The Washington herald., 1911-02-23

and the play in the evening will be one
of Preston Gibson's conducted by him
self.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Florence A. Taylor, of New York, and
Mr.. George \. England, Of Alexandria,
Va. The ceremony was performed Mon
day evening at 7:3O o'clock, at Immacu-
late Conception Church, Rev. Ambrose
Beavan officiating, and was attended by
only small company of relatives AMI
intimate friends. Mr.. and Mrs. England
left Immediately after the ceremony for
their bridal trip and future home in New
York
Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young. L. S. A..
retired, and Mrs. Young, of the Soldiers
Home. entertained at a large buffet
luncheon yesterday. The house decOra-
tions were of ferns and spring blossoms.
Mrs. Symons, wife of Col. Thomas W.
SymOns. U. s A, entertained at lunch
con yesterday in honor of her house
guest, Mrs. Wilson S Bissel of Nor
ristown, y. J.
Mrs. Wallace A. Whitaker entertained
at a tea yesterday afternoon at her resi-
dence in the Executive. Sixteenth and
Newton streets. Mrs. Fred Stock. of
Boston, assisted in receiving the guests,
and Mrs. Theodore j. Pickett and Mrs.
William Raymond Macdonald presided at
tea. Others assisting were Mrs. George
Langdon Whitford. Miss Marie Bevan,
Miss Edith Whitaker. and Miss Bessie
Davis. The tea table was decorated
with a CenterpieCe of red carnations and
ID lfght ba Hr9y
with palms and red tulips. Mrs. Whit
aker wore pale pink satin Charmeuse
trimmed with pink chiffon and shell pink
pearls. and carried pink sweet peas and
lilies of the valley.
Commissioner Johnston celebrated his
ff;y-third birthday last evening at a
dinner party in his Q street home.
Miss Frances Beudsley Clark, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Clark,
Of he Hamilton. entertained at a card
Earty yesterday afternoon in the large
rarlors Cf the hotel, in honor of Miss
Jean Wilkie.> daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
John Z. Wilkie, whose marriage to Mr..
Ira Over, of Chicago. will take place
H. Ap.1l Miss Burt, Miss Anita Burt
Miss Alice Nixon, Miss Eva PeytOn Miss
Elizabeth Smith, Miss Isabel Temple, of
Chattanooga, Miss Dorothy Walsh. of
Chicago; Miss Jean Sanberg. of Cam
bridge, England; Misses Swasey and
Weatherbee, of Maine: Miss Louise Will
Jams, Miss Mary Harlow, Miss Helen
Townsend. and Miss Mario Peck were
those present.
The Congressional Club will give a re-
ception tomorrow afternoon from 4 to g.
in honor of Mrs. Sherman and Miss
Cannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jules Demonet. of 1909 H
street, will leave Washington to-day for
an extended Southern tour, attending the
Nardi Gras celebration at New Orleans. !
They will also visit relatives in Louis |
vile. Ky.
Mrs Robert HOLSTER Chapman has
gone to join Mr.. Chapman in Canada. |
They will return about the middle of
March.
Mrs. John Pistol and Mrs. w. Wallace |
ChiswelI are the guests of DR.. and Mrs. !
Irvine, at Mercersburg Academy. !
The marriage is announced of Miss
Sallie Frances Ryan and Mr.. Harry |
Frank Roberts. The ceremony was per-
formed Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock |
at the home of the sister of the bride |
Mrs. Amans, at $40 Q street southeast |
and many relatives and friends were
present The bride was given in maF<l
riage by her father Mr.. Matthew Ryan, |
and was gowned in soft white satin with !
a long tulle veil. caught with a wreath |
of orange blossoms, sent to her from |
relatives in Georgia She carried a |
of Did
SONS. Following the ceremony a recep- |
ton was held and later in the evening |
Mr.. and Mrs Roberts left Washington |
for their wedding trip.
Mrs Harrie Craig AnsIey will be at |
home this afternoon for the last time
this season.
Mrs Charles Perry Miller. OF Cathedral
avenue, was hostess for a small company
at tea yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in honor of Mrs. Harold Smoot. Mrs.
Lipscomb, of New York. and Miss Smoot,
of Utah The house was prettily deco
rated with palms, ferns, and clusters of
yellow tulips in the drawing-rooms, and
with ferns, smilax, and red tulips in the
Mrs. Byron s. Adams and
Miss lie Due presided at the tea table,
and assisting in receiving her guests
were Mrs. Reed Smoot, wife of Senator
Smoot: Mrs George w. Smith, Mrs. Will.
lam Burton Green, Mrs. Alexander G.
Bentley. Mrs. Aubrey Clark, Mrs. Lips
comb, of New York, and Miss BeaI.
Mrs. Anderson, wife of DR.. Frank An
derson. U. S. N, was hostess at atbridge
party yesterday afternoon, which was
followed by an informal tea
Mrs. Jesse B. Wilson and her daugh-
ters, Miss Wilson, and Mrs. w. H. .Shir-
Cliff will be at home this afternoon at
1873 Phelps place.
Mrs Robert l.. Middleton and her
daughter, Mrs. Bready, will be at home
this afternoon.
An interesting event for Friday after
noon, February "A, will be. the fairy
play, Beauty and the Beast" to BET
given for the benefit of the National
Hospital. at the Belasco
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