The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-25

I Pierce's Mill, in Rock Creek Park, as its
clubhouse. The club has been organized
with thirty members of well-known and
enthusiastic horsemen of the District.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ellis left Washing
ton yesterday to spend Christmas with
| relative to their old rome, Covington,
Ky. They will later spend a few days in
! Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. John c. Phillips, who spent a num-
Der of winters in Washington when her
son, Mr.. William Phillips, was Assistant
| Secretary of State, has gone to London
! to spend the remainder of the winter
with him and Mrs. Phillips, the former
being secretary to the United States En-
bassy in London.
Former Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Truman H. Newberry and their
daughter, Miss Carol Newberry, who was
debutante of several seasons ago in
Washington, are at their handsome new
country place at Crosse Pointe, near De-
troit, their old home, to remain until
February l. when they will probably
make a trip South, including Washington
in their schedule.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Florence Weathers Stoll of New York,
to Mr.. William George Pollard, OF this
city. The ceremony took place on Sat
urday, December %, at noon in the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stoll, on the Riverside Drive,
Rev. DR.. John r. Mackay officiating. The
bride wore a smart suit of blue cloth,
with black velvet hat with gold and fur
trimmings. After the wedding breakfast,
the bride and bridegroom went to Vir-
ginia to spend their honeymoon upon the
Pollard farm, the old family homestead,
where they are for Christmas. Their
future home will be in this city.
Mrs. A. T. Hensey is in Jacksonville,
Fla, where she will spend the greater
part of the winter with her relatives, DR..
and Mrs. A. f. Acker.
The annual ball of the Sons of the
American Revolution will take place on
January L. at Rauscher's, and will close
with cotillion.
Mrs Wallace Nef and her daughter,
Miss Nancy Yulee Neff, are in Paris at
the, Hotel Dysart, arriving there recently
from London Miss Neff, who is a cou-
sin of Mrs. Sherman Miles. was a bud
of last season in Washington. where her
parents had an apartment at the Con-
necticut for the season.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John r. Brooke,
who spent some time in Washington re-
Gently, have arrived in st. Augustine,
Fla, to spend the remainder of the win
ter there as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Norman have gone
back to Boston for the holidays.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. O'Connor announces the
marriage of her daughter, Helen Lorinne,
and Mr.. Stephen Stahlnecker. December
16 1911. Mr.. and Mrs. Stahlnecker are
spending their honeymoon in Florida, and
will be at home to their friends after
January Is, at the Imperial. corner Eight
zenith street and Columbia road. There
were no cards.
Miss Ann Depew Paulding entertained
at a beautiful dance at the Ardsley Club,
Tarrytown, n. Y. on Saturday evening,
which was one of the smartest of the
Christmas festivities round about New
York.
Miss Lydia Barker, or New York and
Newport, is the house guest for the holi-
days, of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Peake at
their apartments in the Executive.
A pretty wedding was solemnized at the
residence of Prof Thomas B. Symons, in
College Park, Saturday, when his sister,
Miss Maude Blake Symons, was married
to Mr. Robert Hinchcliff Blain, of the
Geological Survey, and formerly of
Easton, Md. The ceremony was perform
ed by the Rev. c. I. LaRoche, rector of
Zion parish, Prince George County, in
the presence of only the immediate men,
bers of the families of the contracting
parties.