The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
SOCIETY

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President Taft. accompanied by his
brother-in-law. Mr.. william c. Heron
and Maj. Rhoads, spent the late after
noon yesterday riding In the suburbs.
Gen. Clarence Edwards. who has beer
the house guest Of the President for SIX
or eight weeks. returned to his own
home on Saturday, the President ex-
pecting to leave that evening for Bev-
erly. The. Presidents departure now de.
ponds entirely upon the adjournment OF
Congress. When he returns to Beverly
| he win remain there all Of next month
and Until late In October. when he and
Mrs Taft and Miss Helen Taft will go
to Hot Springs. Va, to remain until
election time. The President will re-
! turn here September 4. for the garden
party at the White House. should he
get away from here before that time.
Miss Taft and her brother. Robert, who
are on a camping trip in Montana, are
t expected at Paramatta by the end OF
| this week. Charlie Taft win return to
/ his school In Watertown. Conn. early
next moth.
Commander Boyd. naval attache OF
the German Embassy. who has spent
month in Newport. has gone for a
visit to Lake George and the Thousand
Islands. He>wili sail from New York
for Panama the second week in Sep
| TENDER.
Capt Harry Lay. U. s. NJ c., for
mer naval aid at the White House. and
next to Capt Butt. probably the most
popular Officer ever stationed there. has
| returned from his long stay in Cuba,
and has been assigned to the Boston
Navy Yard. Capt. Lay has a particular
ly large circle of friends in Boston, and
this Is a happy assignment for him.
Capt. Lays mother is the Countess Won
Goetzen, wife OF a former attache of
the German Embassy.
The marriage is announced Of Miss
Louise ]. Kilgour. OF Washington State.
to Mr.. J. v. Nichols. of Chase City,
Va. The ceremony was performed at 5
O'Clock Saturday afternoon in the Church
of the Epiphany by Rev. DR.. Murphy.
The future home Of Mr.. Nichols and his
wife will be In Loudoun Countp. Va,
after their wedding trip in the North.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. J. Kilgour. and a great-grand-
daughter of Judge Charles Kilgour, of
the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Mclean will
&c from Bar Harbor to Newport on
Thursday to be the guests Of the Russian
Ambassador and Mime. Bakhmetef. They
will remain for the Horse Show.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Breckenridge Bayne,
who are spending the summer on Lotus
Lake, Sayvill. Long Island. are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth of a
daughter yesterday. Mrs. Bayne was
formerly Miss Olga Roosevelt, and her
marriage to Dr. Bayne took place in st.
Thomas Episcopal Church last Novem-
Der.
Mr. and Mrs. G. p. Porter are guests
at the Grand Hotel in Paris, where they
are spending some time prior to tour
of other Continental cities and a So
journ at one of the fashionable watering
places. They will remain abroad until
the early fall.
Mrs. E. X. Webster and Miss Frances
Webster, of this city, are spending some
time in Lucerne, where they have arrived
from Geneva and are guests at the Ho-
te! Schweizerhdof. They spent the last
few weeks in August touring through
Switzerland.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Lamesure. Of WASH
ington, who are touring through Holland.
are making a short visit in Schoveningen.
Mrs Marie H. Smith has returned to
her home. 1873 Columbia Road. after
visit to her daughter. Mrs. H. W. Van
Sender. at the Hotel Strand. Atlantic
City. Mrs Van Sender is spending the
summer in Atlantic City recuperating
from a severe illness. She is improved
and will probably return to her home
early in September
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stirling. of Lon
don. arrived at Bar Harbor to-day to be
the guests OF Mrs. ]. NJ Price. Mrs.
Stirling was formerly Miss Ethel Robe
son, of this city, and is a niece of Mrs.
Price.
Mrs Frances Musgrave was hostess at
a dance at Eden Hall. Bar Harbor. FRI
day evening in honor of her son. DR..
Musgrave.
News has been received here of the birth
of daughter. Mildred, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Bonwitz, in Paris, on August Is
Mrs. Bonwitz was formerly Miss Nellie
Behrend, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Am
mon Behrend. of III Rhode Island Ave
nue..
Miss Jessie V. Mitchell. of Hyattsville,
Md. with Mr. and Mrs Percy Cox and
family. of this city, is visiting friends
near Remington. Va. for the month of
August.
The engagement is announced OF Miss
Harriet Graves, daughter of Mrs. Harriet
T. Graves to Mr.. William L. Baker, jr.
The wedding will take place September ls.