The Washington times., 1924-05-29
PLANS A BRIEF
EUROPEAN
TOUR

Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt will
sail on June IL for q short trip to
Europe and while she il abroad
Will join her son-in.law and dauEh.
ter, the Honorable and Mrs. J. r.
A. Cecil, who are at present travel.
ling on the Continent. A story
from Asheville brings news that
Mrs. Vanderbilt has decided to reside
permanently in western North
Carolina. When the Biltmore estate
becomes the property Of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. John Francis Amherst
Cecil, on her twenty.fifth birthday
In August, 1925, 1t is quite likely
that Mrs. Vanderbilt's own home
will be ready for occupancy, as a
site comprising one hundred acres
overlooking the Biltmore Forest
Club course is under consideration.
The property was formerly part
OF the vast estate and is situated a
mile from Biltmore House. The
Cecils, will return here in August
and Mr.. Cecil will assume the
management Of his wife's extensive
holdings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Root arrived
at the Willard today and expect to
remain in Washington four days.
Mr.. Root will receive one Of the
Roosevelt Memorial Medals for dis.
tinguished service to be distributed
by President Coolidge on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry
and the Misses Gerry have gone
from New York to Newport for the
season and opened Seaverge yester-
day. There is a rumor current that
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Ger.
ry are thinking of spending the
summer in Newport this year, and
that there is a possibility Of their
taking the Ogden Mills estate on
Bellevue 4 avenue, near Seaverge.
Senator j.. and Mrs. Gerry usually
spend part Of every summer at
their estate at Warwick Neck, r. I.
MRS. HARDING VISITING
OLD HOME IN MARION.
Mrs. Harding, who has been max.
ing her home at the Willard since
January, has gone to Marion, Ohio,
for q visit.
Miss Margaret T Wilson has re-
turned to New York after short
visit with Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
She was previously the guest. with
Mrs. Wilson, of Col. and Mrs. Ed.
ward +. Brown, at The Caverns,
Newmarket, Va.
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Hutchi.
son entertained at luncheon today
in Admiral Hutchison's quarters at
the Navy Yard for Miss Cornelia
Truxton, Of Norfolk, who is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Frank Brumby,
Miss Mary Plodden Herman, Of
New York, IL visiting Admiral and
Mrs. Hutchison.
Miss May Taylor, who will be
one Of the attendants at the mar.
rage Of Miss Emma Stitt and Lieu.
tenant Robert Walton Fleming on
June 8, will entertain the bridal
party at buffet supper tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 8. Parker have
gone to New York and are staying
at the Hotel Majestic.
Il Il
Mrs. Truxtun BAale. who is now
In New York, will leave there today
for her home at San Raphael, Calf,
where she will remain during the
summer.
MISS PECKHAM TO WED
IN ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.
Miss Margaret Macdonald Peck.
ham, daughter Of Mr.. ami Mrs.
George Lewis Peckham, and Charles
Sidney Forbes, son OF Mrs. Mar.
garet A. Forbes, will be married at
5 o'clock this afternoon in st.
Stephens Episcopal Church, the
Reverend Doctor George Fiske Dud-
ley officiating, assisted by the
Reverend Thomas d. Windiate, Of
Kensington, Md.
The bride will be. given IN mar.
riaee by her father and will be
attended by her cousin, Miss Anna
Simon, as maid OF honor, and her
nieces. Ruth and Leithia May Peck.
ham, as flower girls.