Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-08
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS TAFT IS VISITING ON THE
JERSEY COAST.
Wedding Days Named in Plenty
Elsewhere-Personal
Notes.

Miss Helen Taft is now at Seabright.
| \. j.. on visit to Miss Dorothy Wolf.
Bryn Mawr friend. who has been a
White House guest
An interesting wedding that will take
place In England in July is that of Miss
| Nathalie Louise Blanchet daughter OF
| Mrs Auguste Du Rest Blanchet. and
Waldo ). Hawkshurst of Evanston, Ill.
Although Miss Blanchet has lived much
| abroad she has many friends on this side.
| where her family connections are large.
| Her sister. Miss Margaret Blanchet. re-
Gently married r. p Vande Velde OF Ant
werp. Belgium. and her cousin. Miss
Anita Blanchet. daughter of Louis Rlan-
| Chef of South Orange. y. j., became the
| wife of Paul Trenchard Wood of Staten
| Island last year. She is the niece of
ComteSse Benoist d AZy and of William
| III. Henriques of New York, as well OF
Mrs. Walter Lockwood of Chicago and
Mrs. George Bliss of Washington. d. c.
Mr.. Hawkshurst is the son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Arthur Hawkshurst and his family
| Mass. He is a graduate of Chicago Uni
versity and belongs to the Evanston
Country and Golf clubs.
East Orange. y. J.. will formally an
nounce tomorrow the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Betty Maulsby BOul-
| din, and Chichester c. Kerr OF New York.
Miss Bouldtn is granddaughter of the
| late Judge John Richie and a great
granddaughter of the late Judge William
p. Maulsby of Maryland.
| Mr.. Kerr is a son of Mrs. James Kerr
| and the late DR.. James Kerr of Wash
| ington D. c.. and Warrenton. Va. He is
a nephew of Prof. Alexander Graham Bell
and Charles J. Bell of Washington.
| No date has been set for the wedding.
| Mrs Thomas F. Walsh has gone to her
| summer place at Bar Harbor for the sea-
son. with her grandson, Vinson Walsh
Mclean Mr.. and Mrs, Edward Beale
Mclean. who have been at several horse
| shows in Pennsylvania, have gone to Ohio.
| Representative and Mrs Stephen B.
| Ayres will go to their home at Supyten
| Duyvil, N. Y, Monday. Representative
Ayres will return here until after the adj
| journment.
Mrs. Dudley w Knox. visiting Lieut.
Commander and Mrs. Arthur Macarthur,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry II. Ward, who
are at Red Cross Cottage for the summer.
arrived at Newport yesterday.
| Rear Admiral and Mrs Schroeder and
Miss Schroeder arrived at their James
town cottage yesterday for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont will give
a fancy dress dance tonight at their coLn-
try place in Hampstead in connection with
| the second meet this afternoon of the Ma
tional Hunt Association at Belmont Park.
A dinner party will precede the dance.
and in this respect most of the friends on
| Long Island of Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont will
follow their example. All the hosts and
hostesses will meet afterward at the Bel
mont ball.
Gen. John NJ Wilson left today for
West Point, where he will preside over the
| annual meeting of the Association OF
| Graduates next Tuesday, and to attend
| the graduating exercising the day follow
| ing.
| Miss Fannie Virginia Burke and Mr..
Thomas G. Burke left today for Helena,
Mont, to visit friends. They will also
visit the Yellowstone Park.
Nine Edithe Helena is the guest of Mrs.
Geroida Potter.
| Maj. and Mrs. John Conltne. L. 5. A.
retired. and Miss Vievienne Conline leave
| on the Sth instant for West Point. \. Y,
and Newport. r. l.. for the summer.
| Cen A. L. Mills left yesterday after
noon for Frederick, Md, to join the
Army War College class and go with
| them over the Antietam battle field. Mrs.
| Mills left last night for Fort Oglethorpe.
Ga, to visit their son. Lieut.. c. P. Mills.
and their daughter, Mrs E. P. Laurson.
during Gen. Mills absence.
| Col Joseph H. Dorst, T. s. A.. is in
New York for few days. Miss Rather
| inc Dorst is with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Peck. ir.. of 1903
DIST street and their daughter, Miss
| Mardo Peck. left today for New York.
| from where Miss Peck will sail Tues
| day on the Mauretania. Miss Peck will
| spend the summer abroad. travelling with
| her aunt, Mrs. Wallace De Wolf of Chi
| cago.
A pretty wedding took place last
| Wednesday night at o'clock at the
| brides home when Miss Daisy Dale Hill.
daughter of Mrs. Martha J. Hill of Be
lthesda, was married to Mr.. Clarence g.
| Dustin of Washington, by Rev. G. w.
| Mccullough. in the presence of relatives
| and intimate friends.
| Miss Lois Harrington Of Washington
played the wedding march. The bride re-
| ceived many handsome presents of silver,
cut glass, linen and hand-painted china.
Miss Anne Kolb Leckie of 1885 Har-
ward street left today for Annapolis, Md,
where she will attend the graduating ex-
ercises and ball at the United States
| Naval Academy.
| Miss Marie Truesdell left today for At
lantic City for stay of several weeks
| Mrs. III. c. Duffey. accompanied by Mrs.
Flora c. Dyer. IS spending several days
at Old Point Comfort. Va.
Mr. Harold Gibson, Mr.. John Clephane,
Mr. Walter T. Brooks and Mr.. Allen
Magruder left today for an automobile
tour of the mountains of Virginia and
West Virginia.
| A beautiful wedding took place yester-
day morning at 8 o'clock. in the pretty
little chapel of the Episcopal Hospital on
| 18th street northwest, when Miss Eva
Scrope Shrapnel of Victoria, British
Columbia, was married to Mr.. William
A. w. Ward of Montreal. Canada.
| The ceremony was performed by the
| Rev. William T. Snyder and after re-
ceiving the CONGRATULATIONS of their many
friends. the happy couple left for Prince
| Edwards Island. Canada, where they will
spend the summer. eventually making
their home in Montreal.
| The bride has been resident Of Wash
ington city for the past nine years, where
she has host of very warm friends.
| In the absence of her father the bride
was given away by Gen John NJ Wilson