The Washington herald., 1912-08-16

] The President and his guest, Gen.
Clarence Edwards. spent the afternoon
yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club play
ing golf, which is the Presidents recrea-
| ton every day when Il is possible to give
i the time to 1t. He and his guest go out
in one of the big autos of the White
House garage, and the Presidents valet,
Monico Topaz. the Filipino who returned
with the Taft family from Manila when
Gov. Taft was called to the Cabinet
Of President Roosevelt, usually occupies
a seat beside the chauffeur. Many in
iquiries have arisen as to the identity
of the japanese" he has been
called, who sits in front in the Presi-
dents car.
Mr.. and Mrs William Sterling. OF Lon
don. the latter formerly Miss Ethel Robe
son. daughter of the late Secretary and
Mrs. George NJ. Robeson. of this city.
with many relatives in Baltimore, will
arrive at Bar Harbor in another week.
; to spend the remainder of the season
and the autumn.
Gen. and Mrs. George Sternberg have
returned from a several weeks visit at
East Gloucester, PIttsfeld, Mass. and
iCooperstown. n, Y, to oversee some
improvements and repairs being made to
their home in Massachusetts Avenue
They will go to Atlantic City some time
next month for a short vacation.
| Mrs. Darlington wife of Gen. f. o.
darlington, left yesterday for Skyland,
Va. to spend a month.
! Mrs. John A. Logan celebrated her
seventy-fourth birthday yesterday at
Eagles Lodge" her handsome home in
this city. Mrs. Logan Is strong and well
| and spends all OF her time in literary
| work. to which she has given over the
| third floor of the mansion. and has sew
eral stenographers and typewriters busy.
| Mrs Logan has lived in Washington al
| most continuously since 1855. when the
| late Gen. Logan was elected TO Congress.
| Her beautiful home. Calumet Place,
overlooking the city on Columbia
| Heights, is leased 10 Representative Lit
| tleton as his Washington home. but Mrs.
| Logans new home stands at right an
giles with 1t, and she has the same bene-
| fit of the lovely garden of Calumet Place.
while the house is not quite so large.
Her daughter. Mrs. Tucker, who makes
| her home with her. has recently returned
| from visit North and West. stopping
| in Buffalo on her return to make a short
visit to DR.. and Mrs. Elc :. Carroll,
formerly of this city. Mrs. Logan was
almost deluged with flowers and gifts
|
country. Otherwise she spent the day
very quietly. owing to the mourning
which she and her daughter are in for
the late Capt Logan Tucker, L. S. A.
Dr. T. s. X. Reeves. OF the United
States Marine Corps, who accompanied
the recent expedition to Cuba and re-
turned a few days ago on the Prairie to
his station at Philadelphia. spent yes
i hi nla in ha "a itaI as
the guest of his brother. Joseph Y
Reeves. DR.. Reeves. accompanied by his
family, left last night to visit his father
Admiral /. S. X. Reeves. L. S. N, re-
tired. at Fredericksburg. Va.
Mrs. Sharpe. wife of Gen. II. G.
Sharpe. is at Kingston. y. Y. on the
Hudson. the guest of her sister. Mrs.
Davenport. Gen. Sharpe will join her
there later on and they will make some
trips through New England and spend
some time on the North Shore.
Mr. Frank p Mitchell, Of New York
and Newport. came to Washington this
week to superintend the building of his
new home in r Street which they hope
to be able to take possession of this au-
tumn. Mrs. Mitchell is a sister of Mrs.
William r. Merriam and of Mrs. Ben
Jamin Reeves Russell.
Mrs Taylor, wife of Hon. Hannis Tay-
ler. former United States Minister to
Spain, will leave Washington this week
to join her daughters, Mrs. Reid Hunt
and Miss Hanna Willard Taylor, at the
cid Sweet Springs of Virginia, where
Miss Taylor is a pronounced belle. al she
has been for some seasons at Capon
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis John Dyer will
sail for Antwerp to-day on the Red Star
steamship Marquette, to be gone about
two months.
DR.. and Mrs. William Gerry Morgan,
the latter formerly Miss Cora Boyd. with
their daughters and Miss Morgan. will
sail from New York on August % on the
Kaiser Wilhelm ii for France Mrs.
Morgan and the rest of the party will
settle themselves at Tours. where the
daughters OF DR.. and Mrs. Morgan will
be placed in school. and DIR. Morgan will
return here in October, only to go back
&c France next spring to join them for
the summer.
The Bishop of Washington. Right
Rev. Alfred Harding, formerly rec
tor OF St. Paul's Church, celebrated his .
sixtieth birthday yesterday at Haven.
Me, where he is spending the summer
The Bishop was born in Ireland at Lis
burn and came to this country when he
was nine years old. kilograms of con-
gratulations were sent from scores of
his friends and parishioners here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. BIondi an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Alice to Mr.. Charles ]. Chunn. of this
city. The ceremony was performed in
Elilcott City on Wednesday, August I.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Marian Suthard. Of this city. to
Mr Arlon Parks of Colonial Beach. Va.