Evening star., 1911-08-19
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED OF
WELL KNOWN YOUNG FOLKS.
Another of Lady Decies' Bridesmaids
to Marry-0ther Events.
Personal Notes.

announced in the home city of the bride,
Mansfield. Ohio. The wedding will be
a military affair al the Jenner home Oc-
tober 10
The engagement is a romance of the
tennis courts at the Westbrook Country
Club. where the couple played frequently.
the lieutenant being home on a furiough.
Miss Jenner is a graduate of Oberlin and
Vassar colleges.
Lahm early in his army career became
interested in aeronautics. With Lieut.
Hershey he piloted the balloon America
and won the first International race for
the Bennett cup from Paris in 1901. Later
he was detailed as head of the balloon
corps Of the United States Army. He also
won the recent national balloon race
from Kansas City. For the last few
months he has been instructor in the
cavalry school at Fort Riley. Kan.
After the wedding he will sail with his
bride for the Philippines to rejoin his
regiment at Fort Mckinley. near Manila.
York city announce the engagement Of
Their daughter, Miss Emmeline w.
Holmes, to Gus ave t Touchard. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave F. Touchard of
New York. and one of the best known
tennis players in this country.
Miss Holmes was a bridesmaid at the
wedding last February of Miss Vivien
Gould and Lord Decies. There were six
bridesmaids. two of whom have married.
and Miss Holmes is now the third of the
sextet to become engaged. Miss Lou Sc
Cromwell of this ci'y was married to
Frederick Brooke of Baltimore last May,
and Miss Annie Douglass Graham. who
took the place of Miss Beatrice Clafiin,
was married to Jay Gould in April The
other three bridesmaids are the Misses
Hope Hamilton, Allison Pierce and Han
nah Randolph and the latter's engage
ment has already been rumored.
The date of Miss holmes wedding has
not been set as yet. She has never been
formally presented to so iety and was
to have been a debutante of this coming
season. She is now with the parents a.;
their country place at Davenport Neck.
New Rochelle. Their town house is at
116 East 5Sth street. New York Mrs.
Holmes was formerly Miss Marie Neff
Humes.
Baron Won Hengelmuller. the Austrian
ambassador, and the Baroness Won Hen
gelmuller are expected in New York
from Bar Harbor the end of the month.
tember 4. when. it is said. they will sail
for Europe: An earlier plan was to
spend the autumn at Lenox.
Miss Marguerite Barbour of this city
gave a birthday luncheon party at Mar
raeansett Pier which was attended by
fourteen young people,
The New York Daughters of the Revo-
luton entertained Representative Bar
George Washington, the North German
Lloyd liner that is to carry hirp away to-
day, and with him the statue of Won
Steuben. which he has been commissioned
by President Taft to present to the Ger
man government. This is similar to the
statue of Won Steuben which stands in
Washington. the Gift Of Germany to the
United States.
Mrs. H. Kaufman and daughter. Mrs.
Sam Hermann, are in Atlantic City to
stay.a few weeks.
Mrs. George A. L. Merrifield of Falls
Church, Va. who is travelling abroad
with a music study party. has visited
London, the Isle of Wight. Paris, Cologne
Bingen, Frankfort. Bayreuth. Munich.
Verona, Venice and Florence. and attend
ed music festivals and operas at these
various places.
From the 10Th to the 23d the
parry are in Rome, to enjoy the re-
ligious midsummer festival of the feast
of the Assumption and attend the un
usually great musical attractions con-
Quoted by the Italian government this
year-the concerts and gala performances
of opera to be interpreted by Tetrazzini.
Caruso Sammarco, Toscanini and other
famous singers and conductors. They
then go to Naples for a few days. and
sail from there for home on the Romantic.
touching at the Azores and Ponta Del
gada. and due to arrive In Boston Sep
tember Z, from which port they sailed on
the Wonifredian.
Mrs. Walter B. lizard. wife of Pay
master lizard of Washington. Is In New
York for few days.
Miss Virginia L. Raymond and Miss
Ruth L. Dawson Of Mount Pleasant are
spending a couple of weeks at the Wash
ington cottage, Rehoboth Beach. Del.
Miss Viola Yachmann is now in Berkeley
Springs, w. Va. visiting friends. and
will return the latter part of next week.
Many interested friends and relatives
gathered Thursday morning, Au-
gust II. to witness the marriage of Miss
Mary Waters Kephart, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Kephart. and Mr.. Charles
Klose, both of this city. The impressive
ceremony was performed by the Rev. r.
L. FultZ. Just before the ceremony Miss
Maude Miller sang 20 Promise Me-"
The church was taStefully decorated in
palms, ferns and white as.ers. The b ide
wore a becoming travelling suit of blue,
with hat to match, and carried an armf al
of brides roses. Miss Elsie ireland, who
attended the bride as maid of honor, was
also gowned in dark blue, and carried
pink roses. Mr.. George w. Emch was
best man for Mr.. Klose.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Klose left for an extended rip no tn.
visiting Niagara Falls, Canada, Thousand
Islands and several other points.
After October 1. Mr.. and Mrs. Klose
Will be at home to their friends at their
new home on Ames place.
Owing to the very serious illness of
Mrs. Jerome 3. Diver, the wedding of
her daughter, Miss Mabel c. Diver. and
Mr. Charles A. Stebbins is postponed.
Mrs. B. B. f. Graves of 133 Z street
northwest is spending the season at
her cottage at North Beach. Nd, on the
bay and Is enter aiming several of her
friends from Washington. She will re-
turn to the city some time next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E. Keefe and
two children are spending their vaca-
ton in the Blue Ridge mountains.
The marriage of Miss Kitty Schwab,
daughter of Mr. K. Schwab and Mr.. Ben
Goldberg will take place at IL o'clock
tomorrow morning. The ceremony
will he private, on account or the re-
cent death of the brides mother. They
will leave for New York immediately
after the ceremony. They will be at
home after the 18th Of September.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following: