Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

nave fen1gged on their promise 70 wsu
ere the time appointed for the nupttals.
Miss Olga Jane Finney's engagement
to S. Elwood Hunt is the latest prom
ise-to-wed that has been called on OF
fcially. Others who have taken SINH
lar action are Miss Cynthia Edring-
ton OF Memphis. Tenn, who broke her
betrothal to Marion l.. J. Lambert, one
Of st. Louis wealthiest bachelors. and
Mrs. Annie Doneghy Boone ana b. NJ.
Polfack. who dissolved their engage
The parents of Miss Nancy Bakewell
astonished their world few months
ago by announcing that the engage
ment of their daughter to George Pm
ney had been terminated. Miss Belle
Harry vail; Miss EIoise Mcleod. who
has recently become Mrs Howard
Stevens. paved the way for her mar
riage by first retaining her promise
from Edward Laidley. who afterwaro
friends of Bruce Seldom. now happily
married, also. acknowledged them
selves in a constant state of uncer-
tainty as to whether his engagement
to Miss Frances Wickham Bryan, now
Mrs Seldom, was on or off. This en-
Ragement was in a continuous state Of
"off again, on again." and young SEQ
don passed from the certainty or the
engaged to the uncertainty OF the IN
engaged with degree OF lrregularltS
IndI cali DeSt Dc ~ Wv
tions of a grasshopper on red-hot
plate.
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Mrs. William H. Burwell of Sparta. Ga.
has accepted the craftsmanship FOR
Georgia Of the
The Ellen Wilson Ellen Wilson me
mortal fund for
Memorial Fund. the Christian edu-
cation Of mountain youth. the memorial
perpetuating the memory OF the late Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, whose service to the
mountain people was one Of many phil
anthropies urged by her.
The accumulation of the fund has be
gun, and at the meeting of the state
chairman and the general board in the
early fall Mrs. Elkin will make a re-
port Of the fund so far collected and the
direction the work has already taken.
The purpose OF the Ellen Wilson me-
mortal is to give scholarships to worthy
boys and girls Of the mountains in the
schools already built for them. Two
thousand dollars endows a scholarship for
life and entities the donor to name the
school to be the beneficiary Of the en-
dowment
With Mr.. Bayard Tuckerman as auc-
tioneer when Mrs Larz Anderson's six
year-old mare was
New Tdeas af sold at auction at
the Naval Y. M. C.
Charity Fete. A. festival, which
was held last Wednesday at Miss Ravens
Of the afternoon program was at its
height. The mare fell to the highest bid
der, who was Mr.. Samuel D. Warren, who
ran the price for her up to between $400
and $500. Miss Ravens estate attracted
large numbers Of people, who were
generous patrons. The grounds were
beautifully decorated, besides being set
With various tents, which were used fol
amusement purposes and as booths, where
articles Of many kinds were on sale. DR..
Marshal Fabyan directed the side shows
One Of the most interesting novelties was
a small collection of dolls which was
brought to this country by Mrs. John
Gardner Coolidge, who has lately arrived
here from Paris in charge Of valuable art
treasures that were the gift Of French
artists to the United States in recognition
Of the kindly benefactions Of Americans
to the French war sufferers. Tags on the
dolls bore the names Of the wounded
French soldiers who made them. Other
attractions included the concert which
was given by the bands from the battle
ships New Jersey and Georgia, which
were anchored Off the North Shore a bat
talon drill. a setting-up drill by a COM
pany Of bluejackets, bayonet exercises by
q company Of marines, tug-of-war be-
tween two teams Of bluejackets In the
evening there was cabaret show.