The Washington herald., 1912-09-11
SOCIETY

II ASSOCIATION Tor IesunS Matefi fiaies ~
which Secretary Nagel presided as host
in the absence OF the President. was a
most successful garden party.
As the distinguished members OF the
Association arrived they were presented
by Col Cosby TO Secretary Nagel. who
received alone In the grounds just back
Of the south portico.
The White House itself was thrown
open. and the visitors wandered at VIII
through the halls and spacious East
Room and out on the east terrace,
where they sat In comfort and listened
TO the Marine Band.
A collation. was served at two tables
under the trees.
Men predonimated among the 5oo-odd
guests, as many OF the wives Of the
diplomats and officers are away at sea-
shore and mountain.
The diplomatic corps was represented
by the Minister from Switzerland. DR..
Paul Ritter; the Minister from Costa
Rica, Senior Don Joaquin Calvo, and the
Minister from Guatemala, Senior Don
Joaquin Mendez.
i Other distinguished guests who were
| present to meet the visiting congress
| were Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. Adtt.
Gen. Andrews. Chief Of Engineers and
Mrs. Bixby Gen. and Mrs. Albert l..
4 Mills, Rear Admiral Watt. Col and Mrs
| Henry c. Davis. Maj. and Mrs william
j. Barden, Maj. and Mrs Philip OHearn.
Mai. and Mrs. Dion Williams. Capt. ana
Mrs. Robert Ralston. Capt. ana MRS,
Lund, Capt. and Mrs. Ramsey, Capt and
Mrs. George Capers, and Capt and Mrs.
Moody.
/ DR.. and Mrs. Tom A. Williams have
| returned from a two weeks visit In New
| York. They have given up their resi-
dence on X Street. and have leased the
| house, l7O5 " Street, for the winter.
| They will move to their new home on
| October /.
4 The season at jamestown, r. l., has
been unusually gay this summer. The
large Washington colony there is now
busy entertaining the officers OF the neet'
which returned this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Downing and their at
tractive daughters have entertained ex-
| tensively at their Jamestown villa. They
will return to Washington the first week
| in October
| Mrs. William F. Draper and her
daughter, Miss Margaret Preston Draper
are to remain at Manchester until Sep
tember 20. when they go to Hopedale
| for the unveiling of the statue OF Gen
Draper on September Is.
An interesting visitor at the North
Shore is Miss Alice Whiting, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting
Of this city, who Is visiting Miss Mar
garet Draper. Miss Whiting accom-
panied Miss Draper on her return trip
| from Bar Harbor, where the latter had
| been her guest for the horse show.
The Minister from Nicaragua, Senor
Castrillo. is in town for few days.
| The minister will return TO Rehoooth
Beach, where he and his family have
| a summer cottage, later in the month
Mr.. and Mrs. William W. Finley, jr.,
spent Labor Day with Mr.. Finley, presi-
dent OF the Southern Railroad, and Mrs.
Finley at their cottage in Newport.
Mrs. Finley, Jr., who was formerly Miss
Vera Downing, Of this city, accompanied
her husband on his return to Baltimore
where she is busy arranging her new
apartment at the Latrobe for the COM
ing winter.
The Italian government has appointed
a new secretary to the embassy here,
Count Mauro Tnsti del Duchi di VAL
minuti. Count Tosti Is still in Italy and
will not arrive at his new post until
October.
Mrs. Edmund Tyler. OF this city and
Admission. Ala, has been visiting Mrs.
A c. Tyler at her home in Pequot Ave-
nue., New London, Conn.
Mrs. Edward Burr. wife of Col. Burr,
u s. A, having spent two months at
Governors Island. has returned to
Washington. Her two sons, William
and John Burr, who are cadets at the
United States Military Academy, were
with her for some time at Governors
Island, where Col. Burr spent week-ends
with his family.
Mrs. William Haywood, Of I Street
has arrived in the city with her son
and daughter from Atlantic City. Mrs.
and Miss Doris Haywood are contem-
plating, taking short motor trips in the
neighboring States during the coming
autumn.
Mrs. Robert L. Henry, wife of Repre- |
sentative Henry, after spending the early |
summer at Atlantic City, has been max |
ing a visit to Representative and Mrs
Martin w. Littleton at their country |
place on Long Island.
Mrs Henry has now gone for a series |
of visits at Virginia resorts.
The many Washington friends Of Mrs. |
Allan McLane will regret to hear that
she has been i'll with a severe attack |
OF whooping cough.
Mrs McLane, with her friend, Miss !
Sylvia de Grasse Fowler, and her cousin. |
Mr.. Allen. has occupied a cottage in |
Wales for the summer season.
Mrs Steven Vail has given up her
apartment at the Champlain. and with |
her young daughter, Miss Alice vail~
will spend the winter travelling in Europe !
Miss Elizabeth Pierce has announced |
the marriage of her cousin. Miss Judith /
Margaret Foster to Stanley Ward Cook
on Monday. September 9. at the Foundry |
Baptist Episcopal Church.
The bride is a granddaughter OF the
late Mrs. J. Ellen Foster.
Mr.. Cook is a graduate Of Cornell
University, 10, and a member of the
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He is
member of the University Club, an as
sistant in the patent law off1ce OF II. H.
Bliss, and a student in the National Law
School.
An informal reception was held after
the wedding at Miss Pierce's apartment |
at the Portner. Mr.. and Mrs. Cook |
left Immediately afterward on a motor
ing trip to Canada. They will be at
home after November /, at 1885 Street
Northwest
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