Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-13

Mrs. Alexander e. Williams. who ex-
poets to go abroad in June, has been i'll
for a long time, but was sufficiently i'm
proved Monday to go out riding
The Brazilian ambassador, with Nine.
de Lima, wife of the counselor of the
embassy, doing the honors for him. gave
small tea yesterday. The members of
the staff also assisted.
Society will extend welcome shortly to
Mr.. Pezet, one time secretary Of the
Peruvian legation. who has been ap-
pointed minister here Mr.. and Mrs. PeZet
have a wide acquaintance in this city.
They are sailing from Panama this week
for New York.
Representative and Mrs. Henry d. Clay
ton entertained at dinner last night. in
compliment to Col. W. H. McKleroy of
Admission. Ala. and Judge Lawrence
Cooper of Huntsville, Ala. Representa-
tive Oscar w. Underwood, Representa-
tive John L. Burnett, Representative
frederick l. Blackmon and Representa-
tive James Thomas Hef1in. all Of Ala
bama, were the other guests.
The counselor of the German embassy
and Nine. Haniel Won Haimhausen enter
tanned the Secretary of the Navy at din
ner last night, and had as other guests
Miss Julia Meyer the Danish minister,
Merritt, Mrs. Preston Gibson, Col. and
Mrs. Spencer Cosby, Count Ivan Csc
konics. Austrian first secretary; the Ger
man military attache and Nine. Won Her.
warth and Lieut.. Won Herwarth of the
German army
Mrs Grafton Mason of st. Paul, Mimi.
is at 1900 Fairmont street. Mrs. Mason
was formerly Miss Gertrude Boteler of
this city
Former Vice President Levi P. Morton
has leased the Pendleton estate, on the
Old Courthouse road. Manhasset, l.. l.,
and will spend the summer there.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Loose Of Kansas
City, who are widely acquainted at the
capital, are here on visit to Represent
ative Cannon and Miss Cannon
Miss Laura Merriam has gone to New
York to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth sail
ed today for Panama, having in their
party Representative Ames, Miss Lip
pitt and Mr.. Henry Dupont. Others leav
ing for the same interesting part of the
world were Mrs. Harry f. Hodges and
Miss Hodges, who will join Col. Hodges
for the rest of the spring, and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Weeks, Miss Weeks
and Mrs. w. w. White.
Miss Freida Tillman gave luncheon
Bush. The other guests were Miss Dor
othy Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Craven of
Boston. Miss Terry. Miss Carrie London,
Miss Virginia Stone and Miss Margaret
Gould.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Brown of New
Bedford, Mass, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Frances Gardner, and
Mr.. David Stewart Hendrick Of this city.
The wedding will take place March 26
at New Bedford, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth West Guy. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ Guy, and Mr..
w. Lowry Farnham were married last
1923 10th street. The bride, who was
given in marriage by her father. was at
tended by the bridegroom's sister, Miss
Margaret Joy Farnham, maid of hon
or. Mr.. Arthur B. Farnham, brother of
the bridegroom. was best man. The Rev.
Andrew r. Bird of the Southern Presby
terrain Church officiated. The house was
decorated with spring flowers.
The bride wore white satin. with pearl
trimming. and a tulle veil and orange
blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet
Of lilies of the valley. The maid of hon.
or wore blue satin combined with blue
crepe de chine, and carried American
beauty roses. Mrs Benjamin Boss of
Albany, N. Y, sister of the bride, was
among the out-of-town guests.
Mr.. Farnham and his bride left Wash
ington last night for San Francisco,
whence they sail March 10 for Korea,
where Mr.. Farnham has mining interests.
The annual hunt ball of the Chevy
Chase Club will be held at the club
house the evening of Friday. April Il.
Arrangements for the ball, which is the
first to be held in the new clubhouse. are
progressing rapidly, and the prospects
are that it will be the most successful
affair of its kind ever held by the club.
The members of the hunt ball committee
are Gist Blair president of the club.
wards. Capt. c. F. G. Sowerby. r. N;
Clarence Moore, William Corcoran Eus-
tbs. Hugh S. Legare, William +. Hit,
George Howard, Walter d. Denesre, Muir
ray A. Cobb, William G. Marrow, j: Will
liam Henry. j. Henri de Sibour. John +.
Wilkins and Capt. Powers Symngton.
Mrs. Meyer. wife of Lieut.. Henry A.
Meyer, jr., Signal Corps is at present on
a visit to her mother, Mrs. Barnham, at
305 Florence Court, Phelps place.
Mrs. Walter Barnett. wife of Ensign
Barnett, L. S. N, is on a visit to Mrs.
James A. Bayard, 1919 Biltmore street.
Another soon-to-be International we'd
ding, according to the New York Sun Of
today. Is that of Prince Ludovic Pigna-
tell dAragon and Miss Mary l.. Duke,
ton Duke of New York and Durham, N.
c. Mrs. Duke authorized the denial of
an engagement between her daughter and
the Spanish nobleman two weeks ago, but
after the prince had sailed away for
Europe yesterday on the Kronprinz VIII
helm it was learned that close friends OF
his and of the Duke family had been In
formed that the engagement was now
fact, and that the marriage would take
place within the next few weeks in
Europe.
Mrs and Miss Duke will sail within
two weeks for Europe, and the friendly
gossiper who has made the news public
says that the marriage will take place
in Paris. 1t is also said that the couple
will live in this country, and that the
prince will go to work in some part OF
the large enterprises in which the brides
father is the leading factor.
The family to which the prince belongs
is originally Italian, there being at pres
ent five branches of the original tree in
different parts of Italy, Sicily and Sar-
DINA. The Almanach de Gotha gives the
Pignatellis a date at least as far back as
A. d. 1102.
Mr.. Ernest L. May entertained at five
hundred Tuesday night. when those
present included Misses Gertrude Do
land, Edna Dyer. Marguerite Peterson.
Winter, Norwood, Seufferle. Billiard.
Reeves. Brooke, Henderson and Miss
Emmerick, Messrs. Worley, Dyer, DR..