The Washington herald., 1911-11-28

Miss Helen Taft, who attended the Har-
vard-Yale football game at New Haven
Saturday, returned to the White House
last evening. Her classmates at sBryn
| Mawr, Miss Isabella Vincent daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Vincent, OF
Minneapolis, and Miss Marion Crane, OF
i Providence, r. l., are expected to be
| guests at the White House over Thanks
giving.
The Speaker Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives has returned to Washington
for the opening Of Congress. He at
tended the Army-Navy football game in
| Philadelphia on Saturday. Mrs. Clark
remained in the West, and will not re-
turn to Washington for some time yet
Miss Genevieve Clark, who went over to
Philadelphia with a party Of friends on
Saturday, Joined her father for the game.
Gen. and Mrs. John W. Foster were
at home yesterday afternoon quite in
formally, to give their friends an op-
portunity to say good-by to them on
the eve Of their departure for a trip
to Egypt, sailing on Saturday. The
general was present all the afternoon,
and Mrs. Foster was assisted in receiv-
ing. by their daughter, Mrs. Lansing;
Mrs TuenIs S. Hamlin, widow Of the for
mer pastor Of the Church OF the Covenant.
and Miss Ida Thompson, who will ac-
company Gen. and Mrs. Foster on their
tRip. They received in the beautiful
and interesting living-room, which is
also their music room, and which Is
| filled with art treasures and the many
Interesting souvenirs OF their trips and
stays In foreign lands. Miss Scidmore
poured tea. Among the callers were
the British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce,
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ersham, Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Holmes,
Mr.. Justice and Mrs McKenna, Senator
and Mrs. Rayner, DR.. and Mrs. Chatard,
Mrs. Russell Harrison, Miss Harrison,
Mrs. William Haywood, Miss Haywood,
Capt and Mrs. Walter Mclean. Mrs.
Richard Reid Rogers, Miss Rogers, Mrs.
Il. T. Sewers. Mrs. S. L. Faison, former
Commissioner and Mrs. H. B: F. Mac
farland, Mrs. Strong. Mrs. Gillett-Hill,
Miss GiIlett-Hill, Miss Amy Glllett, and
Miss Janet Richards.
! Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wheeler Beale have
sent out cards for the marriage OF their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Beale, to Capt
MahIon Ashford, Medical Corps. U. 8. A,
! Wednesday, December 20, at their resi-
dence, 1882 P street Only relatives will
| be present at the ceremony, which will be
followed by a reception. Miss Beale is
William T. Carroll, among the oldest
| aristocratic residents of the District
Their old. home was occupied by the late
| Chief Justice Fuller, and Is now the home
of Mrs. Alice Copley Thaw.
| Mrs. Barker, wife of Rear Admiral A.
! g. Barker, U. s. N, entertained a COM
pany at tea yesterday afternoon in honor
Of her daughter. Mrs. Edwin Corning. Of
| Albany. n. Y. who is visiting her for a;
week. The guests included the old friends
| Of Mrs Corning, who, as Miss Louise
Maxwell. was one Of the most popular
| girls in society IN Washington before her
| marriage, a few years ago. Miss Sher-
| riu and Miss Marion Oliver presided at
/ the daintily appointed tea table. Mrs.
| Barker will be hostess at luncheon to-
| day in honor Of her daughter, and TO-
morrow evening will ask few old friends
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Corning to meet them
at dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Corning will re-
turn to their Albany home on Friday
4 morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson have
purchased the house at 1920 Twenty-first
street, which they are having entirely
remodeled Mr.. Anderson will be Joined
here shortly by Mrs. Anderson. who IS
still in New York They hope to be able
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| first of the year.
DR.. and Mrs. Duncan McKim have sent
out invitations for a dinner on December
4 and an organ recital on December Z.
Mr. Woodbury. Blair and Mrs. Blair (nee
waIlach) have taken possession OF their
new home in New Hampshire avenue
which is one of the attractive new homes
of that section, and stands opposite to
the home of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Charles
L. McCawley.
Miss Stephanie Trescot will have as her
matrons of honor at her marriage TO
Lieut.. George Wade Martin. U. s. NJ. C.,
her sister, Mrs. Philip H. Torrey, wife
of Lieut. Torrey U. s. NJ. C., OF Phila-
delphia, and Mrs. Spencer Cosby, wife OF
| Col. Cosby, u. s. A Her maid Of honor
will be Miss Margaretta Morse, and the
| other attendants will be Miss Dorothy
/ Hale. Of Boston; Miss Harriet Pooley,
of Buffalo; Miss Elsie Downing, OF New
| York, and Miss Isabel Magruder and MISS
| Ruth Bliss, OF Washington. Lieut.. David
| Brewster, U. S. NJ. c., OF Norfolk, Will
\ act as best man for Mr.. Martin, ana the
ushers will be Lieut. ]. r. Beardall. U.
| s. n; Lieut. David Barry. Lieut. Percy
Hunter, and Lieut.. George Schuler, all
| Of the Marine Corps, and stationed at
| Norfolk The ceremony, which will be
performed Saturday afternoon, December
j O. in the home Of the brides mother,
Mrs. Stephen Trescot, will be attended
by only a small company of relatives and
| a few very close friends. Following the
ceremony. a reception will be held at 4
| o'clock. Lieut. Martin is stationed at
Norfolk Va. He spent the weekend In
\ this city.
Miss Frances Miller returned to Wash
ington yesterday morning from Philadel-
pIiia, where she spent the weekend, and
| attended the Army and Navy game Sat
| urday. She left again yesterday after
| noon for a visit of a week In Norfolk,
| where she will be the guest of Miss Mar
| guerite Knox, whose marriage to Ensign
| Max De Mott, u. 8. N, takes places Sat
urday afternoon. The following day she
will leave Washington for New York.
where she will visit her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. s. Tainter, returning to Wash
ington December 1s.
Mrs. Elisha Dyer. who has taken
house in Rhode Island avenue for the
season, has leased her home in Provi-
dence, r. l., for the winter. Col. and
Mrs George r. Dyer, her son and daugh-
| ter-in-lay, VIII go abroad in January, to
spend the remainder of the winter in
Southern France.
Invitations have been issued for a
dance TO be given by classes '12 and Ia