Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
A RECEPTION TO HONOR A
BRIDE OF TOMORROW.
Home and Church Weddings-Re-
cent Hospitalities and Future
0nes-Notes.

Mrs. John Frederick Leech Is entertain
ing at a tea this afternoon in honor of
Miss Louise c. Cole. daughter of the late
Judge Cole, whose marriage to Mr. Robert
Sidney Belknap of Amherst. Mass. will
take place tomorrow. The company will
consist of the out-of-town guests only.
a number of whom have already arrived.
Mrs. Hawley and the Misses Hawley of
Hartford Conn.,, widow and daughters of
the late Senator Hawley, are staying
with Mrs. Leech and will assist at the
tea, as will Mrs. Franklin p. Sackett.
elder daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leech. At
the wedding Miss Katherine Leech will
be a bridesmaid with Miss Marian Haw-
ley and Miss Helena Palmer as maid Of
honor. Mrs. Belknap, mother of the
bridegroom, is here from Flushing. L. L.
rehearsal and Mrs. Hawley and Mrs. Sack
EFT will preside in the dining room.
Only family party and few personal
friends will be present this evening at
the home OF Mrs. Thomas Monroe Elliott.
In Chevy Chase, for the wedding of her
daughter, Miss Juliana Randall Elliott
and DR.. T. F. Murphy. Rev. Father
Smyth, pastor of st. AIMS Church, Ten
leytown, will perform the ceremony. The
bride will be attended by Miss Virginia.
Elliott, her sister, as maid of honor. and
DR.. Arthur L. Hunt will be best man.
After the wedding trip the couple will
live at Chevy Chase.
Miss Mary Susannah Handy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Levin c. Handy, will be,
married to Mr.. George Wendell Evans to-
night at $3.50 at the Fifth Baptist Church
by Rev. DIR. John e. Briggs. Miss Alice
M. Handy, as maid Of honor, and little
Mary B. Imirie, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John j. Imrie, as flower girl, will attend
the bride. Mr.. John p. Evans will be
best man. The ushers will be Messrs. Ed
win Evans and Frank Evans. brothers Of
the bridegroom: Herbert Smith. Edwin E.
Vrooman, Clinton Smith and John Tuck
er. A small reception will follow at the
home of the brides parents.
Miss Mildred Finckel and Mr. James
Sheppard Burruss will be married to-
morrow night at Luther Place Memo
rial Church by Rev Lloyd G. Douglass.
The ushers will be Messrs. William H.
cey Pugh and Prof. Bird of Charlottes-
Vile, Va. Miss Harriet Finckel will be
maid of honor and Mr.. Robert Page
Burruss best man: Mr.. and Mrs. Will
bride, will give small reception for
the bridal party and their personal
friends after the ceremony. The couple
will return here to reside after their
wedding journey, and will be at home
to their friends after May 15
The minister from Switzerland and
Mime. Ritter, who are entertaining Mrs.
Edward Mitchell Townsend of New
York, entertained at dinner last night
In her honor the minister from Sweden
and Nine. de Lagercrantz, the minister
from Greece, Mrs. n. e. Baylies and
Miss Sophie Huegenin of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis b. Crowninshield,
the Austrian naval attache and Baron
ess Preuschen Won und I'll Liebenstein,
Viscount Benoist day. French naval
attache; Count Pourtales. German at
tache, and DR.. and Mrs. Buckner Ran
dolph.
Mrs. James S. Sherman was the guest
of honor at a luncheon yesterday given
by Mrs. Henry B. Brown. whose niece
Mrs Arthur Parker of Detroit, is now on
visit to her. In the party were hirs
John MCGOWAN. Mrs. Thomas H. Ander-
son, Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. I. De Witt
Talmage. Mrs Lyman TIFFANY, Mrs D.
William Henry, Mrs w. K. Carr. Mrs.
l. T. Mann, Miss Temple, Mrs. Bowen,
Miss Strong, Miss Davis and Miss Nor
gan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt enter
tanned at dinner last night in honor of
their guest, Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg Of
New York.
Lieut.. Cleland Davis and Mr.. c. r.
Simpson entertained guests at the Alibi
Mrs Kenneth Castleman of Newport,
who are visiting Lieut.. Commander and
Mrs. o. F. Jackson. The guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Mcmillan, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh I.egare
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Andrews, Mr. and
Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs L.
ward Mitchell. Miss Fish, Mrs. Mayo Of
Norfolk. Mrs. Cutter and Mr.. Oden
Horstmann.
Baron Ambrozy gave a dinner in New
York for eight friends prior to his depar-
| ture for Europe today.
Representative and Mrs. w. E. Hum
phrey gave a dinner last night in honor
of Mrs. Eliza F. Leary of Seattle, who
was q delegate to the recent D. A. r.
Congress. The rest Of the company In
cluded Mrs. McMilen. Mrs. Aberdeen,
Mrs Bredes Of Seattle, Mr.. f. H. Well,
Mr.. Clark McKercher. Gen. and Mrs
James A. Drain and Representative Nc
Creole.
Mrs. John G. Phillips had guests for an
afternoon musical yesterday, when Mr..
Frank Rogers OF New York gave the
program. Miss Georgfanna Hopkins and