The Washington times., 1912-09-01
AL Fresco Entertainment
on Lawn of the White
House.

with auspicious weather conditions
, the White House lawn will be the
scene of the third al fresco entertain
ment of the season on Wednesday
afternoon. The President. who Is now
with Mrs. Taft and their family at the
summer White House at Beverly,
Mass, will return to Washington in
time to receive his guests, who are
asked to meet the delegates to the
Eighth Annual Congress of Applied
Chemistry, which convenes in Wash
ington Wednesday. Major Rhoads, the
Presidents aid, will accompany him
to Washington, but Mrs. Taft, who Is
in mourning on account of the re-
cent death of her father, Judge Her
ron, In Cincinnati, will not return to
Washington.
About 500 delegates to the congress
are expected and they will be accom-
panied by their families.
The town hall in Hamilton, Mass.
will be the gathering place for the
younger set of the North Shore on
Monday night, when Mrs. Meyer. wife
of the Secretary of the Navy, will be
hostess at her annual dance. Follow
ing the annual Labor Day horse show
at the Myopia Hunt Club, at Hamil-
ton, 1t promises to bring many young
men and women from other colonies.
Miss Barnard to Wed
Russell Ellis Sard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville e. Ingalls, have
sent out invitations for the marriage of
their granddaughter Miss Abbie In
gals Barnard, to Russell Ellis Sard, of
Albany, N. Y. The wedding ceremony
will be performed in st. Luke's Epis-
copal Church on September e at the
Virginia Hot Springs, and the Rev. Will
liam @. Thatcher, of Southboro. Mass,
will officiate.
Mr.. and Mrs. ingalls,, who spent last
winter in Washington, have recently re-
turned from a several months visit to
Europe. They were accompanied by
their daughter Miss Gladys ingalls,,
and Miss Barnard. Immediately upon
their return from abroad they went to
the summer place at the Hot Springs.
Miss Gladys ingalls, will be the brides
only attendant, and Frederick r. de
Rham, of New York, will be the best
man for Mr.. Sard. The ushers will be
members of Mr.. Sard's class at Har<
Nard-R. S. Prentice, Rudolph Weld,
Roger A. Derby, Henry Morgan, Ay-
mar Johnson, Robert H. Cox, and Eliot
Cross, of Albany; John A. Tuckerman,
Benjamin Joy, and Robert Winsor. OF
Boston, and William M. Elkins, Of Phil
aderphia. The ushers will arrive at the
Springs on September 20 and will oc-
cupy the White cottage, which belongs
to Mr.. ingalls,. Among other guests
who will attend the wedding will be
Miss Frances Lippitt, daughter of Sen
ator Lippitt, of Rhode Island; Miss
Ruth Wales. of Washington, and the
Misses Wiborg of New York.
Gayety Unabated
At Bar Harbor.
After the strenuous horse show week
at Bar Harbor one would naturally ex-
pect a ,slackening of gayety, but. this
has scarcely been the case. Luncheons.
dinners, and dances have been filing
each days program, and plans are well
under way for the entertainment which
will be given at the Building of Arts
Saturday, September Z, for the benefit
of the Bar Harbor Hospital
Nine. Loudon, wife of the minister of
the Netherlands. is chairman Of the
committee in charge. There will be
competition among other features for
children for miniature houses and gar
dens, to be designed by the little folks.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
built house, the prettiest garden, etc.
The Jury viii be composed of the min
lister Of the Netherlands, Mr.. Lundon;
the minister of Belgium. Mr.. Havenith;
the minister of Sweden, Mr.. Ekengren;
DR.. Fremont-Smith, and Frederick
May, all of Washington: DR.. Robert
Able, Raymond F. Alnlirall, George b.
Dorr, John Innes Kane, DIR. 8. Weir
Mitchell, Dave Hennen Morris, William
o. Partridge, Edgar Scott, and DR.. ].
Madison Taylor.
Miss Helen Buchanan. Miss Helen
Hunt, and John r. Buchanan Of Wash
ington have arrived at Bar Harbor.
=
, Mrs. Huntington Wilson was hostess
at luncheon at her cottage at New
port yesterday.