The Washington herald., 1911-08-05

| The reception following the dinner at
the White House tonight in honor Of the
visiting Japanese admiral, Baron Togo,
will be the most brilliant midsummer
function Washington has probably ever
known. The dinner will be for men only,
but the reception. which will begin at 10
o'clock, will include two thousand men
and women, who will throng both the
house and grounds, weather permitting.
None of the women of the President S
family will come for the occasion, and
he will perform the duties OF host as
sisted by the Vice President and Mrs.
Sherman and the members of THE Cabinet
and their wives who are in town, Mr..
Hilles, Secretary to the President, and
Mai. Archibald w. Butt also giving valu-
able aid. Admiral Togo arrived last
, evening and rested. On Monday the ad-
miral will go to Mount Vernon on the
Il Presidents yacht, the Mayflower, and will
have luncheon on board, and Will visit
the Indian Head proving ground. Mon
day evening Secretary Knox VIII enter
tain him at dinner Tuesday he will go to
Annapolis and also will dine in the home
of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop.
Mrs. George Won L. Meyer and the
Misses Meyer, wife and daughters Of the
cottage at Isleboro, Dark Harbor. Me-,
for the month OF August, during the alb
sence abroad of the Secretary. who is
on an inspection tour of foreign dock
| Yards Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Meyer
have recently been at Bar Harbor after
spending the spring and early summer at
their country place. Rock Maple Farm,
Hamilton, Mass.
Tha CaCOn1 Secretary the
British Embassy and Mrs. II. w. Ken
nard, who are at Havana, Cuba, for the
summer, where Mr.. Kennard is tenn
porariIy in charge of the legation until
fall. are receiving the congratulations of
their friends on the birth of a Son, July
| Il. Mrs. Kennard was formerly Miss
Harriet Norris, of Washington, and one
of the most attractive young women In
society here Mr. and Mrs. Kennard
| will leave Havana about the 1st OF Octo-
ber for ST. Petersburg, Russia. to which
post Mr.. Kennard has been transferred
from this city.
The Acting Secretary Of the Navy. Mr..
Beekman Winthrop. will entertain a stag
dinner party at the Metropolitan Club
Tuesday evening. August s, in honor OF
Admiral Togo.
the guest of friends in Maryland and the
North Shore resorts, joined her mother,
Mrs Edward McCauley, at Narragansett
Pier, yesterday for the remainder Of
August.
| Capt. and Mrs. F. F. Fletcher, L. S. N,
have closed their Massachusetts, avenue
residence and gone to Lenox for the re-
mainder Of the summer.
Senator Lodge will go to Nahant, Mass,
to-day. where he will join Mrs. Lodge at
| their summer home for fortnight's visit
before sailing for Europe. They will re-
main abroad until fall.
| Mrs J. Loew Hartman and Miss Har-
riman have returned to their summer
home at Berryville, Va, after a brief
| visit in Washington.
Miss Anna Youngman, Miss F. NJ.
| Raynal, and DR.. A. S. Pushman, all
Of this city. were among those sailing
on the Berlin Thursday for Bremen,
from New York.
| Miss Margaret Mills, Of 1107 o street,
is spending her vacation at the Hotel
| Leadley, Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Chance and their
three children will leave to-day for DAN
VILE, Vt. to spend the remainder of
! the season.
Dr. I. S. Stone and family, Of the Con-
necticut. have a cottage at Bluemont.
Va, for the season, where they are
| now settled.
! Mrs Frank Anderson and Miss Dor
othy Anderson. wife and daughter of
Medical Director Anderson, Z. s. N,
have gone to Lake Placid, n. Y, where
they will remain until the middle of Sep
tember Miss Eleanor Anderson, whose
engagement to Midshipman Rush South
gate Fay, u. S. N, was announced this
spring. will spend the summer at Sandy
Spring, Md. DIR. Anderson will make a
series of visits before joining his wife
and daughter in the Adirondacks.
Mrs. Samuel w Woodward, Of this
city, who has been at her summer home
in Stockbridge. Mass, since early sum-
mer, left there yesterday for Evanston,
Ill, where she will be the guest of her
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Luke Wilson.
On August ]. in the presence Of their
immediate families, Miss Maude Ethel
| anu " HeeIer Stfhe
were married at the home of the brides
parents. 216 Twelfth street southeast, by
Rev Daniel Haskell, Of Lanham, Md.
The bride and bridegroom entered the
parlor TO the strains Of the Mendels-
sohn wedding March," played by the
bridegroom brother. Mr.. Russell H
Stine The br.ue was tastefully attired
| in a travelling dress of white serge with
1T
| At the wedding supper the brides table
had for its centerpieee the same cake
which graced the wedding table Of the
bridegroom's parents twenty-eight years
ago. Soon after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs Sttne left for a trip North.
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich U.
s. NJ, is "a recent arrival at Newport.
| where he is visiting his daughter. Mrs.
Charles Belknap.
Miss Marguerite Barbour. who is
spending the summer with her mother,
Mrs James F. Barbour. at Narragansett
Pier. entertained a small company at
bridge at the Imperial Thursday. Among
the guests were Miss Murray and Miss
Carolyn Murray, daughters of Maj. Gen.
Arthur Murray. U. s. A, and Miss Mar
guerite Preston. all of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Corcoran Hill
have gone to Naragansett Pier for the
remainder Of the season.