Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

j ~ matters this month. but for the
Il most part the prospective events
are arranged on a quiet scale.
| October however. will present much
livelier program, especially of matrimo-
NAL events and November promises To be
| extremely active in this regard, especially
around Thanksgiving. Many of the en-
gasements announced last spring will
terminate in early winter weddings, but
the announcements yet to be made will
be extremely interesting in the list OF
nearby wedding days.
A honeymoon dance was given last
week at the Officers Club at the Presidio
San Francisco, to welcome to the post
eight recent brides. Lieut.. and Mrs
Stephenson one of the happy couples
commencing their round of reciprocating
attentions, started off with a Chinese
dinner. surprise in the matter of ar
rangemcntS.
The dining room was fragrant with
Chinese incense and lighted by Chinese
lanterns. Sets of chopsticks were laid by
the plates instead of knives and forks,
and prize went to the most successful
In their use.
Cards have been received from Miss
Mary Percival, announcing the marriage
of her sister. Miss Anne Percival. to Mr..
John Westley Chambers of Washington
and Maryland. The wedding was very
quietly solemnized the morning of August
Is at ST. Thomas Episcopal Church at
| Orange, Va. where the Misses Perciva
| had been spending the summer. The Rev.
Duval Chambers. a brother of the bride
| groom. was the officiating clergyman. Mr.
and Mrs. Chambers will make their home
| in this city. Mrs. Chambers and her sis
| ter. Miss Mary Percival, are daughters of
the late DR.. John Percival, who was for
many years the rector of the Church of
| the Annunciation New Orleans.
| Mr.. and Nine. Richard Blacque Bey.
the latter formerly Miss Kalman of St.
| Paul. Mimi. spent the first days of their
honeymoon with Mr.. and Mrs Rukard
Hurd, at St HubertS Lodge, FrOntenac.
| Lake Pepin. Mimi. at their summer
| home, which is the old hunting lodge
| erected by Gen. Israel Garrard before the
/ civil war and to which he returned after
/ a brilliant army service. This was his
/ permanent home until his death in 1899:
| Here he lived gentleman of the old
school, and as lord of the manor
| dispensing bounteous hospitality. Joseph
Jefferson and many other notables We're
frequent visitors Many artists go there
| to paint the beauty of Lake Pepin
| scenery.
+ The diplomat. who is attached to the
/ Turkish embassy in Berlin, will take his
bride there early next month.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Pennington of
| Minneapolis announce the enga cement
/
LAWYER to John Sargent Pisbury also
of Minneapolis. This engagement which
has been rumored for a long time, is of
great interest to ST Paul society, and
of the bride to be are well known, where
she had many friends. before her mother
married Mr.. Pennington She is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Samuel d. Sturgis
and the late Gen. Sturgis, and made her
debut four years ago at the Pennington
home in Minneapolis, at a large ball. Mr..
Pillsbury belongs to the well known Min
neapolis family of that name. and is a
nephew of the late Gov Pillsbury. No
date for the wedding has been set.
The engagement is announced of Lieut..
Richard Ray Mann. L. S. N, and Miss
Rennolds. L.. s. n. stationed at the
Portsmouth. n. H., navy yard Lieut..
Mann is the son of the late Lieut.. James
D. Mann. L. S. A., who was mor;ally
in 1891 Miss Spalding's greatgrand-
father was captain in the revolutionary
war. and served on the staff of Lafayette
at Yorktown. The wedding will take
place in January, 1872, in Portsmouth,
N H.
Col. and Mrs Guy Edie of Washington,
with their two children. arrived last week
greeted by Mrs. Edie's parents, Mr. and
Mrs William Kip. They made the trip
to California by way of Panama, and
will spend several weeks there before
sailing for the Philippines. AS Miss
Clementine Kip, Mrs. Ede was q belle
in San Francisco society, and has been
prominent in this city, where Col. Edie
was stationed several years.
Miss Agnes Elizabeth Agee and Mr..
Hugh Semple Pettis of Washington, D.
c.. were married August - at Seattle,
WASH, in the presence of few friends
~ thx ho,, nffh n do -
sister, Mrs. William 4. Hardy of West
Seattle. Rev Edward Vincent Shaler Of
ficiating.
The bride is a graduate of the Mary
Baldwin Seminary. in Staunton, Va. The
groom is a graduate of Georgetown Uni
| versity of Washington, ID. c.
| The engagement is announced of Baron
Ambrozy and Countess Degenfeld-Schom-
| burg of Hungary. Baron AmbroZy was
formerly connected with the Austro- hi UNI
garian embassy at Washington, and is
now attached to the Austrian embassy at
Rome and very popular in society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Albert Scott of
Saluda y. c.. announce the engagement
of their daughter. Jessie Eloise, to Mr.
John Knox Arnold of Washington, u. G.,
the marriage to take place in Saluda DC
tober ).
| At the wedding last week in San Fran
+
Benja min Sturtevant Foss, Harvard W.
the older son of Gov. and Mrs. FoSS OF
Massachusetts. the color scheme of deco
ration was pink and white, roses and
lilies being used in large quantities. me
bride wore heavy itory satin, yelled
with point applique lace and made with
full court train. The tulle veil was fas-
tened with coronet of orange blossoms
and the shower bouquet was of white
orchids.
Twenty young friends made up the
bridal party The maid of honor wore
white lace with a plumed hat to match
and carried pink roses. There were
eight bridesmaids. Misses Helen and l.s-
Their Foss, the twin sisters of the BRIDE
groom being among them They wore
white satin striped crepe de chine with
overdress of crystal dotted tulle. Huge
pink kimono butterfly bows above the
waistline in the back gave distinction
to the gowns The hats were OF White
tulle with shaded pink roses and they
carried sheafs of the same blooms tWlned
with maidenhair ferns and pink tulle.
! Mr.. and Mrs Walter D. Denegre. who
are well known here, who spent the
summer abroad having leased house In
London for the coronation festivities,
have returned to America. and es-
tablished for the remainder of the sea-
son at their beautiful home a West
Manchester. Mass, where they are en-
PERTAINING extensively.
Mr.. Benjamin Oxnard returned Satur-
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