Evening star., 1911-08-14
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Engagements of Two Wash
ington Men Announced.
Guests at the MacVeagh Home
Newport News-Personal
Notes.

Mrs. MacVeagh. wife of the Secretary
OF the Treasury. is entertaining. at their
Dublin. y. H., estate. Mrs Frederick s.
Ames and Mrs. Edward /. Worthington
of Chicago.
Senator and Mrs. Albert B. Cummins
entertained at dinner last night the Sec
retary OF Agriculture. Mr.. James Wilson.
and Senator Borah. Mrs. Cummins who
has been in Washington with the SEN
ator during the summer, will remain un-
til the adjournment OF Congress when
she and Senator Cummins will go TO
their home in Iowa.
Mrs. Frank Ellis announces the engage
ment of her niece. Miss Dorothy Ellis
Rawson of Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mr.. Ma
than {. Wyeth of this city.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Sylvia Ruger. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse B. Ruger of Chicago. TO Arthur
Willard Chaffee OF this city. The we'd
ding will take place in October.
The rumors that Miss Eleanora r.
Sears of Boston will marry Harold s.
Vanderbilt were strengthened yesterday
when she arrived to be the guest of MIR.
Belmont. at the Marble House. New
port. Miss Sears was met at the
train by Mr.. Vanderbilt. Afterward
they visited the Casino and in the
con given by Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence W.
Dolan. Col. John Jacob Astor and his
fiancee. Miss Force, were guests at the
same luncheon. Col. AstOr, Miss Force
and her mother and sister left for New
York last night in the Astor yacht Noma.
Mr. and Mrs Perry Heath. who have
been touring Europe. have cut their trip
Thursday to see Mr. Heath's mother.
who is more than eighty years old and
is critically ill.
Mrs Lewis Tallmadge and Miss Abby
Tallmadge of Evanston are in the Blue
of Mrs. f. J. Somers of Washington
D. c.
Miss Almeda Potter and her aunt. Mrs
J. z. LePreux. are spending few days
at the Traymore, Atlantic City.
Miss Mary Isabel Kelly, who has beer
abroad for the past two years. studying
the piano in Berlin, will return to her
home in this city early in October.
Mr. and Mrs. John w. keener of Wash.
ington, d. c., and son, John Rankin
are at Atlantic City.
Miss Callahan, Miss Kathryn c. Cooney,
Miss Jennie E. Waddy and Miss Eleanor
Marceron left for Atlantic City today.
Miss G. Wormser of Baltimore is visit
ing her sister. Mrs. j. Mannheimer, at
1435 Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
Miss Maude E. NJ. Greene and Miss Lucy
E. Lumpkins have returned to Washing
ton, after a long, pleasant stay at Har-
perS Ferry.
Mrs Estelle V. McKenna and daughter.
accompanied by Mrs. Frances v. Walton,
have gone for a trip to New York by
water. and thence to Bermuda for an in
definite stay.
Miss Wells of Irving street. Brookland
is at Asbury Park, n. j., for two-week
stay.
Miss F. Apperzeller. from Philadelphia
is visiting Mrs. f. c. Hippey at the
Mansfield.
Mrs Boughton. wife of Lieut. Col
Boughton, general staff, is spending the
month at the St. Clare Hotel, Atlantic
City, \. j.
Mrs. Richard Isreal, accompanied by
her cousin, Miss Miriam Ford, left the
city yesterday for several weeks stay
at Ocean City and Claiborne. Nd.
Miss Sarah Lenetsky and Mr.. Lewis
Gruschinsky of Richmond are visiting
the formers brothers. Ed and Ben
Lenetsky, at the home of Mrs II. Levy,
634Iz l. street northwest.
Mrs. Norman Gait, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Gait and Miss Gertrude Gordon Of this
city are in New York for a few days.
will sail in a few days for Europe and
will return about November l.
Miss Marion l. King and Miss Ethel
Y. Boss are spending several weeks at
Atlantic City.
Miss Emma Gray Of the Ontario is
spending the summer at South Bristol,
sister. Prof. and Mrs. H. NJ. Paul OF
Annapolis. Md. who have taken a cot
tage at South Bristol for the season.
just returned from Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia. They will soon occupy
their new home at 1401 Hamilton
street, which is nearing completion.
Miss Elsie P. White and her brother,
Samuel r. White. are spending their
vacation in Reading, Pa. with their
sister and brother-in-law Mr.. and Mrs.
Steward B. Smith, who, with their
children. are camping along the noun
tain side.
OF a recently announced engagement
a Boston paper has this to say in the
Sunday issue:
The engagement of Mr.. Crawford
Blagden. a son Of Mrs. Samuel P. Blag-
den of New York. whose late husband
was of the Boston family. and Miss
Mary Hopkins, the daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins Of Washing
ton, interests Boston people, especially
Mr. Blagden'S classmates Harvard '02
among them Charles 8. Sargent. jr.
Mr.. Alexander Wadsworth and DR..
Claiming rockingham, jr The wedding
will take place In Williamstown, the
Hopkins summer home, in October
Miss Margaret Blagden is the sister
Meredith Blagden, '09, are brothers
Mr.. Blagden belongs to the Racquet
and Tennis Club in New York.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, at recent So
cial gathering at Narragansett Pier.
was dressed in white linen with a
cluny lace collar. Her white felt hat
was faced with blue velvet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert whitacre announce
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Alice Whitacre, and Mr.. Harry Mead. The
ceremony was performed Saturday after
noon last In st. Peters Catholic Church.
the Rev S. L. Morris officiating Miss
Genevieve Barnaclo was the brides only
attendant, and Mr. John Cassen was best
man. A reception was held at the home
of the brides parents. 333 9Th street
southeast, after which the couple left for
an extended trip. Among those attend
ing the reception were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Mead. parents Of the groom; Miss
Nettie Mead, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Whit
acre and family Of the bride. and host
of friends and relatives.