Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-15
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
PREPARATIONS GOING ON FOR
THE TAFT SILVER WEDDING.
Mrs. Taft Enjoyed Last Evening at
the Theater-Weddings.
Personal Notes.

an ; Heditf winch permitted nef 10 re-
sumo her enjoyment OF the theater. She
accompanied the President and her sis
ter. Miss Heron To the Columbia last
night. Gen. Clarence Edwards and Maj.
Archibald Butt being also OF the party.
She is also going out every day To ride or
otherwise enjoy herself.
Weather permitting. the White House
grounds viii present a fairy spectacle
next Monday night. as the grounds will
be illuminated and the President and
Mrs. Taft will receive under canopy
erected on the lawn. near the place whore
they stood during the first of the garden
parties last month Mrs. Taft is taking
the keenest interest in every detail.
especially those which are going on under
her special supervision and under her
eyes. so To speak. The making OF the
celebration great informal event,
which il is necessarily bound tn be ii held
in the garden, Is her suggestion Just as
so many others have been for the gem
eral comfort of those in attendance at the
larger occasions at the White House.
Everybody Will have all the room they
want as part of the notable company
which will he in attendance. members of
which will extend congratulations IL the
President ard his wife from every rank
Of their own countrymen and country
women, as well as from every foreign
land with which we hold diplomatic re-
lations. The presents already received
sand those of which public notice has been
given Indicate that substantial testi
monia's OF the happy event will he in
profuse evidence. although whether or
not the silver gifts are to be exhibited
has not a. yet been announced.
The dancing program win be carried
OUT in the east room.
The White Huse will be outlined with
electric lights around the portico and
terraces. and an electric banner showing
the dates 1856 and 1911 will show on the
lawn, while a massive electric flag will
wave from the south por'ico. Spotlights
playing on the fountain will be another
feature Of what promises to be a spectacle
for which the thousands invited, and, i'm
fact. everybody at the capital, will have
a deep personal interest.
Miss Debora Baker of Baltimore and
Miss Edna Ruddick of New York. both
Wilson College girls, are on visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pickett for sew
eral days.
Among the cabinet members wives who
will be present with their husbands at the
silver wedding reception are Mrs. Knox,
Mrs. MacVeagh and Mrs. Stimson, who
are already in town, and Mrs. Wicker
sham, wife of the Attorney General, who
will come here for the affair.
Mrs. Hugh III. Cassidy and daughters,
Florence and Elizabeth. left today for
East Orange, \. j., to join house party.
Mrs. Cassidy sails June - on the Olympic
for three-month stay in Europe. The
Misses Cassidy will visit northern resorts
until September
Mrs. Charles w. Ray Of 1871 Madison
street is in Poughkeepsie, y. y. attend
ing the class reunion of NaSsar College,
of which she is "A former graduate.
Miss Mary McInerny was hostess Mon
day evening at "A pretty dance given AT
the new homo of her parents on y street.
An International wedding just a bit ont
of the common took place yesterday in
New York, when Miss Mary Alice Lang.
second daughter of Sir Robert Hamilton
Lang. Is. &. NJ. g.. and Lady Lang OF
Dedham. Essex. England. and Assistant
Paymastcr Byron Denont Rogers, L. s..
N. were married in the Church of the As
cenSion.
The bride wore gown of ivory satin
and large white picture hat. She was
unattended. Her mother, Lady Lang,
gave her in marriage, as her fathers ill
ness prevented his coming to this coun-
try.
Lieut. John W. Wilcox. T. s ~. was
best man.
tea was given by Lady Lang al the Ritz
Carlton.
After short honeymoon trip Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers will make their nome in
Charleston. :. C.. where Mr.. Rogers is
stationed at the navy yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers first met at Con-
stantinoplc few years ago. when the
former was stationed there OH the United
States ship Scorpion. and when Mr. Rog-
ers' father was director general of the
Imperial Ottoman Bank.
Sir Robert Hamilton Lang is one of
the best known of England's financiers.
Mr.. and Mrs Hobart Chatfield-Tay Ior
gave dinner Tuesday night at their resi-
dence Fairlawn, in Lake Forest ILL., in
honor of Count Won Bernstorff, the Ger
man ambassador, who is their guest for
several DAYS. The dinner was "A small one,
owing to the busy day that was spent by
the count. who delivered the convocation
address at the University of Chicago in
the morning. Covers were laid for eight.
including Mr.. and Mrs. Oryille Babcock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman and Miss
Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor Yesterday a
luncheon was given ut Onwentsia Club In
honor of the count, and last night Mr..
and Mrs. Robert McGann gave dinner.
at which covers for twenty Eight guests
were laid Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
give another dinner for the ambassador
to which eighteen guests have been in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Roosevelt have
arrived at Sayvilie. l.. l., from Washing
ton. and are occupying the Lilacs, their
country place there.
Miss Rosalean Sybilla Betz became
the wife of Senior Don Augusta +.
Pulido Of Venezuela. at s.. Matthews
Lutheran Church. Broad and Mount Yer
non streets. Philadelphia, at noon yester-
day, and is therefore a parsonage of i'll
terest in this city.
The Rev. DIR. Edwin Heyl Delk. pastor
of the church. officiated. The wedding
was most simple. owing to the recent
death of the brides father. The only at
tendant was Senior Don Alberto Yoachan.
the Chilean charge d'affaires, who acted
as best man.
The bride wore a one-piece frock of
gray chiffon. with low Dutch neck, and
a large orchid purple picture hat, trim
med with plumes of the same shade. She
carried bunch of orchids. The small
party witnessing the ceremony included
Rojas. Venezuelan minister to the United
States, and Signor J. Guardo, also of
Venezuela. The party afterward drove
to the Bellevue-Stratford where break
fast was served, after which the couple
left for New York, where they have
suite at the Ritz-Carlton.
Sonora Pulido is the daughter of the
late j. Fred Betz. jr., and is one ofthe
wealthiest young women in Philadelphia,
having been left fortunes by both her
father and grandfather, John F. Betz.
She has country home, Betzwood, above
Norristown.
Senior Pulido was for many years first
is widely known socially in New York,
NpWport and WASHINGTON His father