The Washington herald., 1912-09-26

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turned to- Washington and have openet
their house in Massachusetts, Avenue.
Invitations to the wedding of Misi
Marjorie Ward. daughter Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Willis Ward, and Lieut.. Frederick
Strong, jr., United States Engineer
Corps, were received in Washington yes
terday.
Miss Ward and Lieut.. Strong viii
be married on Wednesday. October .. Al
the home Of the brides parents. Or
chard Lake, Mich. Lieut.. Strong
who 10 one OF the popular young Of
ficers stationed at Washington Barracks
is the son Of Col. Frederick Strong, U
S. A., commandant Of Fort Monroe. Va.
and Mrs. Strong.
Mrs Short Adam Willis and her daugh.
ter, Miss Olive willis. have returned tc
Washington from a short visit to War.
renton. Va.
The delegates from Brazil to the In.
ternational Congress on Hygiene and
IDemography and the members Of the
embassy stan were entertained by the
Brizilian Ambas assador. Senior D. da Cana
Maj. Gen. Gillespie. U. s. A. re-
tired. and Mrs. Gillespie. accompanied
by their son and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Gillespie, will sal
for this country on the Amerika on Oc'
tober II. and will spend a few days al
the Hotel Buckingham before returning
to this city and opening their house or
New Hampshire Avenue for the winter
Mrs. James Bryce. wife OF the British
Ambassador. is visiting friends in Bos.
| ton.
Miss Elsie Hill has returned to the
city. after spending the summer with
her parents. Representative and Mrs
Ebenezer Hill, in Connecticut.
Mr. and Mrs w. Bourke Cochran
will give a reception at their country
place at Port Washington. Long Island
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard r. Freeman. OF
Wallaston announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Catharine Vance
Freeman. to Lieut.. Chester w. Nimitz
| u. S. n.
The Hon. Robert Oliver S. B. Brett,
heir to Niscount Esther, of England.
who is to marry Miss Antoinette Heck
| scher. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. August
1,
estate of the brides parents, at Hunt
ington. Long Island, will sail with his
bride on the Mauretania October for
England. where they will live at Orchard
Lea. Windsor Forest.
Miss May Seldom. OF Washington. is
the guest of Mrs. W N. Baxter, at
her home in Elizabeth City, n. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Legare, who
are travelling in Europe. were enter
tained at a dinner recently while in
Berlin by Mr.. and Mrs Tauscher Mad
anne GadskD. Among the other guests
were Consul General and Mrs. Thackara.
Messrs. Griswold. Henshawe. and Goritz
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company:
Mesdames Henshawe and Griswold, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Spanuth. After the din
ner Madame Gadski sang. as did others
of her guests.
Mrs. Richard II. Townsend. Of Wash
ington. who has been passing the sum-
mer in Bar Harbor. will arrive at the
Plaza to-day for a two weeks stay be-
fore returning to Washington.
Rear Admiral Hugo osterhaus. COM
mander-in-chief OF the Atlantic fleet.
has gone to New York to meet Mrs Os-
terhaus, who is making the trip there
from her home in Norfolk. Va.
Mrs Francis Berger Moran and her
daughter. Mrs. John NJ. Hudgins, who
have spent the greater part of the sum-
mer at their place in Virginia with a
visit during the season to the North
Shore. have arrived in Washington and
are guests at the Hotel Grafton until
they open their house for the winter
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Miss Rather
inc Elkins, and Mr.. and Mrs Blaine
Elkins. who have been abroad ali sum-
mer. are on the ocean en- route to this
country.
Mrs Edward T. Stotesbury, Of Phila-
of this city. who spent several days
here this week. has returned to Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Charles W. Russell, wife Of the
United States Minister to Persia and
their daughter. Miss Lucy Russell, left
Vienna Saturday for Teheran. having
spent FIVE months visiting the chief
points of interest in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. DeForest. of
New Haven. Conn. have announced the |
engagement Of their daughter, Miss An
toinette DeForest. to Assistant Paymas- |
ter Josiah Gillespie Venter, L. S. n,
Paymaster Venter is a graduate of the !
Naval Academy. class 1912, and has been |
stationed in Washington for some time. |
Mrs. Marion P. Maus. wife of Brig. |
Gen. Msus, U. S. A. stationed at Van !
couver. is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. |
Edison Bradley at their home on the St. |
Lawrence. Mrs. Maus will spend the |
winter in Washington with her mother. |
Mrs. Charles H. Poor.
The wedding of Miss Allison Douglass
Pierce. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Win !
slow Shelby Pierce. to Louis de Bebian
Moore. Of this city. took place at noon
yesterday at the country place of the
brides parents, ''Dunstable." in Bayville.
Long Island. the Rev. Father Walter ].
Power, of Oyster Bay, officiating
Only relatives and intimate friends
the ceremony. The bride wore
a gown of white satin trimmed with old
point lace and carried a bouquet OF
lilies of the valley and white orchids.
The Misses Grace and Helen Pierce.
her sisters. were the bridesmaids and the
only attendants. Their costumes were
Of champagne colored chiffon. They