Evening star., 1912-11-05
IN THE. WORLD OF SOCIETY
LIEUT.. MAGRUDER AND MISS
HULL TO MARRY SOON.
Dancing Season Is On at Fort Myer
Other Events-Per-
sonals.

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Magruder. first lieutenant, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. U. S. A., Friday evening.
November %, at $50 o'clock. at IL West
McDonough street, Savannah. Ga. Invi-
tations have also been sent out by Mr..
and Mrs. Hull for the reception which
will follow the ceremony from until IL
O'Clock. Only family party will attend
the ceremony. Miss Mana Hull will be
her sisters maid of honor, and Miss
Eliza Lamar Hull, Miss Anna Stevens,
Miss Elizabeth Malone, Miss Sophie
Meldrim, Miss Elinor Shotter and Miss
Pauline Magruder. sister Of the BRIDE
groom. will be bridesmaids. The bride
groom is the son of DR. and Mrs. G. L.
Magruder of this city.
The social season opened at Fort Myer
last night, when the officers and ladies of
the post gave an informal dance, to
which the guests went in costume. Mrs.
Garrard, wife of the commandant, re-
ceived. and, like Miss Garrard, was in
colonial dress.
Lieut.. and Mrs. George Patten enter
| tanned at buffet supper before the
dance, to which all the officers and their
/ families were invited, and Maj John HI.
Allen entertained at .similiar supper
when it was concluded. The hall was
Invitations have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter b. Brooks, jr., to costume
dinner-dance to be given Saturday even
ing at Fort Garrison, their country place
in the Green Spring valley.
Miss Eleanor H. Graham Ketcham,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
ketcham, jr., of Overlook, who has been
spending the past week with Miss Vail,
will return home Thursday, November Il.
Mrs. ketcham will give a luncheon at
the Union League, followed by a theater
party, in honor Of her daughter, who is
one of this seasons debutanteS.
The engagement of Miss Edwine Thorn
burgh of st. Louis to marry Sir Wilfred
yesterday at a tea at the home of Miss
Thornburghs mother, Mrs. William c.
Stribling, % Portland place, ST. Louis.
The wedding will take place in the spring.
Miss Thornburgs fiance is twenty-eight
years old and is a lieutenant in the 1st
Devon YOemanry Cavalry.
Miss Thornburgh is daughter of the
late Henry Thornburgh.
The counselor of the French embassy
| and Countess de Peretti de la Rocca, who
are going south for a six-week stay in a
| few days, had Mr.. Cata ini, charge
d'affaires Of the Italian embassy: Senor
| and Sonora Conde de San Esteban de
count Benoist day, naval attache of
the French embassy, and M. de Sartiges
| of the French embassy lunching with
them yesterday.
| Miss Olga Z. Karl and Mr.. Edward E.
Sappington of Baltimore will be married
at the Church of the Ascension tomor-
| row by Rev. j. Henning Nelms. Miss
Daisy Farnum of this city will be brides
maid, and Mr.. Robert N. Baer of Balti-
more will be best man. After the we'd
| ding reception they viii go on their
honeymoon tour and will later take up
| their residence at 2117 st. Paul street,
Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sap
pington, Mr.. and Mrs. A. de Russo Sap
pington, Miss Victoria Sappington, Mr..
and Mrs. John G. Deming Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Doriell. all Of Baltimore, will attend the
ceremony.
Mrs. Henry Tucker Percy has returned
TO the Wyoming for the winter.
Miss Irene C. Dearborn of Alexandria.
Va, and DR.. Henry r. Schreiber Of this
city were married at Trinity Lutheran
Church. in this city. November 2.
Mrs. William c. Kendall, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Minerva Kendall,
iand her sister. Miss Margaret Aschen-
bach. has returned to the city after
spending the summer at her home on Sc
bago Lake, Me.
Yesterday at Glinhaven. the suburban
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Dorsey,
Woodside Md. Miss Marguerite Berenice
Springer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
E. Springer of Washington, D. c., and
Mr.. Roosevelt Abott Bryant of New York
were married by the Rev. Arthur Gross
cup of Woodside Methodist Church, Md.
Miss Augusta B. Palmer played the we'd
ding march. The best man was Mr.. Glenn
c. Dorsey. Miss Elizabeth B. Springer,
sister of the bride was maid of honor
and wore yellow silk and carried yellow
chrysanthemums Mr.. Earle Springer,
the little brother of the bride, strewed
roses and marguerites in her pathway.
She entered with her father and was
gOWned in white crepe meteor, embrod-
cred with pearls She carried bride roses.
The house was beautifully decorated with
palms. chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves. The dining. room, in which a
dainty buffet supper was served, was
decorated with white roses and ferns
Only few friends and relatives were
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant expect to
remain at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dor
sey for the present.
About fifty guests were entertained last
Thursday evening by Mesdames Schu-
mann and Pence and Miss Gertrude Lyd-
dane, at the residence of the latter, 1850
Vermont avenue. Dancing and various
games were enjoyed.
Mrs. and Miss Grandfield, wife and
daughter of the first assistant pOstma ste
general, returned the 1st of October from
a four-mOnth vacation, during which time
| they toured the great lakes, visiting in
| Duluth, Chicago. Cambridge Springs and
| st. Louis. Soon after their return to
Washington Mrs. Grandfield was sum-
| moned to Ell Paso, Tex, on account OF
!, the serious Illness of her mother. Mrs.
| c. S. Mckee, who is visiting her son,
Mr.. A. V. Mckee, who has recently re-
moved to Ell Paso from this city.
Mrs Powhatan Hall of 134 10th street
northeast, who has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. William F. Hail. her nephew and
niece, at Syracuse, N. Y, has gone to
Pittsburgh to spend a few weeks with
her son, Mr.. Clarence Hall of the bureau
of mines. and her daughter, Mrs Clar-
ence Hall She will return about the last
of the month.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott will entertain
the president general, Mrs. White, and
the national officers of the United Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy at luncheon in
the banquet hall in Memorial Continental
Hall tomorrow at l o'clock.
Mrs. Scott will be assisted in receiving
by the national officers of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Among those from Washington attend
ing the Princeton game last Sat-
urday were Miss Lucy L. Sandberg and
uAdolph Sandberg of 1902 14th street
northwest. Mr.. Sandberg is visiting in