The Washington herald., 1915-08-14
Doings of Society


The Secretary Of War. Gen. George W.
Cocktails, Senator Ollie James and Com
missioner Oliver P. Newman took lunch
con at the Willard yesterday.
Other distinguished folk seen at lunch
con at the Willard yesterday We're Mr..
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Thomson. Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, Mrs. Lee. mother OF Robert
e. Lee. Sd. and daushter-in-law OF the
famous Confederate general
Mr.. j. E. Lefevre, secretary OF the
Panama Lega ton. left here yesterday for
New York Mr.. Lefevre sails today for
Cuba and Panama by the steamer Pas
torres.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron NJ. Parker and
their daughter, Miss Ruth Parker. OF this
city. will go to Baltimore this afternoon
To attend the wedding of their son. Mr..
Myron NJ. Parker. jr.. to Mrs. Martina
Manly-Jordan, daughter of Mrs. Lily
Tyson Elliott, which will take place at
Warwick, the picturesque country home
of Mrs. Elliott at Ellicott City.
The ceremony will be performed at s
o'clock in the evening. the Rev. Dr. Muir
ply, rector of st. Nichaers and All
Angels Church. OF this city. ofhciatins.
The bride will have no attendants, but
MT. hODert L. DoNe, Va eiiS S'NS' ~
Mr. Parker's best man.
The music room, where the wedding
will take place, Is to be decorated with
roses and other flowers grown on the
grounds at Warwick and the entire lower
floor will be decorated in similar
fashion.
Following the ceremony. which VIII De
witnessed only by the members OF the
two immediate families. seated supper
will be served. and later in the evening
Mr.. Parker and his bride will leave for
the North. where they will spend sew
eral weeks at Tobique Club. in New
Brunswick, Canada. The first week in
September they will be the guests for
some time of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roose-
Welt at the Lilacs. their summer home at
Sayyille On their return to this city
they will reopen Mr.. Jordan's former
home. in which they will establish them
selves for the winter.
Mrs. Jordan will wear an exquisite cos
tune of white crepe de chine, combined
with chiffon, a white picture hat and a
corsage bouquet of flowers.
Mr. Charles Warren, Assistant Attor-
new General of the United States, is
guest of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Bliss
at their Bar Harbor cottage. Devilstone.
Mrs. Marshall Ludington King, Of this
city, is spending the summer and early
autumn at Ben Venue, her country place
in Blue Ridge Mountains. near Front
Royal, Va.
Miss Lansing, who has been the guest
of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Lansing. left WASH
inston yesterday for her home in Water
town, n. Y.
Mr.. W. f. Hoover, of this city. is
spending several days at the York Hotel.
in New York City.
MIR. Allan McI.ane. jr, who. with
Mr. Seth Low second, Of New York,
Is motoring in the North, has ar
rived at Bar Harbor, where he has
Joined his parents and brother-Judge
and Mrs. Allan NcLane, and Mr.. James
/. McLane. jr.-at the Newport House.
Mr. Harry Dulaney Belt. Of Baltimore.
Nd, has been the guest for the last
en days of Mr.. Alvin Portner, of this
,ity. on his yacht. the Latonia- MT.
Portner and Mr.. Belt have their head
quarters at the Chamberlin. Old Point,
md expect to cruise for about week
onger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid Riley, of Beyce,
Va. are spending some time at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Mrs. Frank H. Whiting. of Philadel-
,hia. has been stopping in this city at
he Hotel Willard. She will leave short
" for Sweet Chalybeat Springs. Va,
where she will remain till the first week
n September.
Dr. E. Castelli, of New York, is spend
ng a few days at the Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Frank Moore Will
cave Washington August Is to spend
month in New Hampshire.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
franklin X Lane are expected to re-
urn to Washington today Mr.. and
Mrs. Lane have been in New York for
bout ten days, where they have made
series of visits.
Mrs. r. Keener and her daughters,
drs. Wilhelm and Miss Frances Keen
r. and her two granddaughters, Misses
da and Mildred Krebs, of this city. !