The Washington times., 1912-09-15
Two Society Weddings
Start Fall Season in
Capital.

Now that the autumnal season is here,
the seashore and mountains are being
deserted by members Of the fashionable
world to settle down in their country
homes for a brief respite before the
formal season Is inaugurated. Society
will linger in the country until Novem-
ber, for September and October are the
most glorious months of all the year for
the suburban colonists.
or course society folk really never
rest. in the true sense Of the word, but
court change, and the social calendar
for autumn on Long Island, Lenox,
Tuxedo, and the Virginia Hot Springs
Is far from blank. Until after Thanks
giving there will be a continual round
OF house parties over the week-ends
with promising open-air entertainments.
The Piping Rock Horse Show. which is
scheduled for October and 5, Is the
occasion OF much entertaining on Long
Island.
The autumnal season for weddings
has begun too, the first on the list be-
ing that of Miss Jean Crosby. daugn-
ter of Mrs. Pierce Crosby and the late
Rear Admiral Crosby. U. S. N. who
will become the bride of Charles T.
Tittman on Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock The wedding ceremony which
will be performed bys the Rev. ]. Hen
ming Nelms, of the Church OF the Ascen-
sion, at the residence of the brides
mother, IT'S Connecticut avenue, will be
attended by the members of the I'M
mediate families and few intimate
Miss Lille v. D. Finley. daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Finley. will be the
brides only attendant and Leonard q.
McAneny, of New York, will be Mr..
Tittman's best man.
Another wedding of this month which
will be of especial interest to Washing
tonians Is that Of Miss Abbie Ingalls,
Barnard, granddaughter OF Mr.; and
Russell Sard, Of Boston. on the 23d. Al
though the wedding will not take place
in Washington a number from here Will
go to the Virginia Hot Springs for the the
winter in Washington, occupying the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. George How
ard, in N street
At noon on Wednesday the marriage
of Miss Therese E. Iselin and Irwin B.
Laughlin, first secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy at Berlin, Will take place
at the home of the brides father,
While Miss Iselin numbers among. her
friends and acquaintances many from
the Capital City, Mr.. Laughlin Is very
well known here, where ne at one time
He is also related to Mrs. Taft's Sis
ter's family.
The President expects to return to
Washington to receive the guests at the
White House on Monday, September %,
which is being given by him In honor of
the delegates to the international con.
gress on hygiene and demography. II
the weather permits, this, the third OF
the series of September receptions given
by the President to the delegates to the
various congresses which have been In
session here this month, will also be an
The death of Mrs. Mclean has not
only saddened the week past at Bar
Harbor and Washington. but the neigh
Many entertainments, both formal and
otherwise were postponed or apanooheo'
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. King have
sent out invitations for the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Marion Edmon-
ston King, to Ensign Robert Messenger
Hinckley, U. s. N. The wedding Will
take place Wednesday evening, october
., at s o'clock. in Christ church.
Georgetown, D. c., and will be followed
by a small reception in the home OF the
brides parents in Twenty-eighth street.
Miss Elizabeth Thrueman King Will
be her sisters maid of honor and the
bridesmaids will be Miss Lucy Hokc
McQuade, Miss Dorothy Smith, of Yer
mont; Miss Virginia Jenkins. of Vir--
ginia and Miss Elizabeth Green, Of
Charles Town, w. Va,
Ensign Ames Loderg y. s. NJ, will be
best man for Ensign Hinckley.
Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp and her son.
Dorglas S. Thropp, who have spent the
latter Iart Of the season at White Sui
phur Springs, w. Va, have gone to their
some time before returning to Washing,
ton for the winter. Mrs. Thropp and
her son made the trip to and from the
Springs by motor
Miss Emily Tuckerman. who has been
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Tuck
erman in Tuexedo since her return
from abroad, has now gone to Stock
bridge and opened her cottage for the
fall season. Walter Tuckerman is her
guest.
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs Sherman Allen have returned to
washington from visit to the parents
Woodbury. Allen, at their summer home
on Lake Champlain.
s.
Rear Admiral John MCGOWAN, U. S.
N. and Mrs MCGOWAN. who spent the
early summer at Warm Springs. w.
Va, are now at Twilight Park in the
Catskills. They will return to Wash
ington early in October.
MRS. J. w. MacMurray and Miss Mac
Murray, who have spent the summer in
Munich. are now touring in Italy. They
expect to sail for America early next
month.
The Acting Secretary of State, Hunt
ington Wilson, who is spending the
weekend with Mrs. Wilson at their
cottage in Newport, will return to
Washington Tuesday.