The Washington herald., 1912-08-19

a long automobiie ride through Rock
Greek Park yesterday. The President
will leave for Beverly Immediately after
the adjournment Of Congress.
The Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Franklin Macveagh. has returned to
Washington, after brief visit to his
summer place at Dublin. N. H. Mrs.
Macveagh is there, and the secre-
tary will return also after the adjourn
ment Of Congress-.
Mrs. Peter GoeIet Gerry, formerly Miss
MathiIde Townsend. Of Washington. Is
the chairman of the woman's committee
of the Bar Harbor Horse Show. which
will open Tuesday. Among the boxhold-
ers for the event will be Mrs. Perry Bel
mont. Mrs. Nicholas L. Anderson, Mrs
Edward Beale Mclean. Mrs. John A.
Logan, Mrs. Herbert Parson. Mrs. Clar-
ence wadsworth. DR.. Guy Fairfax Whit
ling, and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean
will entertain at dinner August q in
their cottage at Bar Harbor in honor
of their house guests, the Russian AM
| bassador and Nine. Bakhmeten.
| Mrs. Mever and the Misses Meyer, wife
and daughters Of the Secretary of the
Navy, have arrived in Newport for the
tennis tournament Mrs. Meyer spent
several df.ys last week In washington
with the Secretary of the Navy. VINO
has recently recovered from a severe
illness. while the Misses Meyer Were the
guests Of Miss Catherine Cameron at
her camp in the Adirondacks.
The Third Assistant Secretary of state.
Mr.. Chandler Hale, spent the weekend
| with his family at Bernardsville, n.
J., where they are spending the sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter and their
young sons have gone for orief
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pearsali. al
their summer place at Black ROCKS.
Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Letter will return
TO their Rose Villa, near washington
on Tuesday.
Miss Maitland Marshall. daughter OF
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William L. Marshall.
u. s. A., has gone to her parents sum-
mer home at Monterey. Pa, from staten
Island, where she has been visiting
friends.
Mrs. Christian d. Hemmick. formerly
Mrs. Barney. will come into the lime
light to-day at Bar Harbor, when she VIII
produce for the sake of sweet charity
her beautiful and idyllic ''on the Love OF
Echo" which she gave here for the hrst
time last winter for the benefit OF Neigh
borhood House where all the wonderful
silks and fabrics which figure so strongly
in the play are dyed. Mrs. fiemmick Will
give the performance in the grove of the
Building of Arts at o'clock She mas
been obliged to send for the popular
Greek dancer, Mrs. Noyes, known as
Galatea TO take the part she had in the
production here last winter, when her
exquisite dancing and her wonderful
beauty quite made the play. Mrs. Noyes
has been in Paris since the early spring
where she has danced before the most
distinguished men and women, ana mas
given a number of beautiful performances
In Miss Natalie Barney's quaint garden
In her Paris home. She returned TO this
country last week in time for the final
rehearsals of the play at Bar Harbor
The boxes for the play were sold at slp
and the seats at s. each, and they have
had to erect more from time to time as
they were sold. so great Is the demand
Following the al fresco performance there
will be innumerable dinner parties ana
then a costume ball at the Building of
Arts. This will mark a brilliant opening
of the Horse Show week at the fashion
able city by the sea.
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes and her daugh-
tiers, Miss Frances Noyes and Miss Ethel
Noyes, are at the Grindstone Inn. Bar
Harbor. where Mrs Noyes' brother and
sister-in-Iaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming New
bold. also are staying. Miss Frances
Noyes has been the recipient of much
attention and many fattering compli-
ments on her novel, Mark" which has
lust made its appearance and is creating
much talk, coming from SO young and
inexperienced an author.
The engagement of Miss Janet Tyler,
of Pittsburg, to Mr.. Percy Stevens, of
this city. has been announced. The
wedding will take place in the fall.
Miss Margaret Wade. of this city, is
spending the summer at Bar Harbor.
Mrs. J. Henley-Smith who has been
abroad for some time. is returning from
Paris, where she was quite i'll recently.
She will come at once to her Washing
ton home, 1924 Connecticut Avenue. where
1t is expected she will present her daugh-
ter to society this year. Miss Henley
Smith graduated in the spring and will
be an attractive addition TO the ranks of
the seasons buds.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Clo-
yer and their daughters. who have spent
the summer at their country place in Napa
County. Cal, are now at San Francisco.
en- route to Del Monte for some weeks.
They will return here late in the fall.
Mrs. J. Frederick May, of this city,
celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday re-
Gently at her Bar Harbor home, and
while she has no formal entertainments
for these anniversaries, they are made
each year a feature, owing to her large
acquaintance at that resort and her great
popularity.
Mrs Catherine Loeffler entertained the
Columbia Players at tea at her home,
$3.50 Georgia Avenue, last evening. The
house was beautifully decorated with
palms and ferns, and witk pink and
white flowers, the table being especially
pretty with its decorations of pink |
roses and other accessories. 1
Songs and piano selections were rem
dered by Misses Nelson, Thatcher, and
Ellis. and Mrs. George P. Conn played |
several piano numbers.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. !
Jerrold. Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. GUIDE, Mr..
and Mrs. George p. Conn, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Fred G. Berger. Mrs. Edwin H. Robins, |
Mrs. Charles B. Handford, Miss Bessie |
Maxwell, Miss Laura Oakman, Miss Carl
rie Thatcher, Miss Frances Nelson. Miss |