Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-17
in THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
HERE AND THERE WITH CAPT
TAI AND OTHER NoTABLES.
Weddings Near at Hand and Others.
Travel Plans.
Notes.

Mrs. Taft enjoyed a brisk walk down
town in the shopping district this morn
Ing She wore a tan-colored whipcord
coat suit and small black hat with
! shaded gray plumes
Social attentions for the guests of honor
at the coming Dolly Madison breakfast
which will be held Monday next at
Rauscher's. begin in a formal way this
afternoon, when the Congressional Club
will assemble it's members at o'clock to
meet them. The president. Mrs. Roberts,
Will be assisted by Mrs. Reilly Of Connec-
tlcut. Mrs. Patten OF New York. Mrs.
Hayden of Arizona. Miss Prouty Of Iowa,
Miss Mary Graham and Miss Helen Ora
ham of Illinois. At tea time Mrs. Utter
or Rhode Island and Mrs. Tribble of
Georgia will do the honors Of the table.
Mr.. ard Mrs William Lawrence Breese
have arrived from San Mateo, Cal, in
| New York for the marriage of Mrs Gus
| tav Amsinck and Mr.. Hamilton Fish, the
father of Mrs. Breese. Mrs. Breese was
| Miss Julia kean Fish and is one of the
five children Of Mr.. Fish. the others be-
ing Mrs. John Cutler of Boston, Misses
Janet and Helena Fish and Mr.. Hamilton
| Fish. Jr.
The arrangements for the wedding, one
or the most interesting of the season, will
not be completed for another week. but it
Is to be an event of early June. Mr. Fish
and his bride will go abroad to pass a
part Of the summer at Villa Amsinck, at
san Giovanni di Bellagio Italy, one of
the places inherited by Mrs. Amsnck
| from her late husband.
Representative Martin W. Littleton of
New York and Mrs Lttleton will enter
| tain at luncheon Sunday at their resi-
dence. Calumet Place. in compliment to
the German ambassador, Count Won Bern
storf, and on the 29th will give garden
! party, Col and Mrs George Harvey Of
New York will attend the luncheon Mrs
Llttleton Will go to New York about May
%. when she will be the guest of Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish at her place on the Hud-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran have
noW-with them at the Cedars their place
at Port Washington, Mrs. Cockran's
father' Henry C. 1de. the American min
lister to Spain, and her sister. Miss Mar
lorie Ide. who arrived yesterday from
Europe. Mr.. and Mrs. Cochran took the
Ides with them by motor from the ship to
Long Island The marriage date for Miss
Ide and Mr.. Shane Leslie will shortly be
announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Ramsey of
sl5 MASSACHUSETTS, avenue northeast will
receive their friends tonight in celebra-
ton of their twenty-fifth wedding ami
versary. About 200 invitations have been
issued and many handsome gifts have
been received.
Mrs Clement F'urman Haynsworth of
Greenville, s. c.. is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Payson Hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Holman an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Cathryne E.. and Mr.. Robert W. Su1li-
van. In Belmont. Mass. May Is, at St
Josephs rectory. by the Rev. Father
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Buckley HYDE
will leave Washington on the LIST Of June
for q six-month trip among the islands
OF the South Seas. At Fiji they will
charter schooner and cruise through the
New Hebrides to the Solomon Islands.
Mrs. Jay Cooke Howard of Duluth,
Mn AI is visiting n. her parents Dr. and
home informally at Kendall Green on
Saturdays during the month of May.
Miss Efie wortz of Georgia avenue is
entertaining Mrs. Viola CLANCY Shafer of
Annapolis.
The italian ambassador and Marchesa
Cusani. with their daughter, Donna
Beatrice Cusani. will go abroad in early
July. and will spend the summer at their
villa near Milan, Italy
Prof. Willis L. Moore will entertain at
InOHudy night next, ana leaves at
midnight for New York with the inten-
ton OF sailing the next day for London,
where he will give a series of lectures
before the Royal Institution.
Mrs. Charlotte N. Conger announces
the engagement of her daughter, Gwyn-
eth Hungerford, to Lieut.. Aubrey Wray
Fitch. U. S. N. Miss Conger is grand
Conger and Of the late s. P. Brown of
this city. She has two brothers in the
service. Paymaster Omar D. Conger and
Midshipman Conger.. now at Annapolis
Annapolis. where Mrs. Conger and her
daughters now make their home.
Mrs. MacMurry and Miss MacMurry, en-
tertained at dance last night at the
Chevy Chase Club in honor of Mrs Mac
Murry's son-in-law and daughter, Capt
and Mrs. James s. Robinson. Capt
Robinson has recently arrived in Wash
ington and Is on the general staff
Mrs c. F. Reed and daughter, Mrs
James A. Richardson. left today for Chi
cago to visit Mrs. Claude S. Padgett
The Girls Guild of the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church will receive it's
friends at musical tea at the residence
of Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, 1900 K street
member of the guild, will play, and Miss
Marion McFall. formerly member, will
sing. The young officers of the guild will
receive with Mrs. Radcliffe.
Miss Alice E. Jackson and Mr.. John A.
Yoos were married Wednesday evening
at o'clock at st. Jerome's Church.
The bride was beautifully dressed in
white marquisette. Her veil was crown
ed with orange blossoms, and she carried
| a shower bouquet Of bride roses and
maidenhair fern. Miss Mamie Cranston
| was bridesmaid, and wore lavender crepe