The Washington herald., 1912-06-19

The remnant Of society which Is left,
between the two conventions and the
summer departures. was seen at the ball
game yesterday afternoon. when It was
estimated that two-thirds OF the NAM
moth gathering Of spectators were Of
the fair sex.
The center Of attraction was the Presl.
dents box. which was occupied by the
President and Mrs. Taft, their son, Mr..
Robert Taft. and the Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Knox. Close by them were the
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman, Just
returned from a trip in the North and at
their Utica home, and Postmaster Cen
erai Hitchcock. The Speaker Of the
House of Representatives. with his son
and daughter, Mr.. Bennett Clark. and
Miss Genevieve Clark. also occupied
box Some OF the others in the great
throng were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter
and Miss Dorothy williams, Lieut.. Gen.
Miles. Gen. and Miss Darlington, Miss
Ruth Parker, Mr.. Myron NJ. Parker. Jr.,
Mrs. Stevens, Miss Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Westcott.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
returned TO Washington yesterday after
fiye days absence in their Utica home.
Miss Helen Taft will leave here on
| June q. for Cincinnati, where she will
act as bridesmaid for her cousin, Miss
| Harriet Anderson, at her marriage to
Mr.. Hugo Fritsch, on June .. Mr..
| Robert Taft will accompany his sister
and be an usher at the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Anderson announce
the marriage Of their daughter, Miss
: HELEN Anderson, 10 Mr. William E.
Mantz, The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Thomas Nealey in Baltimors
last month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorimer Graham. the lat
ter formerly Miss Elsa Portner, are be-
| ing congratulated on the arrival Of q
\ daughter last week.
Mrs. Rayner, wife Of Senator Rayner,
who has spent the past few days with
her brother, Mr.. Bevan, at his home in
Baltimore County, has returned 20 Wash
ington.
Miss Beck wellman will leave to-day
! for New York to join her father and
sister, Mr.. Walter weIlman and Miss
| Rae weIlman, for a few days, when
the Misses weIlman will 60 on 20 East
| Gloucester. Mass, 10 join Mrs. Wellman,
who is settling their cottage there for
/ the summer.
Mrs. Henry D. Clayton. wife Of the
Representative from Alabama. and Mrs.
John Davis, OF West Virginia, will 90
over to Baltimore to-day, where they
will be the luncheon guests Of Mrs.
Robert Crane. Following the luncheon
they will motor out to the Country
Club for the tea which Mrs. Crane will
( give at o'clock in honor OF Mrs. Nor
man Mack. OF Buffalo, and Mrs. Thomas
Taggart, OF Indianapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Edward Brooks
have announced the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Marie Antoinette, 10 Mr..
William H. Skinner. OF Indiana. The
wedding will take place Wednesday, the
29th of June. Miss Virginia GraysOn,
who will he Miss Brooks maid Of honor,
gave a linen shower for her on Monday.
The marriage is announced Of Miss
Mary Barry and Mr.. Patrick Geoghegan,
last Monday at st. Joseph's Church,
Rev Ignatius Fealy oflciating. Imme-
dIately after the ceremony, the couple
left for an extended trip through the
Northern States.
Mr.. and Mrs W. H. whitten. jr.. will
be at home to their friends at l4Ss Merid-
ian Place. Wednesday afternoons and
evenings from June 10 TO September I.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. McKenna sailed
from New York yesterday on the Lusi-
tania to spend the summer in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Z.
Mack at luncheon yesterday in Balti-
more.
Invitations have been issued by Mr.
and Mrs Daniel Thomas Batson- for the
wedding reception OF their daughter,
EthR Fields, and Mr.. William Joseph
Weber, on Wednesday evening. June Is.
| from $50 TO 10 o'clock at 81 Seventh
Street Northeast. After July Is they will
be at home at 455 Eleventh Street North
east.
Capt Charles Rowland, Twenty-frst
Infantry, L. S. A, who has been sta
toned in Washington on special duty
in the office OF the Judge Advocate Cen
vitation OF Oberlin College, DR.. Henry
G. King, president, the degree Of master
of arts will be conferred upon him to-
day Capt. Howland was "a sophomore
at Oberlin when he received his appoint
ment to West Point, where he graduated
in 1895. He received a medal OF honor
for heroic service in the Philippines dur
ing the Spansh-American war and has
recently published a Digest Of Opin-
ions" OF the War Department. Capt
Rowland IS a brother Of Representative
Paul Rowland Of Cleveland.
Mai. and Mrs. Pierre Stevens and their
daughter, Miss Marie sevens, VIII go to
Chevy Chase the first Of July to spend
the remainder Of the summer, as Mai.
Stevens duties will keep him in Wash
ington through the summer. Miss