Evening star., 1912-06-03
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND FAMILY ARE
ALL AWAY.
Here and at Other Points With
Capital Notables.
Personals.

Mrs. Taft accompanied the President
to Hampton roads yesterday, and Miss
Taft spent the week end at Bryn Mawr.
The President and Mrs. Taft will be back
tomorrow, as will their daughter, the Off
cial and other hospitalites for the Ger
man officers lifting this week out of the
usual June quiet.
A social events Of first rank will be the
reception which Mr. Mitchell Inness,
charge d'affaires of the British embassy,
will give at the embassy tonight to cele-
brate the birthday of King George.
The marriage of Miss Harriet Ander-
son. niece of the President and Mrs Taft.
and Mr. Hugo de FritSch of New York
will be celebrated June - at the home of
the brides mother. Mrs. Charles Ander-
son, on the Grandin road, Cincinnati.
The roses in Mrs. Anderson's garden will
then be in full bloom. and the whole
East Hill will be a flower garden. Miss
Catherine Anderson will attend her sister
as bridesmaid. as will her cousin, Miss
Louise Taft. Mr.. Emmett Harris of
New York will be best man. The bride
groom and his party are expected in Gin
cinnati the 9th, and the two days fol-
lowing will be crowded with hospitalities
in honor of the couple. The hour of the
wedding is o'clock. and the guests
will be confined to the intimates of the
DTlue anu the lIHIHeOldIe IdHlly cOnnec-
ton. June 10 Miss Grace Henry of New
York will arrive to spend a fortnight
with the Misses Anderson, going over to
Elmhurst later to be the guest of Miss
Mary Groesbeck over the wedding. Her
visit will be devoted to out-of-door
amusements. tennis and golf occupying
the days. Miss Henry being a capital
tennis player. Mr.. de Fritsch is Har-
ward man, class of 90. and has lived
much abroad with the family of Mrs.
o0dn To- uyh se. 1f
his father Mr.. Hugo de Fritsch sr.,
was consul of Austria Hungary in New
York, and man of distinction having
been made a chevalier by his govern
ment: He was great whip and drove
the Pelham coach for several seasons.
He was one of the Founders of the Coach
ing Club. Mrs de Fritsch lives with her
two sisters in New York. and all are
well known in the fashionable world of
the metropolis.
Mr.. Hippolyte Dreyfus- Barney of Paris,
who, in the foreign fashion, when the
wife's name is better or as well known
as the husbands. has hyphenated his
name with that of his bride, who was
Miss Laura Ellis Barney of Washington
and Paris, went last week to Cincinnati
with his wife after visit here with Mr.
and Mrs. Christian Hemmick. A num-
ber OF entertainments are marking their
stay
The bridal party to attend Miss Frances
Meryd1th and Mr.. Walter Higgins of
ParkefsburS, w. Va, at their Wedding
Wednesday evening at Marietta Ohio
will include matron of honor. Mrs
William j. Rodgers of Huntington, w
Va. The bridesmaids will be Miss Lucille
Bier of Pittsburgh. Miss Laura Higgins of
Rockville, Md, "A sister of the groom
and Miss Elizabeth Burke of Washington
Il. {. brother of the groom Jack Hig-
gins, OF Washington, ID. c., will serve as
best man and the ushers will be T. D.
Eradlnaroff. DR.. Palmer Treadway of
Erie Pa; Walter Talcott of Washington,
d. c.; Stewart Rouzer and FLOYD Hanlev
of Baltimore, Md; Little Dan Torpy will
be ring bearer. Prof. Anton Gloetzner
of this city will play the wedding march
\ large number of pre-nuptial affairs
are being given for the bride and her at
tendants. After an extended wedding
trip Mr.. Higgins and his bride will be at
home in Parkersburg.
Mrs. Henry Taft. sister-in-law of the
President, who spent the last fortnight in
Paris, left Wednesday to return home by
the kronprinzessin Cecilie. While
abroad she passed several weeks in AL
geria, made a short stay at Nice and a
longer one at AK. She did nearly all her
travelling by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page are
for this country.
Miss Bauer of the Victoria left yester-
day for Blackford. Idaho, where she will
be the guest for the summer of her sis
ter, Mrs +. II. Poole
Mrs. Russell and Miss Russell. wife and
daughter of Mr.. Charles Russell, United
States minister to Persia have arrived
in Paris, having visited Moscow and Ber-
lin en- route from Teheran. They expect
to remain in Europe six months before
returning to the east.
Mrs. Max Cohen, who has been visiting
her daughters. Mrs. Siegfried Fantl of
Savannah, Ga, and Mrs. Ferd Levi of
Sumter, S. c., has returned to her home
at 1871 Biltmore street.
Medical Director James f. Gardener, L.
S. N, Mrs. Gardener and Miss Gardener
have closed their house on 18th street
and are at Dr. Gardeners home in Vir-