The Washington herald., 1911-07-24

her sister, Mrs. Taft, at the summer
White House at Beverly, where she will
probably remain for the rest of the sum.
mer. Mrs. Laughlin has not yet laid
aside her mourning for Mr.. Laughlin
and is therefore taking no part In social
festivities. Miss Taft had entered the
tennis tournament held early last week
at Beverly. but was too i'll to appear and
was obliged to withdraw her name.
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman, who
usually spend the weekend in their
Utica home, remained in Washington
over Sunday and spent the afternoon
motoring into the country.
The Danish Minister and Countess
Moltke, who have spent the past two
months at Lancaster. Mass, with the
countess mother, Mrs Nathaniel Thay-
er, at the latter's country place. will sail
tomorrow for Denmark. to remain until
the autumn.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wick
ersham spent the weekend in New York.
where they were guests at the wedding
of Capt. John Sinclair Liddell, of the
British army. and Miss Ethel Donaldson
Sloan, which took place on Saturday in
Trinity Episcopal Church in Hewlett
Long Island. The bride is a granddaugh-
ter of George B. Sloan, Of Oswego. N.
Y, a prominent politician of the State,
and granddaughter of Col. Timothy
Pickering, of Massachusetts. who was
quartermaster general in the Continental
army. Capt. Liddell and his bride will
make their home for the present in Ber-
muda, where the formers regiment Is
stationed. The regiment has been order
ed to go to South Africa in January.
Mrs. Clayton, wife of Representative
Henry D. Clayton. who has as her guest
Miss Eleanor Davis. of Georgetown, KY,
returned late last week from a visit to
Atlantic City, where she and her guest
spent ten days.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Beekman Winthrop are spend
ing the weekend at Hamilton, Mass, the
summer home of Mr.. Winthrop's brother.
Mr.. Frederick l.. Winthrop.
Mrs. George Pierce and Miss Evadne
Cady. of Ballinger. Tex, are visiting
their mother, DR.. Helena NJ. Cady, OF
Iowa Circle.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter, who are
spending the summer at Beverly, in the
new home of Mr.. Letters mother, Edge
water, made a visit of few days in
Saratoga last week. They were on an
automobile trip of a week or more, visit
ing various summer resorts. Mrs. Letter
is said to have purchased tract of Sli
acres on the Virginia side of the Poto-
mac, above the Chain Bridge, upon which
he is to build a splendid summer home.
It is said that the land is to cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000, and the house
will be pretentious. with beautifully laid
out grounds. 1t has always been a mat
ter of wonder to lovers Of picturesque
scenery that the upper Potomac, particu-
larly upon the Virginia side, has never
been utilized for summer homes Of WASH
ington residents, and Mr. Letter Is be-
ing congratulated upon being the first of
the Washington millionaires in smart cir
cles to select a site there for a suburban
home.
Lieut.. Chester P Barnett, U. s. A., and
Mrs. Barnett, formerly Miss Kather-
inc Brown, have as their guest at Fort
Myer, Miss Adele Armstrong, Of St
Louis. Lieut.. and Mrs. Barnett enter
tanned at dinner Saturday evening pre-
ceding the hop at Fort Myer and at sup
per following the hop in honor Of Miss
Armstrong. Among the supper guests
were Lieut. and Mrs. Foster; Lieut.. Har-
rington, a new military aid at the White
House, and the Messrs. Moore, of this
city. Miss Armstrong, 1t will be remem-
bered, was the guest Of Miss Brown,
now Mrs. Barnett, in the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee.
during the Easter holidays and for some
weeks following. She also accompanied
Mrs. Barnett to the Princeton graduating
exercices, just before her marriage to
Lieut.. Barnett.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jay White have ar
rived at Bar Harbor and established
themselves for the remainder Of the sum-
mer at their cottage Schooner Head"
Mr.. Frank B. Noyes, of this city, land
ed at Naples recently and has gone to
Lake Como, where he has rejoined Mrs.
Noyes and their daughters. He went
over with them in the spring.
Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes sailed on Sat-
urday for South Africa after trip
through Canada with Mrs Noyes, who
will join her daughters and go to their
country place for time before going to
one of the Northern resorts
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. Miss Katherine
Elkins, and Mr.. Stephen B. Elkins. tr.,
have started on an automobile tour of
Switzerland and Austria, after spending
some weeks at V.chy.
Miss Elizabeth Sherman, Of Stoneleigh
Court daughter of Gen. Sherman. sailed
on Saturday for New York. after visit
with her sister, Mrs. Thackara, formerly
Miss Ella Sherman. wife of the United
States consul general at Berlin. The
American Minister to Roumania and
Mrs. John Ridgeley Carter. the former
1t one time first secretary Of the Ameri-
can Embassy in London. sailed for home
last week for few weeks leave Of alb
sence. They were In London. the guests
of Amba assatior and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,