Evening star., 1913-11-04

HONNO". AND WHILE THERE MISS
WILSON'S WEDDING GIFT
son-tn-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Meissner of Garden City. L. L.,
and Miss Mary A. Aldrich are due tomor-
row on the Princess Irene. They are
returning from Dresden. where they went
to attend the wedding of Mr.. Meissner' s
brother.
Miss Genevieve Clark, the debutante
daughter of Speaker Clark, who has been
the guest of Miss. Madeleine Edison at
Orange. n. j.. will be in New York tomor-
row, where Miss Frances Stockwell is to
give debutante luncheon for her. Among
the guests will be the Misses Madeleine
Edison. Margaret Colgate. Frederick
Paterson, Agnes Crosby Allen, Dorothy
Harvey. daughter of Col. George Har-
vey; Beatrix Buel. and Brenda Putnam.
daughter of Mr. Herbert Putnam of this
city.
Miss Clark has been chosen by the MEM
bers of the House of Representatives to
select their wedding gift to Miss Jessie
Wilson
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Munger Whyte
have issued invitations for the marriage
of their daughter, Gertrude and Mr.
Lester Sisler. Wednesday afternoon, No.
vember 10, at o'clock, at ST. Patrick
Church.
Mrs. Cronan, wife of Lieut. Commander
William P. Cronan, L. S. N, has taken
possession of 1917 Jefferson place, and
will have as her guest for few weeks
Mrs. Alexander Sharp. Mrs. Cronan is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant
and granddaughter of the late Gen
Ulysses S. Grant.
The marriage of Miss Cornelia L. Sem
pie and Mr.. Alexander Britton Browne OF
this city will take place on the evening
| of November II at st. PauIs Epis.
| copal Church, Louisville, Ky. The cere-
! mony will be performed by the Rev. DR.
David Cady Wright. Miss Martha Frazee
| will be maid of honor, and the brides.
| maids will be Misses Mary Browne oi
| this city, Margaret Boalt of st. Paul
Mimi: Carolyn Hubert and Jean Bruce
| Haldeman. Mr.. Arthur Browne OF this
city will be best man for his brother, anG
the ushers will be Mr.. Holiday Semplt
and Messrs Robert Dove, Myron Parker
| Donald Woodward and Paymaster Ed
| ward Little of this city
The wedding VIII be followed by 4 re-
| ception at the home of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Semple
/ The bridegroom and his ushers will ar
rive early Saturday in private car
with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse d. Browne OF
! Providence, r. l.: Mr.. Frederick Holtz-
man of this city. Mr.. and Mrs. a. B.
Browne parents of the bridegroom, and
| Miss Mary Browne of this city.
] Among the other Out-of-town guests
/ who will arrive November are Mr.. and
Mrs Clark Waggaman of this city Mr.
| r. Hagner of this city. Mr.. Blair Spen-
| Ger of this city. Mrs Conner of Georgia
Miss Esther Denny and Miss Ruth Park
er of this city. Miss Elizabeth Wilber OF
| Warrenton and Miss Helen Overholt OF
| Pittsburgh. Miss Margaret Boa!t of ST
| Paul will arrive Tuesday and Miss
Frances Perrin of Cincinnati will arrive
! Saturday.
Miss Carolyn Hubert will give a dinner
Saturday night next at the Pendenns
Club in honor of Miss Semple and Mr..
Browne.
Giuseppe Catalan counselor of the
] Italian embassy in this city. and Mrs
Catalani. who was Mrs. Susan NJ. Hutch
inson. are at the st. Regis, New York foi
about ten days. They were married in
Bar Harbor last August. Mrs Catalan
is daughter of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock
who has been here getting her newly
leased residence On Scott Circle ready fol
occupancy.
!, 4 party was given last Friday nigh,
at the residence of Miss Marguerite
Stewart, !f'4 r street Amoug those pres
ent We're Master and Miss Phillis Ship
pen. also Miss Ruth ShippeH of New York
who is here for the winter
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph p Barnard oi
Chevy Chase announce the engagement o
their sister. Miss Flora McGill and DIR
Charles Blackburne kecfer The wedding
will take place November IL at T. o'clock
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs Barnard
in the presence of the family and a few
intimate friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. III. Bemis of Avondalc
Cincinnati, announce the engagement oil
their daughter Monica and Charles
Langdon Schaeffer. son of the late j. :
Schaeffer, who was a lifelong resident ol
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Edison Bradley arrived
York. and will remain here until to-
morrow.
Mr.. N sOkabe. attache to the japanese
embassy, has been transferred to London
and will leave New York on the Olympic
on the 10th of November, accompanied
by his wife.
Mrs J. Fairfield Carpenter left Wash
ington last week. motoring from here tC
her home in Cazenovia, where she will
spend the holidays, returning here later
Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn will not be al
home Tuesdays in November.
Following the precedent established .iasr
season, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotes-
| bury entertained opera stars and boXhold-
| ers at the Bellevue Stratford. in Philadel-
phia, at the conclusion of the opera. Mrs.
Stotesbury. whom Washingtonians re-
member as Mrs. Cromwell, scored another
personal and sartorial triumph. She wore
| q beautiful gown of crimson chiffon Vel
vet very narrow at the foot and finished
with long train. which ended in a point.
The upper part of the skirt was much
draped from hip to knee. and the corsage
was draped with rich lace. through which
ran a thread of gold Her hair was ar
| ranged high OF the top of her head. and
| i'm it she wore a tiara of diamonds, which
was almost Il coronet. She Wore also a
high collar of diamonds and long pendant
earrings
| scene of the party and a Brazilian gar
den. In which orchids bloomed and