Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19

| DIR. and Mrs. f. X. Goldsborough an
nounce the engagement Of their daughter
Anne Francis to Mr.. William Force Stead
| vice consul at Nottingham. England. The
wedding will take place in February and
the couple will sail at once for Mr.. Steads
| post.
The bride-elect is charmingly pretty and
| a great belle since her debut two seasons
| ago. Mr. Stead is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Stead of this city.
The German embassy was the meeting
| place for diplomatic. official and resident
society, Countess Won BernstOrff receivin1
by invitation from 4 to Z. The hostess
| was gowned in black chiffon and lace and
was assisted by her daughter, Countess
Luise Alexandra, Miss Marion Oliver and
Miss Mary Switzerland.
The rooms were filled with flowers and
greens, and on the tea table were pink
carnations. Mrs. Herwarth, wife of the
military attache of the embassy, presided
at the tea table. and made very hand
some figure there.
The wedding of Miss Ethel Maxwell
Robson, daughter of the late George
Maxwell Robson. formerly Secretary OF
the Navy. and. Mrs. Robson of New
Jersey and Washington, d. c., to William
Sterling, eldest surviving son of. Maj.
Gen. Sterling of the British army, will
take place very quietly Tuesday. Novem-
Mayfair, London.
After spending the honeymoon in two
country houses in England which have
been loaned them, the bride and bride
groom expect to reach the formers home
in this city in January.
The Sarah st. sClair Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
met at the home of its regent, Mrs. Fran
els a. st. Clair, on Monday, November
II, at o'clock. The occasion was a most
suspicious one and all spent several very
happy hours i'm celebration of the chap
ter's first anniversary.
After the pleasant social hour around
the single cand'ed cake, all parted to
meet one month later.
Mr. ard Mrs. c. Il. Hebbard of 1870 G
street southeast gave dinner in honor
of their grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. L..
C. Blood of Lansing, Mich
Mr. and Mrs Theodore Tiller have
taken an apartment i'm the Dresden. on
Connecticut avenue.
Mrs. r. s. Brown of 9S Chestnut street,
Takoma Park, left last Tuesday for Il
short trip to southern Florida. Before
returning she will visit her mother at
West Palm Beach.
Mrs. Edward Graves has returned to
her home, g Plaza place, Atlantic City,
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs A Howard Clark have
gone to New York to attend a dinner of
the New York Society. Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution. at the Waldorf storia
Mrs. Clark will remain over Thanksgiv-
ing.
Miss H. NJ. YOun Boston celebrated
her eighty-fourth birthday at the resi-
dence of Mrs. c. L. Sexton, the Earl
ington. Monday, November II. Mrs. C.. l..
Sexton, Mrs. Richard Ough. Mrs F. A.
Barbour, Mrs. William Egbert, Miss Vande
Sande and Mrs. Anna +. HendIey enter
tanned in her honor at beautifully pre-
pared luncheon. Miss Young enjoys eX-
cellent health, has perfect eyesight and is
in full possession of all of her faculties
and is actively engaged in literary work
Mrs. Collins and son. Mr.. Karrick Col
Inns. are at the Grafton for the winter
Mrs. Collins is daughter of the late
Gen. PelOuZe
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Frederick D. Grant
are giving reception on Governors
Island this afternoon for their daughter
the Princess Cantacuzene, and also their
son and daughter-in-law, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Ulysses S. Grant
The engagement was announced in New
Sanford, daughter of Lieut.. Col James
C. Sanford. U. s. A., Corps of Engineers
stationed at Newport, and Mrs. Sanford,
to Lieut.. Edwin II. Marks, l.. S. A,
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