The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
Miss Helen Taft in Quebec

Miss Helen Taft went to Quebec yes
! terdaY from her home at Murray Bay
I to meet her great friend. Miss Isabel
| Vincent on the arrival OF Miss Vincent
and her mother aboard the Manitoba.
Mr.. Paul Harper. Miss Vincent's nance.
also went TO Quebec from Chicago to
meet the Manitoba. accompanied by
Bishop John H. Vincent. the venera bic
grandfather Of the bride-eleC;, and sew
eral other friends of the two families.
II the boat docks within twelve hours
of her schedule time. the marriage of
Miss Vincent and Mr.. Harper will take
/ place on the date selected months ago,
and Miss Helen Taft will be her friend $
maid of honor The scene of the cers-
mony will. however. be a hotel in Que
bee. instead of the Vincent summer
home in Minnesota. Mr. Harper has
made all arrangements for the wedding,
and even If the boat is late in arriving
tie delay vii, be sltgnt and the cere-
pony will take place in Quebec. Mrs
Vincent and Miss Vincent were on the
Cotinent when the war broke out, with
their passage engaged on a German boat
leaving Hamburg August S.
The Red Cross fete, of which Mr.. Law
renee Gillespie is the treasurer, will &C.
cording TO a careful estimate, result in a
contribution Of $4,000 to the National Red
Cross in this city. Washington was not
as well represented as usual in the large
and fashionable company either promot-
ing or patronizing the fete. Nine. Riano,
wife of the Spanish Ambassador, was a
generous purchaser of the booths where a
variety of articles. from Paris hats to
live ponys, were on sale throughout the
afternoon. Miss Margaret Perrin assisted
in the candy booth, Nine. Riano sold
toys, Miss Lota Robinson. birds and dogs
and Miss Jean Wallach, ice cream.
The days entertainment came to a close
with an informal dance following the
tableaux in Mrs. VanderbiIt's ballroom at
The Breakers.
The Baroness Won Kettler who is now
in Detroit, is the widow of the late Baron
Kettler, Of the German diplomatic ser
vice, formerly counselor of the embassy
in this city, but at the time of his death
German minister to China). The Baroness
Won Kettler was formerly Miss Maude
Ledyard, Of Detroit was on the first
visit Of many years to her native city
when the war broke out, making her re-
turn to her home in Berlin impossible.
Mre Nicholas Longworth and Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. jr., are re-
cent arrivals at Newport Mrs. Long
worth Is the guest of Mrs. Earl Dodge,
while her brother and sister-in-law are
the guests of Mrs. August Belmont. Mrs.
Longworth, on leaving Newport, will pass
some time at her fathers home at oys-
ter Bay before returning to Cincinnati
The Swimming Club at Bar Harbor
was the scene Of a beautiful charity ball |
on Friday evening with a large patron |
age from the Washington visitors at var !
ious points on Mt. Desert The patron |
nesses all identified with the cottage life |
Of this fashionable resort included Mrs. |
Henry F. Dimmock, Mr.. Arthur Add |
son, Mrs. James F. Mitchell. Mrs Hunt /
Slater, Mrs. Francis Musgrave and Miss !
Celeste Eustis, all of Washington. |
Among the guests were >the Minister
from Sweden and Nine. Ekengren, the
Minister from Portugal the Minister
from Denmark, Mr.. and Mrs Victor
Cushman, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hope,
Count Blonde Of the Swedish Legation;
Dr.. and Mrs Fremont Smith, the Misses
Porter, Miss Frances Hoar, Miss Hunt,
dr. and Mrs. James A. Jones, the Misses
hackey Smith, the Misses Whiting, Mr.. |,