The Washington herald., 1914-04-29
Arrivals for Wedding.

Gen. Henry L. Abbot and Col. F. V.
| Abbot both of the United states army,
/ will arrive in Washington this morning
| to attend the wedding of the latter 5
son. Henry d. Abbot, whose marriage to
Miss Dorothy Merriam will take place
at st. Thomas Church tonight. Col.
Abbot leased a residence in P street for
the month, and Mrs. Abbot and other
members of the family are already To-
Gated there.
Mrs C. l. Merriam and Mr.. and Mrs
Collins Merriam, all of Boston. are al
ready here for the wedding. as is also
Miss II. S. Vanderbeek. Of East Orange,
n. J., a school girl friend Of the bride.
Miss Katherine ID. Parker. of Boston.
| is also here for the wedding.
Among the prominent women who went
to Baltimore yesterday to attend the
benefit performance for st. Charles Col
Iege, Gainesville. for which Cardinal
Gibbons and Bishop Corrigan are pa
irons, were Sonora de Riano, Nine.
Calderon, Nine Hav NTH, Mime. de Pc
get Mime. de Pena, Nine. Chamorro. Mrs.
Joseph p. Tumulty. Mrs Eugene Kink-
head. Mrs. Brady. Mrs. Ryan Devereaux.
and the Misses Riggs.
Mrs. F. A. Gardner, wife of the late
" mite f1Ousc
ing the Harrison administration, has
come to Washington from New York for
visit of several weeks, and is now the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. ]. Maury
Dove, jr, at Chevy Chase.
A reception with dancing engaged the
members of the Congressional Club last
night. Mrs. Fletcher. president, receiving
the guests.
Henry D. Abbot, of New York. whose
marriage to Miss Dorothy Merriam,
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. c. Hart Mer-
Ram, will take place at St Thomas
Church tonight entertained his best man,
John Remey, and the ushers, Clarence
W. Decker and William Lee White, Of
New York; Wesley T. Englehorn, Of
Spokane, Wash; II. Harrington Brooks,
of ST Adams, Vt: Dehon Blake and
Harold b. Belcher, of Boston, and Martin
T Fisher, Alfred r. Taylor, and Taylor
Thorn, of Washington, at dinner last
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarris Fahnestock, of
New York, have arrived in Washington
and are stopping at the Shorehsm.
RS. Seldomridge, wife of Representa-
tive Seldomridge, of Colorado. received
sci and others yesterday afternoon at
her home 1736 / street
Assisting Mrs. Seldomridge in the
fiower-decked drawing rooms and at the
tea t-ble were Mrs. Shafroth, Mrs.
George Kindel, Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs.
Carl Smith. Mrs. John Campbell, of Den
yer, and Mrs. w. H. Woodward. Of St
Louis.
DR.. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting and
Miss Alice Whiting have gone to the
Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs, for
a visit of ten days or two weeks.
Representative and Mrs. Jack Beall, of
Texas, are entertaining Mrs. &C. Price
of Austin, Tex. president of the Colonial
Danes of that State.
Miss Dorothy Shuey is the guest OF Miss
Helen gMcCumbe:, daughter of Senator
and Mrs. McCumber, for a short time,
after which she will join her mother at
their home in the Shenandoah Valley,
Va
Several hundred men and women prom
inent in society filed the tables at
Rauscher's last night where a well-ar-
ranged card party was given for the
benefit of the Home for Aged Ladies'.
Miss Josephine Patten, Miss Anne Squire,
and Mr.. William Matthewson were hosts
and directors Of the event
The bazaar and the the dansant given
at the Raleigh Hotel yesterday afternoon,
and to be repeated this afternoon for the
benefit Of the Episcopal Eye. Ear and
Throt Hospital. were exceedingly smart