Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
ALEXANDRIA,
,eeial Correspondence Of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 49, 1912.
Two engagements of great interest to
Alexandria society have been announced
in the past few days One is that of
Miss Ida Oswald Mason. daughter of Rev
and Mrs. Landon r. Mason, and Mr. c.
S. Taylor Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs
Julian T. Burke of this city. and the
other that of Mr.. C. S. T. Burke's broth
er, DR. John Voolfolk Burke. now living
in Washington. and Miss Elizabeth Mayo
Thomas Atkinson. Both weddings will
occur in Richmond in the autumn. Mrs.
Philip Harrison Of New York is the guest
of her niece, Mrs. Albert Smoot. on Duke
street Mrs. Benjamin Fleet Board has
returned to her home in Wake Forest,
n. c.. after a visit to friends here Mrs
Percy Cliff has returned from a visit to
relatives in Stafford county. Miss Laura
Preston and Miss Kate Preston are visit
ing Mrs. William B. Ogden In Warren
ton. Miss Ella Davies has returned from
a visit to Binghamton, n. Y. Mrs.
Waldo G. Hibbs of Washington is visiting
Mrs. Alexis Smith on Seminary Hill. Mrs.
Mark Cragg and her infant daughter are
the guests of Mrs. j. III. Hunter in Acco-
tink. Mr.. and Mrs. James Hulfish have
returned from visit to relatives in
Fredericksburg. Mrs. Malcolm Westcott
Hill is the guest of her mother. Mrs.
George r. Hill, on South Washington
street. Mrs. Cassius f. Lee has return
ed from visit to Mr.. and Mrs. George S.
French a. Arcturus. Miss Esther Burke
has returned from a visit to Miss Chloe
Cooke in Baltimore. Miss Julia Lewis
has returned from visit to friends in
Manassas. Mr.. and Mrs F. c. GRAHAM
and Miss Kate keyes have returned to
their homes in Dumfries after visiting
friends here. Mrs. George r. Marye and
Miss Helen Marye have returned to their
home in Washington after visit to the
Misses Marye on Queen street. Miss
Katherine II. Stuart is the guest of her
sister. Mrs. Bartlett Boiling. i'm Char
lottesvile. Miss Mary Janney Hooff was
the guest this week of Miss Dorothy Dun
can Gatewood in Washington Rev.
John kinsey Hammond has returned to
his home in Wilmington. Dell after
visit to Mr.. and Mrs Lewis II. Machen.
Miss Virginia Stuart Bouldin. who has
been spending the winter with Mr. and
Mrs. Hammond Siler at Berkeley Springs,
W. Va, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Bergman Green, on Seminary Hill.
Mrs Lewis Hooff has returned from a
and Mrs. Charles r. Hooff. at Contee,
Md. Mr.. John Barker Barrett has re-
turned from a visit to his aunt, Miss
Pickett Waller. AT Whitewater. Miss Nellie
Mrs. Edmund Pendleton cambridge. in
Petersburg. is now the guest of Miss
Julia Cone in Richmond Mrs Henry
Bladder is the guest of her brother, Mr..
Wallace Sampson. in Richmond. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Beverley and Master Marshall
Jones Beverley have returned from visit
to Mrs. Beverley's aunt. Mrs. c. c.
Shriver. in Baltimore. Mrs. Robert Lee
Payne entertained at tea Saturday after
noon in honor Of her mother. Mrs. John
W. Stills of Baltimore. Miss Marion
Ayres is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Louis Lacrosse. in Baltimore. Miss
Josephine Broders has returned to her
home in Warrenton after visit to her
aunt Mrs. Charles c. Carlin on North
Washington street. Mrs. Thomas Lead
beaten has returned from visit to her
son-in-Iaw and daughter. Rev. and Mrs.
James Davis Gibson, in Norfolk. Mrs. F.
J. Lyons has returned from a visit to
relatives in Salisbury. N. C. Miss Cath
home In Washington after a visit to
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Janney on Cameron
street Mr.. and Mrs. Peter T. Harrng-
ton and Mrs. B. T. Ramsay left Tuesday
for Boston by motor. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rington will make their home in that city
in the future. The May meeting of
Mount Vernon Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution was held Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. VIII
liam B. Smoot. on Prince street. The
members present were Mrs. Samuel l..
Heber Boswell. Mrs. John Hunton Foster
Mrs. Thomas w. Robinson. Mrs David N.
Rust, Mrs. Frances Smoot Danenhower
Mrs. Eleanor s. Washington Howard.
Mrs George Uhler, Miss Elizabeth NJ
Janney, Miss Phil Wattles and Miss
Mamie Norton. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j.
Deahl have returned from a visit to their