Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-16
SOCIAL MArTEks.
Brilliant wedding of Miss Porter snd CsVs
Campb~il-Pcruonai Mention.

memorable event IN tNt uuItAatr W rtrt~% -
mt the capital was the marriage last night IN me
Church Of the Ascension, at so'clock, OF MIS-
Elena Porter, the Youngest daughter OF Adrnirsi
and Mrs. Porter. and MIR. Charles II. Campbeh,
son Of the late Mr.. Archibald Campbell One
Of the largest churches in the city was thrcnged
20 witness the ceremony. Outside the building
the streets were filed with carriages and the
sidewalks with people awaiting the arrival and
departure Of the bridal party. tso'clock Dr.
Douglas of ST. Johns Church appeared upon
the steps o. the pslm-embowercd chancci, and
the sexton from ST. Johns waved a handker-
chief from the back of the church \ signal
Tor the organist 20 begin the we'd
ding march. for the bride and her
maids were at the door. The bridesmaids
had met AZ the residence Of Mr.. Myer and the
BRIDE had called for them there in her carriage
ana led the procession 10 the church. The
bridal party moved mp the broad sisle 90 the
hrst stralits of the music of the march from
'iohcngrin. and women stood upon the back
benches the better Ca them. The ushers,
who were Maj. Turnbuu Of the first artillery,
Col Kellogg. Lieut.. Vim. III. Cowles 81 the Des-
patch, Ensign Slidell Rodgers. Lieut. Selfridge.
Mr.. Clifford Richardson. Mr.. Woodbury. Lowerv.
MI Charles Mctawley. MIR. Hugh Legare, Mr..
uuillard Hunt and Mr.. Arthur Addison, walked
hrst They were all i'm evening dress. wearing
white gloves and boutonnieres az lilies Of the
valley. the brides favors. Next came the
bridesmaids. who were Miss Nellie Hunt
Miss Louise hof. Miss Stoughton. Miss
Nate Myer, Miss Sheriff.. Miss Audenreid. Miss
Elsa Mcheevcr and Miss lydia Biddle; then
the best man. MIR. Archibald Campbell. the
cousin Of the groom. and the groom with he
lovely bride eNpectant upon his arm. Every
BODY knes that Miss Porter would make a lovely
pride ana II WIS a suppressed murmur Of pleased
surprise that rose all over the house the pic
Iute OF supreme bridal beauty passed before it
me bridal dress made Of clear white satin
Win round train and completely yeiled In
wilte tulle. The front was festooned with a
beautiful garland Of long stemmed orange bios
SONS bodice sas cut low and sleeveless and
edged with silver cord. and across the BODY
from the left shoulder 90 the waist line was
oorder OF silver with true lovers knot az either
emu, ana there WAS a bunch Of orange bios
SONS on the shoulder. The tnlle veil that
iel all about her figure was fastened
IN her couture with wreath Of orange bios
SONS. and she carried m her gloved hands q
large bouquet of cornelia Cook roses and lilies
OF the valley. The bridal party grouped enec-
uveiy within the chancel. The bridesmaids,
all well-known bellies in society. were in re-
splendent ball room toilets. The dresses Of
white satin and tulle We're made with iemi-
trains anu decolettc bodices. Four of them
wore PINK ribbons and pink wreaths and car
rled punches of la France roses. two wore
garmtures OF blue ribbons and blue wreaths
and two wore mauve ribbons and mauve
"reaths, and they carried bouquets Of Ameri-
can beauty roses. Mai. Turnbull gave the
hand Of the bride in marriage and then the
prldei tram passed ont Of the church 60 the
grand triumphal march of Mendelssohn The
bride drove "a her fathers house where
she changed her bridal robes for a travel
ing dress OF blue serge. and the groom
joined her there after having donned
MS travelling snit. and they went away
ON their wedding journey. Among the
witnesses Of the ceremony were Mrs. Me-
bee. Mrs. Dimmick and Mrs. Elbridge
Il. Gerry from the White House. escorted bv
Dr. Ruth. C.S.N.: Secretary Window. Miss
Wanamaker. Minister de strive. Mrs Camp
bell. Dr. and Mrs. Rosse. Admiral Jouett. Ad-
miral and Mr.. Queen. Admiral and Mrs Crosby,
Gen. and Mrs. Rochester, Lieut.. and Mrs
Staunton. Lieut.. and Mrs. r. VI. q. Brown. Mr..
