Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-27

Mrs Lane, Mrs. Houston, Mrs. Wilson,
Miss McAdoo. Miss Agnes Wilson, the
Misses Wilson and Miss Bones.
Mrs. Garrison. wife of the Secretary of
War, and Mrs. Redfie!d wife of the Sec
rotary of Commerce. are out of town.
Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger and chill
dren have returned from Cape Cod and
joined Mr.. Hanger at their home on Mas
sachusetts avenue.
Senator and Mrs. Duncan L. Fletche,
of Florida announce the engagement OF
their daughter Nell and Lionel Smith
Gordon, the only son of Sir Lionel Smith
Gordon. Bart, and Lady Smith-Gordon OF
Aiderholt Lodge, near Salisbury, England
The wedding will take place early in
December Mr.. Smith Gordon is now in
this city, as are Mrs. Fletcher and Miss
Fletcher. Senator Fletcher is south in
attendance on the Commercial Congress
This last international romance began
last summer In Europe while Miss Fletch-
err and her sister. Mrs. Kemp, were trav-
cling with the rural credits commission
sent from the United States. Senator
Fletcher's duties here did not permit him
to accompany the party, as he had fully
expected to do.
Mr.. Smith-Gordon, representing Sir
Horace Plunkett's commission which is
working for the betterment of rural life
among the peaSantry. of Ireland and the
development of modern agricultural
methods, was brought officially in touch
with the American party. and the &C
quaintance of the young couple began.
After their wedding and short honey
Gordon will take his bride to Dublin,
Ireland. where they will reside.
Miss Nell Fletcher is the elder of the
daughters of the Florida senator and a
charmingly accomplished girl. whose per-
sonal popularity at the capital, espe-
is marked.
/ Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond P. Rodgers
have joined the latter's mother and sis
Julia Meyer. at the Shoreham for few
days
Mrs. Frederick Holtzman of this
city is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. o. Bonnie. at their home in
| Cherokee road, Louisville, KY. Mrs
HoltZman is at her former home to at
tend the Semple-BroWne and Haldeman-
Vending weddings. and will be Joined by
| Mr.. Hoffman November $.
Mrs. Bonnie will give a luncheon for
| Miss Cornelia Semple November 6. A
dinner to Miss Semple and Mr.. Alexan-
der BrittOn Browne viii be given at the
Pendennis Club the Sth. by Miss HUI
bert. and dance in their honor the 10th
by Miss Anna Boyle.
Their marriage will take place at St
PaulS P. +. Church on the evening of
November II, in Louisville
At Purlingbeck, East Washington. n.
Harry Brooks Adams of Cambridge,
Mass. the marriage took place last
Wednesday of Lillian. their eldest
daughter. and Mr.. Jay Wesley Cilley of
this city-Tech., 10.
The bride was attended by her sister
ing as ring bearer.
The Rev. winfield Hubbard of Lyme.
n. H., performed the ceremony.
to sing on the program of a concert at
the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia,
VI ednesday night. Several professionals
are also to appear.
The concert is given under the auspices
of the Northern Liberties Aid Society,"
the object of which is to assist worthy
girls in obtaining better surroundings
than are afforded by the furnished room
or boarding house
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond
are leaving their Massachusetts home
Wednesday for New York. where they
will stay before coming here to their
newly purchased residence, the former
Pullman house on the Avenue of the
Presidents.
The marriage of Miss Bertha w. Wet
gel, daughter of Mrs. W. c. Wetzel of
this city, and Mr.. Charles Pest Gage,
formerly of Boston, took place at st.
Stephens Pro-Cathedral in Portland.
Ore, October l.
Dr. Andrew Johnson Browning escorted
his sister-in-law, and Mr. Robert Seaver
Edwards was best man. The bridal
costume was of ivory crepe meteor over
white satin trimmed with lace and
pearls. An orange blossom wreath and
tulle veil were worn and bouquet of
Killarney roses and lilies of the valley
carried. Miss Mildred B. Stryker. in
rose-cOlOred crepe de chine and shadow
lace. was her only attendant.