The Washington herald., 1911-06-20

Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth entertained company at dinner
last evening.
The Messrs. Taft, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry w. Taft, are the house guests of
Maj. Archibald Butt.
Miss Frances Donovan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs ]. A. Donovan, and Rob
ert H. Ruffner were married last even
ing at 5 o'clock in the home Of the bride S
parents, in Conduit road. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. James Corbett,
of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. A re-
ception followed. The bride was becom-
ingly gowned in white satin, with pearl
trimming, with a tulle veil and orange
blossoms. Her only attendant was her
cousin, Miss Anna Alma Donovan, as
flower girl. Mr.. Charles E. Ruffner,
brother Of the bridegroom. was best man.
The wedding march was played by Miss
Josephine Eckstein. The bride was given
in marriage by her father. After the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Ruffner left on
honeymoon trip North until fall, the
young couple not yet having decided
where to make their future home. The
bridegroom is a member of the Maryland
Agricultural College faculty.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Glover have taken
q house at York Harbor. Ne, for the
summer, and will leave this week for
that resort. They will be joined there
about the 1st Of July by their daughter,
Nine Van Swinderen, and her children.
Mr.. Van Swinderen, the former Minister
from the Netherlands to this post, viii
Ia. a.. H.,
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Macveagh will close their Sixteenth
street residence to-day and go to their
summer home at Dublin, N. H, for the
rest Of the summer.
Mrs wickersham, wife OF the Attor-
ney General, came on from her country
place on Long Island to accompany Mr..
wickersham to the White House cele-
bration last night. She will return to
Long Island to-day or tomorrow.
Mrs. Nagel and Miss NageL wife and
daughter of the Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor, arrived in Washington yes
terday from their summer home at
Marion, Mass, and attended the White
House function last night with Mr..
Nagel They will leave Washington this
evening and will be accompanied by the
Secretary as far as Providence. r. /,
where he is to deliver an address to-
morrow.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. who have
been on a short visit to New York and
Lenox, returned to attend the celebration
AT the White House
Baron uxkulI, of the Russian Embassy,
arrived IN washington yesterday from
New York, and attended the White House
function last evening.
The Minister from Salvador, Don Fed
erico Mejia, has gone to New York for
a stay OF several days.
Mrs Charles B. williams, of the Cler-
mont, accompanied by Mrs. R. H. Bolster,
Of the Ontario, has gone to her summer
home in Vermont.
The German Ambassador left last night
for Brookline, Mass, where he will be
the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Larz
Anderson at their summer home, The
Weld" The Ambassador will return to
Washington for brief visits prior to his
sailing for Germany next month.
Mrs. John Hay and her daughter. Mrs.
James W. wadsworth, jr., were the
guests last week in Cleveland Of Mr..
Samuel Mather and family. Mrs. Wads-
worth has returned to her home in Gene
SEQ, N Y, and Mrs. Hay will go to her
summer home in New Hampshire this
week. The Mather family will leave
Cleveland on June q, and will sail shortly
thereafter for an extended trip abroad.
Mrs. Charles A. Mum and Miss Gladys
Mum are on their way home from
Europe, coming to attend the exercises
at Harvard next Thursday, where Mr..
Gurnee Mum will be one Of the grad
yates They will then go to their sum-
nier home at Manchester.
Miss Alice Thorndike and Miss Faith
Simpkins, the sisters Of the bride and
bridegroom, will be the only attendants
at the wedding tomorrow Of Miss Olivia
Thorndike and Mr.. Nathaniel S. Simp-
kins, jr., which will take place in EN-
manuel Church, Boston. Bishop Law
renee win perform the ceremony. Mr..
John Simpkins will be his brothers best
man, and the ushers win be Messrs. John
R. Thorndike and Willard Simpkins,
brothers of the bride and the bridegroom;
Prescott Huidekoper, Richard Nickerson,
John Cutler, s. Daker Bush, second,
Louis Agassiz Shaw, Gordon Ware, Gas
par Bacon. Henry and Frank Reece, OF
Boston; Henry L. MoVicar. Courtlandt
Moss, Elliot Cowdin, E. Du Pont Irving,
and Monroe Robinson, Of New York, and
Arthur Newbold, of Philadelphia, most
of them Harvard men, class Of '09, Mr..
Simpkins' class The ceremony will be
followed by a reception at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Thorndike.
Mrs. Theodore Tiller, of the Dresden, is
entertaining Mrs. William schley Howell.
Mrs. Lee F. overman and Miss Grace
overman. wife and daughter of Senator
overman, are at the Cochran.
Rev. and Mrs. John van schaick. ir..
are now at seabright. N. J., for a visit
of several weeks, before going 10 their
camp in New England for the remain
der OF the summer.
Miss AdaliEe Culp. the debutante daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Culp. win re-
turn 70 washington to-day from the
South. where she has been making a
series Of visits with friends during the
past seven weeks. Her last visit was IN
Richmond. where she visited her father,
who had previously Joined her st Bir-
mingham, Ala. Miss CuIp win 90 to
Gloucester. Mass the latter part OF July,
and IN August Mr.. and Mrs. CuIn win
leave Washington for Canada. where
they win spend the remaindG Of the
season.