The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-09


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wedding Set for June 30.
Miss Helen Taft is spending the week
end at the White House.
Capt. sowerby r. N, naval attache of
the British Embassy, entertained a dinner
company of sixty guests at Rauscher' IS
last night the company going later to
the hunt ball.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were entertained at dinner last evening
lby former Gov. and Mrs William r.
Merriam. who have recently taken pos
session of their new home, in n street
Covers were laid for eighteen.
The Japanese Ambassador and Baroness
Uchida gave dinner last evening in
honor of the German Ambassador and
! Countess Won Bernstorfr. The other
guests were Countess Luise-Alexandra
Won Bernstorff, daughter of the Ambassa-
DOR; Senator Du Pont, Gen and Mrs
Clarence Edwards, Prince Koudacheff,
Of the Russian Embassy; DR.. and Mrs
1 w. j. Pettus. Rev. and Mrs Charles
/ Wood. Mr.. ". J. Carr. Mr.. Odagiri. of
Japan, guest at the embassy; the coun-
selor of the embassy and Nine. Matsui,
and the naval attache OF the embassy,
Commander Hiraga.
Mrs. Sherman occupied box at the
Columbia yesterday afternoon at the con-
cert OF the Italian pianist, BusonI and
had as her guests Mrs. Lowden, wife of
Representative Frank o. Lowden; Mrs
George NJ. Pullman, and Gen. and Mrs.
Gillespie. Others in the audience were
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture; Mrs. Clarence and
her daughter Frances and her young SON
Mrs. Sulson Hutchins, Mrs Robert Keel
ing, and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Miller.
Miss Frances Dyer Clark. daughter Of
Senator and Mrs. Clark, who is to be
married TO Mr.. George Hobart Chapman
next Tuesday was the guest in whose
honor Mrs Oliver f. Pagan entertained
at luncheon yesterday. Among the
guests we're those of the bridal party and
a few other friends.
The wesding OF Miss Eleanor Butler
Alexander, of New York, and Theodore
Roosevelt, jr.. has been fixed for June %.
and viii take place In Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian Church, New York. No ar
rangements have been announced except
that a reception viii be given by the
brides mother, Mrs. Henry Addison
Alexander. in the home of the brides
uncle. Charles B. Alexander. The we'd
ding has been postponed so that former
President and Mrs Roosevelt. who ex-
pect to leave England on June TO- will be
present
The Charge d'Affaires of Argentina and
Nine. de Zillegas, VINO recently came 10
this country. have engaged the Morgan
Hill house in Connecticut avenue, where
they viii establish the legation to-day.
Mrs. Wesley L. Jones. wife of Senator
Jones, Of Washington, was hostess at
small informal luncheon yesterday, at
the Hotel Gordon. Those invited were
Mrs. Facius. Mrs. Stout Mrs. Garges,
Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. Mrs. J. H.
Brown. Mrs +. A. Crump. Mrs Edgar
Allen. Mrs. Blanchard. and Mrs. J.
Harry Davis
Mrs. John ". Foster was obliged 10 re-
call her luncheon invitations for yes
terday on account of illness. They were
issued in honor of Mrs. James Robert
Mckee, of New York
Miss Margaretta Morse has gone 10
New York TO attend the wedding of
Miss Emaline Agnes Sweeny. of Spokane.
Wash, and Lieut.. Clifford Lee Corbin,
which will take place next Tuesday.
Miss Morse viii be the maid Of honor
and Lieut., Floyd B. Magruder will be
best man. The wedding will take place
at the Apthorp apartments where The
brides parents nave resided during their
stay in the East. Miss Irene DAILY, of
Baltimore. and Miss Elizabeth Stewart.
Of New York, will be the bridesmaids. |
while Lieut. Richard J. Herman and
Lieut., ROLAND w. Case will be the ush-
ers. The bridegroom is a nephew Of The
late Gen Henry c. Corbin and a son of
DR.. and Mrs. Lee Corbin, of Dayton, |
Ohio. The bride and the bridegroom will /
make their home at Fort McHenry, |
Baltimore. where Lieut.. Corbin is sta
toned.
Miss Niche, house guest of Mrs. Ale |
shire. was the guest in whose honor
Miss Klbbey gave a luncheon yesterday |
The eighth. and last. of the series of |
''parlor talks by Mrs. Kossuth Niles |
for the benefit of St Thomas Church /
viii be held this evening at the resi- /
dence of Admiral and Mrs. B. P. Lam |
bertOn. 1919 n street northwest. The SUBJ
ject viii be Sweden, Denmark, Nor
way, and the midnight sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Robertson, of |
Va, announce the engagement
OF Their daughter, Miss Virginia Robert
son, to Mr.. Sylvester NJ. Gould. of Wash
ington. The wedding viii take place in
October.
Miss Symons and Miss Mildred Mer-
rick are at the Hotel Walcott, New
York city, for a few days. They are on
their way home from Pittsburg, where
they went TO attend a wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge Jordan were
inner hosts last evening for a company
which went later TO the hunt ball.
Miss Emroy Dubois, daughter of Capt.
Richard c. Dubois. of this city, was
married. in Puget Sound Navy Yard yes
erday afternoon to Lieut.. Robert I'm
Ierwood, Z. S. NJ. c., on the arrival of