Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-10

Miss Helen Taft will attend the
dance which Mrs. Robert Patterson will
give tonight at her Dupont Circle
home. Miss Helen Barber who spent
several days at the White House, has
returned to Bryn Mawr.
Miss Grace Kinds. sister of Mrs
George B. Cortelyou Of New York, and
former resident, is being given a tea
by her hostess Mrs. Judson c. Glenn
ents. this afternoon. Assisting in the
dining room will be Mrs. Winner. Mrs
Lucian Hill and Mrs. Frank Lyon The
following, who are friends of the young
daughter of the house. Miss Margaret
Clements, will also assist: Miss Grace
Cortelyou, Miss Dorothy Graves Miss
Rhoda Milliken. Miss Dorothy Gran
ford, Miss Hettie Harris, Miss Sallie
Bowers. Miss Juliet Hill, Miss Margaret
Booth, Miss Lois Reside and Miss Lo-
vira Brown.
Mrs. Joseph MedilI Patterson is here on
| visit to her mother-in-Iaw, Mrs Rob-
| ert Patterson: and will receive with her
and the latters daughter, the Countess
Gicycka, at Mrs. Patterson's dance to-
| night, for which an orchestra from the
Metropolitan Opera Company will play.
| Mr.. Charles Henry Butler will give
reception tonight in compliment to JUS
tice Pitney.
Mrs. A. Ringgold Brousseau of New
orleans announces the engagement Of
her daughter, Katherine Sidney Lee, to
| Mr.. Harry Simms Hardin, the marriage
to be celebrated early in the summer.
| Miss Brousseau, who is a charming girl
| and member of one of the Oldest and
most prominent families of Louisiana,
has been great favorite in the social
| world since her debut three winters ago
| niece Sdya,o I'd
| White of the United States Supreme
Court. Mr.. Hardin is the son of MIR. and
Mrs. Jefferson D. Hardin of New
Orleans.
| Some of the cabinet women will receive
| this afternoon, notably Mrs. MacVeagh
and Mrs. Wickersham.
| The Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson
returned yesterday from New York. after
| spending Easter at their home at Hunt
ington, l.. l., and have the formers father
and sister, DR.. StimSon and Miss Stimson
| with them to stay several days. The
Attorney General and Mrs. Wickersham
also returned yesterday from New York.
| where they spent Sunday and Monday
| with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Akin.
| Mrs. Akin, daughter of the Attorney
General and Mrs: Wickersham, returned
| with her parents from New York and will
| make them short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins, Miss Kath-
crime Elkins and William F. Hit re-
| turned to New York last night on the
steamer Garlic from Jamaica. They left
New Orleans early in March to visit r.
$. r. Hit, American minister to Guate-
| mala, and the Panama canal. From
| Colon they went to Kingston, thence en-
barking on the Carrillo.
| Baron Schlippenbach, Russian consul
| general at New York. returned there
! yesterday, after spending Easter in
Washington. While here he was notified
| that the car had conferred on him the
title of general. which carries no military
| duties, but allows its bearer certain priv
| ileges, among which is the use of the title
| his excellence.
Mrs. William Disston gave dinner last
night at her home. 2121 Walnut street,
| Philadelphia, in honor of her guest. Mrs.
John Rodgers of Washington. The other
guests were Mrs. John c. Bell, Mrs. Alex
ander Brinton Coke. Mrs. Daniel l..
Hutchinson, jr.. Mrs. s. c.. Price. Mrs.
| George d. Fowle, Mrs. Howard F. Ham
sell, Mrs. II. Evan Taylor and Mrs Ed
ward Hine johnson.
Nine. Won Stumm, who was Miss Con-
stance Hoyt of this city, arrived in New
York yesterday from Bremen. Mrs Hen
ry NJ. Hoyt went to New York to meet
her daughter. whose husband is now
| h0me
Another large audience witnessed the
| second showing of the Durbar kinema-
color pictures yesterday at the Belasco.
The boxes and orchestra seats were
| filled by prominent persons. Both matt
nees were given in the interests of the
| Association for Works of Mercy.
| Miss Greta Hostetter was presented to
her New York acquaintance and to those
of her mother, Mrs. Theodore Hostetter
at a dance in New York last night Both
mother and daughter attended the Delhi
durbar and the latter was presented at
! the court of st. James last month. They
are going abroad again for the summer
| Miss Hostetter wore charming frock
OF white satin trimmed with pink and
white hawthorne blossoms.
! The entire small ballroom suite was
used for the entertainment, which. began
with dinner for about one hundred.
This was served at twelve tables, each
being decorated with spring flowers. There
was music during dinner Supper was
served at midnight and breakfast at 8
| q clock.
Calvary Baptist Church will be the
scene of a pretty wedding this afternoon
when Miss Gwynette W. Christian will
become the bride of Mr.. c. Edward Will
lis with DR.. Greene. pastor of the church.
officiating. The bride will be gowned In
white crepe meteor, adorned with chiffon
and pearls. Her veil will be caught with
lilies of the valley, in harmony with her
bouquet Of bride roses and valley lilies
The maid of honor, Miss Virginia Proctor
of Memphis, Tenn, will wear white NOUS
seine draped with chiffon. caught with
roses of pale green to carry out the color
scheme. She will carry a bouquet OF
lsweet peas and ferns. The brides mother
will wear pearl gray and lavender satin.
The ushers will be four boy scouts in uni
Iform-Cornelius Willis. brother of the
groom; Raymond Esputa, Paul Sellers
and Arthur Cowsill. The best man will
be Mr.. f. E. Farrow Of Illinois
| The bride is the only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert w. Christian Of this CITY,
| formerly of Richmond. Va. She is the
Observation-Disclosures of VIII
liam Byrd. LIST, OF Westover and Rich
mond, and connected with the Carriers
Redds. Minors and other we'll known Vir-
ginia families.
Among the out-Of-town guests here for
! the wedding are Mrs. NJ. a. Collision and
| Mrs. s. Lord Of Greenwood DEL: Mrs
| Byron A. SOuthworth and Mrs. G. p
Smith Of Caroline county. Va; Mrs D.
| NJ. Chamberlain and Miss Verna Boyd of
| Maryland, Miss Nora England of Fred
| ericksburg, Va, and Miss Kathryn MUIR
ply OF Delaware.
reception will follow at the residence
| OF the brides parents, - street north
| west, for nearest relatives and friends
The young couple will spend their
| honeymoon north, and will be at home at
y V street northwest after the Goth
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