Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-02
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MRS. WILSON'S PLANS INDI-
CATE A BUSY DAY.
Here and There With Well Known
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sonal Notes.

be at home to few callers by appoint
ment at $50 o'clock this afternoon, when
Miss Bones will assist.
Miss Margaret Wilson departed this
morning for Princeton. \. J. She will be
away for several days.
The marriage Of Miss Ruth Brabson
and Lieut.. William w. Overton. 18th Cav
airy. L. s. A., and stationed at Fort
Myer, will take place June IL at Green
vile. Tenn
The bride-to-b be is the third daughter of
the late Col. and Mrs. John NJ. Brabson
and Is a graduate of Converse College. at
Spartanburg. S. c.. being one of the
three young ladies who have received di-
plomas in music from that institution
She also received the ma jority vote OF the
college for two consecutive years for be-
ing the handsomest young lady in school,
and as a further compliment to her rare
type of southern beauty her lfe-size por-
trait was painted by the art instructor OF
the college,
The engagement was announced at
luncheon given last week by Mrs. Tom
Bra Alison. when her home was decorated
i'll white flowers and ferns, and In all
of the details of the fiye-course luncheon
served at / O'Clock the color scheme OF
green and white was followed. The ices
were nodded in the shape of doves. and
each bore a note in it's bill bearing the
following: Miss Ruth Brabson and
Lieut.. William w. Overton. June IL.
After the luncheon progressive cards
iature fans decorated in orange blossoms
and valley lilies, thus carrying out the
color idea.
Mrs Alexander Barker Thornton an
nOunceS the engagement of ner daugh-
ter Florence Bernadine and DR.. Sidney
l.. Chappell, L. S. \.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague have ar
rived at Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. William Marshall Builitt.
who were married in Stockbridge. Mass,
Saturday, are now at the Fort Wliliam
Henry Hotel. on Lake George They
vercroft Mrs Bullitt driving her big
foreign car. the rear of the tonneau
heaped with coats and hat boxes She
drove the car the sixty miles in a little
less than two hours.
Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball returned
from trip west in time to assist in
the memorial exercises at Arlington
where she had been invited by Depart
ment Commander Mckee to represent
the national Organization. Womans Re
lief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army
of the Republic. Mrs. Ball while away
was the guest of the Woman's Relief
Corps in st. Joseph, Mo-; Alton, ILL.,, and
indianapolis, Ind.
A picnic dinner and social was given
by the Woman's Single Tax Club of the
District of Columbia, at the home OF n.
Martin Williams, i'm Riverdale. Md, last
Friday. Arrangements had been made
for the dinner in grove near by. but
the rain spoiled that part of the program
and the dinner was served III the mouse,
and was followed by short speeches and
refreshments of ice cream, cake and
punch in the evening. Addresses were
made by Prof Thomas e. Will, Mr.. w.
D. Mackenzie. Mr. Walter l. Swanton,
Mr.. Judson King and H. Martin Williams.
Among those present were Senator Henry
L. Myers and Mrs. MyerS Of Montana.
Mrs. Mccartney and Miss Bemyer of
Montana. Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe. Mr.. and
Mrs w. d. Mackenzie. Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter !. Swanton, Mr. and Mrs. z. J. Dakin
their son and daughter; Mrs. Sutton and
son. Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN Munroe and
two children, Miss Lily Ross, Miss Flora
Raymond. Mrs Margaret c. Lohr, Mrs.
Mary J. Arnold. Mrs. Josephine A. Rich.
Mr.. Judson King DR.. Cora B. King, Mr.
and Mrs. c. A. Metcalf. Mrs. Mccartney.
Mrs Bancroft. Prof Thomas f. VIII,
Mr.. 4. L. Cotton, Mr.. w. B. Murray.
Mr.. George B. Rose, Mr. T. p. Lyon.
Miss Steiner. Miss Annie Coffman, Mrs.
c. L. Swords and Miss Beckie Cominshy
Of Washington. Mr.. c. E. Steinmeyer,
Mr.. A. Gordon. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.
Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Noel, Mr.. Law
ton Miss Jennie Lawton, Mrs. L. W.
Carlton. Mrs. H. +. Lewis. Miss Amy
Lewis, Miss Gladys Shipley. Mr.. and Mrs
Owen Mulligan and Mrs. Jessie l.. Lane
of Riverdale
Mrs. John Gibbons Miller of Chicago,
who has been spending the spring months
at the Brighton. leaves today with her
daughter Frances for five weeks at An
napolis, and stopping at New York on
their return to their home.
Mr. and Mrs ThurIow Gordon have
left their apartment in the Alwyn, and
have gone to the Dupont, on 10th street.
Dr. and Mrs. j. III. Gore are closing
their r street home for the summer. Mrs.
Gore will sail Thursday for Europe on
the France. DR.. Gore will not go for
some weeks. remaining at the Chevy
Chase Club in the meantime After his
cure at Nauheim and Wildungen. it is
likely that they will spend some time in
southern Europe.
Mrs. c. \. Bennit and Miss Blanche
Stcddard are making a short visit to
friends in New York and New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs, w. Fl. Richardson of l52I;
street northeast announce the mar
Mr. Frederick B. Morris Thursday, May
20 The couple will be at home to their
friends at 1875 A street northeast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Heath are in New
York where they have been most of the
past week. They return here within a
few DAYS close their house and leave
for the summer. Much Of their time will
be spent in northwest Canada and
Alaska.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney p.
Thompson was the scene of pretty we'd
ding at II 80 o'clock this morning, when
their sister. Mrs. Gertrude A. Newman,
became the bride of Mr.. Frank Eliot Mid
dleton, jr.
Rev. Mr. Warner rector of ST Adams
performed the ceremony in the presence
of small company of relatives and
friends
The bride Wore a tailored suit of white
cloth with hat to match.
Mr. Clark Middleton, brother of the
groom, was best man.
There was no reception.
Mrs. ]. j. Dimon and children will re-
main during the summer in Cleveland.
where they were summoned several weeks
ago by the illness of Mrs. Dimon's father.
Mr. Thomas Cooke Atwater. who died
May ~ at his late residence. 69ll Hough
avenue
III.