Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
will be only brief
glimpses Of society activities
this week, or, in fact. for sew
era, more after the great prob


4 erai more after the great PROB
4 lem of November is solved
The dull autumn season predicted has so
far adhered to program, and the lapses
| in it have and will interest only the linz
! tied number interested in particular
wedding party. The weddings around
Thanksgiving will lift a week or so out
of the commonplace. as several of the
prettiest events Of the year are on the
| cards.
| 1t is not as dull elsewhere, by any
means. The debutantes are being pre-
scented in droves both in the west as
vel as in he east, and score of them
already have been the central figures OF
delightful suburban Inequalities around
| Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Country house parties, and not always
confined to the week end, are using up a
great deal of surplus energy among
those who get these coveted invitations
while the vi ginia autumn resorts, Judg-
ing by the news stories every day, are as
gay as can be.
| The White House family will not be set
| tied there again until few days after
election, by which time all or the caDlhe'
houses will again be occupied. Ihere
seems to be quite number OF res dence
changes Several of the old homes have
! been almost entirely rebuilt and are prac-
tically new. while others have only re-
ceived identifying touches which nave
| not disturbed the outer appearance. Inc
gossip anent each in turn which concerns
the plans of the various owners. either to
/ install a new mistress or to welcome a
new husband. have formed hat touch OF
| human interest which has transformer
the simplest tea pouring event into real
worth while occasion When the guest
with the practical turn of mind arrives
and tells that for rent sign no"
marks the particular house under discus
sion it simply spoils a good story-and
leaves all the qualifying adjectlves for
| use on the next persons and house under
| fire.
Master William ]. Donnelly entertained
a large number of his lit e friends at a
! hat and bonnet party Friday evening at
| his home, 327 street southeast. FIRST
| prizes were awarded to Miss Phebe REM
| prizes were given to Miss May Bean and
Weller Mccarthy. Several other games
| were played after which refreshments
We're served. the guests all wearing the
! hats and bonnets they had made, the
brilliant colors making a gay picture;
| Those present We're Misses May ana
Elizabeth Schofield. Annie Ferguson.
Mary Weller Mccarthy, Phebe Fleming,
Mary Bean, Mary Davidson. Stella Tap
| pan. Kathleen Murphy and Romano
! Donne.,y, and Masters Roger Baldwin,
/ Gloyd and Malcolm Turton. Weller Nc
/ Carthy, James Elliott, Paul Radcline,
Carroll Fleming, Butler Walsh and John
i Murphy.
i Mr.. and Mrs Ernest H. Pringle of
/ Charleston, S. c., have announced the
Margaret. and Paymaster David Car
! rick McRitchie L. s. n. The wedd ng
W.. occur early in the new year. Fay
/ master McRitchie is on duty at the Nor
| TO navy yard. and is the son OF Mrs
/ Alice McRitchie of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs David Mckee Of Wash
| ington were among the arrivals In Dres-
| den last week.
Mrs. Mckee was a guest at break.
| fast, followed by bridge, at the home OF
| Mrs E. ST. John Gaffney, wife of the
| consul general, recently
| Mrs. r. w. MACPHERSON and Miss
/ ogden Jones of Washint ton, and Mr..
| Ciyde S. Ford, also of this city, were
| recently registered in Paris.
Miss Leila Mae Henry. daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Henry. has re-
| turned here from visit of several weeks
/ at her Texas home.
Justice and Mrs. Robb have returned
| to their apartment in the Rochambeau,
| after having spent the summer at Fal-
| mouth Mass. During the early autumn
| months they made a series VI Nlsit W
| Vermont friends.
| Miss Mary Louise Brinker. daughter of
Gen. J. II. Brinker, formerly OF West
| Point, Miss, and DIR. Wallis 5. Ivy or
West Point. Miss, will be married We'd
| nesday afternoon. November g. at
| o'clock in the apartment of Gen. Br!nker.
| in the Alabama. An informal reception
will follow the wedding ceremony, which
| will only be attended by relatives and i'm
1 Hot fria of % 6
attendants will be her two sisters. Miss
Sallie Brinker and Mrs Lamar Ross OF
Jackson. Miss.
o. C. Brothers, jr, will be best man.
| evening for Mississippi, where they Will
make their future home.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Gheen and their
two daughters, the Misses Gheen, are
| again at their home on New Hampshire
avenue after having spent the summer
| at Pittsfeld, Mass and the early autumn
months in st. Paul. Mimi.
Mrs. Ernst and Miss Ernst, wife and
daughter of Brig. Gen. o. Fl. Ernst,
l.. S. A, arrived in Washington Wednes-
day and Joined Gen. Ernst at their nome
or Connecticut avenue. They spent the
summer at their cottage at Buena vista
| Springs, and later made a series of visits
| to Southampton and other places on
the north coast
| A pretty wedding occurred at the resi-
Ience OF Mr.. and Mrs j. III. Whitehand
| last night at s O'Clock, the contracting
parties being their daughter. Miss Helen
| LOTUS Whitehead of this city. and Mr..
Henry Harold Moye of Illinois. the Rev.
| w. /. Mckinney, pastor of Wesley M T..
Church officiating Only the immediate
relatives were present. After the cere-
mony supper was served and Mr.. and
| Mrs MOye left for an extended trip west.
/
| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice Williams OF
Brookland. d. c.. announce the marriage
| of Their eldest daughter Jeanette and Mr..
| William w. Brite of LynnhaVen Va,
Sunday, October 90, at pm. The cere-
fmony was performed in the parsonage OF
, the Cumberland Street Methodist Church,
! Norfolk, Va, by Rev. Thomas
! The bride was attired in a travelling
| suit of blue with hat and gloves to
| match. Her only attendant was Miss
| Rene Anderson of Lynnhaven, who wore
| silk marqu:sette over blue. The best man
/ was Mr.. Dorice Gregory of Lynnhaven.
F., The couple left Immediately after the
! ceremony on the steamer Southland for
| their honeymoon with the brides pare IT'S
! After November they will be at home
/ to friends and relatives at Lynnhaven,
/ Va.
| Mira Ali Kuli Khan. the Persian
! charge d'sffaires is spend ing this week
! in Lethbridge. Alberta Canada. as the
Official delegate OF Persia to the Interna-