Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-22
BY CONSTANCE cARRUTHERs.

BY CONSTANCE CARRUTHERS.
WASHINGTON May 2l-(speciai Dis
patch to The Bee )-Orders sent to Beverly,
Mass, to have the presidents summer
home ready at minutes notice caused a
flutter at Burgess Point and showed that
MIR. raft would lose no time in getting
there after congress adjourns. Although no
date is set for the arrival OF the president.
Mrs. Taft has been expected for several
days.
The cottage which the president will &C.
cupy is not ready for occupany. Painters
and decorators have been at work on It
for some time. and the lanterns and lights
have been installed.
Mrs. Taft is expected before the rest OF
; the family and will be Joined at the Point
by Helen, Robert and Charlie Just as soon
as their college sessions close. She has
planned 10 pass as quiet q summer this
, year as last It Is said. without any en-
tertainments beyond the usual hospitality
by relatives Noverthe esq. social leaders
are flocking TO the Point and nelghboring
cottages have been opened earlier this
spring than usual. so that the season IL ad-
vanced practically three weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Boil have an
nounced the engagement Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Grace Bell. to Granville r. Forte
scue. The wedding will take place at Twin
Oak Saturday. Juno 4. and will be attended
only by a small party OF relatives.
Miss Bell In one OF tho most charming
and accomplished young women In wash
ington society. She is an enthusiastic
horsswoman and fond OF outdoor life in
general She is Interested greatly In chart
ties. particularly the Working Boys Home.
Mr. Tortescue was military aide at the
White House during the Roosevelt admin
istratlon and is a relative OF Mrs, Roose-
welt At present he Is assistant to John
Barrett, director of the Bureau OF Ameri-
can Republics. He is a member OF tho Met
ropolitan. Chevy Chase and Army and
Navy clubs. and is a graduate OF the Uni
verslty OF Pennsylvania.
This afternoon Miss Bell will entertain a
small company Of her most intamte friends
at tea at Twin oaks.
Mrs. John b. Henderson, who kept So
ciety in a state of activity with her new
dances and lavish entertainments during
the past winter will leave for Bar Harbor
early next month to spend the summer.
Mr.. Henderson, jr., who has been cruising
in southern waters upon his private yacht
has returned home.
The Swiss minister and Nine. Ritter with
their young son. will sail on June for
Switzerland, where they will spend the
summer.
Two much Texas" is the reason at
tributed to the recent unpleasantness II
the Congressional club. incidentally tn,
Congressional club is pursuing new ways
In the old days the guests were pleased
to get pink lemonade and a cookie; now tht
champagne flows without stint, and viandi
are rich in comparison. Mrs Lodge anc
Mrs Champ Clark resigned when the new
order set in. Mrs. Slayden and Mrs. Gregg
wives OF Texas legislators, have been run
ming things to suit themselves, according
TO the verdict of the dissatisfied ones,
Wednesday, June Is. is the date selected
for the wedding of Miss Edna Aliens Mac
Murray and Captain Jones Parsons Rob
inson, u. S. A.. whose engagement was re
Gently announced. The ceremony will TAX
place in St. Thomas Episcopal church, tn
Rev. Dr. Brooks of St. Pauls church. Al
bany, N, Y. Officiating. assisted by tn
Rev. c. Ernest Smith, rector of ST
Thomas.
Miss MacMurray who is the daughter o
Mrs. MacMurray and the late Major Mac
Murray, u. s. A.. has just returned iron
New York, where she has been spending
several weeks.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth ha
Joined her family abroad. Mr.. Longwort
did not so abroad, but remained In Wash
ington.
Washington seems to be taking little in
terest in the coming wedding OF Theodor
Roosevelt, tr and there Is gossip to tn
effect that the son of the former presiden
need not look to this city for much ma
terlal with which to furnish his nest. Dur
ing the Roosevelt administration in Wash
ington young Theodore was not much 70
society. He was less accessible than hi
father and would rather read or wande
"a along the wooded paths in solitude tina
mngle at social affairs. He was neve
much of dancer and as a conversation
alist he never took blue ribbon.
The marriage OF Miss Katherine DIV
\ Leech, daughter of MIR. and Mrs, John Ere
Leech, and Lieutenant Thurston Hughe
United States coast artillery corps, who!
engagement was recently announced, wi
be an event OF the fall. as the wedding wi
probably take place in October.
The engagement has been announced
Midshipman Ralph NJ. Jaeger Of the Unite
states navy and Miss Helen Herbert
debutante OF the season OF l90s-l0o9 OF Mi
neapolls Mr.. Jaeger Is also a Minneapol
man, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Luth'
Jaeger. He Is a graduate OF the Unite
States Naval academy at Annapolis in 100
and is now on the Eagle, q United Stat
cruiser In the Atlantic service. with heat
quarters at Norfolk, MIR. Jaeger expec