The Washington times., 1914-06-23

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MRS. FRANK AUSTIN SMITH.
Washington, and is temporarily locat-
ed at a hotel. The office of the en-
bassy will remain for the present al
2024 Florida avenue.
The new ambassador is already well
known in Washington. having served
here for several years as first secre-
tary and charge d'affairs. prior 10
going to his late post in London
The ambassador will spend some time
In Newport and will make a series of
visits to the various north shore re-
sorts before returning to Washington
in the fall.
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Miss Martha Bowers whose engage
ment to Robert Taft was announced
recently, has just returned to WASH
ington from New Haven, where she
visited the former President and Mrs.
Taft. Next week she will go to Min
neapolis for part of the summer.
The marriage of Miss Bowers and
Mr.. Taft will take place in October
and that Of her brother. Tom Bowers.
to Miss Louise HELEN. will take place
in November
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Miss Helen Strasburger Is staying
with her sister. Mrs. Milton Kadden.
of the Tulane. and will go to Round
hill. Va. for a two-week stay. ac-
companied by Miss Eleanor Loeb.
during the coming week.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kaufman and
family left town yesterday. and are
spending the summer in North
Brightwood. d. C..
Mrs. Edward Mayer Is in New York
on a visit to her brother, Emanuel
Blout. and family.
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Mrs. Albert Sigmund has returned
to her home on Twenty-seventh
street from New York, where she was
the guest Of friends for ten days.
The French Counselor and Nine
Clause have gone to Manchester to
spend several days. and to look for a
cottage for the summer.
DR.. W. P. Hall and wife, of Utica.
n. Y. are making a brief stay at the
Hotel Powhatan, previous to attending
the American Medical Convention at At
lantic City.
Miss Gladys Elliott, of Liverpool. Eng
land. accompanied by Miss Nina Mitchell
Of Kingston. N. Y. are guests at the
Powhatan.
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Charles Wood
VIII entertain at dinner this evening in
formally with the Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall as their honor guests.
= DR.. and Mrs. Wood will leave wash
fngton shortly to spend the summer
abroad.
The marriage Of Miss Belle Bond and
William Forrest Prettyman, of Rock
Vile. Md. will take place this even
ing at the Emory Methodist Episcopal
Church. Brightwood.
The bride. who will be escorted and
given In marriage by her brother. Harrr
Bond. will have as her only attend
ant her sister. Miss Virginia Bond.
Edwin Green. of Rockville, viii bs tn.
best man for Mr.. Prettyman. and the
ushers Will be C. G. Myers and Robert
l.. Warfield, Of Rockville, and E. B.
Prettyman and c. S. MattingIy. Of
Washington.
Immediately after the wedding cere-
mony Mr.. Prettyman and his bride will
leave for bridal trip. and upon their
return will reside in Rockville.
Last evening a reception was held at
the home of the brides brother-in-Iaw
and sister. the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest
l.. Woolf. In Georgia avenue.
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Announcement is made of the mar
riase of Miss Martha Ann Scott Hazard
and William Mercer Gibbons, both CT
washington. The wedding took place
IN Philadelphia, on June 70.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Blum will en-
tertain at a large reception this even
ing. at their home, 12l5 Irving street,
to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary. The house will b. decor
ated with pink roses and ferns, and
there will be music during the evening.
Receiving with Mr.. and Mrs. Blum
Will be Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Blum,
OF New York: Mrs. Albert Likes, of
Baltimore. and David Blum, Of GIovers-
Vile. n. Y. David Blum will remain
In Washington for some time as the
guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs Mark
Blum.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. L. S. A..
retired. spent yesterday at Lenox as
the guest of Frick B. Wiborg, of East
Hampton, Long Island. They enjoyed
a round Of golf on the Lenox links and
lunched at the Curtis Hotel
The Due and Duchess de Richelieu.
the latter formerly Miss Douglass Wise,
OF Baltimore. are stopping at the
Gotham Hotel. in New York. for a few
days. They spent some time in WASH
ington in the spring, and were extern
sively entertained.
Senior Don FREDERICK Quintana. secre-
tary of the Argentine legation at Fer
lin, has been transferred to Washington
to replace Senor Don Eduardo La
u