The Washington herald., 1912-09-09
SOCIETY

The engagement has been announced
in Boston OF Miss Margaret sigourney
Smith. daughter OF Rev. DR.. RolarI
Cotton Smith. pastor Of st. Johns Epk-
copal Church. of this city. to Guy Emer-
son. graduate OF Harvard, class of 0s
and scion Of an aristrocratic New Eng
land family.
The date of the wedding has not been
set, but It Is believed II will take place
In Washington during the coming win
| ter season.
Miss Smith is a niece OF Mrs Joseph
girls In Washington society and also is
one of the North Shore set She Is at
present with her parents at Cotton
field" Ipswich. Mass.
Miss Smith Is a nice of Mrs Joseph
F.. Woods, formerly Miss Harriette Cot
ton Smith, OF Boston, and Cohasset, and
of Mrs Thayer. wife of Rev. DIR. WILL
lam Greenough Thayer. well known In
Massachusetts ecclesiastical and educa-
tional circles.
Her mother before her marriage was
Miss Margaret Sigourney Otis. daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. William Church
Otis. OF Boston and Nahant. Harrison
Grey Otis, the California publisher and
Herbert Foster Otis are uncles.
Mr.. Emerson is the son of Dr. Ma
thaniel Waldo Emerson. of Boston.
Chief Justice White is so delighted
with the scenery in and about Lake Plac-
Id that he has decided to buy land and
erect a cottage in that deservedly popu-
lar resort. This decision was reached
after day with Justice Charles Z.
Hughes. at Camp Abenaki
The Chief Justice and Mrs. White have
been at Upper Saranac Lake for most
Of the summer.
Miss Constance and Miss Ethel Leupp
daughters Of the former Indian Commits
soner. Francis z. Leupp. Of this city.
took a prominent part In the picturesque
Hawthorne pageant given in Tyringham,
Mass. at Mrs. Richard Watson Gilders
summer home last Friday afternoon.
The late Richard Watson Glider called
Tyringham the inner shrine of Berk-
shire loveliness"
Miss Francesca Glider gave the pro-
n logue of this society event, which opened
with a chorus OF spirits OF the old manse.
and then came tableaux representing
witchcraft days in Salem in 1852, a charm
ing dance interlude, a representation Of
the Merrymounters outcasts OF the Puri-
tan settlement OF about 1926, and a pro-
cession Of playerfolk. More than hun
dred people took part in the pageant.
After the performance Mrs. Robb de
Peyster Tytus served tea, assisted by
Miss Rosamond Dixey. Mrs. Banyer
Clarkson. Mrs. George Becker. and other
Tyringham villa owners.
Mrs. Dulaney Hunter and her mother.
Nine. Baltazzi. have spent a quiet sum-
mer at Baden Baden, owing to their
| deep mourning. Mrs. Hunter was re-
Gently Joined there by her husband. our
| popular american consul at Nice. They
| will visit Paris before returning TO their
| villa at Nice.
Mrs Theodore Vernon Boynton. form
erly Miss Nathalie Berry. of this city.
has been spending a pleasant summer
among her friends abroad. She made a
visit to Thun in July. and is shortly
| returning to Paris where she has an
apartment near her brother, Judge Wal
ter V. r Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs Reginald de Koven. who
have hosts of Washington friends. will
arrive in New York on the Adriatic on
Thursday. Mr.. de Kovens ever popular
opera. Robin Hood" has been revived
in New York with an all-star cast. and
| is drawing immense houses
Other Washingtonians sailing in the
Adriatic are former Senator and Mrs.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. The former Sen
ator has been constantly interviewed
while abroad as to his opinions in re-
gard to the Panama Canal.
! The military maneuvers in Berlin dur
ing last week proved a great attraction
| to hundreds OF American visitors in
| Germany. Among the few privileged to
| occupy carriage and motor space on the
| Templehof Field on the occasion OF the
| Kaiser's spectacular review Of 60.00O
troops on Monday were Ambassador and
| Mrs. Leishman, whose daughters still
have to remain In their apartments pend
ing the disappearance OF all traces of
| their motor accident at Munich three
| weeks ago.
Another American automobile party on
| the parade field was Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
| ander b. Legare, of Washington, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Newbold. OF Phila-
| delphia. The Legares and Newbolds en-
tertained at a dinner party at the Espla-
made on Tuesday evening for Ambassador
| and Mrs. Leishman. and Secretary Will
| ing Spencer. of the Embassy.
The Minister OF Peru and Nine. Pezet
closed the Legation. in r Street yester-
day and left Washington for a tour of
| the Great Lakes. Before returning TO
| this city. some time in October, they
will attend the congress OF Chambers
of Commerce. in Boston. and will visit
friends in Vermont. New York. and New
jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Vaudeville Carlisle
and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Andrews are
at present visiting in Breton Woods.
| having made the trip from Newport last
week by automobile. Mr.. and Mrs. Car
Isle will return to their home in this
city some time this month.
Invitations are being sent out by Mr..
and Mrs. George A. King for the mar
raige of their daughter. Miss Marion Ed
monston King. to Ensign Robert Mes
singer, U. S. N, Wednesday evening"
October >, at O'Clock. Mr.. and Mrs.
King and their family have just returned
from jamestown, r. l., where they spent
part of the summer They also made a
trip to st. Paul, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. L. Johnston
have gone to Reno, New. and are at
present visiting the latter's father, Sena-
tor Francis Newlands.
DR.. w. L. Masterson. of Stoneleigh
Court, has returned from his vacation.
Miss Margaret J. Masterson, of Stone
leigh Court. has returned from vaca-
ton spent along the Hudson.