The Washington times., 1914-08-11
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

field, Genevieve Walker, Adele Walk
er. Elva Murphy, vivien Murphy,
Loris Tucker. Irene Lowe, and Mss
Ruth Kimball, president.
The most direct way to the fets IN
by the Fourteenth street cars, get
ting off at Decatur street and walk
Ing two blocks west
-
Miss Catharine Britton has arrived as
Narrasansett Pier.
Sir Ralph Spencer Paget. British
under. secretary OF state for foreign
affairs. accompanied by Lady Paget
and a party OF friends took passage
last evening aboard the Rotterdam
for England. When the party left
home in July for a visit of some
weeks at the Paset ranch In Call
fornia, war troubles were barely be-
ginning to brew. The ranch 3 off
the beaten track of travel and IL was
only short while ago that the news
OF the gravity Of the situation reach
cd Sir Ralph and caused him to hasten
across the Continent at top speed.
Lieut. Marcellus II. Thomson. unit.d
States Coast Artillery. was host last
evening In the Armenonville restau-
rant Of the Knickerbocker Hotel. New
York, at a bachelor dinner to his friends
who will be his best man and ushers
when Lieutenant Thompson Is married
tomorrow to Miss Dorothy Harvey.
daughter Of Col. George Harvey. Those
at the dinner were Lieut.. Lawrence
Townsend, r., U. S. A.; Capt James
L. Walsh, u. 9. A; Lieut. Francis c.
Harrington, u. s. A: Jack Larkin,
William o. Ingiis. and Lieut.. Philip
Matthews, u. 8. A.
The marriage of Lieutenant Thomp-
son and Miss Harvey viii take place
at the country home OF the brides
fathers In Deal Beach. n. j.
Perhaps the most spectacular event
OF the Bar Harbor season took placs
last night when Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
Mifiin Leeds gave a brilliant ball, ''au
fond de Ia mer," at their charming
home. Greenway Court. About two
hundred guests assembled. representing
Inhabitants OF Neptune's domain.
The lawn. representing an ocean. was
% realistically transformed that one
could almost imagine ones self real
dweller of the deep. Thousands OF cleo
tric bulbs covered with shimmering
green gave the appearance OF water
overhead. while fsh. reptiles. and other
members of the sea family on delicate
wiring seemed to be swimming At
the bottom. coral, seaweed, and other
underwater formations further empha-
sized the idea II was realistic to the
point OF mist. sea gulls, moonbeams.
and battleships. which were reflected
through the greens above.
Mrs. Leeds impersonated Amphitrfts
in Sown OF shimmertng silver and
! sapphire, and among the guests were
sea gods and goddesses. nymphs. and
mermaids. Alice in Wonderland was
there. and one Of the events OF the even-
ing was the lobster duadrille. There
was music by a chorus Of the Aborn
Opera Company, who sang the chorus
from The Fl wing Dutchman. as
Amphitrite and Posedon entered with
Among the guests were Gen Horace
Porter. Viscount de Able, Of the Por-
ruguese legation: the minister Of Swe-
den and Nine Ekengren. Mrs. Alfred
Porter Biddle. Mr. and Mrs Benjamin
Chew. Miss Ruth Fulton Cutting. Mrs.
Mansfield Patterson, DR.. and Mrs. J.
Madison Taylor. Mrs. William E Brock
; shosmassr M a and Mrs ss.,S James Sui
Campbell Steward, the Misses Kath-
crime and Margaret Steward. Mrs. John
r. Suydam. DIR. and Mrs. John 5.
Thatcher. Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner Cas-
satt, w. de Beaufort. OF the Dutch le-
cation: W. r. Allison, and Henry NJ.
Shrady.
Lawrence Nordlinger. Of Chicago. ID
visiting his parents
Mrs. Clarence GTosner and daughter,
Antoinette Grosner, are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Grosner, at their cottage
in Atlantic City.