Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Miss Helen
Patten and DR.. Charles C. Swisher.,

Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Miss Helen
Patten and DR.. Charles C. Swisher..
Mrs. Henry A. Wiley and Miss Roberta
Wiley. who have been visiting at New
York. have returned to Washington. Miss
Elizabeth Wiley has gone to Portland,
Ore, for six-week visit.
Mrs. Dapray, wife of Maj. Dapray, will
be at home informally Wednesdays in
February.
Mrs. James A. Rumble entertained at
! luncheon today, in compliment to Miss
I Elaine Fitzhugh Powell. whose marriage
| to Mr.. Heiskell will take place tomorrow.
The decorations were in pink tulips
and covers were laid for eight.
! The guests included Mrs. Francis Au-
guste Millott of Pittsburgh, Pa; the
Misses Heiskell, Mrs. William Laird Dun
| lop, jr., Mrs Warren Hunt and Miss
Janet Thurston Powell of Leesburg, Va
! Mr.. and Mrs William F. Dennis are
leaving for Atlantic City today to spend
a week.
Miss Dorothy Bertholf left Sunday for
| New Haven, Conn, to attend the Yale
prom and several other large affairs to
be given there this week.
Although no formal announcement is
forthcoming at present. Count Johann
| Won Bernstorf, until recently German
amba ssador to the United States. and
Countess Won Bernstorff are telling
their friends of the engagement of their
| only daughter, Countess Louise Alexan-
dra PourtaieS. widow of Count Raw
mona Pourtales. to Prince Lowenstein.
said to be a member of one of the
med1atiZed houses of Germany The
wedding will take place. in the spring
Prince Lowenstein, who is a Bavaria1
is a bachelor and is thirty-six or thirtv
seven years old.
| AS Countess Louise Alexandra Won
Bernstorf Countess Pourtales was pre-
scented to society in Washington in
1910 and became a great favorite. Her
marriage to Count PourtaIes, then an
attache of the German embassy here.
took place early in 1911 in the Con-
cordia Lutheran Church, with Miss
Helen TAFT as one of the bridesmaids
and a brilliant assemblage present Two
years later the count was transferred
| to Berlin.
| The count was one of the early vic
TINS of the war, dying. it is said, as the
| result of exposure in the trenches. The
countess has two children. one born
after her husbands death. She has been
in Germany throughout the war. and
has been active in Red Cross work
Mrs. George NJ. Young entertained at
luncheon today in compliment to Miss
Grace Gronna, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Gronna. whose marriage to Mr..
| Carl w. Lewis of North Dakota will
take place FeDruary
Spring flowers formed the decoration
and the guests included the daughters
of the members of the North and South
Dakota delegation and several other
friends of the bride-elect.
A musical program will be given later
in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gerry, Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Miss
Ethel Hartman were among the guests
| at the dinner dance given last night
| by Mr.. Percy r. Pyne. I'd. at Sherry's.
| Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury of Phila-
delphia is at Miami on board her yacht,
the Swordfish. and will be joined by Mr.
Stotesbury Wednesday. They expect to
pass February cruising among the Keys.
and will go to Palm Beach for March.
| Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, who is cruis-
! ing in southern waters. has started for
Tampa on board his houseboat. the Ever
| glades to meet Mrs. Thompson, Miss
| Hilda Sykes Mr.. and Mrs. Poultney Bige.
| low and Miss Dorothy Watts.
| Miss Imogen Baugher of Baltimore will
arrive tomorrow, to be the guest Of Mrs.
William M. Alexander for several weeks
/ Miss Baugher is a niece Of Mrs. Francis
NJ. Chisolm of this city.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement Of Miss Viola Burden.
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bur-
i dep of Dubuque. Iowa, and Los Angeles,
lCal., to Lieut.. Alexander Long James,
jr., 18th Cavalry. U. S. A. The wedding