Evening star., 1927-04-24
ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY

SeddOn 1aliafeff0 OF ROCk springs
Wyo.. entertained at a large reception
Monday evening in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Reese on Cameron street, in
honor of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, for
mer Governor of Wyoming Mrs
Frank Mccormick of Berryville. sis
ter of Mrs. Reese and Mrs Taiiaferro
and the latter's daughter-inlaw, Mrs
William Ramsay Taliaferro of Pitts
burgh. assisted in receiving. In the
dining room Mrs. d. Mauchlin Niven
Mrs. G. William Wattles, Mrs. Charles
llllett Cahell. Mrs. William J. Morton
Mrs. John Hunton Foster, Mrs. Henry
S. Wattles and Miss Fanny Herbert
alternated in serving refreshments. as.
sisted by Miss Mary Ramsay Brown
Of Portsmouth Va; Miss Halle Tai.
iaferro and Miss Peggy Carey of st.
Hilda's Hall, Charles Town, w. Va;
Miss Eloise Young of Georgetown.
Miss Mary Hunt Roberts, Miss Kitty
Reese, Miss Charlotte Kemper, Miss
Eleanor Leadbeater. Miss Frances
Bowie Cox. Miss Sarah Cox and Miss
Dorothy Morton
Mrs. Ross, Mrs. T. Seddon Talia-
ferro, Mrs. William Ramsay Talta,
ferro and Miss Kitty Reese went to
Fredericksburg Tuesday and were
guests of honor at a luncheon given
ton. Mrs Ross left Wednesday to
visit friends in Willles-Barre, Pa, and
will return to Washington to be the
guest of Senator and Mrs. John b.
hendrick Of Wyoming before leaving
for her home.
Rev William Ambrose Brown, d. D.,
and Miss Mary Ramsay Brown have
gone to their home in Portsmouth,
Va, after a visit to DR.. Browns sis
ter-in-law. Mrs. Robert NJ. Reese.
Or. and Mrs. William NJ. Sturges
have returned to their home in Mar
shall, Va, after a visit to their daugh-
fer Miss Hebe Carter Sturges.
Miss Emily Semple Of St Agnes
School spent the week end with her
mother, Mrs. f. +. Semple, in Hamp-
ton. Va
Miss Nancy Wattles entertained her
bridge club Tuesday afternoon in her
home on Prince street. when those
playing We're Mrs. William r. Sims
and Miss Phoebe Fuller of Washing
Eton, Mrs Ferguson Bryan, Mrs. Archie
Randolph, Mrs. Edwin Graham, Mrs.
Curtis Is. Backus, Miss Sara Gertrude
Perrine, Miss Ellen Burke, Miss Eliza
beth Ramage Miss Susan Leary, Mrs.
Douglas Lindsey and Miss Lucy An
Cierson. Following the games Miss
guests at tea in honor Of Miss Sara
Perrine. whose marriage to Mr.. Wal
ton G. Ferris of Milwaukee took place
in Washington yesterday.
Miss Susan Leary entertained at
luncheon and bridge Monday in her
home on Duke street in honor of Miss
Perrine.
Mrs. Harry Randolph Burke has re-
turned from Omaha, to which city she
l1ourneyed recently to attend the we'd
ding Of her son, Mr.. Gordon Trist
Burke. to Miss Cornelia Lee Baum,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Baum. Mr.. Edward Vandeventer of
Washington accompanied Mrs. Burke
and was best man at the wedding,
(which took place Tuesday.
The Junior Dancing Club gave
dance Monday evening at the studio
of Miss Mary Cabell on North Fairfax
lstreet. Those present were Miss Nellie
Sommers. Miss Mary Saunders, Miss
EVELYN Pickett, Miss Barbara Snow,
Miss Louise Dinwiddie, Miss Frank
Wood Smoot, Miss Margaret Eggborn,
Miss Elsie Cole, Miss Pauline Hum
phreys, Mr.. Herbert Francis, Mr..
George Fletcher, Mr.. Harry Shaffer,
Mr.. Thornton Goods, Mr.. Donald King,
Mr.. Marshall Beverley. Mr.. Clyde c.
Lamond. jr.; Mr. John Slater Lamond,
Mr.. Robert Schneider, Mr.. Trainham
Houston. Mr.. Waller smith. Mr.. Tracy
Aitcheson. Mr.. Kirk Lindsey, Mr..
Charles Elicit Cabell, jr.; Mr.. Charles
Horne, Mr.. Parke Ticer, Mr. Lindsey
Schwarzmann, Mr.. Jack Doniphan,
Mr.. Joe Blackwell and Mr.. Allen
Dennis.
An announcement of interest in Al
exandria, where the bride-to-be has
number of relatives, and throughout
the South was made last week by Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Howell of Atlanta of
the engagement of the latter's daugh-
ter, Nanny Carr, to Mr.. William
Thomas Healey. also of Atlanta. Miss
Carr is the daughter of the late Mr..
Julian s. Carr, jr., and granddaughter
of the late Gen. Julian S. Carr, former
comma nander-in-ch of the United Con-
federate Veterans. She is a graduate
of Miss Shipley's School in Bryn
Mawr. Pa, and also of Bryn Mawr
College. Mr.. Healey attended Andover
Academy and later was graduated
from Princeton. He was member of
the American track team at the Olym-
pic games in Paris in 1924. The we'd
ding win be late in June.
Mrs. Henry s. Dunbar, jr., who
has recently returned from visit to
JIleOQS
guest last week of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Winslow H. Randolph.
The Easter dance of the Old Do
minion Boat Club was given at the
club house Monday evening. The
Chaperons We're Mrs. Walter Tancil
Oliver of Fairfax, Mrs. William j.
Morton, Mrs Charles NJ. Shepperson,
Mrs. A. G. Warwick and Mrs. Ethan
Allen Jones. The committee in charge
was composed of Mr.. Brouce Burke,
Mr.. Elmer Duncan. Mr.. Robert G.
.'Whitton, Mr.. John Curtin, Mr.. Urban
S. Lambert, jr., and Mr.. r. L. Jami-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Dudley and
their small son, Walter Dudley, were
week end guests Of Mr. Dudley's
mother, Mrs. Eugenia Dudley, in
Rappahannock County.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Smoot
are spending several weeks in Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Baker of
Athens, Ohio, were guests last week
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barker Barrett
and the latter's daughter. Miss
Dorothy HaycOck, have returned from
Fort Myers, Fla, where they spent
she Winter.
Mrs. Catherine Nelson of Hunting.
ton. Mass, is visiting her sonin.law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
Doyle.
Mrs. F. j. Fitzgerald and her chill
dren have returned from a visit to
relatives in Columbus, Ohio
Mr.. Theodore Marker Of New York