The Washington herald., 1912-10-09

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n Prssidsnt an9 alfra rTafs vhe
Ihaye bssn the guests of senator en<
1Nn. Wlnthrop Murray Crane at-Daltos
lsincs Saturday. lsft yesterday morninl
| Jfoe vefmout, accompaaiod b. Ms
| 1Mabsl Doardmaa and MAJ. Rhoads. The
Rrea1dent planted Q maple tree on thu
hNn boforo Senator : Cranes house
which WIN hereafter b. known ~ thu
Taft, MapIa.
Invitations have been recesved ID
|FWashington to the wedding OF Miss m
len Barry. daughter Of Maj. Gen. and
llra Thomas H. Barry. and Lieut.. win.
iAm Dryden. U. 8. A.. Fifth Field Ar.
tillery. which VIII take place on 6atur.
day evening at . o'clock. October - at
Saint Cornelius Chapel Governors u
land. N. 7.
| Miss Barry IL well known In washing.
ton. and 10 one Of the most populal
tennis player. Her father. Maj. Gen
Barry. u. 8. A.. was the superintend.
ent Of the Military Academy at West
Point until recently. when he was detail.
ed to the command At Governors Island.
q post left vacant by the death Of Maj
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant. U. 8. A.
Mrs. Mccoy. wife Of Representative
Walter I. Mccoy. Of New Jersey. has
returned to Washington to place her
children In school. Mr.. Mccoy will join
his wife in their apartment at the wyo.
ming December !. for the opening OF
Congress.
Mr.. and Mrs. George +. Mayre will re.
turn to Washington early next month.
and open their residence in N Street for
the season. They have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Moreland at their
summer home in Newport. r.. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Bourke Cochran are
spending . few days at the Ritz-Carlton
in New York.
Rear Admiral Nathan Twining, U. 8.
N. and Mrs. Twining have leased Mrs.
Mary Sherman McCallum's house in X
Street for tho winter.
Tho engagement Of Mrs John Franklin
Babcock. widow Of Lieut.. John Franklin
Babcock. U. 8. n. to Mr.. John Lawon, q
wealthy bachelor and polo player, has
been announced in San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. Babcock was Miss Gertrude Eels,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Par
malee Eels. and ID famous for her beauty.
] She Is a sister Of Mrs. Conrad Babcock,
wife Of Capt. Babcock. U. g. N.
Mr.. and Mrs p. v. Dc Graw are stay
ing at the Dennis in Atlantic City.
Col. and Mrs. Charles B. Byrns have
sent out invitations for the wedding Of
their daughter. Miss Mary Laure Byrne.
and Lieut.. Bethel Wood Simpson, Third
Field Artillery which will take place on
October q. They were to have been
married last June. but the wedding was
postponed on account Of the ill-heaIth Of
the bride-elect.
| Col. and Mrs. Richard Lay and Miss
Lay. who spent the summer at Bar
Harbor. have returned to the city and
opened their residence.
Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver SelfridGe.
U. s. n. retired. and Mrs. selfridge have
closed their cottage in jamestown, r. l.,
and are stopping at the Corson cottage in
Newport/
Mrs. Grant. wife Of Capt Ulysses 8.
| Grant. third. who has been spending the
summer with her parents. Senator and
| Mrs. Elihu Root. at their country estate
| In Clinton. N. Y, will Join her husband
hero on November 1. and they will re-
open their residence In Sixteenth Street.
Mrs. George Pullman, Of WASHINGTON
and Chicago. and Miss r. s. Robinson.
who are on a long-distance motoring
| tour. are spending a few days at Briar
Cliff Lodge. Briar Cliff Manor. N. Y.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Lieut.. Gen.
John c. Bates. and Capt. Thomas H.
Mckee left Washington Monday for
| Cleveland to attend the annual meeting
| Of the commandery in chief Of the Mill
tafy Order Of the Loyal Legion.
Mrs. william g. Carroll and Miss Car
| roll have leased the house. 1857 Connecti-
| cut Avenue. which belongs to Mr. Ma
! thaniel Simpkins, for the winter. Until
this year they have always resided in
| Massachusetts Avenue.
Miss Eleanor Wilson, third daughter of
Gov. woodrow Wilson. was among those
who matriculated on Monday at the OPEN
ing Of the Pennsylvania Academy Of the
Fine Arts. She was . student in another
art school. and will now complete her
studies. Her mother. who has studied ex-
tensively. is an excellent art critic
Mr.. and Mrs Robert B. Roosevelt have
| closed their country place. The Lilac. at
COY shics A<Ou6 ASidHOs ana are StODDlnR
at the Hotel Stratford in New York be-
fore returning to Washington.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Yates Sterling
and their daughter. Miss Hefen Sterling,
will leave Newport this week. where they
have been visiting Lieut.. and Mrs. Yates
Sterling. tr.
Mr.. Craig Wordsworth will leave for Eu-
rope on the Baltic. October a, on his way
to Teheran. where he will begin his du-
ties as secretary Of the American Lega-
ton.
The American Ambassador to Russia.
Mr.. Curtis Guild. reached st. Petersburg
on Monday. Tho American Military Com
mission, which has been studying cavalry
methods there. left yesterday. The MEM
bers Of the commission. Of which Brig
Gen. Edward J. McClernand is the head,
were entertained at luncheon on Monday
by the American Ambassador.
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson. who has a
hunter. Gallant Lad. with which he won
q blue ribbon at the Washington Horse
Show last spring. is preparing to ride
the animal from the Hot Springs, Va,
where he lie staying. to the Capital next
week. The distance is 80 miles. The
trim has been made hv sevarol r;.ler. ~,