Evening star., 1912-07-12
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
SECRETARY MEYER HAS GONE
FOR A FISHING TRIP.
Weddings Here and Elsewhere With
Pretty Features-Travels. !.
Personal Notes.

Secretary George Won L. Meyer. who
has been i'll of typhoid at his summer
home at Hamilton. Mass, left last night
for Quebec, accompanied by his son,
George Won L. Meyer. jr., where they will
spend three weeks fishing.
The estate of John Hays Hammond at
Gloucester, Mass, will be thrown open to
the public next month for an elaborate
benefit garden party to be given under
the auspices of 2SOOO club women of
the United States, who aim thereby to
raise money for a memorial arch in
Washington in honor of the men who died
on the Titanic. The Hammond estate
has natural ravine in one part, which
will be used as an open-air amphitheater.
The whole affair will be fashioned after
the Command" performance given to
royalty in England.
President Taft will attend and Mrs. Taft
Is one Of the committee of 100 who have
charge of the affair. Mrs. John Hay
is chairman and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond secretary. The benefit will probably
be repeated at Newport and Bar Haroor
a week later
A large assemblage of their relatives
and friends was at Trinity Church. at
the marriage of Mss Minnie Graue and
Mr.. Rudolph J. Boehs. The church was
decorated with plants and flowers, and
the wedding procession was preceded to
the altar by the young niece and nephew
OF the bride, Lena and Henry Ward Rev
Mr.. Schroeder officiated. The bride was
beautifully dressed in white crepe meteor
made over white satin and trimmed with
pearls. Her maid of honor, Miss Minnie
Schlendorf, wore an embroidered white
hri6oCp al dy Il r
and Anna Brandt, were dressed in white
net over pink satin, and the little flower
girl was also in white
Mr.. George Bennett was best man and
Messrs. Norris and Mehrenberg were
ushers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graue, parents of
the bride, held a large reception later at
their home. 6s Quincy place northwest
from to IL o'clock, when among their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Boehs, Mr.
and Mrs. Mair. Mr.. and Mrs. Schlendorf,
MI. and Mrs. Merkel. Mr.. and Mrs. Volk-
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt, Mr.. Schmidt
and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wahl and
family, Rev. Schroeder and wife and her
and Mrs. Beyr, and Misses Minnie Schlen-
dorf, Elsie Ernst, Mamie Schmidt, Edith
and Anna Brandt, Edith and Anna
Leissling. Agnes Sullivan. Ella Eberhardt
and Messrs. Doughtrey Mossis, Bennett
Wehrenberg and Linthicum.
A reception was held at the summer
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bennett Davis,
Washington Grove, Md. Thursday aft
ernon. July 5, when Mrs. Davis was
entertained in honor Of Rev Houghton
Burke. rector of the Episcopal Church
of Rockville and Gaithersburg. Nd, and
Rev. Dr. j. Henning Nelms. rector of
the Church of the Ascension of Wash
ington. D. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel w. ODonoghue
and children have closed their home on
18th street and are spending the sum-
mer at Park View, Va.
The marriage Of Miss Nellie Blanche
Rutherford, daughter of the late Gen. AL
Ian Rutherford. L. s. A. and Lieut.. John
Augustus Brockman. U. s. A, will take
place July II at Glenal:an, the country
home of the brides mother. at Gathers
burg, Md. The bridegroom is now sta
toned at Fort D. A. Russell. Wyo., where
he will take his bride.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Veoder
Vermilye daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas E. Vermilye, and Lieut. John
Griffith Booton Of the Coast Artillery
afternoon at the home of the brides par
ents, in New York. The Rev. John S. AL
Ian. formerly of the Marble Collegiate
Church, officiated.
The bride wore a White SATIN pannfer
gown, trimmed with maltese lace, and
tulle veil, which was caught up with a
coronet Of orange blossoms. She carried
a shower bouquet of roses and lilies of
the valley. Miss Mary Booton, sister Of
the bridegroom, was the maid of honor
and only attendant She was attired in
pink satin pennier gown and carried
pink roses. Lieut.. L. e. Goodier, jr.. U.
s. A, acted as best man.
After the wedding ceremony reception
was held for the relatives and intimate
friends. The couple left later for a
wedding trip. and upon their return will
reside at Fort Hancock, where Lieut..
Booton is stationed.
Mrs. Booton is a great granddaughter
of the late Rev. Thomas +. Vernilye, and
Is member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Daughters of Hol-
land Danes and the New York Historical
Society. Her mother was Miss Susan G.
Vedder of Schenectady, n. Y. daugh-
ter of Nicholas Alexander Fedcer. sixth
of the family name i'll America, and a sis
ter Of Elthu VeGder. the well anown
artist in Rome. Italy. The faniily trace
thir ancestry back tc, 1886. when Har-
mon A. Vedder, son Of AlberG Sedder a
native of Holland. settled III this country.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Gaskins of New Hampshire avenue have
returned home after a pleasant visit to
their grandmother, Mrs. S. A. Gaskins,