The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-08
~HE end OF the first week OF Sep
TENDER finds a very large major


TENDER finds very large major
ity OF the members OF Washing
toms social world still at sea-
side and mountain resorts. While a few
washingtonians Have returned to their
homes here during the last few days,
The warm weather has deferred others
who were planning an early return to
the city. There has been a somewhat
general hitting from seashore TO the
mountains.
The Presidents reception, given at the
White House last Wednesday, to the
many distinguished chemists who attend
ed the international congress Of chem
lists here, was the one big event in So
ciety last week. 1t brought together all
those persons OF prominence in official
and social life then in Washington. The
reception was a charming affair, the only
drawback lying in the fact that Presi-
dent raft was forced to receive his
guests sitting II Il large chair, because
OF sprainsd ankle.
The President returned to Beverly.
Mass, to Join his family Immediately
after the reception. Miss Helen TAFT and
Mr.. Robert Taft also returned to the
week, completing the family circle. They
spoke Enthusiastically OF their trip
through Yellowstone Park.
Members OF the Cabinet are more
scarce in Washington at present than at
any time for a year. Mr.. Frank Hitch
cock, the Postmaster General, was among
the last to leave Washington, taking the
train yesterday.
Mr.. huntington Wilson, who has been
Acting Secretary OF State, and who left
here Thursday afternoon to attend a
family reunion in the North, is expected
TO return to Washington tomorrow.
wedding of great interest, that of
Miss Jean Crosby and Mr.. Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann. is to take place
Thursday. September 10, at o'clock in
the afternoon, at the home of the bride,
1918 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, and
the guests will include only members OF
the families and their most intimate
friends. Both Miss Crosby and Mr.. Tit
mann are well known here, where their
families have been prominent for years.
Miss Crosby, who is a charming and
talented girl. made her debut several
seasons ago in Washington. and has been
a great favorite ever since. She is the
daughter of the late Rear Admiral and
Mrs Pierce Crosby. Mr.. Tittmann, who
is a graduate of Princeton. is the son of
Otto H. Tittmann, director Of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, and has been prac-
ticing law in Washington during the last
year.
Many Washingtonians have spent the
summer months in Europe. Already
some of them are vending their way
homeward, and others will sail for
America the last of this month or early
in October. The continued cold wealth
er abroad has driven most OF the pleas
IRE seekers back to their own country
sooner than they had expected TO come.
Washington girls also have found a
dearth of dancing men at all the famous
health resorts and watering places.
Mrs. Robert Hinckley and her daugh-
ter. Miss Gladys Hinckley, We're SO dis
couraged with the bad weather in HON.
burg that they left that place early in
August and went on to StsMoritz, where
they enjoyed their stay immensely.
Among the most prominent entertain
ers in Homburg this summer have been
Maj. Gen. and Mrs George L. Gillespie
Of this city. They are at present. in
Paris where they have been Joined by
their son. Lawrence L. Gillespie, and his
wife, who was formerly Miss Irene
Sherman of New York. Gen. and Mrs
Gillespie expect TO return to this country
early in October. and have already taken
passage on the Amerika.
Among the Washingtonians arriving on
the Mauretania Friday morning were
Mrs. George Lothrop Bradley and Mrs
William Hammond. They have been
ouring in Europe for over two years
Yrs. Hammond is to visit her stepson.
a. Hammond, in New York, before re-