Evening star., 1914-07-20
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS WILSON SANG AT CHURCH
SERVICE YESTERDAY.
Newport Calendar Shows Balls and
Dinners-0ther Events.
Personals.


guest of DR.. Loring NJ. Batten and his
family at their farm near Mount
Pocono. Pa, sang yesterday at the
church service which her host con-
Quoted at Trinity in the Woods She
is also expected to take part in a con-
cert for the benefit of the church Au-
gust 1.
Dinners and balls begin in earnest
this week at Newport Tonight Mrs.
Alexander ]. Cassatt gives dinner
and dance for Miss Lois Cassatt.
The Chinese costume ball at Marble
House. which Mrs. Oliver H. P. Bel
mont is giving for her daughter. the
Duchess of Marlborough. will take
place Friday night. Before the ball
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish gives a large din
August l dinner dance will be given
by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish at Crossways.
where she gives a ball August IA.
August Z Mrs Charles Frederick Hoff-
Dinner dances are TO be given by Mrs
August S. % and 81 August Is and
% dances will be given by Mrs. Ed
ward j. Berwind at the Elms.
A costume dance of the period of
1880 will be given by Mrs French
Vanderbilt August % August ~ is
taken for a dance for Miss Bristed Of
Lenox. given by Miss Annie Leary.
August 81 a dinner and dance will be
given by Mrs, William Grosvenor.
Sir John and Lady Harrington of Lon
don. England. will end their visit to
Mrs Nicholas Anderson at Bar Harbor
this week, and will return to Manches-
ter-by-the-Sea to resume their stay
with the latter's mother. Mrs. James
Mcmillan.
Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton Hare Powell
announced at Newport yesterday the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Annie Hare Powell. and Ensign Walter
A Edwards. I. S. N. son of the late
DR.. Joseph F. Edwards Of Philadelphia
Miss Powell. who is one of the most
popular members Of the younger set
dance at the lawn fete given by Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gillespie yester-
day. She belongs to one of the most
distinguished Newport families. her
aunts % being Mrs; William N. Hughes;
Mrs. Benjamin Weaver Her grand
father was the late Thomas Swami OF
Baltimore. Governor of Maryland dur
ing the civil war.
Ensign Edwards is attached tenn
porarily to the Naval Aviation Corps
trying out some new fiers at Marble
head. Mass.
The Turkish ambassador, Rustem Bey,
who is up in Massachusetts, for a short
visit. will take possession of the resi-
dence. I'LL Connecticut avenue, which
he has leased as the embassy, on his
return
Mrs. William F. McCombs. who has
been spending short time with her
r. Williams has returned to her home
in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hamlin of
MaoC hoy hs,
engagement of their daughter. F,linor
Cutting Hamlin. and Mr.. Jesse E. Waid.
Miss Hamlin is member Of the 1910
Sewing Circle and Of the Vincent Club
ward University in 1910. and from Har-
ward Law School last June. and is to
practice law in New York. Miss Hamlin
is a niece of Mr.. Charles S. Hamlin OF
Washington and Boston.
| Lieut.. and Mrs. George S. Patton jr.
Beatrice Ayer of Fort Myer, Va, are
visiting Mrs. Pattons parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Aver. at their summer
home. at Prides Crossing. Mass. They
will remain over for the marriage of Mrs.
Patton's brother, Mr.. Frederick Aver, jr.,
and Miss Hilda Rice. which will take
place August at Ipswich, Mass, where
Miss Rices parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
G. Rice, have a summer home.
Mai and Mrs. David Porter have gone
to Atlantic City. where they will spend
the summer. Maj. Porter has been put in
cruiting. with headquarters in Philadel-
phia In the autumn they will take a
house in Philadelphia for the winter.
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the
Speaker leaves today for Deal. y. J..
where on August IL she will be brides
maid at the wedding Of Miss Dorothy
Harvey, daughter of Col. and Mrs. George
Harvey and Lieut.. Mercellus Thompson,
L. S. A.
Mrs. Lincoln Karmany. wife of Maj.
Karmany. who is now living in Oakland.
Cal, has as her guest her sister, Mrs. j.
Paulding Edwards of Sacramento. who
Mrs William p Pope of Columbus
Miss. is visiting her father. Capt. Fred
BealI, 113O Columbia road northwest.
Mr. and Mrs Oliver S. Maus an
nounce the engagement of their
John W. Cross of Philadelphia. the
wedding to be in September.
Mrs. Dougall-Marcon and her daugh-
ter Elsa are spending the summer
with relatives in Canada.
Mrs. VIM. H. Knots and daughter
have returned from Bedford Springs,
where they motored from Pittsburgh
The Misses Mae and Mildred Mount
joy have left for two-week tour
through New Jersey as the guest of
their uncle. Mr.. Harry T. Eubank.
A lawn fete will be given at the
Young Woman's Christ ian Home. 81 c
street northwest, tomorrow evening:
In case of rain it will be postponed
until Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Miller of the
Fontanet Courts have left on an ex-
tcnsive trip through Ohio. Indiana, I'LL
nois and Michigan. and will return by
way of Lake Champlain and Lake
George.
Ensign Roger w. Paine. L S. N. Of
the destroyer Patterson. now being
overhauled at the Boston navy yard