The Washington herald., 1911-03-04
Mrs. Matthew w. Clarke Announces Engagement
of Her Daughter, Isabel, to Capt. Louis :
Mason GuIick, u. S. M. c.

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panied by Capt. Archibald w. Butt, oc-
cupied a box at the Columbia Theater
last evening.
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce entertained company at dinner
last night in honor of Miss Taft, and had
to meet her Lieut. and Mrs. U. S. Grant.
third, the military attache of the French
| Embassy and Countess de Chambrun,
Countess Luise-Alexandra Won Bern
storff, Miss Elsie Aldrich, Miss Sherley
Putnam. Mr. and Mrs Walter Tucker
man, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Crowninshield.
Miss Ashton, niece of the hostess; Miss
Cecilia May, Kiss Mary Hopkins, Capt.
/ Mccoy. Count Pourtales, of the Ger
man Embassy: Mr.. Robert Bacon, Mr.
Emery and CoE McLachlan, new mill
tary attache: Lord Eustace Percy. and
Mr.. Gladstone, of the embassy stan.
Baroness Uchida. wife of the Japanese
/ Ambassador. entertained a small COM
pany at luncheon yesterday at the en-
bassy, when her guests were Mr.. and
| Mrs. Johnson. of Philadelphia, and a
! humber of former classmates of the
baroness at Bryn Mawr. who are spend
| ing a few days at the Capital.
4 Mrs. Matthew w. Clarke announced
| the engagement of her daughter. Isabel,
to Capt Louis Mason GuIick, u. S. NJ. c.,
son of Mrs. Alexander F. Magruder. The
wedding is expected to take place in the
srring. in the summer home of Mrs.
| Clarke, at Scranton, Pa. 1t was about
| this time last season that Mrs. Clarke
| announced the engagement of her daugh-
4 20 Mr. IlpyeTpa Y.
| Their marriage took place July in the
! cathedral at Scranton. Mrs. Clarke and
/ her daughters have for some years spent
/ their winters in Washington at the Con-
| necticut Capt. Gulick, who is one OF
| the popular bachelors of the service, is
stationed at the Marine Barracks, In
| this city,
The marriage of Representative Edwin
DENLY, Of Detroit, to Miss Marion Thur
4 Der, daughter of the late Henry T.
Thurber. whose engagement was an
nounced during the Christmas holidays,
will take place March IS IN Detroit, the
home of the bride. 1t will be quite pri-
vate, only the members of the two fami-
/ lies being present, and the bridegroom
will take his bride to Europe for their
| honeymoon trip. Mr.. DenDy's best man
will be Mr.. Henry F. Lister, of Detroit.
who has frequently been his guest here
during his terms in Congress. Mrs. Gil
| bert Wilkes, sister of Mr.. DENLY, who
| has acted as his hostess in Washington,
will go to Detroit in time for the we'd
ding, and will then return to Washing
| ton for the remainder of the spHag sea
son. She expects to spend the summer
abroad and will visit her brother, Mr..
Charles DENLY, United States consul gen.
eral at Vienna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson have cam
celed their social engagements for the
present, owing to the death in Detroit of
Mrs. Gibson's aunt, Mrs. William c. Nc
MILAN, quite suddenly on Thursday.
Mrs. Mcmillan was the widow OF the
eldest son of the late Senator James
Mcmillan, Mr.. Gibson, who has
been in New York this week, went to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Mcmillan,
which will take place to-day. Mrs. Gfb-
son, who is Just convalesctng from Sc
rious illness, was not able to go.
Representative and Mrs. George A.
Loud. of Michigan, entertained at dinner
last evening at the Ontario in honor of
the retiring Representative, Judge Die
kema There were fourteen guests.
Secretary and MIS-. hHoN VIII iedNe
washington to-day for the South.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
will leave on Tuesday to spend several
weeks travelling in the North. A greater
part of their time will be spent in Can
ada
The Secretary. of the Swedish Legation
and Nine. Ekengren will sail next
"wednesday for Italy, and will be absent
for several months, most of which time
will be spent visiting Nine. Ekengrens
relatives in Sweden.
NMrs. Ballinger, wife of the Secretary of
Ne Interior. will return TO her home
in Seattle about the middle OF March.
Mrs. CowIe, wife OF the Paymaster Gen.
eral of the navy, was hostess at de-
Iightful luncheon yesterday, at the High
lands, when her guests were Mrs. Cum
minis. wife of Senator Cummins; Mrs.
Padgett. wife of Representative Padgett;.
Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Admiral Nicfrol-
son. Mrs. Roberts, wife of Representa-
tive Roberts; Mrs. Martin, wife of Pay
Director Martin; Mrs. Lowndes, wife of
Surg. Lowndes; Mrs. Goodrich, of Chi
caro: Mrs. Hollyday, wife of Admiral
Hoilyday: Mrs. Mann, wife Of Represent
atiye Mann; Mrs. Speel, wife of Pay
Director Speel; Mrs. Wesson, Mrs. Cole,
wife of Mai Cole, of the army; Mrs.
Fitzsimmons, wife of Medical Director
Fitzsimmons; Mrs. Watt wife of Ad-
miral Watt and Mrs John ]. Knapp,
wife of Capt. Knapp. of the army.
Mrs. Beekman winthrop, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, enter
tanned a company at luncheon yesterday
The Misses Finley were hostesses at an
informal dinner last night in honor of
Mrs. Frederic Ashton de Peyster, of New
York. formerly Miss Alice Abercrombie-
Miller, Of this city.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, former president
general of the D. A. R, who has been
the guest for week of Mrs. Matthew
T. Scott. president general Of the d. A.
r., at the Arlington. has gone to spend a
few DAYS with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Walter Mclean, at her home in o street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward, Beale Mclean.
who have been spending some time in
Florida. have gone to Havana.
Mrs. Nicholas Anderson has. issued In
yitations for a luncheon on March 1e in
honor of Mrs. Sherman. wife of the Vice
President
The Swiss Minister. DR.. Paul Ritter.
went to New York yesterday. He will
spend few days there.