Evening star., 1914-12-24
Glenwood. MINI. The wedding date
has not been set.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ross Gravener.
who have taken the apartment of Col.
and Mrs. j. T. Thompson in the West
moreland for the season, have left to
spend the holidays at their home, In
Easton, Pa They will return the lat
ter part of January.
The next hop at Fort Myer will be
January 20. On the afternoon of Janu-
ary there will be special drill at
the post, followed by a tea dance in
! the administration building.
The marriage of Miss Annie Hare
Powell and Ensign Walter Altee Ed
wards, United States Navy, will take
! place at the home of the, brides par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton n. Powell.
at Newport, r. l., Thursday, December
81. at noon. Relatives and few i'm
| mediate friends will witness the cere-
mony to be performed by the Rev. Will
liam B. Meenann, pastor of St. Mary's
! Church. Miss Marie Louise Edwards
of Philadelphia, niece of the bride
groom. will be the flower girl. and
| Baldwin Edwards of the same city,
brother of the bridegroom. will be best
man. Miss Powell will be unattended.
| Ensign Edwards will give his farewell
bachelor dinner. at the Racquet Club
| in Philadelphia Saturday evening.
! The first debutante costume dinner
dance Of the winter in Philadelphia
was given last night by former Am
bassador and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower
at their residence, 1915 Locust street,
| In honor of their daughter, Miss Ger
| trude Tower, one of the most at
| tractive of the buds. The rooms were
artistically decorated with Christmas
green's and flowers. :, About 1S0 guests,
ent. Many beautiful costumes were
worn.
Miss Gertrude Tower was a lovely
picture in marvellous Russian prin-
t1h No., ~,
! Russia by her mother on her last visit
there. 1t was of gold cloth with
| real Russian headdress, a veil of gold
| tulle and red satin boots.
| Miss Helen Tower was gowned in the
directoire costume of a lady of the
reign Of the Empress Josephine, COM
posed of yellow satin, with a yellow
poke bonnet trimmed with green os-
! trich 7lumes.
Cadet George J. Newgarden, jr., U.
i S. Military Academy. West Point, n.
+! Y, IS spending the holidays with his
! parents. Mai. and Mrs. George ]. New
garden, at their home, 1888 Massachu-
! settS avenue northwest.
The controller of the currency an
! Mrs. John Shelton Williams had lunch
! ing with them at the New Willard
Yesterday Judge and Mrs. Milton c.
| Elliott.
| Senator and Mrs. Claude y. Swanson
will have with them over Christmas
! the latter's uncle, w. D. Deane of Rich
mond. Va. and her sister. Mrs. Cum
bingham Hall, and her small son, of
| Richmond. MIR. and Mrs. Riley Gordon
and Miss Virginia Gordon, who have
| been their guests for a time, have gone
on to New York.
The assistant attorney general and
Mrs. Charles Warren have gone to
| spend the holidays in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bacon of Boston
! are expected today to spend Christmas
| with Mrs. Bacon's parents. Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Switzerland. They will
return homo Sunday. .-.
Senator and Mrs Willard Salisbury
| went to Delaware today to spend
| Christmas.
| The Brazilian ambassador and Nine.
da Cana have with them for the holi-
days Nine. da Gama's son and daugh-
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Volck
| Of New York.
The Interior Department Club had
special music for dancing last night,
when an exceptionally large attend
ance was noted. There were 200 guests
| and members present. The house was
! prettily decorated with Christmas
/ greens. Miss Elsie Cassidy gave sew
/ eral piano selections. Private parties
! of members will entertain at the club
| between Christmas and New Year.
Lieut.. John Smith Patton has entirely
| recovered from his serious accident of
last summer at the north shore. which