Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

ANNAPOLIS, Md, August 1.-The
midshipmen of the second class have
their second ORA series OF Summer
hops this evening, which occasions
many visitors in town over the week
end.
One of the most charming enter
tainmentS of the Summer season was
a buffet supper party given last Sun
day evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus
Stokes, jr., at their home on South
River. The guests were Lieut.. Comdr.
and Mrs. Lynde Mccormick, Capt. and
Mrs. Edward H. H. Old, Lieut.. Comdr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Wild, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Morton, Capt. and Mrs. VIII
liam j. Giles, Mrs. Robert Cabaniss.
Mrs. Mason Porter Cusachs, Mr.. and
Mrs Allen Bowie Howard. Miss Mar
guerite CuSachS, Mrs. woodward Phelps
Mr.. Mason Terry, Mr.. Walter Hudson
and Mr. Bradley Davidson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes left Tuesday for
New York, where they will pass sew
eral days with friends before sailing
Friday for Europe, where they will be
for several months.
Wednesday evening Miss Nan Farrell
entertained at bridge party in honor
of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Farrell, wife
of Lieut.. Joseph A. Farrell, jr. The
guests were Mrs. E. N. Jackson, Mrs.
George Wilkes, Mrs. Frank Monroe, jr.;
Mrs. Edward Turner, Mrs. w. C..
Schultz, Mrs. Scrymgeour, Mrs. Thomas
Turner Mrs. Joseph w. Ludewig, Mrs.
Edmund-Taylor, Mrs. John E. Pixton,
Mrs. Russell, Miss Clair Green, Miss
Lillian Sheehan and Miss Emily Wood
ward
Lieut.. and Mrs Farrell have recently
come from the West Coast and will
occupy an apartment on Hanover street.
Mrs. Duane DuBarry, after spending
several days as the guest of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Edward N Rich, at their home. Maui
mana, near Annapolis, has returned TO
her home in New York.
Miss Priscilla Stockwell and her
brother, Mr. Melville Stockwell of
Wardour, after spending several days
on their cruiser Kelpie, have returned
to their home They had with them
as their guests Lieut.. and Mrs. William
Thayer.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs John H.
Falge of Quantico, Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Walter of San Francisco,
Calf, have been the guests for the
past week Of Comdr.. and Mrs. Philip
Van Horn Weems at their home on
Murray Hill.
Mis- Emma Merrick, mother of Prof.
Roderick S. Merrick of the Naval Acad-
envy department of English, left few
days ago for Cleveland, Ohio, to spend
several weeks with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Merrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Delbert Kyle of
Cabinelle, on Severn Side Farm. an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Jessie Ann to Mr.. Carl WirtS. son
of DR.. c. Wilmer WirtS of Pitts
burgh, Pa The wedding will take
place the latter part of August. Mr..
and Mrs. Romilly F. HumphrieS an
nounce the birth of a son Tuesday,
July 81, at the Hospital for Women of
Maryland, in Baltimore. Mrs. Hum
phries, before her marriage, was Miss
Jean Valentine Cotton. She is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick j.
Cotton of Boston and San Rocco, Water
bury, near Annapolis.
Mrs Philip r. Alger has returned to
her home on Southgate avenue after a
weeks visis to her Son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Vogdes,
in White Plains, N. Y.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. John Harri-
son Colhoun, after passing four months
in Europe. have returned to their home,