Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

Joshua Reynolds. Whistler. Sargent
and others.
Countess Alfonso p. Villa and Mrs.
George T. Brokaw will he partIci-
pants in the pantomime. Others in.
clude Mrs. L. Morris de Peyster. Mrs
Davidson. Mrs. Richard s. Hooker,
Miss Natalie Willard and Mr..
Lawrence Phelps Tower ID
Younger members of the colcn'
have taken up horseback riding. Those
riding include Miss Adelaide White
house. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Fitzhugh Whitehouse; Miss Meroe
Flint. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dutee
w. Flint; Miss Polly Easton. Miss
Laurette Robson. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Robson; Miss Eliza
beth Saunders. daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. Truman Laurence Saunders. and
Miss Janet Snowden, daughter of Mrs
Walter S. Davidson.
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Miss Elizabeth Stillman, daughter
of the late Charles Chauncey Stillman
IF East Sixty-Seventh street, and Miss
| Barbara Schieffelin, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Jay Schieffelin of
$40 Park avenue. who had cheerfully
accepted invitations recently to we'd
dingS about 200 miles apart, tried to
attend both with the help of an air.
| plane, but arrived too late for the
| second.
They were bridesmaids early in the
afternoon at the wedding of Miss
Marian Smith. daughter of II. Alexan.
der Smith, executive secretary of
| Princeton University. and H. Kennis-
| ton Twitchell. jr., of Brooklyn. That
wedding too place in Proctor Hall of
| the Graduate College, Princeton, the
| ceremony starting at 1890 pm.
| AT pm. the two young women
were to be bridesmaids at the wedding
OF Jane Davenport Cheney. daughter
| or j. d. Cheney, silk manufacturer.
and BENJAMIN Mclean Spock, which
was to take place in South Manches-
| ter, Conn. An inclosed 3-passenger
monoplane had been ordered from the
| Curtiss Flying Service, Inc. and was
to be at the field in Princeton at 2:3O
| pm. The two bridesmaids packed
travelling clothes and sent them to the
| field.
AS soon as they could leave the
wedding reception in Princeton they
raced to the field in a motor car and
changed their clothes. The airplane.
with NJ. M. Merrill as pilot, was wait
ing in readiness to start. DESPITE ar.
rangements made by the young women
and their haste in carrying them out,
1T was $50 pm. before they boarded
the monoplane.
AT 6:35 pm. Merrill brought the
plane down gently on the field of
| Hartford, Conn. A speedy motor car
mad been waiting at the field since
8 O'Clock and its chauffeur got under
way Immediately for South Man
chester as soon as the travellers had
| clambered out of the airplane and got
| into the car.
State troopers on motor g cycles
| cleared the streets of Hartford for
the passage of the motor car, but the
| speeding guests arrived at South Man.
chester just too late for the ceremony.
Ihey said they enjoyed their trip
| thoroughly.
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One of the most alluring of the
summer programs planned by society
folks, near the city. is the Venetian
| fete which will be held 1T Bay Shore.
Long Island, on July IA, Is and 16.
Practically all of the sixty or more
| booths have been assigned and several
workers are coming from as far out
on Long Island as Southampton.
Mrs. Malcolm Meachen and Miss
Genevieve Fox will assist Mrs. VIII.
liam Hyde of Babylon. at the tobacco
booth. Mrs. Charles Lanier Law.
renee and Mrs. Garland V. Hollins
VIII be in charge of the booth where
negligees can be bought. Mrs, Martin
L. Manton will be in charge of the
playground.
John B. Stewart has put in a large
order for hot dogs and Mrs. William
II. Slmonds is In charge of concessions.