seph Afford, Mr.. Ray Barrick. Mr.. Victor
Jaeger, Mr.. Aloysius stormont. Mr.. John
stecker. Mr.. John I.esch and Mr.. Will
liam Boyd.
Representative and Mrs. Weeks have
gone to Boston and are making the trip
in their automobile. They will be away
most of this week, but will. of course be
back in good season for their reception
to Vice Admiral Baron Sotokichi Uriu
of the imperial Japanese navy and
Baroness Uriu and the class of 1881
at Annapolis. which will be held May 81.
Miss Weeks spent yesterday in Annapolis
and will go to Boston tomorrow. The
Weeks summer home at Newton, Mass.
will be opened in a day or two for the
summer. but Representative and Mrs.
Weeks and their daughter expect to go
abroad in July.
Count Moltke. the Danish minister. has
gone to Lancaster, Mass, to join the
Countess Moltke. who is there on visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thayer.
When he returns in a few days Countess
Moltke will come, too. for short visit.
Mr. Kroupensky, charge daffaires of
the Russian embassy, has returned from
New York with Mr.. de Struve and Baron
Bode. The location of the summer head
quarters of the embassy is as yet un-
settled. but It is likely to be in the Man
chester-by-the-S Sea neighborhood.
Miss Margery Cotton spent yesterday
at Annapolis, accompanying a party down
from this city. Mrs. Davis, Col Colton's
elder daughter,e came on from Philadel-
phia last night to spend the day with
her father and sister. Col Cotton and
family will spend July at York Harbor
Ex-senator and Mrs. J. B. Henderson
will leave about the first Of June for
their place at Bar Harbor.
Among the pleasant events of the past
week none was more enjoyed than the
graduation program at the Florence
School on Monday. From 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. at which hour Mrs NJ Allen
Martindell. the principal. met the members
OF the Queens Gardens Club. the literary
society of the school. for the purpose of
an interesting discussion devoted to the
most dramatic evesAs of American his