Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-04
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS FRANCES HODGES WILL
MAKE DEBUT TODAY.
Supper and Dance as Closing Fea-
tures-Other Events.
Notes.

Detn NOyeS, Miss EStelle Crane, Miss
Eleanor Reyburn. Miss Dora Glover, who
Is just back from an autumn visit to
Paris where she accompanied her aunt,
Miss Celestine Finley. and Miss Mary
Webb; Mrs. Leonard Wood. Mrs George
d. Ruggles. Miss Alma Ruggles, Mrs.
Spencer Cosby. Mrs. William c. Borden,
Mrs. Edward Burr and Mrs. Francis B.
Wildly.
An informal dance. preceded by sup
per Tor the receiving party and few
extra guests, will close the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Arthur Bur-
ton. the latter formerly Miss Jessie
krogstad. have arrived from England
for a months visit to Mrs. Burton's
parents. DR.. and Mrs. Krogstad, at the
latter's X street home
Mrs. Charles Russell Train is here to
spend the winter with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George Whitfield Brown.
while Lieut. Train is on duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin E. Vrooman with
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Jones have
gone to Maurertown. Va, for a week s
outing. The object of the trip is to give
Messrs Vrooman and Jones several days
for hunting in the Shenandoah valley.
where game is in abundance this sea
son.
Mr.. Charles Stewart Maurice has sent
many Washington friends cards for the
marriage of his daughter Emily Mar
shall, to Mr.. Charles Whitney Dali Of
this city, Tuesday, December 49, at noon,
at Faith Chapel, Jekyl Island, Brunswick,
Ga.
DR.. and Mrs. Duncan McKim, who
are entertaining at dinner tonight, will
give an organ recital Thursday night.
They will leave shortly to spend the
oo11 tn
Mrs. Horatio N. Slater will give
ball January 10 in the Hotel Somerset
Boston, for her debutante daughter
Miss Esther Slater. 49,
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Eddy
daughter of Mrs. Morris Riley Eddy of
Evanston. ILL.,, and Samuel Davis Rowe
| took place Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
in the First Methodist Episcopal Church
at Evanston. Bishop Mcdowell, assisted
by DR.. T. p. Frost, read the service
The brides sister, Miss Josephine Nor
ris Eddy, attended her as maid of honor
| and the bridesmaids were Miss Katherine
Meyer of New York, Miss Annye Wilson
Of Pittsburgh and Miss Anna Boyd of
Philadelphia. Miss Marjorie McCord and
Miss Lucy Lord Of Danville, KY, nieces
Of the bridegroom, were flower girls. +.
G. Often Of Brooklyn, n. Y. was best
man. The ushers were Augustus w.
Eddy. the brides brother; George Noyes
Orr, Donald McKaig of Pittsburgh, Mar
shall Mills of New York, Hampden Wins
ton, Richard D. Bokum. ir., and Edgar
c. Rowe, brother Of the bridegroom. The
brides gown was of white satin combined
with silver cloth and white tulle She car
ried bouquet Of white orchids and lilies
Of the valley. The maid of honor wore a
white chiffon and lace gown over white
satin. She wore a large picture hat of
| tulle and fur and carried American Beau
ty roses. The bridesmaids wore white
satin and cream lace robes with picture
hats, and carried American beauty roses.
small reception at the residence of the
brides mother followed the service. After
January 1 the bride and bridegroom will
be at home at 100 East Chestnut street,
Evanston.
Past Assistant Surgeon w. G. Farwell,
U. s. N, and Mrs Farwell will be at the
Portsmouth until December 10 while their
quarters at the navy yard are being
renovated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley entertained
at dinner last night the naval attache of
the Austro-Hungarian embassy and Bar
oness Preuschen. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Legare, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
Mrs Bulmer, Miss Yvonne Townsend.
Miss Janet Mann of Troy, n. Y; Mr..
Nabokoff Of the Russian embassy. Mr..
Lawrence La n;,s,. Townsend. jr,. =; s. n. and
|
hostess have just returned from the
south.
Col. and Mrs. John r. Williams enter
tanned at dinner last night. their guests
being Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Gibson, MIR. and Mrs. Joseph
Letter, Miss Dorothy Williams. Capt.
Sowerby, naval attache of the British
embassy. and Mr.. Horstmann of the Ger
man embassy.
Mrs Marsh, wife of Commander Charles
&C. Marsh, U. s. N, entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club.
Among her guests were Miss Wallach,
Miss Whiting, Mrs. Harold Sewall, the
Rev. Mr.. Melbourne of Baltimore, and
Commanders Groesbeck and McCully, L.
S. N, and Mr.. Hugh Rowland
DR.. and Mrs David Riddle Breed of
Pittsburgh announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Mrs. Francis P. Siviter, to
Maj. Arthur NJ. Edwards. commissary.
United States Army. Mrs. Siviter is a
direct descendant OF the famous Jonathan
Edwards, the theologian. and former
president Of Princeton College. Maj. Ed
wards is graduate of the United States
Military Academy, West Point. class of
1898 His service has been active and
interesting and sometimes dangerous
The present army food allowance was
adopted in 1908 by general staff of the
army. with some notifications, using
Maj. Edwards prize essay, THE Garrison
Baton" as model Maj. Edwards Is one
Of the youngest majors in the army. He
comes of the Welsh family of that NAME
and distinguished in this country for a
century and a half as ministers in the
north and planters In the south. Through
his maternal grandmother he is a Son of
the Revolution. having descended from
Capt. John Hale Of New Hampshire. He
is eligible to membership in the Society of
ington. Through his maternal grand
mother he is descended from Sir Robert
Sawyer Of England. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Miss Helen Taft will be the guest ct
the first Monday german of Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Marburg, which will be held in
Baltimore December IL. Her hosts will
entertain at dinner in Miss Taft's honor
before the cotillon.
The marriage Of Miss Emily Frances
Whitney and Capt. Allen Lindsay Briggs.
26th Infantry, U. S. A., took place Sat
urday afternoon at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Charles E. Whitney,
New York. The Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks,
rector of St. Bartholomew Church, per-
formed the ceremony at 5 o'clock. The
bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Helen Cole Whitney. Misses Gladys
Stout of New York and Ravida Ellis of
Baltimore. niece Of the bridegroom,
were bridesmaids. Lieut.. Consuelo H.
Sloane. Sd Cavalry. was best man. and
Capt. Charles Wendell Fenton. an aid-de-
camp of Gen. Frederick Dent Grant;
Lieut. John K. Emery, William G. Brady,
ir and Howard Major. the last two of