Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS EASILY WILL SING FOR
MRS. TAFT AND GUESTS.
A Little Musical Arranged for the
White House Guests.
Other Events.

Miss Donna Easley will sing for Mrs
Taft and her guests. who are to be only
a few personal friends, this afternoon at
the White House.
Miss Taft will go to Warrenton tomor-
row to join Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth.
Their stay will be short.
Mrs. Macveagh, wife Of the Secretary
of the Treasury. went to New York to-
day. and will sail Tuesday for Europe.
The Spanish minister has leased the
house just vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry White on 10th street. 1t adjoins
the Danish legation.
Mrs. Howard S. Nyman, who spent the
winter at st. Augustine, Fla, with her
youngest child. has returned to Wash
ington and Joined her husband at their
new home, 1898 18th street
Count Won Bernstorfr. the German am
bassador. and Countess Won Bernstorff
had as dinner guests last night Col. and
Mrs. John Leslie of England, Mrs. Julian
Ripley and Mr.. E. r. Thomas of New
Laura Merriam. Miss Julia Meyer, Miss
Alys Meyer, Representative Theron Cat
lin, Mr.. A. Piatt Andrew, Count Cseko-
mics, Mr. George Harrison, Capt. Boy-Ed
and Herr Won Buelow.
Capt. Hiraga, whose service at the Jap
anese embassy has concluded, and who
will return to sea duty. was host today
at Rauschers at a farewell luncheon,
when Commander Takeuchi. his success
sor: Baron Preuschen, Viscount Benoist
day, Count De Chambrun, Capt c. F.
G. Sowerby, Lieut.. Col. ]. D. McLachlan,
Capt. Boy-Ed and Maj. Won Herwarth,
naval and military attaches Of various
or Yesterday
he was honor guest at luncheon given
by these officers at the same place.
Miss Pauline S. Persons, daughter of
Medical Director r. c. Persons. U. S. N.
will be married Monday afternoon at her
parents house at the Naval Home, oath
street and Grays Ferry avenue. to Lieut..
David McDougal LeBreton, U. s. N, who
with his mother and sister, is widely
known in society here. The ceremony
will be performed by Chaplain w. H. I.
Reany. U. s. N. assisted by the Rev. E.
e. K Curran. rector Of st. Anthony S
Roman Catholic Church.
Miss Persons, whose father is COM
mandant of the naval hospital, will be at
tended by her sister, Mrs. Sidney Henry.
as matron OF honor, and the bridesmaids
will be Miss Susan Persons. another sis
ter, and Miss Margaret LeBreton, a SIS
ter of the bridegroom. Lieut. LeBreton
will be attended by Lieut.. A. G. Pickens,
U. S. N. as best man. The affair will be
a full naval wedding, and eight naval
officers and two civilians will act as
ushers.
They will include Leuts. Bradford
Barnett, Forde A. Todd. Raymond Rod
gers, H. H. Michael, w. p. Cronan and
Leigh Moves. Paymaster e. E. ooodhue,
Thomas Beale and DR.. H. s. Hewes. The
pair will live at the Boston navy yard
after their wedding tour. They will sail
for Europe for an automobile tour
through Italy and France Tuesday.
viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japa-
nese ambassador, after q short visit to
Pittsburgh will return here today.
Col. and Mrs. Symons sailed TODAY on
the Kroonland for q summer tour abroad
The marriage of Miss Margaret Yate.
Stirling, daughter Of Rear Admiral and
Thorn, son of the late DIR. and Mrs J.
Pembroke Thorn, took place at 3 o'clock
yesterday at the home Of the brides par
ents in Baltimore.
Owing to the recent death Of the bride
groom's mother the ceremony was very
quiet one. Rev. DR.. ]. Ross Stevenson
OF Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
0fficiated
Mr. Harry E. Finfer of New York city
and Miss Minnie E. Altman Of this city
were married Wednesday, April "a, al
the home OF Rev. Louis Stern.
Mrs. Samuel Shellabarger of s12 18th
street is having a short visit from her
daughter, Mrs. John H. Young Of Ohio
Mrs. whitmell Pugh Tunstall, who has
been visiting her parents, Commodore and
Mrs. George H. Peters, left Washington
recently to join her husband in Norfolk,
Va. to which city Mr. Tunstall has
transferred his business from Chicago
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Tunstall
recovered from the effects Of the motor
accident in which he was seriously in.
jured last autumn.
phia, Pa. owing to the serious illness OF
her father.
A silver tea" will be given for the
benefit of the Catholic Home for Aged
Ladies, at 1893 N street northwest, Tues
day, April 30. from to o'clock. Mrs.
George May, president of the board Of
trustees. has sent out the announcement.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Van Reypen
have gone to New York to meet Baron
and Baroness Korf and family, who are
expected to arrive on the Caronfa to
spend the summer.
Miss HftchingS and Miss e. +. Hitchings
Of Washington are in New York for q
few days.
Mrs. Claude HI. Barnes, who came up
from Jacksonville to attend the Kemp
Fletcher wedding, IL the guest of Repre-
sentative II. L. Goodwin. at the Burling-
ton.
The ladies Of the District Sunshine So
ciety will give q silver musical tea at
the Shoreham Hotel Friday. May 9, from
Ella s. Knight, president OF the District
Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs. Charles p.
Grandfield. Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Mrs. Hen
ry N. Couden, wife Of the chaplain Of the
House of Representatives: Mrs. Richard
Sylvester, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Massey,
Mrs w. A. Skunk, wife of Col Skunk,
U. S. A.: Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood. state
regent of the Daughters of the American
Revolution: Mrs. William A. Cullop. wife
Of the representative from Indiana; Mrs.
Emma Shelton, president of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union: Mrs Lee
S. Overman, wife Of the senator from
North Carolina; Mrs. William E. An
Women's Clubs. and Mrs. Matthew T.
Scott, president general of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Assisting at
the tea tables will be Mrs. r. r. McKahan,
Mrs. Layman p. Swormstedt, Mrs. Henry
L. Mann, Mrs F. Baker Weaver, Mrs.
Miss Edith Kolb. Miss Grandfeld, Mrs.
Herold Lewis, MRS. Eunice James, Mrs.
John Paul Ernest and Mrs. E. Richard
Gasch.
The Congressional Club was entertained
yesterday at its weekly meeting by Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Nichols of New York,
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