Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-10
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
COMINGS AND GOINGS OF N0TA-
BLES OF THE CAPITAL.
Summer Plans Here and Abroad.
Teas for Visitors.
Notes.


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The Mexican ambassador will return
from New York today, where he went to
attend a public dinner and to make an
| address. The ministers Of Venezuela and
Panama were also in New York for. the
same occasion.
The French military attache. Count de
| Chambrun, and family are now in Gin
! cinnati. but expect to go abroad for the
summer, starting about the middle of
June.
| The second British secretary and Mrs.
George Young will sail for England
| Wednesday, to spend the summer.
Mrs. Williams, wife of Capt. Richard
Williams. U. S M. c.. spent Sunday with
liams has recently been ordered to Pc
king. China, and, with Mrs. Williams,
Will leave in July for his new post.
shipman Ralph NJ Jaeger of the United
States Navy and Miss Helen Hobert a
| debutante of the season of 190S-1909. of
Minneapolis. Mr.. Jaeger is also Min
I ..
Luther Jaeger. He is a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy at Annapo-
| lis in 1908, and is now the Eagle,
United States cruiser in the Atlantic serv-
Jaeger expects to be transferred in June,
when the plans for the wedding will be
completed.
at tea at the Country Club yesterday,
being assisted by her daughters, Miss
| Boardman, Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Keep;
1 Mrs Beale and Miss Williams.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
| Meyer and the Misses Meyer will go
to New York tomorrow for the launch
ing of the United States battleship Flor
Mrs Hunt Slater left this morning for
a visit to Mrs Horatio Slater of Boston.
Miss Dagma Rubner of New York, who
was her guest, is now visiting Mr.. and
| Mrs. John r. Mclean at Friendship.
Mr.. and Mrs William Phelps Emo will
| go to New York tomorrow, to remain
until they sail, May y. for Europe
| Mrs. Howard S. Reside and Miss Eliz-
abeth Reside will go to Philadelphia
| Thursday to make a little visit to their
| relatives, and to New York Friday. They
sail Saturday for Europe by the Mediter
ranean route and will be joined in Milan
during August by Mr.. Reside and Mas
ter Harmer Reside. After couple of
months of travel over the continent they
will return home together.
Mrs. Shonts and her daughters, the
| Duchess de Chaulnes and Miss Shonts,
| sailed today for Bremen from New York.
Mrs. Francis Curtis tea yesterday at
| the Woodley from to Z, in honor of Mrs
Desmond Humphreys of England, brought
together pleasant company: Mrs L.
White Busbey, Mrs. Oscar King Davis
| and Mrs. Willard Hawley assisted, as did
! little Miss Berenice Harper, Miss Marta
| Davis and Miss JEANETTE Curtis.
Mrs. l.. Fl. Wilder entertained at tea
| Sunday afternoon at her home, 1875 18th
street. in honor of Mrs. Desmond Hum
] phreys and invited to meet her the League
Nof American Pen Women. Mrs. Hartman
Melvin sang and played compositions and
| Mira Ahmed Sohrab gave Persian chants
Mrs. Simon Newcomb is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. E. b. Whitney. and her
| little grandsons in Cornwall, Conn.
Mrs. Richard Calvert is visiting her
| father. Gen. Davis. at the Connecticut,
after a three-Eear absence in India.
Mr. Leon III. Ballou Of Buffalo, N. Y, is
guest for the week of Acting Postmaster
and Mrs Norman Allen Merritt at the
EthelhurSt.
| Mrs. Nicholas Longworth sails tomor-
row for England and will visit Ambas-
sadOr and Mrs. Reid.
Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Kaufman have
| closed their town house and are at Air
| lie. their country home on Military road.
Mrs. and Miss Kaufman will be at
home Wednesdays. May Is and %, but
will not receive tomorrow.
The engagement is announced and the
wedding set for September next at the
Preside, California, of Miss Emma Tur-
| ner and Lieut.. George Ruhlen. jr., son of
Col. George Ruhlen of this city.
| Among the Washingtonians at the
Hotel Walcott, New York city, now are
| Mrs. r. p. Vincent and her daughter,
| Mrs. w. II. Potter, and child, from Ber-
muda: Mr.. and Mrs. j. HI. Purdy, Mrs.
| X. SwayZe and Lieut.. r. {. BoggS or the
| United States Army.
Mr. John Hays Hammond is travelling
! in Mexico, and has his sister. Mrs.
Charles Hoyle, in his party in his pri-
| vate car.
Mrs. William A. Mearns gave tea and
garden party yesterday for her brother
| and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs Chambers of
| indianapolis, Ind. who are spending a
part of their honeymoon journey in this
| city.
| Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Warner have re-
| turned from New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel III. McMichael
celebrated their fifteenth wedding ami
versary at their home at 1924 street
northwest last night. There were about
rs friends and relatives of the happy
| couple present. The large reception room
was beautifully decorated with palms,
roses and other spring flowers. while an
| orchestra rendered selections throughout
the entire evening. After the reception
the couple were presented with many
beautiful and valuable gifts, after which
| refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Winston, prin-
| cipals of Madison Hall Seminary, have
1 sent out cards to the annual commence
| ment exercises of the institution, to be
held at the seminary, 300 r street north
west, Wednesday evening, May Is, at
$50 o'clock.
| The regular meeting of the Beta Iota
! club was held Saturday. April 30. at 923
| North Carolina avenue southeast, Miss
| Flora Schuldt being the hostess. In the
| absence of the president Miss E. Capers
| presided After short business meeting
| games were INDUCED in till late hour,
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