Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-01

Der of years ago. was an extensive dealer
in the redwood timber of California. The
family is prominent in social and finan-
cial circles, and Mrs Pittman will prob
ably join the Daughters of the American
Revolution, as she is direct descendant
of Gen. Horatio Gates of revolutionary
fame
Mrs. Pittman was educated at the con-
vent and at seminary in Eureka, and
she studied music at the Conservatory in
San Francisco.
In 1896 she and her brother Edgar R.
Gates, visited Dawson, in the Yukon ter
ritory, where another brother, Humboldt
Gates, had acquired one of the fabu-
lously rich placer claims on Ell Dorado
creek. The trip was made in the spring
They went by steamer to the coast of
Alaska at Dyea inlet, and joined the mad
rush over the SHOWS at the summit of the
Dyea trail down to the lakes that are
the source of the Yukon river At Under
man they built their boats, and as the
lakes We're still frozen placed the boats
on sleds and sailed on the ice to the
open water of the Yukon. Through the
floating Ice down to Yukon they made
their way to Dawson
Mrs Pittman, then Miss Gates. intended
to return in the fall to her California
home, but Mr.. Pittman. who was then in
Dawson, and an intimate friend of Miss
Gates brother intended to go farther
down the Yukon river, but the ties of
Gates and Mr.. Pittman remained in Daw-
son for the winter. In the spring Mr.
Pittman went down the river to Nome,
intending to return before the freeze-up
and make Miss Gates his wife, but he
was thrown into the intense activity of
the legal fights then going on at Nome,
and found it impossible to leave so he
pleaded with Miss Gates to come to
Nome. Without hesitation. Miss Gates,
accompanied by her brother and with
FOG 6rix
miles over the icy. Yukon in the middle of
an arctic winter, to consummate the vows
that had been plighted in Dawson.
In Alaska they Travelled everywhere
She enjoyed its hardships and its pleas
ures, and is not only his wife but his
boon companion. In Nevada Mr. and Mrs.
Pittman have lived the same kind of life,
working, hunting, fishing. riding and mo-
toring together. Mrs. Pittman while of a
literary training, is partial to an outdoor
life and is particularly fond of horseback
riding and motoring.
Maj. and Mrs. F. c. Boggs of Washing
ton, DR.. and Mrs. J. C. Boyd, Mr. Walter
Boyd and their son-in-law and daughter,
DR.. and Mrs. Camp Stanley, are at the
Hotel Wolcott, New York
Senator and Mrs. Reed Smoot of
Utah announce the engagement of
their daughter. Annie Kay Smoot, to
! City. The wedding will take place
early in the autumn. Mrs. Carbon,
elder daughter of Senator and Mrs.
| Smoot, is visiting them. The family
expect to remain here until the close
of the extra session and then return to
their Salt Lake City home. where in
the house where their daughter was
born, the wedding will take place.
Miss Harriet T. Wadsworth, who has
been spending several days with Mrs.
John Dyneley Prince in New York, is
leaving there today, but expects to re-
| turn in ten days. Mr.. Fletcher Har-
per. her fiance. who is in Roosevelt
Hospital, with a broken leg, continues
to improve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Smith Gordon
have sent out invitations to the we'd
ding of their daughter. Frances Pink
ney Gordon. to Mr.. Estep Tillard Colt
of Maryland, which will ta11e place in
list. Margarets Episcopal Church at 4
o'clock the afternoon of Monday,
April %.
Mrs. Leonard Wood will go to New
York tomorrow and hopes to be Joined
there by Gen. Wood in time for them
both to attend the Derby Roosevelt
wedding.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond is in New
York to remain until Saturday.
The German ambassador and Countess
Won BernStorf entertained at dinner last
night in honor of the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Bryan. The other guests were
the Italian ambassador. Marchese Cusani;
Senator Hoke Smith, Representative and
Mrs. Andrew Peters, Mrs. John Garrett,
Mrs. Merritt, Mrs. Leonard Wood Mrs.
Slater, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace, the
counselor of the Turkish embassy Djevad
Bey; Mr.. a. Maurice Low and the coun-
selor of the German embassy and Nine.
Won Haniel.
The Brazilian ambassador and Nine. da
Cana were guests last night at a dinner
given by Mrs. Dimock and her daughter,
Mrs. Dimock Hutchinson. The other
guests were the Portuguese minister,
Miss Margaret Wilson, Count and Count
ess de Chambrun, Mr.. and Nine. KEN
lin, Mr.. Zweidinek, Mr.. Catalani, Nine.
Hauge. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell,
Miss Marion Oliver. Miss Perkins of New
York. who is a house guest of Mrs.
Hutchinson; Capt. Thomas Rodgers, Maj
Langhorne and Mr.. Godfrey Dodge.
The next international wedding in Balti-
more will be that of Miss Louise War
field, daughter of former Gov. and Mrs.
Edwin Warfield, and Count Vladimir Ledo-
chowski of Poland, which will take place
the latter part of May. The ceremony
will be performed by the cardinal at
the home of the brides parents 1923 Lin
den avenue. Count Ledochowski, who
has not yet been in America, will arrive
early this month.