Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS TON.
KINs AND MR.. AsPMwALL.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Guest 1t
Housewarming Of Sufern Tailers
at Newport-0ther Notes.


York is to marry Mr. Henry Lloyd Aspin-
former rector OF ST. Thomas Episcopal
Church. according TO an announcement
made in the metropolis today. The an
nouncement was made by the aunt and
uncle OF the bride. Rev. DIR. Floyd W.
Tomkins and Mrs. Tomkins. DR.. Tom
kins is rector Of Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church >of Philadelphia. Owing to the
recent death of Mrs. Tomkins' mother.
Mrs. Elliott Tomkins. which occurred I'm
April last. just after they had returned
from Europe. the wedding will be
quiet one.
Honeysuckle Lodge. as Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Sufern Taller have named their new
place on the cliffs at Ruggles avenue,
Newport. was the scene of delightful
entertainment last evening given as .
housewarming, when Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth was one of the special guests. II
will be long remembered by those who
were present. as there was not moment
when any one needed to be idle.
The guests found the new summer home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Taller unusually attrac-
tive. Additions have been made to the
villa, which was purchased from the
estate Of the late Mrs. George w. Col
lard, and the new furnishings are In per-
XIV style. with a wide colonial staircase
and q great open fireplace, Mr. and Mrs
Taller receiSed with Miss Laura Living
ston. daughter Of Mrs. Robert r. Living
ston and niece Of Mr.. Taller. Up the
white staircase, ornamental with an
Italian throne chair OF the fifteenth CEN
fury and rare pieces OF Italian marble.
the quests vent to remove their wraps
Here they received numbers by which
they found their places at the table.
At the east side Of the villa was :
temporary dining hall. and in IL l10
guests dined. This room was decorated
with white flowers in Louis XIV baskets
and pink hydrangea against back
ground OF green's.
Mrs. Tailer's table was in the center
Of the room. With her sat Mrs. Robert
Goelet, Mrs. Longworth. Mrs. Payne
Whitney, Mrs. r. Livingston Beeckman.
Miss Mabel Gerry. Mrs. Oliver Gould
Jennings, Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt
Arthur Curtiss James, Lawrence Wa
terbury, James Barney. William Whit
ridge. Phoenix Ingraham and Worth
ington Whitehouse.
At the other tables in the added din
ing room were Mr. and Mrs. Pauldins
Lehr Mr.. Craige Biddle. Mr.. r.. Liv-
inRston Beeckman. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
ard NJ. Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
W. Dolan. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Goadley
Mr. Robert Goelet. Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Hartman. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Whitehouse. Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald
G. Thacher. Mr.. and Mrs. James r. ID
Lanier. Mr.. Oliver Gould Jennings
Mrs. william Starr Miller. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Frederick Pierson. jr.: Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph widener. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
De Loosely Oelrichs. Mr.. and Mrs. For
syth wicks. Mrs. Charles f. HOFFMAN
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James. Mr.. and Mrs
L. ns,1 CAnR0C
McFadden. Mrs. Elisha Dyer. Mr.. Edward
Berwind. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Barton ia
cobs, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden
Mr.. and Mrs. William Storrs Wells, Mr.
and Mrs. Amor Hollingsworth. Messrs
Payne whitney, W. Hude Nelson. Law
renee l.. Gillespie, Charles f. Sands. Stan
lev Mortimer, Louis Brugulere, Thomas
Sliddell, Henry Ciews, jr.: Robert w. Coe
let, Thomas Ridgway. Edward n. Taller
Granville. Kane. Benjamin Nicoi. EranHLI
Gregory, William p. Burden. J. d lJams
George Brooke. jr.: Henry v. Cooper
Charles X. Beekman. Craig Wadsworth
Charles Hayden and William II. Sands.
In the dining room of the villa was the
table over which Mr.. Taller presided. Al
this sat Messrs. Egerton L. winthrop
Iispenar6i Stewart. Richard Peters. James
!. Van Allen. Daniel B. Fearing, Henry
F. Eldridge, William starr Miller, James
A. TAYLOR and Robert GOelet: Mines
Ogden Goelet. Hermann Oelrichs, Edward
]. Berwind, John r. Drexei. Henry Bar.
ton Jacobs. Alexander Brown. Richard
Gambrill. William Storrs Wells. Cnaries
F. Hoffman and James b. Haggin.
AZ everything went on time dinner was
served in exactly fifty minutes. While
coffee was being served on the grounos
facing the ocean, which had been car
peted with rugs and set with lawn FUR
niture, the 9Th Artillery Band played and
there was a display OF fireworks.
Meantime the orchestra had gone to the
garage. which had been prepared TOT
dancing by the LAYING OF a special n s"n,
was kept open during the entertainment,
SO that the company had view Of the
grounds, with their large beds OF Mowers
outlined with fairy lamps. HUNDREDS OF
which were used, ana or the iountdir
playing in the center.
Those who did not care to dance piayet
bridge indoors tables having been placed
in every room. and each being Iighted o,
a new bridge lamp of Louis XVI design
Mrs. Taller. Bridge tables were ais'
placed on the lawn. but the night wal
not favorable for sitting outdoors. Thos'
who played bridge were also able TO EMO,
the singing OF a small troupe OF Ministries
Another dinner party was ENTERTAINED
by Mrs Claremont l.. Best. who had dane
ing afterward. Mrs. Charles +. HOFFMAN
and Mr.. Lispenard Stewart gave lunch
cons at their villas this afternoon. MI. }
Pierpont Morgan had a luncheon on board
his steam yacht, the Corsair.
Dr. and Mrs. John A. O'Donohue are al
Atlantic City. They will return to Wash
ington about September 1.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs
Meyer and Representative and Mrs. Mich
olas Longvorth were the guests OF Mrs
Robert Goelet at dinner Thursday evening
in New York.
Mrs. Mark A. Hanna gave reception
yesterday afternoon at Seal Haroor, ME
Many visitors attended from Bar HarDor
which il but q short distance away.
Representative and Mrs. Francis Bur
ton Harrison returned yesterday to theii
Bar Harbor. Me, summer home after {
trout fishing expedition into Canada.
Dr. and Mrs. J. ]. Richardson, who arr
at Hot Springs. entertained party To-
luncheon at the Warm Springs Friday.
Mr.. Arosemena, minister from Panama
who has spent the last three weeks OF
the Jersey coast and in New England
has returned to the legation at the High
lands. He will go later to Mexico TO rep
resent his government at the centennia
celebration