Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-09
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PRINCE AND PRINCESS FUSHIMI
DINE AT WHITE HOUSE.
Miss Taft Assists Her Father in
Notable Hospitality-Wed-
dings-Personals.

President Taft gave a dinner last nigh
in honor of their imperial highnesses
Prince and Princess Fushimi of Japan
Miss Helen Taft took her mothers plac.
at the table.
To meet the guests of, honor there were
present the Japanese ambassador an6
Baroness Uchida. Commander Tokutart
HhraSa. Lieut.. Commander kiyokawa
Mr.. Jusaburo Tanaka, Nine. Koto
Hashiguchi, Miss Uta Suzuki, the Sec
rotary OF State, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Meyer. Senator Ba
con. Senator and Mrs. Newlands
Senator Percy, the secretary to TIL,
President and Mrs. Norton. Repre-
sentative William NJ. Howard, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. David J. Foster, Rep
resentative and Mrs. John w Dwight
Representative and Mrs. William S. Ben
net, Brig. Gen and Mrs. Tasker H. Bliss
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Conway II
Arnold, the assistant secretary of state
and Mrs. Huntington Wilson, the solicitor
general. Mrs. Richard H. Townsend Miss
Boardman, Capt. Templin NJ. Potts. Mr.
F. d. Millet Lieut.. Commander Leigh G.
Palmer and Capt. Archibald w. Butt
The table decorations were of Killarney
roses.
Miss Taft spent yesterday in Baltimore
with Miss Rebecca Lewis, daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs Fritz Lewis, classmate
at Bryn Mawr After luncheon Miss
Taft and her hostess visited another col
iege friend, Miss Emerson Lamb.
Mr.. and Mrs. w Watts Sherman have
announced to relatives and close friends
in New York and in Newport the en-
gagement of Miss Irene Sherman, their
elder daughter, and Mr.. Lawrence l.. Gill
lespie of New York city.
Miss Sherman is a granddaughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. John Carter Brown of
Providence and Newport. She is a daugh-
ter by Mr.. Sherman's second marriage.
Her half-sisters are Mrs. Harold Brown
and Mrs. Norrie Sellar.
Mr.. Gillespie. who is president of the
Equitable Trust Company, is a son OF
Maj. Gen. George L. Gillespie, L. S. A,
retired, and Mrs. Gillespie of this city. He
is a member of the Union, the Racquet
and other important clubs of New York
and a graduate of Harvard, class OF
1898. No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Mgr. Mackin officiated at the maria ge
last evening at ST. Paul's Church of Miss
Maud c. Tickling. daughter of Mrs. Ida
E. Tickling. and Mr. Hugh Hollis OF
Louisville, Ky. The ushers were MesSrs
Charles II. Tickling, Bannister Bryor
and Sothoron Tickling. Mr.. Pollock l.
Dougherty was best man. The bride was
escorted by her brother, Mr. Frank G.
Tickling, and wore white messaline sat
i'm trimmed with old lace which had beer
used on her mothers wedding dress
Her tufle veil was crowned with orange
blossoms and she carried a shower OF
bride roses and lilies of the valley. Miss
Mary Tickling attended her sister. and
wore white lace over canary-co1ored sat
in and carried yellow daisies. The
brides little neces. Elizabeth Souther-
land and Anne Tickling. dressed in white
and wearing yellow sashes. were flower
girls, and little L. B. Switzerland. jr.. was
the ring bearer. A reception followed al
the home of the bride, in the Cordova
at which only relatives and a few init:
mate friends were present Later in the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis left for then
wedding trip.