Evening star., 1911-08-24
THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY AUGUST o.
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY.
MISS HELEN TAFT PLAYING
TENNIS WITH USUAL SKILL.
Engagement Rumored Of Miss Cleve-
land to Princeton Man-Other
Topics-Personals.

| The Presidents daughter and the eldest
daughter of the late ex-President and
| Mrs Grover Cleveland both figure In the
news today. Miss Helen Taft. who played
in the ladies double tennis tournament at
| Magnolia. Mass. yesterday surprised the
| large gallery her presence attracted by
| the fact that she uses her left hand to
| serve and her right for the rest of her
| game.
| Rumor is busy with the reported en-
| gasement of Miss Esther Cleveland. who
was born in the White House. October,
I 1899. during the second Cleveland ad-
ministra,ion. 10 Randolph u. West OF
| New York. son Of Prof. Andrew West of
Princeton University. 1t is said that the
news has been privately announced. ac-
| cordng to friends of Mrs. Cleveland,
who is spending the summer at her place
at Tamworth. y. III. The marriage will
| take place about the middle of October.
| it is said. and Mrs. Cleveland is plan
ming to erect a bungalow on her prop
| erty for her daughter and son-in-law.
! Although Mr.. West has been in New
| Hampshire a great deal this summer.
people there know very little about him,
and the report of the engagement Is
somewhat of a surprise. Friends of the
| family say, however. that the romance
is not new by any means. and that the
young man has paid Miss Cleveland
/
Miss Cleveland has moved quietly in
society. and has not had as Yet any for
| ma! debut. She has Travelled a good deal
| with her mother and with Mrs. Daniel ).
| Lamont and the Misses Lamont. She is
comparatively unknown in New York
and in this city. Save in the small circle
of old friends both there and here. with
| whom Mrs. Cleveland keeps up her old
time friendship and intimacy by corre-
pondence. etc, and always whenever
there are births, weddings or deaths in
| their families. One account today de-
scribes Miss Cleveland's prowess at golf
and another her ability at tennis.
Marble House was invaded by several
hundred Of the smart set at Newport
last night. and Mrs. o. IL P. Belmont
ments were planned on much more
| elaborate scale than has accompanied
any of the other weekly meetings of the
Surprise Party Club. The guests. who
gatherings. met along Bellevue avenue
| and at signal drove into the grounds
of Marble House, which, as every one
knows, is the finest of all Newport villas.
while the guests were arriving the 7th Artil-
Gerry Band Of Fort Adams struck up lively
| air on the lawn facing the cliffs. AS if by
! magic. the grounds were brilliantly il
Eliminated with colored and fairy lights,
and hundreds of lanterns in trees added
their rays to the beautiful effect both on
the cliffs and Bellevue avenue side of
Marble House.
] The discharge Of fireworks presented a
| magnificent sight both on the cliffs and
Bellevue avenue side. While Mrs. Bel
| mont was receiving her guests and re-
covering from her surprise her son, Har-
old S. Vanderbilt. and Mrs. William Tif-
! fany, sister Of Mrs. Belmont. from Paris.
who had been taken into the confidence
of the surprisers, turned on every light
on the beautiful estate. Another band
furnished the music for the dancing in
Hl,1 hail
| Mrs. William B. Bristow. whose dinner
party was for her house guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Letter, and Mr.. and Mrs
Pembroke Jones. who were entertaining
for the Earl and Countess of Granard
were in the surprise party.
i Marble House has had no entertain
ing on a snowy scale save suffragette and
phlanthropic affairs. in which Mrs. Bel
the period preceding the marriage OF her
daughter and the Duke of Marlborough
i Notwithstanding recent denials. it is
again run'cred that the engagement of
Miss Eleanora r. Sears, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick r. Sears of Boston,
and Harold S. Vanderbilt. son OF Mrs.
Oliver II. p Belmont, and a brother of
the Duchess of Marlborough and VIII
liam *. Vanderbilt. jr.. will be announced
/ shortly. But for slight illness Miss Sears
would have been one of the guests at
Marble House last night. Later Miss Sears
lis going to Newport to visit Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Hartman and Mrs. Belmont.
Miss Dorothy Draper. daughter of the
! former Governor of Massachusetts and
1 Mrs. Eben S. Draper. Will be married to
| Mr.. Thomas Brattle Gannett. jr.. Novem-
| ber 81 the anniversary of the marriage
| of her mother and her grandmother.
| Miss Rosalie Goodman entertained a
luncheon party at Yokun cottage, Lenox,
yesterday for Mrs. Spencer Cosby of
| Washington, who Is guest of Mrs. j.
/ Frederick Schenck.
Senator Crane has joined his family at
Dalton, Mass. and at their home on
| Windsor mountain.
Miss Margaret Wilson, who has been
at their summer home, Ambleside. Litch-
field, Conn, after a visit to friends IN
Manchester. VT, will return to Atlantic
| City to spend the autumn with her
brother, Mr.. John G. Wilson. and his
| family at their attractive cottage.
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ennis announce
the marriage of their daughter. Bessie
| Florence. to Mr.. Wallace B. Robinson,
August %, at 3 pm. Rev P. Murphy Of
| fciated in presence OF the immediate
| families al the residence of the brides S
parents, 33S n street southwest. Miss
George Hummer was bridesmaid and
| Mr.. H. A. Lepper was best man.
After a trip. including Norfolk. Balti-
| more and Atlantic city, tne young coupe
| will reside at Cos q street northwest
about the LIST of September.
| After spending two months in Scotland
| and Ireland. Rev. Donald c. Macleod.
| pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
| and Mrs. Macleod returned to Washing
| ton last evening. Throughout their jour
| ney they were accompanied by Mr. A. E.
| l.. Leckie and the Misses Leckic. The
| party was in Scotland at the time King
| George and Queen Mary made their visit
| as the reigning sovereigns of the United
| Kingdom. Later they went to Ireland,
| where they spent much time on the lakes
| of Killarney. subsequently visiting many
| of the other interesting and historic spots
/ of the Emerald isle
The return to America was made by
| way of Montreal, and the party also en-
| joyed several short but interesting visits
| to Canadian cities.
| Mr. and Mrs ]. NJ. Herfurth are at
| Atlantic City for a two-week stay, after
| which Mrs. Herfurth will spend several
| weeks with friends at Ridley Park Pa.
At st. Martins Church last evening at
$50 Mr.. John j. Mccarthy and Miss
Irene Brosnan were married by the Rev.
Eugene Hannah. The church was taste
| fully decorated for the occasion, and the