The Washington herald., 1915-10-06
Doings of Society

s. N. on Saturday. September g. at
Bound Brook. y. J.
Gen. and Mrs Erasmus II w.ar.r
who were at Maple wood. v H., for soy
eral weeks. have returned To their apart-
ment at the Farragut.
Mrs. Davis W. Todd. wife of COM
mander Todd. L. s N and their children
are staying at Chevy Chase Lodge. Md.
pending the selection OF nome in
Washington
Mrs. Burnham. widow of Mai Burn
ham. has returned to her apartment at
the Parkwood. which has been renovated
In her absence. and is very attractive
with many pieces of antique furniture
taken from her old home
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs A. w.
johnson will make their home during the
coming season a, 1905 VI street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Hit. of Wash
inston. are spending some time at the
Shoreham.
Capt. and Mrs. William Baird returned
to the city recently from long visit
on Long Island and have reopened their
apartment at the Wcstmoreland
The marriage of Miss Emily Syming-
ton Riggs. of Baltimore. to MIR. J.
Winslow Hundlcy. which took place
Tuesday at Catonsville. Md. is of much
interest TO Washington. where the bride
has many relatives and friends and has
visited many times since she made her
debut. She is a daughter of Mr. Jesse
Tp,.;, ,sf Dale
vile. and the bridegroom is son of Mr..
J. Mason Hundley. of Baltimore and Ca
louisville. The ceremony was pCrfOrmcC
in st. Timothys. Episcopal church. IN
Catonsville. and was followed by re-
ception at Montrose, the Rigs place at
Catonsville.
Monday evening. following the rehear-
sal at the church. Mr.. and Mrs. Risss
were hosts at dinner at MOntrose for
the members of the wedding party. and
in TIE afternoon Miss Anne Pennington
gave a luncheon at her home in Catons-
will" for Miss Riggs and her brides
maids.
Washington friends of Mr. Ward
Thoron were much surprised to learn
yesterday of his marriage on Saturday
to Miss Louisa Chain Hooper. of Boston.
The ceremony took place In Kings
Chapel. Boston. with the Rev. Howard
N Brown officiating. The bride is a
daughter of the late Edward W. Hooper.
OF Boston.
Mr.. ThorOn. who is a member of the
Metropolitan. Cosmos and Chevy Chase
clubs has spent the last few years in
making a tour Of the world with a tenn
porary residence in Paris. He has. how
ever retained mis- former residence at
11l1 X street
Mr.. Thoron was graduated from Har-
ward in 1856 and married several years
later Miss Ellen Warder eldest daughter
of the late Benjamin Fl. Warder, Of
Washington and Ohio. He and Mrs.
Thoron were conspicuous figures in
Washington society about ten years ago
when they were divorced
Mr.. Owen Wistar, the novelist is
the guest of Miss Emily Tuckerman at
Stockbridge.
Society folk of Washington are in
terested in the garden fete to be given
Friday at Oatland House. the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Corooran
Eustice, at Oatlands, Va The most at
tractive feature of the program is
beautiful and artistic pageant of
American history. which will be given
in the oak grove below the house.
The lovely gardens. on the formal
Italian plan. will form a beautiful
setting. and scenes have been arranged
showing historic events from the
earliest days of the American colo
nies to the present time. Indians in
their paint will pitch their tents under
the trees; Pilgrims will sing their
martial anthems: Colonial bellies and
beaux will dance the stately minuet
and the Virginia reel; Dutch children
from early New Amsterdam will sing
and dance. as they did on the bowlin
green. In addition. there will be
fencing duel. while old plantation
melodies will be sung in costume. and
Rough Riders and Cubans Will re-
call the DAYS of the Spanish war.
The proceeds of the entertainment
will be divided between the Loudon
Hospital, at Leesburg. and the French
relief fund. and il will be given under
the patronage of the French ambassa-
dor In addition to the French am
Ia ssador and Nine. Jusserand,
number of Washingtonians will at
tend and among those assisting will
he Mrs A. :. Gibson. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Thomas. Mrs. Robert Walker,
Mrs. Henry Fairfax. Miss Buchanan.
Mrs Fairfax Harrison. Mrs. David
Tenant Mrs. George Carter. Mrs.
Arthur Carter. Miss Nolan. Mrs. OK
nard. Mrs D. c. Sands. Mrs. F. X.
White, Mrs. Clifford. Mrs. Morgan
Beach, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc
Lean.
Visitors will have an opportunity
to buy fancy articles. candy. groceries.
and refreshments of various kinds.
such as ice cream. cake and sand
wiches thoroughbred pig and lamb
will he offered as prizes and orange
trees in full fruit will contribute 10
the novel setting.
A special train to LeesburS tne
sta ation for Oatlands) will leave the
Washington and Old Dominion sta
ton Thirty-sixth and NJ streets
Washington. at IL o'clock. reaching
Leesburg at 1880. and a return tram
from Lecsburg in the afternoon VIII
arrive in Washington about 200.
Registering at the Hotel McAlpin'
New York City. during the past week
from Washington have been Mr. J. =
Elliott, Mr.. Robert T. Small, Mr. q,
Ayres, Mr.. Harry II. Orme. Mr. Ad-
olson w Smith. Mr.. A H. Plant.
Mr.. J. c. Flournoy. Mr.. J. b. Hal.
Mr. W. ]. Lambert and Mr. J. Z.
Spangler.
Mr.. c. r. Mengel and Mr.. D. C.
Harris. both of Louisville. KY, are
at the Shoreham for short stay.
New York Hotel Arrivals.