The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-16
The News of Society
By lean ELIOT.

pointed luncheon today at the
Capitol in honor of Senator Claude 4
Swanson of Virginia and Mrs. Swanson
Ferns and pink roses formed the table
decorations.
The additional guests were Senator
and Mrs. Fey Pittman, of Nevada; Col
and Mrs den Allen Day. and their
houseguest SIS Kate Gordon. of New
Wilson. Miss ynevieve Clark, Congress.
man Thomas Stout Of Montana, DIR. J.
J. Richardson. Captain Sewer, Matthew
Tighe, and Bennett Clark
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Miss. Kate Gordon, of New Orleans
who is spending a week with Col. and
Mrs. Selden Allen Day, will speak this
evening at the Burlington at an open
meeting of the Washington Woman Suf.
frage Council on The Woman Suffrage
Question in the Solid South"
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The President was among the dinner
quests of the Secretary OF the Interior
and Mrs. Lane last evening. The din
ner party was given in celebration of
the hosts birthday, and was attended
BY the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Bryan, the Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. McAdoo. Senator and Mrs.
Francis C. Newlands, Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones. and Miss Smith. Of
New Orleans, a houseguest at the
White House. .
Mrs. Lane will leave Washington the
early part of next week for Lake Cham
plain to join her children. who have
been up there for some time. The Sec
Fl
Lake Champlain, and will join his fam
ily for short stays from time to time.
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Miss Margaret Briscoe, of Knoxville.
Tenn, is the house guest of Senator and
Mrs. John K. Shields. She accompanied
Mrs. Shields and her daughter, Miss
Jearette Cowan. from Tennessee recent
ly. when they came up in their motor
car. Next week Miss Cowan will go
70 West Point to visit for a few days.
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Captain and Mrs. WHITEWATER, Com
mahder Wiley of the navy. Mr.. and
Mrs. John C. o'Laughlin, Miss Ruth
Parker, Walter Penfield, and Captain
Hill were among the dinner hosts last
evening at the Chevy Chase Club pre-
ceding the regular Wednesday evening
dance.
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Two very charming weddings were
solemnized yesterday morning. At 1880
o'clock. at St Stephens Episcopal
Church, Miss Gladys Aline Strong,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B.
Strong, became the bride of Carl A.
HeEnann. The Rev. George F. Dudley,
rector of the church, officiated in The
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Miss Martha Heilmann, sister of the
groom, and a few intimate friends.
The bride wore a smart suit of dark
blue poplin, with a blouse Of canary
eoiored crepe de chine. and dark
blue hat. trimmed with yellow wings.
She carried a large bouquet of Golden
Gate roses and maidenhair f>su. ].
Easby-Smith, uncle of the bride, was
best man. The Ceremony was followed
by a. breakfast for the bridal party
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Strong,
after which Mr. and Mrs. Hellmann
left for Atlantic City, where they will
spend part OF their honeymoon. They
Will be absent about a month, visit
Ing New York and Boston before their
return. Mr.. Helimann's gift to the
bride is the house at 2431 Ontario road,
where the couple will make their home
Mr.. Hellmann is a son of Charles w.
Hellmann, of Chicago. He is a grad
uate of the University of Illinois, and
has the degrees i. l. B. and B. s. in
electrical engineering. He was COM
missioned an officer in the coast ar
tillery. corps, from which he resigned
in 1912 to make mis- home at Washing
ton.
St Thomas Church was the scene of
pretty wedding. at IL o'clock yester-
day morning, when Miss Frances
Ieonora Pace, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis d. Pace, was married. to
Ensign Lawrence Warner Clark, U. s.
N The Rev. C. Ernest Smith per-
formed the ceremony in the presence
OF only a few relatives and intimate
friends of the couple. The bride, in
the absence of her father, who is in
Montana on Government business, was
given in marriage by her uncle, Col
John L. Phillips. L. S. A, who is in
charge Of the Walter Reed Hospital.
She wore becoming travelling costume
of dark blue and a black satin hat, with
a corsage of orchids and lilies of the
valley. Lowell Harding was best man.
Immediately after the ceremony En-
sign and Mrs. Clark left for a wedding
trip to Lake George. whence they will
60 on a motor trip.
Mr.. Clark is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. p. Clark. Of Utica. y. Y. He has
been assigned to the Naval Training
School at Newport, where the couple
will live after the wedding trip.
Mr.. Clark has been stationed in Vera
Cruz for the last six months.