Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT Of TOWN
Mrs. Calls Courtesy 1mpresses
Her Old Friends.
Plans Completed for the Williams
Buck Wedding-Recent
Events-Notes.

| No White House mistress has ever
had accorded her a greater reputa-
| ton for unfailing courtesy than mat
| with which Mrs. Norman Gait SO delight
| fully continues to impress both her
Intimate and other friends. Since the
announcement was made Of her en-
gasement to the President and the
public position in which she has oeen
placed by 1t she has managed, besides
attending to the numerous calls from
the outside world, to respond also In
a very pretty way to the congratu-
latory messages from those who nave
| enjoyed for years her acquaintance
and cooperation in church, club and
| charity affairs.
At this time of the year, when all
these activities are being resumed, 1t
requires bit of management 10 ar
them all. but Mrs. Gait has taken her
| part greatly to the satisfaction, to say
| nothing of the tremendous and quite
| excusable pride of her associates, IN
these different lines.
| Mrs John Shelton Williams went to
| Baltimore yesterday to spend several
P. Lefevre. at the Hotel Rennert. Mr.
Williams accompanied her and returned
| later in the day.
Prince Alfred gu Hohenlohe- schillings-
| furst of the Austrian embassy stan.
who gave a farewell dinner at the club
at Lenox. Mass, last night. left TO-DAY
| for New York en- route to washington.
| Nine. Christian Hauge entertained at
| luncheon yesterday at her cottage at
Hot Springs. Va. when her guests
were Mrs Philip H. Sheridan. Miss
Mary Sheridan, Mrs. Joseph Letter and
Mrs John r. Williams.
| Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Blair Thaw
of New York have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter barbara
to Lieut., Scott Bartlett Macfariane' L.
The wedding will probably take
place in the spring.
last to visit Mrs. Hugh Graham Miller
at her country place at Owego, N Y.
| Miss Bessie Earle Buck, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs: Charles p; Buck. and MI;
Wednesday evening at st: PauIs
church, Rock Creek parish, at o'clock.
! The ceremony will be performed by
| the brides father. and she Will be given
| in marriage by her brother, Mr.. c. B.
| Buck.
Miss Emile Chesley of Maryland will
| be the maid of honor and the brides
maids are to include the bridegroom 8
| two sisters, Misses Elizabeth and
Anne williams; Miss Ruth StafYer and
| Mrs. C. E. Little.
Mr.. H. H. Buck. brother of the bride.
is to act as best man. and another
| brother. Mr. Calvert E. Buck; Mr.. Chris
| topher Armat Mr.. Vernon Garrett and
| Mr.. o. L. Kenney are to be the ushers.
| A reception will follow at the rec
tory. when the following friends OF the
bride will assist: Mrs. T. G. J. Bailey.
| ptY6 N2ncv
| Slaughter, Miss Nettie Israel, Miss K.
G. Shreve of Atlantic City. Mrs. j. b.
| Switzer Mrs. H. H. Buck and Mrs.
| Chesley B. Kelly.
| DR.. and Mrs. Robert Young Sullivan
entertained at supper last night at their
apartment In the Burlington in honor Of
Miss Jane Grey Gardner and MIR.
marriage takes place tomorrow evening. -.
| The rooms were prettily decorated with
bride roses and ferns. and at the place at
the table Of the bride-to-be was memory
bracelet, presented to her by the guests,
nearly all of whom were former SCHOOL
mates.
Those present were Mrs Whitney Kipp.
Miss Helen Burnin. Mr.. Powell Browning.
Mr.. Roswell Snow and DR.. and Mrs.
Frederick K Sweet.
Miss Hope Truxton Beale. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Beaie Of Phila-
D.
were the weekend guests Of Mr.. Crom-
wells .brother-in-law and sister. MIR. and
Mrs. Walter B. Brooks. jr., at Fort Gar
rison farm, in the Green Spring valley.
Mrs. Brooks entertained at a large
luncheon in honor of Miss Beale Satur-
day. and later the entire party attended
the horse show.
The marriage of Miss Beale and Mr..
Cromwell will take place Wednesday.
November 3, in Philadelphia.
Miss Gladys ingalls, gave a luncheon,
followed by tea. yesterday at the Vir-
GINA Hot Springs, in honor of her
guest, Miss Marion Fenno.
; Mrs Richard Thomas Ray of Linden
Md, announces the marriage Of her
daughter. Mrs. Mary Ray Dunlop. and
!. Mr.. John b. Waters of New York city
, The ceremony took place Tuesday. Oc-
. tober .. at St. Anne's Episcopal Church
. Annapolis. Md, Rev. Joseph McComas
; officiating, in the presence OF the i'm
; mediate family and few friends Mr.
; and Mrs. Waters will be at home after
November 1. at Hampden. Chevy Chase
Md.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver and
, Miss Marion Oliver have returned to
, the city after spending the summer al
; their place at Murray Bay. Quebec.
Mrs. S. F. Zeigler of Baltimore. treas
, urer Of me Woman's Home and Forelgn
. Missionary Society of the Maryland
. Lutheran Synod, which held its annua
. conference in the Luther Place Memo
rial Church of this city last week, was
. the guest of Mrs. Charles J. Zeigler OF
. 909 Westminster street northwest.
Mrs. Bernard Walls entertained Fri
. tday at luncheon at her country home
. Brightview, Colesville, Nd, in honor OF
. Mrs. Waneta S. Elliott of Baltimore
. The other guests included Mrs. Her
. man Stroshon, Mrs. Frank Blaine, Mrs
, Mason p. Weller. Mrs. Elliott. Mrs
: Walls. Mrs. Joseph c. Whyte and Mrs
J. Kingsbury.
II Mr.. and Mrs Thomas W. DAILY OF
. Philadelphia spent the week end with Mr.
. and Mrs r. d. Klotz Of Capitol HILL
: Capt. Thomas B. Huyck has returned
? from Plattsburg, n. Y. where ne at
:. TENDED the Business Mems military
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