Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-03
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
NEWS OF OFFICIAL AND OTHER
SETS.
Already a Bud Is on Her Way to
acknowledging.
Notes.

The first week Of autumns second
| month begins to show the renewed in
| terest in social life which is charactec.
istic of the capital. and while invita-
lions and news items run largely to mat
tiers matrimonial and relate to the near
future or are pleasant auguries of the
closing months of 1910, the summer leth-
argy may reasonably be supposed to be
| a thing of the past October weddings
are to be numerous and quite pretty
bpectacles. Homecomings monopolize
social attention, however, and with the
| informality which is evident when skies
are SO bright ones pleasures are neces.
sarily taken in the open. Hospitality took
| on it's familiar form yesterday at the
Chevy Chase Club and other resorts OF
who's Who" and the shopping district
this morning was another animated meet
ing place. The next few days will see
many more houses opened up and the
usual routine of one of the most in
| teresting capitals Of the world will soon
be in smooth operation.
The White House family will remain
away several weeks yet, as will most of
the cabinet households, but the official
eye is looking this way as the haven
as many less famous or fortunate indi-
viduals.
Up Boston way they are already start
ing debutantes on their happy ways.
Invitations are out for the first debu-
tante tea of the season, which Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. w. Foster will give at
their beautiful suburban estate. Castle
Hill Farm, at Charles River village, Fri
day afternoon from until o'clock. In
honor Of their second daughter. Miss
| Hilda Foster. who will make her bow at
| that time. In addition to marking Miss
Fosters debut. the occasion moreover is
| the twenty-first birthday Of their son,
| Mr. Reginald Foster.
| The number of cards issued is an ex-
ceedingly large one, sent to people OF
| all ages and friends Of parents and
children alike. Mr.. Fosters club affilia-
iation is large one. and he is prom
| inent figure In the Norfolk Hunt, Myopia
Hunt Eastern Yacht Club, Tennis and
Racquet and other clubs which devote
themselves particularly to the, out-of-
door sports. Mrs. Foster. who was Mabel
Hill, is a sister of William H.. Hill of
Brookline, and of Mrs. Joshua Crane of
Fox Hill farm, Westwood. who is now
| in Europe. The Fosters brought out
| their eldest daughter, Miss Catherine
Foster. several winters ago. They have
| ably the only fete of its kind ever given
| in Boston-in honor Of silver wedding,
the coming of age of their son and the
presentation of q daughter at the same
time.
| Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, her two sons
and Miss Katherine B. Elkins are on
| the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, bound
for New York. They. will go to their
home in West Virginia. Later Miss
Elkins will visit in Washington and
New York.
Mrs. George Won L. Meyer and her
daughters are to remain at Hamilton.
Mass, until Secretary Meyer returns
from the five-week tour of inspection
| in the west and south upon which he
started Saturday.
Mrs. Franklin Macveagh. who has
been spending the summer at her coun-
| try home at Dublin. N. H., is now in
New York. and will come to this city
| within few days. 1t is possible that
Mrs. MacVeagh will. go to Chicago for
| visit with her son, Games MacVeagh,
before the season opens In Washington,
| but her plans are yet undecided.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, CD
| Washington boulevard, Oak Park, ILL.,,
have announced the engagement Of their
| daughter, Miss Inez Frances, to Leland
Stanford MacPhail of Washington, D. c..
| The marriage will take place October 10.
| lEe WeOOiHS VI AlIS SARAH AdS 3 IA
| of Baltimore and Mr.. William Ross Hof
, of Sherwood. Md, took place Saturday
! in Christ Episcopal Church, navy yard.
| by Rev. Arthur S. Johns. Mrs. Hof was
| formerly Miss Sarah Poullain of Geor-
gia, daughter of the late Philip Poullain,
| at one time one of the wealthiest of the
| planters along the Savannah river. She
| is cousin Of DR.. Joseph G. B. Bulloch
| of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoff will reside in Mary
land.
From Sydney, Australia, comes the an
nouncement of the engagement of Miss
| Gwyneth Griffith of that city to Henry
| H. Baker of Chicago. Mr.. Baker is vice
| consul general Of the United States for
Australasia, with headquarters in Sydney.
| The marriage of Miss Griffith and MIR.
Bahel Will take place October %.
The engagement was announced during
the summer of Miss Lucy NJ. Stickney.
eldest daughter of Mrs. Austin Stickney of
| Washington, D. c.. and Mr.. William Will
liams Mathewson, son of DR.. Arthur
Mathewson, formerly of Brooklyn, and
now a resident of Washington. d. c..
and of Woodstock. Conn.
] The marriage took place In Dublin, N.