The Washington times., 1914-08-16

Everyone ir town was quite surprised
to hear of the marriage of Mary Louise
| Easby-Smith and DR.. Horace F. w.
Warden. a lieutenant in the medical
corps of the British army. The cere-
mony took place Thursday. in London.
in the historic Westminster Cathedral,
the Rev DR.. Lionel officiating.
Mary Louise was in Brussels all last
year attending school, and in the early
! spring her mother joined her and they
4 did quite a Dit of travelling. Then the
! first of this month her father. James
Easby-Smith. Joined them, and on ac-
count Of the war the plans for the we'd
ding In Washington this fall were
I abandoned. DIR. Warden has received
orders to join his regiment. and so
there you are.
From all the summer social capitals
comes word of charity affairs now being
arranged in aid of the Red Cross in
ternational war fund. ] am glad that /
can tell you about 1t, for il demonstrates
in their gay and care-free manner.
make much of pleasure during times of
peace, nevertheless when more serious
work is to be done are equally as cheer-
ful and ready for the task.
The fete which will take place on the
seaside lawn of Mrs. Vanderbilt's New
port residence on the afternoons of
August % and Is. will be most elaoo-
rate affair Neither money nor personal
effort will be spared. on each evening
the tablesux will be shown in the spaci-
Gus ballroom at the Crossways.
A similar spirit prevails at South
ampton. The governors of the Suffolk
Hunt Club have announced that the
proceeds derived from the clubs annual
horse show, which opens Saturday.
August q. will be given for the benefit
of the Red Cross work.
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Evelyn Lesher Richardson. whose
marriage took place in the early
spring. is back in town with her mother
visiting until her husband. Ensign
Richardson. who departed on the treas
ure ship, the Tennessee, last week for
Europe. returns Goodness only knows
when that will be. either. Mrs. Lesher
visited them In Brooklyn, where Ensign
Richardson was stationed before being
ordered away.
Quite an interesting luncheon was
given at the Dover House the other day
by the Princess David. Of the royal
bcrse Of Hawaii who makes her home
here much of the time. Among her
guests were several most interesting pro
fessiOnal as well as society folk. The
son of the princess ls the direct heir 10
the throne and If Hawaii should ever
become a kingdom again. he would he
it's legitimate ruler
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Biddle and their
baby are spending the summer in At
Isrtic CITY very quietly. Formerly they
Travelled much with Mrs. Swift. but
since the baby made his appearance
after about twenty years OF married ~
lie. thev have decided that catering to
his pretty caprices is lois nor i'".
Nrs Tiunmons was in Washington the
other dav for few days en- route from
E.ruipston. where she has spent the
greater part Of the summer. Lieu
tenant Timmons is on sea duty.
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There are certainly some splendid
launches, cruisers. and yachts On the
Potomac this summer The newest ana
finest cruiser at the present time is
owned by DIR. A. B. Bennett. jr. Early
in June. Dr. and Mrs. Bennett went
up TO Buffalo and were met in the Erie
canal by their new craft. which they
call the AraEun. They brought = party
Of eight with them to washington.
They went $50 miles through the Ellie
canal over a thousand miles covered
their maiden trip. Their two servants
were with them. so you can well imaG-
inc the comfort Of the trip.
Last Sunday afternoon ] was with a
party OF folks. and We passed the Ara
yon. and ! had an excellent chance TO
see her. She is the most beautiful"
equipped craft ] ever saw. | should
saw she was a f0rty-foot boat. and all
finished in mahogany. Wicker chairs
and tn" dearest OF mahogany tables
that with the leaves up, could seat
dozen. In fact on the trip from Buff
falo. Dr. and Mrs. Bennett did give a
dinner party OF twelve. so I'm told. The
only beat / know of down this way
which compares with the Ara2on is the
Habana owned by Judge Stridrr. which
Is possibly little longer and has more
power but i'm points of beauty the boats
are parallels. Every weekend the Ben
retts take a party Of folks for cruise
down the bay.
Another splendid boat has been In our
neighb0rhood recently. the Idelia. from