Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-15


York for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Purdy OF
Washington, who have been visiting
friends on Long Island for the past few
days, have returned to New York
The charge d'affaires of Greece. Mr.. l..
l. Caftarzagier. has left for a weeks alb
sence in New York
An assembly which filled the house and
overf1owed the front lawn of 1861 + street
northeast gathered last night to celebrate
the tWenty-fifth anniversary of the we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Sands.
The presents were varied and numerous.
Rev. p. B. Wellington, pastor of the
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church. which
Mr.. and Mrs Sands have attended since
its foundation, was present, as also the
Rev. Chauncey R. Botsford. pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Berwin. Pa, who Is
their relative. The occasion was en-
livened by the humorous recitations OF
Miss Florence Callahan and music
by Mr. Fred Rinovich Among the rela-
tives present were Mrs James H. Stephen
son and daughter, Miss Dorothy Stephen
son, Mrs. James A. Moran and daughters
Misses Helen. Pauline and Marguerite
Moran, and Mrs. Max Schmidt.
Mrs. Burnham, widow of Maj. Burn
ham. has left for the seashore. accom-
panied by Miss Norris. Col. and Mrs Burn
ham have returned to Fort Douglas after
a pleasant visit to his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Keller of S21 Web
ster street northwest are being visited by
Mrs. Maud Davies and Lola Mack of the
Canal Zone. their daughters. They are
accompanied by grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. Keller, John Meredith Davies. They
will remain here for some time.
Miss A. V. Haden has returned to her
home from the Western Maryland Col
lege, having completed her freshman
year. and has one of her classmates. Miss
Holloway of Newark, n. j., visiting her
for two weeks.
Some of those from this city who sailed
today from New York were Mr.. and Mrs.
j. III. Purdy. Mrs. Sherman Miles and her
Mrs. William Belden Noble, who
are going to join Lieut.. Miles at Buch-
Arrest, where he is military attache to the
American legation: Mrs. and Miss Hinck-
ley and Miss Jane Sands. accompanying
her aunt Mrs. Bergen of Brooklyn, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks. jr., are en-
Pertaining for the week end at their home
in Green Spring valley Miss Brtton and
Miss williams of this city
Mrs George Westinghouse, who will
spend the summer, as usual, at Lenox,
will raise a new flag on Jacobs Ladder
the morning of July 4. When the state
highway was opened. in September. 1910,
Mrs. Westinghouse raised the first flag to
fly from the summit, and the last Fourth
of July she replaced the flag with a new
standard, which was torn down by the
blasts of winter. The bowlder which
Mrs. Robb De Peyster Tytus unveiled at
the opening of the road will have a
marker placed upon it this fall by Cort-
landt Field Bishop. father of the Jacobs
Ladder highway project
DR.. S. Il. Muncaster and his two young
daughters and their grandmother, Mrs
j. r. McCortney, will sail July for a
tour of England, Scotland
and the continent.
Mrs James r. Mckee and her family
will remain in New York until her son,
Benjamin Harrison Mckee, has finished
his law examinations, about the end of
June.
The German ambassador, who is sailing
Tor Europe to reJOin his family in Ger
many July ), returned last night after
an absence of four days in Boston. New
York. Newport and Pennsylvania. He
will leave here today for Chicago to at
tend the republican national convention.
Mr.. Buelow, attache, will accompany
him.
A social event in which several Wash
ingtonians participated was at Newport
last night in the first surprise party of
the season, given in honor Of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James at Beacon
Hill House. The affair was arranged by
Miss Margaret F. Andrews. assisted by
her mother. Mrs. Paul A. Andrews, and
Mrs. Julian Little. The guests met at
the home of Mrs. William Grosvenor a
short distance from the James place Be
fore the party Mrs. Little entertained at
dinner, her guests including Miss Mar
guerite Caperton. Miss Margaret An
drews, Miss Watts, Paymaster and Mrs.
William H. Hughes. Preston Gibson Tai
bolt Freeman, Miss Alice Little and
Baron Riedl of Austria.
Mrs. |. n. Davis and daughters Sybil
Janet have taken the Wissahickon Cot
tage at Crescent Beach, Conn, for the
summer.
Mrs. L. b. Middleton with her son Lea
and daughter Gertrude, is spending the
summer at Crescent Beach, Conn.