The Washington herald., 1911-06-19

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at the White House by the President and
Mrs. Taft. The only other guests were
the members OF the house party, rela-
tives of the President and Mrs Taft.
Including Miss Torrey, aunt of the Presi-
dent: Mrs. Charles Anderson and Miss
Heron. OF Cincinnati. sisters of Mrs.
Taft; Mr. and Mrs. Henry w. Taft, of
New York. brother and sister-in-law of
the President; Mr. Horace Taft. brother
of the President; Miss Helen Taft. who
returned to the White House only few
hours before luncheon: Mr.. Robert Taft
and Master Charley Taft. DR.. Edwards,
OF Los Angeles. prOther-in-law of the
President who went abroad a few weeks
ago. with Mrs. Edwards, made a hur-
ried trip back to this country and will
be present at the silver wedding tonight
Mrs. Edwards was a bridesmaid with
Miss Heron at the wedding of the Presi-
dent and Mrs Taft. and Mr.. Horace Taft
was the best man. Mr.. Horace Taft ac-
companied the President to All Souls
Unitarian Church yesterday morning.
Judge and Mrs. Charles n. Burke, of
Annapolis. are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel w. Baker at their home
| in Adams Mil road. to remain for the
silver wedding at the White House this
evening and the dinner party which will
precede il.
An interesting wedding of this evening
will be that of Miss Frances Donovan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs ]. E. Donovan,
! of Georgetown, to Mr.. Robert H. Ruffner,
Of College Park. Md. The ceremony will
be performed in the home of the brides
parents. in Thirty-first street, by Rev.
Edward Corbett, of Holy Trinity Church,
Georgetown, in the presence of only the
relatives and most intimate friends.
The brides only attendant viii be her
cousin, little Miss Anna Elrna Donovan.
and the best man win be Mr.. Charles
E. Ruffner, brother of the bridegroom.
The wedding music will be played by
Miss Josephine Eckstein. After the re-
ception, which will follow the ceremony,
the bride and bridegroom will go for a
wedding trip in the North and will
spend the greater part Of the summer
travelling. The bridegroom is a member
of the faculty of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College.
Mrs Oliver Cromwell, who is spending
her summer abroad, has gone from Paris
to Aix-Ies-Bains, where she will remain
until September, when she will return to
this country.
Among the dinner parties in Lcndon
last Saturday evening was one given
by the First Secretary of the United
States Embassy and Mrs. William Phillips
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles p. Taft,
brother and sister-in-law of the Presi-
dent Mrs. Phillips was formerly Miss
Drayton, of Boston, and Mr.. Phillips was
formerly Assistant Secretary Of State in
Washington
An interesting wedding win take place
tomorrow morning at l:3O o'clock in
the First Congregational Church, when
Mr.. Charles Young and Miss Bertha NJ.
Smith will be married. Mr.. Young has
been prominent in the Government Print
ing ONCE for some years. and was at
one time spoken of for Public Printer.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowie, of 1721 Willard
street, and their daughters and sons will
close their home on Friday and go to
their country place near Upper Marlboro,
Md, for the remainder Of the summer.
Miss Ida Hill Bowie spent last week
visiting in Baltimore among her rela-
tives and friends. She will go to Keyser,
w Va, later in the summer with Mrs.
James Bradley, of Baltimore (nee Gam
brilD. of Laurel, for whom she acted as
bridesmaid in April.
Representative and Mrs. swager sher-
ley are entertaining Miss Marjorie Crit
ten, sister of Mrs. Sherley, who has
come on for the celebration at the White
House tonight. Mrs. T. H. Sherley, Mr..
Swager Sherley's mother, has arrived
from Kentucky and is guest at the
New Willard.
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Gen. Hall, U. S. A, left Washington
yesterday for her old home, "Fairview,"
in woodford County, KY. to visit with
her father. former Senator Joe" Black
burn. Gen. Hall will join his wife later
series Of visits in Massachusetts, and
Canada.
A house party OF young people from
Washington are having jolly time as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben s. Brad
ford, at the latter's country place, "Oak
Lodge" Ammendale, Md, which is being
given in honor of their son, Lieut. Brad
ford, who has just graduated from West
Point Lieut.. Bradford arrived in Wash
ington yesterday accompanied by Lieuts.
Fleming. Hicks, Cowles, Surles, Chris
tar, and Blunt, and Cadet Batch. To-
morrow the party at "Oak Lodge" will
be augmented by quite a bevy of Wash
ington girls, among them being Miss
Maitland Marshall Miss Frances Miller,
Miss Brooke, Miss Marie Mcmillan
Brown. Miss Caperton, Miss Frazier,
Miss Swift. the Misses Murray, Miss
Walton. and Miss Jones' who will spend
a week there.
Invitations have been sent by Mr.. and
Mrs. s. II. Hines for the marriage Of.
their daughter, Miss Marion Lucille
Hines, to Mr.. Charles Albert Johnson.
The wedding viii take place Saturday
afternoon, June "a. at o'clock in I'm
manuel Baptist Church. Rev. Herman
Spencer Pinkham officiating. Miss Nora
Rose Pepper win be the maid of honor,
and the bridesmaids VIII be Miss AM
paro Rivero. daughter of the Cuban AM
bassador and Nine. Rivero; Miss Eliz-
abeth Gordan. Of Norfolk, va: Miss
Helen Edwards, and Miss Cornelia Mud
dsman. George Da1zeil viii be the best
man, and the ushers Will be William
Strfnger, Ralph Hospital Thomas Mur-
ray, and Frank Martin Following the
wedding ceremony. an informal reception
viii be held In the home Of the brides
parents. 1880 Riggs street Mr.. john
son and his bride win go North on their
wedding trip and upon their return win
be at home after July 10 at 2s37 Twelfth
street, Brookland, D. c.
Mrs. A. C. Downing ana Miss Elsie
Downing left Saturday for Newport
where they have taken cottage for the
season. Mr.. Downing win leave to-day