Evening star., 1924-10-01

~ Court are gathering IN
L" Washington for the opening
4V1 of the court Monday, the
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft
reaching their home, on Wyoming
avenue. last evening, coming from
their summer place at Murray Bay.
Canada. Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Oliver
Wendell Holmes will arrive in Wash
. ington from Boston tomorrow. and
Mr. Justice and Mrs. Pierce Butler
are also arriving tomorrow, coming
from their home in st. Paul. Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Mckenna spent the
! Summer in Washington and have
their daughter, Mrs. Mckenna Pultz,
with them. Mr.. Justice Van Deventer
and Mrs. Van Deventer We're in Can
ada for several months, and are now
in their Sixteenth street home, while
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Sanford, Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Brandeis and Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Sutherland have
been in the Capital for some days.
Mr. Justice McReynolds spent the
greater part of the Summer here.
Congressional Families
Returning to Capital.
Representative and Mrs. James H.
MacLaferty will return to Washing
ton Saturday from their home, III
ment at the Congressional for the
Winter.
Mrs 1Ilman +. Parks. wire of Rep
resentative Parks of Arkansas, and
their little daughter have come to
Washington for the season and are
at Congress Hall.
Gen and Mrs. Frederic Abbot and
their daughters Miss Marion Abbot
and Miss Eleanor Abbot, have return
ed to Washington after spending the
summer at their cottage at Nonqult,
Mass.
Miss Beatrice Dehon, daughter of
Mrs William Dehon of Florida, and
niece of Gen. and Mrs. Abbot, will be
married October to Mr.. Joseph
Churchill of Florida. The ceremony
will be performed at st. Margaret 5
Church at noon and will be followed
by reception at the home of Gen.
and Mrs. Abbot The bride will be
given in marriage by her uncle and
her two cousins. the Misses Abbot.
will be bridesmaids. The two small
sons of Mrs. John r. Freeman will
be cushion bearers and Mrs. Freeman
will sing several solos
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Frederick Irving Cox will come
today from Hot Springs. Ark, and
Join Mrs. Cox in their home on Nine
teenth street. Mrs. Cox returned a
short time ago from Mercersburg, Pa.
where she went with her son, Mr..
James Houston Simpson Cox, who has
returned to his studies at the acad-
emy. Young Mr.. Cox will come home
for the week end.
Mrs. Cox will go to st. Louis in an
other ten days to visit her Son-in- la w
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wells
Rlodgett Priest. Mrs. Cox spent the
Summer in their home on Budd Lake,
n. j.
Mrs Warren Delano Robbins has
come to Washington and is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey Richardson
in their home at 1910 Sixteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson will en-
tertain company at dinner this
evening in compliment to Mrs. Rob
bins.
Miss Nourse announces the engage
ment of her niece, Miss Alice l.. Rams
burg of New York, to Mr.. James S.
Smyser of Boston. The wedding will
take place Saturday, October IS, at
the residence of Miss Nourse, 1929 z
street
Mrs. James NJ. Beck and her daugh-
ter. Miss Beatrice Beck, returned to
Washington this morning from New
York, where they have been since
they closed their Summer home al
Seabridge, n. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair have
closed Beacholm at Newport, where
they have been for the Summer, and
are at the Plaza in New York for d
few days on their way to Washing
ton for the Winter.
Maj and Mrs. Leonard Sparks have
gone to Fort Sill, Okla, where the
former has been transferred for duty
Maj. and Mrs. Sparks were married in
June, the latter formerly Mrs. kath-
arine Speer Cunningham.
Maj. and Mrs. Sparks will later be
Joined by the formers mother, Mrs
Sparks.
The marriage of Miss Virginia Jane
McSorley, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles d. McSorley, to Mr.. William
ID. Lockwood will take place We'd
neSday. October S. The ceremony will
be performed at. noon in the rectory
of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart by
Mgr. Mackin, and an informal break
fast and reception will follow in the
home of the brides parents on Mon
roe street
Miss McSorley will be attended by
her sister, Miss Cathryn McSorley, as
maid of honor, and Mr.. Martin Nc
Nierney will be best man.
Mrs. Robert w. Imbrie. widow Of