Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

| man, DR.. Ralph Mcdowell, Z. S. N; with
Mr. Benjamin Prick. DR.. Robert Ivy and
] DR.. Harold Roberts, all OF Philadelphia
! and Mr.. George Scheling of Brooklyn.
ent. as was ISIS Estelle Crane. Mrs.
| Marshall anu Mrs. Crane chaperOned the
| party, which went after the play to the
home Of Gen. and Mrs. Marshall for
| supper.
| Tonight DIR. Johnson will give dinner
! for his best man and ushers. and tomor-
row night Miss Marthena Harrison will
give supper for the bridal party.
| Mrs. John Joy Edison has invitations out
| for tea Tuesday next at Joy Farm, the
| Edison country place, near Rockville, Md.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edison closed their 10th
| street home some weeks ago and are es-
/ to blished at their summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt will give
| a dinner tonight in honor, Of Miss Grace
| Bell and Capt. G. r. Fortescue. whose
engagement was announced recently, with
the wedding set for June f.
| The marriage of Miss Mary Hartman
and Mr.. Cary Rumsey of Buffalo is likely
| to be a very quiet event in early June at
| Arden, the Hartman estate in New York,
| where the late railroad king spent his last
| days and of which the bride-elect has
| been. by her fathers desire. placed In
| charge. The estate is being put In order
| for early occupancy, especially the main
roads and the little Episcopal chapel.
| where. it Is expected. the wedding will
be solemnized before the departure Of
Mrs. Hartman and her younger daughter
for Honolulu
The engagement which has stirred San
Francisco society lately also concerned a
great heiress. Miss Helene Irwin. who
will marry MIR. Charles Templeton Crock
er within the year. The bride-elect is not
only among the wealthiest of California
bellies, but she is also one Of the most
attractive. Her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Irwin. are well known abroad.
Mr.. Irwin is one of the wealthiest bank
ers and planters in Honolulu Mr.. Tenn
pleton Croker is Yale graduate,
brother of Miss Jennie Croker. son of
the late Fred Croker, a granddaughter
of the late d. o. Mills and. incidentally,
is a very rich man. The wedding will be
house affair. as the bride-elect is
Catholic. The Irwin residence is one of
the most palatial in San Francisco.
Other heiresses whose weddings next
month will be surrounded with every
splendid detail will be those of Miss
heir of Lord Winchelsea. in London.
June 9. and Miss Mildred Carter and
Lord Acheson, on the 23d. The first
named will be at st, Margaret's Church.
Westminster. Miss Carter will be
among Miss DrexePs bridesmaids with
nine others. two of whom are also
Americans-Miss Edith Wayne Of Phil
adelphia, who is a personal friend and
frequent visitor to the brides home in
London. and Miss Nelly Post.
soon to become the bride OF Mr.. Mon
tagu Eliot, and who is daughter of
Lady Barrymore by her first marriage.
and a niece OF Mrs. Adair.
Lady Gladys Finch -Hatton tsister of
Lord Maidstone). Lady Lefty Manners,
Miss Rhoda Ashley daughter Of the
Dowager Lady Hastings). Miss Mar
garet Combe daughter Of Lady Con-
stance Combe). Miss Sybil Fellowes
daughter OF Lord and Lady de Ram
sey). and two small daughters Of Lady
Muriel Paget will also be in the pro-
cession to the altar These little girls
are Lord Maidstone's cousins. Court
mourning will detract very greatly
from both of these weddings but the
absence OF royalty will make the lesser
folk shine Miss Drexel will give the
bridesmaids the latest thing in jewelry
called a bundle OF charms" which
comprise the three latest mascots,
bell. a ball and a rabbit, in gold stud
ded with gems on chain OF gold in
crusted with diamonds.
Announcement was made q few days
ago in New York Of the engagement of
Miss Constance de Clyver Edison. daugh-
ter Of DR.. and Mrs. Tracy Edison. to
Marshall Rutgers Kernochan Of Pitts
field Mass.
! She is . granddaughter Of the late Prof