The Washington herald., 1915-09-21

Thompson Spencer. Mrs. Elisha Over.
Mrs John j. Mason, Mrs. Gouverneur
kortrisht. Miss Frederick Paine Miss
Margaret Preston Draper. Miss Draper.
Miss Renee G. d'Hauteville. Rear Ad-
miral Bradley A. Fiske, L. s. N: Lieut..
Commander Edward T Constien, U. 9.
N: Lieut.. Archibald G. Stirling. L. s. ":
Prince Paul Troybetzkoy and Mr.. James
]. Van Allen
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Fox. OF 1S1s
Jefferson place. have returned to the
city from three months spslt in New
England
Maj. and Mrs. W. 4. Bethel have taken
possession of their new residence at f-E
Melrose street, Chevy Chase. Md.
Mrs. Henry r. Wilson and Miss Ruth
Wilson. who are at Chelsea " j.. have
been Joined by Capt. Wilson, L. S. ".
An engagement OF much interest Is that
of Miss L. Henrie Rixey. OF this city. to
Lieut.. Samuel Alexander Gibson. of the
Twenty-first Infantry. of Vancouver Bar
racks. the wedding to take place Octo-
Der :. Miss Rixey and her mother. Mrs.
F. III. Rixey. went to Portland. Greg.
from their home in Washington a year
ago last summer and stayed until March.
when they returned East and made ar
rangements to make their permanent
home at Portland
Gen. J. b. AleShire. quartermaster gen.
eral of the amry. is reported materially
improved in health. He has been for
some weeks with Mrs. Aleshire and their
ranch at Parkman. wyo. Gen. Aleshire
is planning to leave shortly for an in
spection trip. which will take him to the
west coast. returning by way of Denver
and st. Louis. reaching Washington
about the end of October.
Capt. John j. Kingman. Corps Of En-
Gineers. L. $. A. and Mrs. Kingman.
with their guests. Capt, and Mrs. Charles
Mortimer. have returned from months
stay near Charlottesville Va. Capt.
kinGman and Capt. Mortimer are now
on duty at the military training encamp
ment at Plattsburg. y. Y. Upon their
return In October Capt and Mrs. Morti-
mer will go to their new quarters at
Fort Myer.
Mrs. S. r. Williamson has returned
from Tennessee. where she spent the
summer, and is at her apartment at
Stoneleigh Court
Miss Ollie A. Thompson. who has re-
Gently recovered from 4 long illness. Is
now at home to her friends at lE7 Q
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thornton VII
son and Mr.. Preston Gibson were hosts
at picnic at Newport when the in
clement weather spoiled the outdoor out
ing which had been planned for the oc-
casion and the guests gathered at the
Wilson villa with their luncheon baskets.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Pierpont Perry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Oelrichs. Mesdames Joseph Har-
riman. Lorillard Spencer. r.. Gordon
Douglass, Arthur Scott Burden. Clarence
W. Dolan. and john Sanford. the Misses
Roberta Willard. Muriel Winthrop. and
Mimi Scott. and Walter E. Maynard.
Robert Mckee Henry Harrison. Maurice
Roche. and Lieut.. Commander Edward T.
Constein. L. s. y.
Lieut. Col. NJ. ". ireland. Medical
Corps. L. S. A. who recently returned
from a tour of duty in the Philippines.
attended the convention of the Associa-
tion Of Military Surgeons. held In this
city during the week. Lieut.. Col. Ire
land is spending a leave OF absence with
his family at Columbia City. Ind. be-
fore reporting to his new station at San
Antonio.
Mr.. F. G. Won Steyn, of Holland. has
arrived in Washington and is stopping
at the Shoreham.
Mr.. James Watson announces the mar
riace of his daughter. Lucy. to DIR. Ray
Jones Stanclift. Eighth United States
Cavalry. on Tuesday. August "a, at Mer-
riam, Kars. They will be at home at
Fort Riley, Kans.
Lieut. Col and Mrs Andre W. Brew
stcr have returned to Washington from
a delightful motor trip of several weeks
the Berkshires and short stay
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. F. McCurdy. of New
York City, have arrived at the Shore
ham, where they will spend some time
Other arrivals at the Shoreham are Mr..
and Mrs. +. b. Real. OF San Marcos.
Tex; Mr.. n. G. Sands. Miss Sands, and
Miss holland. of Middleburg. Va, and
Mr.. George F. Whitney. of New York
City.
Mrs. Linthicum. of Linthicun Heights.
Md. was the house guest recently Of
Mrs William Madert and was extern
sively entertained while in Washington.
Miss Charlotte Il. Gridley entertained
at a beautiful luncheon for Mrs. Linthi-
cum. of Linthicum Heights. Md. last
Thursday. In the center of the table was
a large cut-glass vase holding La France
roses, and at each end of the table was
a silver candela bra. with rose shade
The other guests were
Mrs. William Madert. Mrs. Claude
Thomas. Mrs. Ashmun Brown. Mrs. Jack
Madert and Mrs. Lucius r. Gridley.