Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
parents at a tea to be given at their
home Wednesday, November Is.

parents at a tea to be given at their
home Wednesday, November Is.
Mrs. Norman Williams and her daugb.
ter. Mrs. Wesley Merritt. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis w. Taylor. all of Washing
ton, have been the guests of Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Franklin Mac
Veagh at Dublin, n. H. Mrs. Williams
and Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor have returned
to this city. Secretary and Mrs. Mac
Veagh expect to keep their house at Dub
lin until early in November Eames
MacVeagh, who has been visiting his par
ents since the wedding of Miss Brook
mire and Howard Gillette, which he at
tended, has returned to Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
who have spent the greater part of the
summer in San Francisco, have been
guests of friends at Burlingame in the
past week. Mrs. Roosevelts mother.
Mrs. Henry Alexander Of New York, will
remain with them until the last OF No
vember.
Mr.. Burr Mcintosh gave a housewarm-
ing reception at his new bungalow at
Los Angeles, Cal, last week. The house
was most art'stically decorated, masses
of scarlet geraniums being used in the
reception room and music room. The
dining room was done in the autumn
blossoms the unique punch bowl of wood
SONS of goldenrod. The gardens at the
rear of the house were samples of the
wit and ingenuity of the host, for a bed
Of roses the gift Of friends, was a pile
Of rocks. His idea of a pipe dream"
was great pipe joints along the walk. and
a tiny seat before them revealed when
you were seated the visions of the hosts
art settlement" which he dreams" of
accomplishing soon. In the garage at
the rear of the garden a refreshment
booth had been erected.
AS ii was election day and all bars"
were closed the water wagon In the form
of push cart" stood in the center, and,
although it was supposed to be water
wagon filled with refreshing fluids, the
only one who seemed to desire to ride in
the wagon and drive the saw horse
which was harnessed to 1t was the saw
dust man
to the various points of interest and
fifty guests of the literary and profess
sional circles called between the hours of
to 6 O'Clock.
The marriage of Miss Marie Louise FL
kins and Mr. Christian de Guique In No
vember will have the beautiful FELTON,
place at Menlo Park Cal, for It's set
ting. There will be bridesmaids and
ushers and an al fresco reception with
many guests. Both bride and groom be-
long to families identified with Cali
fornia's social and financial history. Miss
Elkins being the granddaughter OF for
mer Senator FELTON,, and her fiance the
grandson of Mrs. Abby Parrot. The
bride-elect Is now with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Delaware Nelson, In
Paris where the trousseau is being Sc
lected.
After having been fifty-five years In one
family and worn by eighteen brides. the
famous Stroud petticoat is now on its
way to Texas to serve there for the nine
teenth time as the something old or the
bridal costume. The owner of the pet
ticoat is Mrs Aaron Nunnally of Atlanta.
Ga. Fifty-f1ve years ago, when Mrs. Nun
nally was Miss Emma Stroud, she made
the garment while she was pupil in the
Baptist Women's College of Madison, Ga.
She wore 1t on her wedding day and
it was then packed away to be used
years later by her daughters on their
wedding days. 1t has served as part
, Of the wedding finery of the Misses Mat
tie. Dora, Laura and Mamie Nunnaliy.
1t has ever been at the disposal of the
family and is believed to have brought
good luck to all who have started mar
ried life under its auspices.
On September % the garment was ship
ped to Mckinney, Tex, to granddaugh-
ter. Miss RoSabell Hines, to wear at her
wedding.
Mr.. George o. Auguste will leave this
week to attend the wedding of Mr.. J..
Howard Harton at Amber. Pa. We'd
nesday. October 4, at which he will Of
ficiate as best man. Mr.. Harton was
formerly a resident of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Murray an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter. Ella Easter. to Mr.. Joseph White
Stephenson. the wedding to take place
Wednesday evening, October II. he
ceremony will be Witnessed by their
immediate families and a few intimate
friends. Miss Murray. who is a talented
young soprano, has a large circle Of
friends. Mr. Stephenson is the sen of
the late Mr. Thomas p Stephenson and
Mrs. Stephenson.
Sylvan s. Grosner left town Wednes-
day for Ann Harbor. Mich. where he
will attend the University Of Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Grosner and family
|of Massachusetts avenue northwest
have returned home from. Atlantic City,
where they had a cottage for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs Lew Newmeyer, who
formerly resided in the Avon, are now
occupying their new apartment in the
Stafford, on Lanier place.
Mrs. A. Lehman. of the Gibraltar had
as her guest last week her sister, Mrs.
Benjamin Frank of Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Strahorn and
sons of Annapolis. Nd, who were the
of Mr. and Mra. Adolnh yVovI