Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-26
MISS MATHILDE TOWNSEND.
tFrom portrait by Flameng)

| morning for the ceremony felt the charm
of Mrs. Townsend's thoughtful hospitality
from tie time they left their cars in
Union station until they arrived at her
house for the wedding. She had carriages
and automobiles with drivers. chauffeurS
and footmen wearing her livery. waiting
at each train to take her guests either
TO her house or to their hotels. which
again were at their disposal today to at
tend the wedding
The charge daffaires Of the Argentine
legation and Sonora Villeeas welcomed
three hundred guests yesterday at their
afternoon reception to mark the cen
| tenary of the republic of Argentina
The hostess was assisted by her daugh
ter. Senorita Maria Helena Villegas and
also by Miss Sheriff.. a sister of the
American minister in Argentina
Among the guests were the Secretary
OF State, the Attorney General and Mrs
Wickersham, the Secretary of the In
terror, the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor and Mrs. Nagel. Mr.. Justice Day
and Mrs. Day. Assistant Secretary of
HAYS, Mrs. Charles Henry whipple, Mr.
ana Mrs. Philip ialsey Patcnin, InieI
Justice Seth Shepard of the Court of APP
peals, Mr.. Justice Van Arsdel OF the Dis
trict Court OF Appeals and MRS. Josiah A.
Van Orsdel, Senator and Mrs. Thomas ii.
Carter, Mr.. Campbell Bascom Slemp and
Miss Slemp, Mr. William Allan Cullop
and Mrs. Cullop. the Chilean minister and
Nine. Cruz, Judge and Mrs. Atkinson,
| Commander Tokutaro Hirsga, imperial
Lieut.. Benoist day. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Shaw Oliver and Miss Oliver. Brig.
| Gen. Tasker II. Bliss and Mrs Bliss, Mr.
Joseph ". Byrns and Mrs: Joseph Wei
| lington Byrns. Mr.. and Mrs. lie Roy
Percy, Mr.. and Mrs Charles l.. Bartlett.
Mr.. Robert L. Taylor. the first secretary
of the Siamese legation and Mrs Edward
TT. LOTUS, Mr.. and Mrs Charles r.
Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. William Z. Purcell,
Mr.. Cabot Ward, the minister from Ec-
uador. and Nine Carlo and the Misses
Carlo. Don Pedro Ezequiel Rojas, min
lister of Venezuela Miss Scott. Mr.. Luis
Ricoy. first secretary Of the Mexican en-
bassy; Mr.. Pedro Elias .Aristeguieta, at
tache to the legation of Venezuela: the
ambassador from Mexico, Don f. l.. de
la Barra: Don Francisco ]. Yanes and
Sonora dc Yanes. Senior Alexandra Her
quinigo. second secretary Of the legation
of Chile; Don Juan Riano. minister from
Spain. and Nine de Riano. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Monroe Miller, Mr.. John Barrett,
director of the Bureau of American Re
publcs the third assistant secretary of
state and Mrs. Hale, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cowles Scoield. MIR. Esteban Gil-Borges,
first secretary to the legation OF Ven
ezuela: Mr.. Herbert c. Hensler chief of
the consular bureau; Jonkheer W. de
Beaufort. attache to the legation of the
Netherlands: Mr.. and Mrs. William
ment of State: DR.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert ". Baker, Mr.. Edward Bruce
and Miss Callie Frederick Moore. Mr..
David kinley, delegate Of the United
States to the fourth Pan. American con-
ference: DIR. Charles W. Richardson, Mrs.
Richardson and Miss Amy Richardson.
the second secretary Of the German emf
bassy and Nine Won Stumm, Rear Ad-
| mral Wainwright. L. S. y, and Mrs.
Richard Wainwright, Mrs. Ella Hengsler
Mr.. J. Van Vechten OIcott and Mrs. Van
Vechten Olcott, Mr.. Herman G. James
Mr.. and lIne. de Lowenthal 1.inau. the
minister of Costa Rica and Miss Marta
B. Calvo. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cleland
Dawson. Mr. Robert Shaw Oliver. the as
sistant secretary OF war: Rear -admira |
Charles O'Neil. L. S. N: Commander n.
RetZmann, naval attache 10 the German
embassy; Mr.. and, Mrs. Thomas Sturgis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halvor Steenerson, Senior
Mariana Armendariz del Castillo, secre-
tary to the Mexican embassy: Mr.. Hugh
S. Gibson. second secretary of the United
States embassy in Great Britain: Senior
| embassy: Mr. Richard W. Flournoy. ir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Henshaw Davis.
Senior German Bulle, secretary to the
Mexican embassy; the British ambassa-
dor. Lieut.. Col. Bernard r. James. mill
tary attache TO his Britannia ma ieSty's
embassy: Brig. Gen. George II. Torney.
surgeon general. L. s. A.: Mr.. Roberto
Mcdowell first secretary TO the Ie-
CATION of Colombia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. WashburR of Massa chusetts:
Chang Yin Tang, minister of China, and
Nine. Chang Yin Tang. Commander ID. S.
Vassilieff and Nine. Vasslieff Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Chang, capt. c. F. @. Sow
erby, naval attache to the British en-
bassy: Mr.. Justice Burton and Mrs. tIor-
ace Harmon Lurton. Mr.. Esmond Ovey,
secretary to the British embassy: Mr.. Al
fred Mitchell Innes councillor 10 the Brit
! ish embassy; Mr.. W. r. Sherman Doyle.
Mr.. John r. Buck. Mr.. Evan f. Young
Mr.. Ransford Stevens Miller Mr.. f. T.
Williams, Mr.. Percival Heintzlemann, Mr..
Sydney y. Smith. chief OF the diplomatic
bureau, Department of State, and Lord
Custace Percy.
The condition of Miss Marguerite Bar
bour. who was opera ted on yesterday for
appendicitis. was considered good to-
day. Miss Barbour. who was one of the
! most attractiv debutantes of the past
winter. was very i'll in Paris last sum
ner with the first symptoms of the ma
adv which has kept her somewhat deli
cate since. though she enjoyed at inter
walls a delightful participation in the
great and small events of the past sea-
son. AS soon as her condition warrants
it Mrs. Barbour will go north with her
daughter to spend the summer.
Capt and Mrs. Beatty will go to An
napolis for the West Point-Annapolis
game Saturday and spend the week end
with Lieut.. Commander and Mrs A. w.
Hines >at the Naval Academy. Miss
Emily Beatty will return tomorrow from
her school in New York and accompany
her parents to Annapolis.
The home of Mrs. Mary a. Perry of 1894
Harvard street northwest was the scene
Of much gayety last Saturday night when
her daughter, Leonora A., bride of July,
was given a china shower by several of
her most intimate girl friends Among
those present were Misses Janet Lake,
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