Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

SpenO the rest Oh the SuHlllIci Win h0i
parents.
Miss Dorothy Whitney is now in Lon
don visiting her sister. Mrs. Almerfc
Hugh Padget. whose husband is mem =
Der Of parliament. Her engagement to
Willard d. Straight Of Oswego,. n.
Y, was announced the past week
and created as much interest here as
did her christening festivities, at
which her parents. the then Secretary
of the Navy William c. Whiteney, and
Mrs. Whitney welcomed official and
social Washington Miss Whitney
visited here several seasons ago at the
home Of the Secretary of the Navy and
was seen at several White House and
other great events
years ago. and lately has been active
in organizations working for the good
of women and children. She is inter-
ested in the new model home hotel for
working women on the East Side. and
Is leader among the younger sur
fragists, marching at the head of the
Equal Franchise Society Division in
the woman's suffrage parade May g.
She is the youngest of the late Will
liam C. Whitney's four children by his
Senator Payne of Ohio. and who in
herited a large fortune from her pa
rents. Miss Whitney is a sister of Harry
Payne Whitney, who married Miss Ger
trude Vanderbilt; Payne Whitney. who
married Miss Helen Hay, and of Mrs.
Almeric H. Paget Of England. She Is a
niece Of Mrs. Henry Dimock and Of Mrs.
Charles T. Barney For several years she
has maintained her own home at West
bury. and has a town house in Park
avenue. New York, where she has had
with her as chaperons Mrs. George H.
Bend and Miss Beatrice Bend.
Miss Whitney, with Mrs. and Miss Bend,
sailed several weeks ago for Europe, Mr..
Straight being in town some time before
she left and crossing the ocean with the
party.
Mrs. William Clark. formerly Of
Washington. after years travel
visit to Misses Martha and Jane Hop
kins at their home on G street.
Miss J. c. Dougherty has returned from
Hot Springs, Va.
Miss Maud Mcnamara of 171S 10th
street northwest left Washington Sunday
for Menlo Park, Cal, where she will be
the guest Of her uncle, Mr. George e.
Meakins. Her trip will extend over sew
eral months.
Miss Nina Carpenter has as her house
guest al her summer home in Dominion
Heights Miss Maude Reid Of Licking
ton. KY.
Misses Marie and Laura Smith. who
have been for the past winter and
spring with their aunt. Mrs. Graves, on
l4th street, left last week for their
home in Lexington, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Palmer of tho
Orme are at Atlantic City for the re-
mainder of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kohl are estab-
I~H ~
have given up their plans for going to
Lake Tahoe where Idlewild, their beau
tiful summer home, will remain closed
for the first time in many seasons. Mrs.
Kohl has recovered from the effects of
an operation for appendicitis, and Mr..
Kohl Is convalescing slowly from the
shooting Of several weeks ago. Later
in the season they will return to their
San MateO home.
gone to Fort Brady, Mich, where the
former will be stationed, after a weeks
stay in San Francisco. They were con-
stantly entertained during their stay
officers at the Preside called to greet
them on several afternoons. Among
those who gave informal affairs in their
honor, most of them having been guests
of the Clomans during their diplomatic
station, were Mrs. Samuel Blair, Mrs.
Robert Hayes Smith, Miss Joliffe and Mr..
Thorne Mrs. Cloman, who was formerly
Mrs. Clement of San Francisco. is a
close friend Of Mrs John Hays Ham
mond, and 1T was at the Hammond home
In New Jersey that her marriage to Maj.
Cloman took place. four years ago. Maj.
Cloman has recently recovered from a
serious operation performed a few weeks
ago on his return from London at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore.
Mrs. Frank L. Harvey and daughter.
Miss Dorothy Karr Harvey. sail for
Europe the goth instant. to remain
abroad indefinitely. Miss Harvey is
recent graduate Of the Western High
School. and will continue her studies
for year. after which she and her
mother will travel extensively.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Marian la Tourette Of Philadelphia and
Paymaster Edwards Stuart Stalnaker.
U. S. N, attached to the Rhode Island.
At the last Greenway ball In San Fran
cisco. February "a. Miss Ia Tourette
sprafned her ankle and was compelled to
rest for several weeks. She remained at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Lawrence
Fuller, most of the time and her room
was filed with flowers during her illness.
Before the painful accident she was feted
at teas. lnncheons and dinner parties.
When she decided to leave for her eastern
home she was accompanied on the trip
by Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Moffitt Mrs.
Lawrence Fuller. sister Of the BRIDE