Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. LAUGHLIN ASSISTED THE
PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.
Over q Thousand Guests See White
House En- Fete-Other
Events.

President Taft. who had his sister-in
law. Mrs. Thomas X. Laughlin OF Pitts
| purgh, help him do the honors. received
| the delegates to the International Con-
gress of Hygiene and Demography and
OF the Catholic Charities yesterday at 3
o'clock in the blue room. The reception
| arranged on the lines familiar to all
those who frequent the Presidents home
on social occasions. was enlivened by a
musical program given by the Engineers
Band. The Presidents aid. Maj. Rhoads
stood near him, and Col. Spencer Cosby
made the introductions. Capt. John w.
| T1mmons and Lieut.. Long, others of the
Presidents aids, were also in attendance.
Mrs. Laughlin was most becomingly
gowned in black, her dress Of crepe me-
| teor being lightened by fichu and under
sleeves OF white tulle and null. Her hat
was of black tulle and pearl earrings
and necklace gave another dressy touch
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heron and Mr..
j. G. Schmidlapp of Cincinnati. who was
| the Presidents guest during his short
stay at the White House. were present
in the blue room. as were Postmaster
General Hitchcock and Gen. Clarence
| Edwards.
The refreshment table was arranged in
the state dining room and decorated with
dahlias.
| Mrs. Ormsby McCammon of this city
| will be a member of the house party OF
Mrs. c. Howard Clark at Manchester.
Mass, next week, during the golf tourna-
ment.
Mrs Calderon Carlisle returned yester-
day from Europe, as did Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Stockton.
Miss Margaret Alvord of Fort
| Thompson, n. Y, is spending this week
with Miss Mary Pugh. at 1902 r street.
| Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Kaufman and
Miss Kaufman have returned from a
| motoring trip to Camp Percy, n. H.
The marriage of Miss Abbie ingalls,
Barnard and Russell Ellis Sard of Albany
at Hot Springs, va, yesterday at St
Luke's Episcopal Church was followed by
a reception at Ingallscote. the summer
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Melville ingalls,.
| grandparents of the bride.
! Only for the storm, the reception would
have been outdoors. otherwise the ar
| engagements were not altered. The bride,
who was given away by her uncle. M. +.
! ingalls,, jr.. had only one attendant, Miss
Gladys ingalls,. There were no pages or
| flower girls, but seven girl friends Of the
/ bride who have been house guests at
Ingallscote since Friday. dressed in light
summer costumes occupied one of the
| front pews of the church They We're
Misses Helen Green of Cincinnati. Ruth
Wales and Frances Lippet of Washing
ton. Mary and Olga Wiborg Of New York.
Mildred Eddy of Morristown, N. J., and
Louise Witherbee of Port Henry.
The bride wore her mothers wedding
gown of white satin draped with lace and
pearl trimming. A tulle veil was held in
place by tiara of orange blossoms and
she carried a shower bouquet of white
orchids and lilies of the valley.
Miss Gladys ingalls, wore blue crar-
meuse covered with blue chiffon and
draped with yellow chiffon and wide
white lace the gown confined by CIR
| die of French ribbon roses in pastel
shades. She wore a large black tulle
| hat with a soft black velvet crown, and
carried bouquet of yellow oecidium or
chds.
The chancel of the church was massed
with ferns, SmilaX and white chrySanthe-
NUNS and punches of blue asters were on
the pewS The altar was covered with
| Easter lilies.
Ingallscote was decorated was wild
flowers and autumn leaves for the recep-
ton, and on the bridal table garden flow
| ers were used.
Melville ingalls, gift to the bride was a
string of pearls, and the gift of the BRIDE
groom was a large drop sapphire sur
rounded by a wreath of diamonds and
suspended from platinum and diamond
| chain.
The couple will live in Albany after their
return from their wedding trip.
Miss Lille spanier of Park road is Wis
ting relatives at Norfolk, and Saturday
will go to New York by sea.
| DIR. B. L. Taliaferro. formerly of Rich
mond. Va, now Of Catawba. Va, is here
attending the Congress of Hygiene and
| DemoSraphy. He is a the Lincoln Hotel.
Mrs Edward T. Stotesbury. who has
been visiting her daughter Mrs. Walter
&. Brooks. jr., in Green Spring valley.
Md, returned last evening to her Ger
mantown residence. Her daughter re-
turned with her and both will greatly
enjoy the Bryn Mawr horse show il the
weather improves.
Mrs William Gamer Wiederseim and
| her daughter, Miss Edwina Elkins Brun-
err. of 2O23 De Lancey place. returned
| from Europe Saturday and will leave to-
day for fortnight's stay in New York.
Miss Bruner. who is granddaughter of
| the late Senator Stephen B. Elkins of
West Virginia. will make her formal de-
but at a large dance at the Bellevue
Stratford, Philadelphia, early in Decem-
ber Mrs. Wiedersem will also give a
theater party for Miss Bruner in Octo-
Der.
Another Philadelphia debutante in whom
society here is greatly interested is Mss
| Lois B. Cassatt. daughter of Maj. E. B
Cassatt, well known here, for whom fam
lily entertainments will begin today with
the Bryn Mawr horse show.
| Miss Jenie Freedman of New York city
announces her engagement to Mr. Oscar
| Myers of this city. The wedding Will
| take place some time next January
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell and
| their son are in New York city, having
closed Lakelawn, their CaZenovia estate.
They will open their Washington home
next week.
| Mrs. Richard H. Townsend Of Wash
| ington. who has been passing the summer
| in Bar Harbor, will arrive In New York
today for few weeks stay before re-
turning to this city.
| Formal announcement will be made in a
few days of the engagement of Miss Cath
arine n. Cameron. daughter of the late
Sears of Boston. The engagement has
been known to their intimate friends for
month, but all were pledged to Sc
crecy, as Miss Cameron did not wish a
| formal announcement made until the re-
covery of her sister, Mrs. Belmont Tif-
| fanny who has been seriously i'll at her
home in New York for month
! Miss Cameron is one of three daughters
( of the late Sir Roderick Cameron and
makes her home with Miss Margaret
| Cameron and Mr.. Roderick Macleod
the Cameron homestead at Rosebank, S.
| l. The Misses Cameron had house here
| on n street last winter and were very
prominent in social life.