Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS TAFT HAS GONE TO VISIT
HER ALMA MATER.
Recent Sociabilities and Other
Timely Topics-Personal
Notes.

Mrs. Taft will attend the Philharmonic
concert this afternoon, and has invited
Mrs Fisher. Mrs. Marshall Field, Miss
Mabel Boardman. Mrs. Franklin Ellis
and Mrs. Calf to share her box with her.
Miss Helen Taft went to Bryn Mawr
this morning and will not return until
Friday.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, l.. S. N.
and Mrs Stirling have announced the en-
gasement of their daughter. Margaret
Yates. to Mr.. J. Pembroke Thorn. son of
Mrs. Thorn and the late Capt j. Penn
broke Thorn of Baltimore.
Miss Stirling is one of three handsome
and charming sisters. the others being
Mrs. j. Lee Taller of New York and Miss
Helen Stirling Her brothers are Lieut.
Commander Yates Stirling and Lieut.
Archibald Stirling, both of the United
States Navy.
Mr.. Thorn belongs to family of equal
prominence. He is a brother of MIR. II. r.
Mayo Thorn and a half brother of Mr.. De
Courcy Wright Taom.
No date has been set for the wedding.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
entertained at dinner last night Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Henry Danforth. the
military attache of the German embassy
and Nine. Won Herwarth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Knox Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gardner Coolidge, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
HOLSTER Chapman, Mrs. Josiah Pierce.
Miss Stevens. Miss Nagel, Mr.. de Bach,
Lieut.. Won Herwarth. brother Of the
military attache, and Mr. Frank Edward
Johnson.
The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
gave a dinner last night when the new
Jan9neGn flG
Chinda We're the GUESTS of honor Their
other guests We're Mr.. Justice Hughes and
Mrs. Hughes, the Netherlands minister
and Nine. Loudon. Senator and Mrs Lea,
Representative Cannon and Miss Cannon,
Mrs. Norman Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Calf, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Wadsworth Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley,
Mr.. end Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Repre-
Mr.. end Mrs. Henry White. Gen. Crozer,
Mrs. Bayard Henry of Philadelphia, Mr..
and Mrs. Esmond Ovey. Mrs. McLach-
Ian. wife of the British military attache
and Lord Percy.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff have returned from a
weekend visit to Atlantic City.
The Brazilian ambassador entertained
at dinner last night in honor of Dr. NaOn
the Argentine minister. who. with Nine
Naon. will sail March Is for Argentina
UiI lcdNe u absence.
Mrs Charles Y. Thorn announces the
engagement of her daughter, Frances
March, to Jules Felix Vale, jr. of ST.
Louis No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Mrs Harry +. Hodges and Miss Frances
Hodges are leaving in a few days for
Panama to join Col. Hodges and to spend
the spring there with him.
The military attache of. the German
embassy and Nine. Won Herwarth had
luncheon guests Yesterday. They
were Capt. Edward Carpenter. L. S. A..
and Mrs. Carpenter, the naval attache
of the Russian embassy and Nine Vassi-
lief. Mrs. Ellis, Miss Merriam, Miss Cath
crime Cameron, Miss Aldrich. Mr.. John
Barrett. Baron Hardenbroek and Mr.. Won
Bulow OF the embassy staff and Lieut..
Won Herwarth, brother of the host
Mrs William P. .Borland will receive
informally this afternoon in her apart
ment in the Cairo She will be assisted
by Miss Geneyieve Clark. daughter of
the Speaker; Mrs. George Conke of Kan
sas, and by Miss Marie johnson. Miss
Dorothy Galleher, Miss Ada Porter, Miss
Helen Scott, Miss Mabel Williamson and
MISS Helen saunders. who are attending
school in Washington
Mrs Robert HOLSTER Chapman enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday Mrs. Victor
Cushman. Mrs. Morgan Hill, Mrs VIII
liam Heron, Mrs. lockwood Hoar, Miss
Hammond, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mrs
Fremont Smith, Mrs Cary Langhorne,
Miss Lay, Miss Crosby and Miss Greedy
Mr.. and Mrs Chapman are going to
fanama this week. and will be away I'M
til the end of the month.
Miss Edith Mattans, daughter of Mrs
Jennie Mattans of Baltimore. formerly Of
this city. and Mr.. Morton Hecht, son Of
MI. and Mrs. Emanuel Hecht. also of
that city, were married Sunday night
last at the Hotel Belvedere. Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph NJ. Fishel and Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Levi of this CITY at
tended the wedding reception.
Elizabeth Hickey of this city are in
New York for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. B. Grandin of this
city are in New York
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman entertained AT
luncheon today.
The engagement of Miss Frances
Hodges and Lieut.. Albert Hilantls Acher.
Corps of Engineers, L. s. A., has been
announced.
The golden wedding celebration of Mr..
and Mrs. b. +. Fenner occurred last
evening at their home, 7o3 18th street
northeast. The house was beautifully
decorated with palms. smilax, potted
pants and many spring blossoms. They
were married i'm Penn Yam, n. v. by the
Rev. 5. Van Benschoten.
Six children were born to them. of
whom three are Hving-Mrs. Harry L..
Strang. jr.. and Mr. Charles Fenner of
Yam, n. Y.
Their entire married life was spent in
Penn Yam until about seven years ago.
when MFR. Fenner retired from active
business life and the couple came to
Washington, where two of their children
We're already residing.
\ feature of the evening was the read
ing of an original poem by Mr.. II. l..
Strang. The bride was gowned in
handsome gray satin. Besides being her
wedding anniversary it was also her
seventy-first birthday anniversary. The
couple We're assisted in receiving by their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Fenner; their daughter Mrs
Harry L. Strang. jr, and only grandson
Mr.. Harry L. Strang, I'd.
A handsome clock from the pastor and
choir of Douglas NJ. E. Church was
among the many beautiful gifts received
Many former residents of their home
town, now residing in this city, were
among the guests present. The dining
room was a perfect bower of blossoms
and, with the yellow-shaded tapers i'm the
silver candelabra that have been in the
brides family over hundred years, was
very pretty sight. Mrs. d. c. Cook pre-
sided at the punch bowl and Mrs. Lee
Herreil was in charge of the other re-
freshments.
Mrs. Thairs. wife of Col. George Thairs,
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