Evening star., 1912-07-16
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
CAPITAL RESIDENTS AT DANCE
AT DORCHESTER HOUSE.
Ambassador and Mrs. Reid Give
Large Party-Travel Plans.
Personals.

The American ambassador and Mrs.
Reid entertained at q large dinner fol-
lowed by a dance last night at their Lon
don home. when the guests were
largely English titled folk, including the
owner Of Dorchester House. Sir George
Helford. Mrs. Macveagh and Mr. Eames
MacVeagh. who are participating very
fully In the pleasures Of the season in
London; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Taft
and Mr. John Barrett were among those
present.
The wedding gown which Miss Jennie
Crocker wore today at her marriage to
Mr.. Malcolm Whitman is said to be the
most elaborate ever worn by bride on
the Pacific coast. 1t Is made Of satin,
adorned with costly lace and hand en-
broidery and enriched with pearls. The
bridal veil was fastened by coronet of
orange blossoms. The brides shower
bouquet was Of orchids. gardenias and
lilies of the valley.
After the wedding ceremony the guests
motored to the Crocker home, where
breakfast was served in $4,000 pavil-
lon on the lawn at Uplands, the Crocker
home at San Mateo. Cal.
Miss Clara B. Moore of Washington. D.
trip to Bermuda. where she has been Wis
iting her cousin, Mr.. Elric L. Moore of
Hamilton.
Mrs. r. M. Conway and Miss Adele
Conway are at the Traymore, Atlantic
City.
Rear Admiral Edward H. Gheen. u. S.
n. retired. left Pittsfield, Mass, yester-
day for this city, en- route to st. Paul,
where Mrs. Gheen and the Misses Gheen
will join him later in the week.
DR.. James Clark and his daughter. Mrs.
E Clark Jones. have gone to Atlantic
City for the summer
Formal announcement of the marriage
of William Redwood Wharton of Phila-
delphia and Miss Elizabeth Lawrence
Dudley of Washington was made today
at Friends Meeting House, where records
Of marriages by the quaint old service of
the Society of Friends are kept. Mr..
Wharton Is son Of the late William
Wharton. jr His bride is the daughter Of
Mrs. George Tracy Dudley, who is well
known in Washington. The ceremony oc-
CURED in the old Friends Meeting House
at Point Pleasant, N. j.. and. as is the
custom, the contracting parties stood
up in meeting and proclaimed themselves
man and wife before God and all pres
ent." The stated clerk Of the meeting
takes notice of the declaration, after
which written minute of the event is
made for the benefit of the yearly meet
ing of the Society of Friends. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wharton started for New York,
and thence for a tour of Europe and the
continent. Mr.. Wharton has spent most
or the last seven years in New York,
making his headquarters there soon after
the death OF his father.
Mrs. Mildred Bisbee has returned from
Blue Mountain. Md, and will remain
here a few days before going to the
Mrs. Graham Adee and Miss Adee are
at Kittery Point. Me-, for the summer.
Miss Mary Hardin Of johnson City,
Tenn, has returned home after visiting
Mrs. Harry 8. Welch. at her home at
Washington Grove. Md. Miss Hardin,
lege. Tenn. spent some time at Old
Point, New York and Philadelphia en-
route to Washington Grove
socket. r. l.. but now of this city, has
gone to visit friends and relatives in
New York and Philadelphia, where he
will start for home after a years alb
sence He will be joined in Rhode Island
Nally and Charles s. Finklestein Of
Georgetown Law School, and together
they will visit Newport, Block Island and
other summer resorts of interest. Mr.
Harris will make his home trip by sea-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Engle of 3O14
Cambridge place will go for a week to
Ocean City. Md, accompanied by Master
j. Edgar Engle and their daughter, Miss
Gladys Kelley.
DIR. and Mrs. H. Robinette Perry an
Olive Woodside Perry, to Mr.. William
Arthur Edgar. The wedding will take
place October 30.
Mr.. Alex. Britton Browne and Mr. My
ron Al. Parker. jr., of this city are in
New York for a few days. and are stay
ing at the Hotel Wolcott.
Miss Margaret ]. Callahan. who has
been i'll at Georgetown University Hos
pital, is convalescent now and able to
see her friends.
Miss Dunreath Odel of University
place has just returned to the city, hav-
weeks by Mrs. William Kemble Yarrow
at her country home in Devon, Pa. Miss
Ode,l will have as her guests this week
the Misses Helena and Inez Odell of Nor
folk. Va.
Mrs. A. G. Adams, formerly of Wash
ington. is now in the city on the way to
her new home. Twin Doors. Falls Village.
SOnu one spent the WlHIcF III CdIlIOTnla.
visiting her daughters. Mrs. Thomas H.
Means Of Berkeley and Mrs. George
Bells of Sacramenton. and her son, Mr..
Wallace Adams Of Los Angeles.
She Is now staying at the home of her
son. Mr.. Bristow Adams. 1907 South
Dakota avenue. Woodbridge, where she
will be at home to her friepds Friday,
July 10, from to 10.
Miss Linton has as her guest Miss En-
ma Comfy of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Mr.. Robert Pluym registered at the
London Office of The Star from Washing
ton. July 8.
Mrs John w. Yerkes and Miss Yerkes
left today for Wequetonsing, Mich, where
they will spend the summer. Mr.. Yerkes
will be at Saratoga Springs for the month
of August.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Works, and
their young daughter. Ada Catharine left
the city Saturday for Harrisburg. Cham
and several mountain resorts in
Pennsylvania. expecting to be absent
about three weeks.
Mrs. John o. Knox, who left town early
in the month, is now located at her sum-
mer home at Lynn, Mass. where she will