New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

nrst ball Of the week. and preceding II
there will be many dinner parties. That
10 be given by Representative and Mrs.
Gerry for the formers sister. Miss Mabel
Gerry. will be OF most Importance. Mrs.
patterson's beautiful house in Du Pont
circle. with its great marble entrance
hall and stairway. It's ample ballroom
and other features. will help 10 make
Monday nights event, which is for Mrs.
patterson's daughter. Countess Gizycka,
marked feature OF the week.
hundreds OF guests, with many from
the army and navy. will attend the great
bereat ball TO be given at the navy yard
for the Army and Navy Relief Society.
Members Of the Presidents household
have promised 20 be present Mrs. Lind
low NJ Garrison. Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
,lts,rv Breckenridge will assist Mrs.
,,eorse NJ Sternberg in receiving
tuesday night Mrs. Delos Blodgett will
one, her home in 10Th st. for dinner
Se,ce IN honor Of Miss Maitland Mar
snau and Past Assistant Paymaster John
u Knapp. L. S. y. and Mrs. Robert y.
Harper will give a bal masque for Sen
o-ita Ampero Martin Rivero. daughter OF
the cuban Minister to Italy, who was at
one time stationed in Washington.
There will De some wonderful dancers
10 amuse the guests at the ball TO be
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale
,fC1rf nd ha
Walsh mansion in Massachusetts ave.
will hold for that single night more
ievels than have been seen in any one
event in the capital for years past. Mrs.
Mclean will wear the famous Hope dia-
rond and others Of her splendid colec-
tion OF jewels. The following night John
r Mclean will give a brilliant ball.
which. il is expected. will prove an equal
~ spectacular event. The three balls
that at the home Of Mrs. Patterson and
the two Mclean balls, have sent many
women 10 New York for splendid new
gowns
The Hunt ball at the Chevy Chase Club
will be perhaps less brilliant, but GER
,a,niy not less spectacular than the other
tbree for the men from New York, Phil .
adelphis. Maryland and Virginia VIII
resr their "pinks." Hunting songs will
no sung at dinner. and for the cotllon
there will be all sorts Of sporting Ia
Vors.
Ri, these formal dances are not enough F.
IN satisfy the demands Of young feet' /
e,d al almost every luncheon, tea or
dinner given for the prospective brides
~ the week there will be the same d.
,.ertisenoent. Then there will begin dane
inc ~ the performances given at the
PLAYHOUSE Easter Monday for the oeneht
or the Dominican Sisters, when Nine.
Irsse~and and others will be patron
osses.
seldom has an Eastertide brought so
many interesting weddings to Washing-
TON Rumor constantly moves nearer the
date for that Of Miss Eleanor Randolph /
wilson and William Gibbs McAdoo Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. and the most
authentic information places II in close
proximity 70 May /. II also ADDS that
n propitious weather attends the DAY
nero will be an outdoor feature, which
Will be the only really novel innovation
which could be introduced at White
House wedding
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Bowes sayre VIII
be at the White House, where, for the
second time in history, there will be TWO
brides. after the marriage Of Miss Wilson
and Mr.. McAdoo The other brides and
bridegrooms were Nellie Grant Sartoris
and Mrs. Fred Grant. widow of General
Fred Grant. who took his wife there as
4 bride az that time.
Interesting indeed is the marriage OF
Miss Mary Margaret Worthington ana
Reach Helme Stockett, in that the orides
family have helped to make the hls'o'!
~ The capital for the last hundred years
7, was lust sixty years ago this Easter
,vsek that the brides grandmother Mrs'
Cysrand Kinloch Nelson, was married
6, g John's Church, and at least one or
,ro nresent on that occasion VIII wiz
ness the marriage Of her granddaushlef
on Tuesday. April "a.
Nfss Josephine Beverley mason VIII
he maid Of honor for Miss Worthingtoh'
AND her bridesmaids will be Miss Louise
uo-,,son formerly Of WILLIAMSBURG
", Miss Mary Price Of Levisourg' W.
Y, Miss Julia Muchette, Of Maryland
ana Meg Dorothy Thompson. of Dover
Del Mr.. Sockets best man VIII De
Norman Putnam. Of Nazareth. Penn ana
~. us, Of ushers will include IL A Lo-
gan Of Lansford. Penn; Stocket
-,n- - nover Del. Ernest WIN
,sr. OF New York. and George Kemp OF
The reception 10 be held following the
OF Miss Anna V. Portner and
commemorative Flood on Saturday. Aprn
q at All Souls Church. will lend
,inicue touch 20 tho series Of Easter
week. weddings. az 81 will be held IN
,ne Pan-Au1erican Building.
A chairman Of the Foreign Affairs
committee OF the House. the arrange
r,ent g most fitting. and Il will. OF
co,,-e. be the first event OF the kind 70
ts held in that beautiful building. An
o,ber litt1e secret which has leaked out
-eia.ive 10 the F1ood-Portner nUptials
r. tn. the honeymoon. for which the
y-,-,te,, Affairs Committee kindly gave
the bridegroom 4 vacation VIII be spent
a. hoard the Latona, the schooner yacht
bought b. Alvin D Portner. the brides
home from Edward J. Hall. Of New
york p few DAYS ago. The two-masted
....t. IL. ..td 20 he one Of the largest