Evening star., 1915-05-26
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EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Miss Margaret Wilson Motoring on
Connecticut Avenue
Yesterday.
Gen. and Mrs. Barnett to Give Gar
den Party-Engagements.
Wedding Plans.

Wedding Plans.
| Miss Margaret Wilson was motoring
Yesterday afternoon on Connecticut
avenue. She wore a white cloth motor
coat over a simple white gown, with
| large, broad trimmed white hat.
The marriage of Miss Madge Pickett
Stokes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vanus Stokes. and Mr.. r. King Stones
will take place Wednesday. June ?, at
3 O'Clock, at the Epiphany Church.
| The bride, who will be given away
by her father, will be attended by Miss
Sara Belle Williams of Baltimore as
maid of honor and Mrs. Howard Hume
as matron Of honor.
Miss Julia Whiting. Miss Adelaide
! Heath, Miss Virginia Hunt and Miss
Kitty Bell of Warrenton will be the
bridesmaids.
Mr. John Hemphill will act as best
Joseph Bailey. Mr.. John Buchanan. Mr..
Sylvanus Stokes. jr.. brother of the
bride; Mr.. Winthrop Lockwood. Mr..
Edward Dove. Mr. Herbert Adare. Mr..
Lounds Lavender, Mr. James Dechart
of New York and Mr.. Gilbert Lucas of
Baltimore.
| small reception will follow at the
home of the brides parents on Massa-
| chusetts avenue.
| Miss Stokes, who will then be Mrs.
Stone, will be the matron of honor at
the marriage Of Mrs Sara Belle Williams
and Mr.. Gilbert Lucas, which will take
place in Baltimore June %, and Mr.
Stone will be of the ushers.
| Maj Gen and Mrs. George Barnett will
give a garden party the afternoon of
June 8, in compliment to Rear Admiral
and Mrs. w. S. Benson.
| There will be a band concert and dane
| ing on the lawn.
| Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Barnett will go
to Annapolis to attend the alumni dinner
and June ball.
| The assistant secretary of the Treasury
| and Mrs. Andrew J. Peters will entertain
| at dinner tonight.
| The Argentine ambassador and Nine.
Naon were the hosts at a large recep-
tion yesterday afternoon, given to cele-
| brate the 105th anniversary OF the in
dependence of Argentina.
| The embassy was beautifully deco
| rated with quantities OF white flowers.
and a stringed orchestra played in the
| ballroom for the dancing.
! The members of the pan an-American
financial conference were among the
guests present.
| An interesting wedding will take
place in Brooklyn June 10. when Miss
Justice and Mrs. Scudder, and Lieut..
Wadleigh Capehart. Z. 8. N. son OF
Capt. and Mrs. Edward e. Capehart Of
this city. will be married at the home
of the brides parents.
| Lieut.. Capehart is attached to the
aviation corps Of the navy, and was
graduated from the Naval Academy in
1910.
| Friday afternoon. May %. the Wom-
ems Alliance of All Souls Church will
have a garden party at the home OF
| Mrs. Blount, in Georgetown, from to
! o'clock. for the members Of the church
and their friends.
| Mr. Isaac y. Seligman of New York.
who is attending the pan-American
| conference, is staying at the home of
! his brother-in-law. Mr.. w. Paul War
burg Of the federal reserve board.
| Owing to the serious illness Of her
sister, Mrs. Samuel Hopkins of Mary
land, Mrs. Thomas Hardy Taliaferro
has cancelled all social engagements.
Mr and Mrs c. E. vetter Of New
York have announced the engagement
of their daughter. Adeline Consuelo,
and Lieut.. E. w. Mckee, U. S. n.
| Lieut. Mckee graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1903, and he is now
attached to the Texas.
| Mr.. Walter S. Penfield entertained at
| luncheon yesterday in the presidential
suite of the New Willard in honor of
the members of the delegation Of Pan
anna TO the pan-American financial
conference.
Il Gen. Edward v. O'Bren will entertain
at dinner Thursday evening in the red
room of the New Willard in honor OF
the minister Of finance of Uruguay.
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delegation to the pan-American fnan-
cial congress-
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Beal enter
tanned at a dinner last night at the
Shoreham.
garden party will be held at the
residence Of DIR. C. Ernest Smith, 1920
p. 4:30 pm. to pm There will be
dancing.
Mrs. Bowman H. McCalla is chair
man. with a number of prominent wom-
en- and young girls to assist.
Miss Helen Taft. who will graduate
from Bryn Mawr June 3. has been
awarded the George w. Childs prize
for the best essay written by a mem
ber of the senior class Former Presi-
dent Taft will be the principal speaker
at the commencement exercises.
Surgeon E. A. Woods. U. s. N. and
Mrs. Woods are at the New Ebbitt for
a stay OF several days.
Mrs. H. p Denton, accompanied by
her little daughter Anne. arrived in
Washington today for a visit until
Monday to her sisters, the Misses
Peachy, at the Decatur Mrs. Denton
has just come from Norfolk, where
she spent the week with Rear Admiral
and Mrs Beatty. and on leaving this
city will return to her home in Pitts
! burgh.
Following her trip to the Pacific
coast and incidental visit to the PAN
American exposition. Mrs. Edwin c.
Swift is now spending several weeks
at the residence of her daughter. Mrs.
A. c. P. Wichfeld (Afrs Clarence
Moore), looking after tho welfare Of
her grandchildren. In late June Mrs
swift. the Wichfelds. who are honey
incoming in California. and Mrs. Wich-
fields children will go to Prides Cross
ing for the summer.
Mixed Metaphors.
From London Tit-Bits.