Sevellon Brown.the Corean minister the Misses
james. Gen. Gard Mr.. James Morrill,. Gen. and
Mrs. McCook, senator Henderson, Mrs. Cock
rel, Miss Bliss. Mr.. pheniA, Mr.. l.. Tiffany
Mr.. and Mrs. kearney Warren. Mrs. and Miss
Bispham, the Countess Esterhazy, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. j. c. Walker. Miss Ames. Miss Keenan,,
Capt. and Mrs. A. 4. Tyler. Gen. and Mrs.
Greedy. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank tiordon. Mrs and
the Misses Letter, Mr.. Blair Lee. Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Thompson Harris. Dr. and Mrs. r. A.
Magruder. Mrs. +. H. Loring. Lieut.. Bucking-
ham. Col. and Miss Ernst. Baron won Sternberg.
Mrs Lloyd Magruder. Mr.. Washington. Lieut..
Ager. Mrs. and Miss Berry. Mr.. ". v. X. Berry,
Commander Hoff. Con. Mckeeyer and Gen.
Anderson. On their return 10 the city. which
| will be sometime during Christmas week, Capt.
| at No. 1879 DeSales street. Mrs. Campbell re-
ceived a large number of handsome we'd
ding gifts about 200 i'm all. There are ITO
| pieces of solid gold and silver. and among the
| sixty pieces of beautiful china are a set Of
| plates from Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen. Among
| the odd things received Is large gold
| ladle, the gift of Mrs. senator McPherson.
| The handle is finished with repousse pattern
| OF roses and leaves. and in the bottom Of the
bowl is imbedded a twenty-dollar gold piece
thsh flH her
| very handsome toilets and costumes for street
| and house wear. dainty CONNECTIONS of silk and
lace and rich combinations of cloth and fur
| Captain and Mrs. Campbell will be rendered a
round of festivities ON their return by their
host of friends here that will only be closed by
the advent OF the Ienten season.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Barry Buckley have returned
to the city and are located at 1926 30th street.
Mrs. Cal Mcdonald, treasurer general. enter
| tanned the officers of the Society of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution at her residence,
| 15l4 II street. last evening in a charming man.
ner. Mrs. Greedy, Mrs. Earle, Mrs. Justice
| Field. Mrs. Leo kusett, Mrs. Gen. Shields and
Miss Storie accepted their appointments on the
finance and auditing committees. The occa-
sion was semi-oficial. but proved ENJOYABLE
socially and was highly appreciated by all.
Mrs. Darling read business orders and regu-
lations TO be adopted by the board of mana
gers, which is called to meet at the residence o.
Mrs. Cabell December %. at IL am. The gen.
eral meeting February - viii be one OF special
interest, the Sons of the American Bevolu-
tion have accepted an invitation 10 be present.
Mrs. Stires and Miss Stires. who have been
| at the Langham for several weeks. have gone
| to their home in Norfolk for the holidays.
Mrs. NJ. =. Miles. Miss Cecilia Miles and Mas
/ ter sherman Miles are guests al the Shoreham.
Mrs. Miles is the wife Of Gen. Nelson A. Miles,.
United States army. and for the flint time in
many wears renewed her acquaintance with
| Washington and her many friends here. SLe
| will probably q, main several weeks before ne
| turning 10 her Chicago home.
Mira. DIR. Vim. Mercer Sprige Will he NJ homo
TO her friends on Fridays in January, No. 81
ii street northwest.
Hon. q. W, Tenant of Troy, Ny, member
Of the New York legislature. accompanied by
| his wife is spending few dAys nj The LANDAU
prior TO his departure for Florida, where 10
will go for the benefit OF has health.
| Miss Alice Wakefield of Boston. who for some
time mas been living in Washington. mar
| ried YESTERDAY 60 Mr.. Albert III. Blckford, Q
| prominent and successful business man Of the
| same city. The ceremony was performed IN
| the Congregational Unitarian Church of Boz
ton by Rev. Minot J. Savage. Mrs. hckford is
the granddaughter of Rev. l. &. Carpenter and
great granada ghter Of the late Hon. Nathan
Cody OF Massachusetts.