Evening star., 1911-08-27


some of the shops. The gayeties
along the north shore in the neighborhood
of the Presidents summer home are much
| to the fore at present, but are on scale
which is not permitted to interrupt the
! holiday idea of lazy recreation and real
rest. At Newport the restless spirit of
the age is in evdnece with most of the
palatial villas open and their owners
either in them or aboard their equally
sumptuous yachts in the harbor or off for
short cruises.
The customary all-year-round program
of dinners and balls is of nightly occur
| renee. The tennis tournament was attend
ed by all the smart folks last week, and
concluded by fancy dress party last
night. Narragansett Pier, which always
attracts the pleasure-loving among the
| socially active. has presented all summer
| delightful program, both to those who
| wish to entertain and to those welcomed
| as guests. Washington names frequently
occur in the story of each days doings..
The Bar HarbOr season has been SINH
| larly gay. the horse show of the past
week forming its daylight program, and
| the swimming club and the hotel hops,
| ETC.. the meeting places for the evening.
| Abroad Washingtonians, too, are heard
| of at number of places, besides the
| beaten track of the sightseerS in the
| Cdpltdl cltleS. Inc various resorts through
Germany, France and Switzerland begin
| to be as well known to the readers of
society news as the summer cities of this
country are.
| No summer would, however, be COM
| plete without a more or less detailed ac-
| count of a meeting of the Duke of the
Abruzzi and Miss katherine Elkins. As the
| latter is abroad this summer, as she was
| last. when the revival of this interna-
/ tional love affair was SO widely discussed
/ Ia oil ctr of fl,nir
| meeting somewhere near the Italian from
4 tier. 1t is not said, however. that the op-
1 position to the proposed marriage of sew
| eral years ago has softened in any de-
1 gree, or that the obstacles at first con-
| sidered insurmountable are any less so
| now. 1t is fattering to Americans that
| the duke is seemingly as devoted to the
| falr WashingtOnian as he ever was, AMI
but openly and frequently each summer
1t is said. by those best informed. wher-
ever 1t may be most convenient for her
and her mother to receive him.
| Those who follow the constant an
nouncements of international weddings
will be interested in that last week in
| Florence. Italy, of Miss Gertrude Cos
grave, daughter of the late Sylvester
| Cosgrave of Pittsburgh and Capt Guido
Sodi of the Italian army. After the civil
and religious ceremonies were performed
| a wedding breakfast was served. the
| guests including only near relatives,
owing to the recent death of Capt. Sodi' s
| mother The honeymoon will be spent
| just outside of Florence. at the villa
| which has belonged to the Bridegroom s
| family for maany generations, and later
| Capt. and Mrs. Sodi will make their home
| in Siena, where Capt Sodis regiment is
| stationed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood
/ ruff Scovel of Pittsburgh, uncle and aunt
| of the bride. did not go over for the we'd
| ding. but celebrated it nevertheless with
| family party, after sending a cable
gram. pretty feature of the day was
! the wearing by each member of the party
| of a white carnatioA at the special re-
quest Of the bride in honor of the we'd
| ding on the other side of the world. The
| bride, who has lived abroad almost en-
| tirely for some years. is not only a very
charming girl, but pianist of unusual
ability, and clever linguist. She is
| descended from some of the oldest fami-
! lies in western Pennsylvania Capt. Sodi,
who comes of a distinguished family,
| stands high among his brother officers.
| Among the many gifts received by the
| bride were some beautiful family jewels
which have always been given to the
and many of which the bridegroom had
reset.
Mrs Fred Kohl of California. who was
ing Catholic chapel on her home estate,
Idlewild, at Lake Tahoe Cal. Summer
visitors to the locality have hitherto
gathered in the open air In the forest.
| where services are celebrated on a stone
| altar. Rustic benches are arranged
| around the open space and very smart
| weddings, where both bride and groom
| have liked best the quiet and quaint
charm Of the woods, have taken place
| there.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Pointer of Washing
ton. D. c., Miss Ella A. Pointer of Falls
Church, Va. and Mrs. Emily Dunbar OF
Washington. d. c., are at the Colonial,
Cape May, n. j., where they intend to
remain for the rest of the summer.
Miss Edith " Bradt of Fairmont street
and Miss Virginia Bradt of Georgetown
are guests for the month at the Hotel
Dennis. Atlantic City.
| Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst. accompanied
| by a party of twelve, who are on a motor
! fornia. spent the weekend at Casa del
Rey. in Santa Cruz Among Mrs. Hearst s
| guests are Mrs. T. j. Grier and Miss
Grier of Lead City, Dakota; Or. and Mrs.
George Ressner from Cairo. Mrs. Phoebe
Whitmire. Orrin Peck. Mira All kuli
Khan, Persian charge daffaires. of this
city, and Armin Khan. also of this city.
| new idea" party entertained a gatn-
ering at Austin. ILL.,. invited to meet a
Boston and an Indiana visitor. The host
| ess on the invitations asked that all
guests bring with them new ideas for
| conversation. One brought the lates,
thing in Paris hats, another a book OF
unique recipes and others various ideas
| in the way Of household hints. The host
ess advanced q new idea in the way of
serving her refreshments. placing
square table in each room on the lower
floor, and under covered dish in the
center of each a suggestion as to the
special stunt" to be performed by the
ones seated there. During the serving
the stunt was planned and carried out
in the afternoon. Another new idea was
the serving of haystack ice cream. The
cream was surmounted by mint ice over
which was scattered Drowned cocoanut
being an exact imitation OF miniature
lhaystack. At the close of the day con-
fections in the form of matches were
passed in ordinary match boxes, and
chewing gum was served on brass rays
MIR. and Mrs S. L. Heacock are at home
in their apartments at the Gibraltar after
a stay of three months at their summer
home at Chesapeake Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ganss and son.
lHsrold, of the Octavia are spending sew
eral weeks in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sigmund of 9th
lstreet, woodley Park. returned home
during the week from fortnight's stay
I'm Atlantic City.
Miss TiIHe Raft, who has spent the past
three weeks at Braddock Heights and
Baltimore, Md. returned home today.
Mr. Lester Lansburgh is the guest of his
sister Mrs. r. B. H. Lyon of Columbia