Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-03
SOCIAL MATTERS.
ANotable Wedding at st. John's-Where
wen-Known People Spend the Summer.


wen-Known People Spend the Summer.
Old ST. Johns Church was the scene Of a
notable wedding at o'clock today. The bride,
Miss Lstitia Aldrich. q very talented and pop
uIar Young lady. was escorted to the altar by
her uncle, Senator Stewart of Nevada, and was
received by the groom, Mr.. Rounncesville
Widman of Boise City. Idaho. and DIR.
Douglass. who performed the ceremony. Sen
ator Stewart gave the hand OF the bride In
marriage. There were no bridesmaids. The
bride wore q dainty travelling dress of silver
gray cloth. and the panels and sides OF the
bodice were Of gray silk, brocaded in pat
tern of Wild flowers. The sleeves were full
aud high. and the Grecian drapery that
was the unusual feature of the dress
was Of the cloth and was fastened with pearl
buckles. The gray hat was OF French straw.
faced with dove-colored velvet and trimmed
with gray and white flowers and gray ribbons,
and had a most captivating curve that was very
becoming to the brides happy face. She wore
pearl gray gloves and carried a bouquet of
white water lilies. The parasol WAS Of gray silk
brocade, with handle of oxidized silver. The
groom wore a morning suit of gray cloth, a
Prince Albert coat over trousers of lighter
shade, and q white rose in his coat
Mrs. Stewart wore superb toilet Of
golden brown gauZe and silk, with bonnet 10
match. At the close of the service Mr.. and
Mrs. Wildman walked down the aisle
to the music of the Lohengrin wedding
march. followed by Senator and Mrs.
Stewart and other intimate friends. The bride
and groom stood for n short while in the
church vestibule and received the congratula-
tions of their friends. From the church the
newly welded couple drove to the railway
station and started for Elmira TO visit the
grooms friends. Then they go west to Boise
City. where Mr. Wildman edits and owns the
Idaho Salesman. After making arrangements
TO leave their affairs they will go to Singapore,
whore Mr.. Widman has been appointed to
United States consulate. Among the witnesses
at the church were Mrs Hearst, Miss Bayard,
Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. III. Gibson. Miss Biddls.
Mrs. Dolph. Gen. and Mrs. and the Misses
Payne. Mr.. Gresham. DR.. r. c. Fisher. Senator
Hiscock, Dr. Wyman Secretary Blaine. Mr.. Allen.
Mrs. C. c. Townsend. Miss Juliette Townsend,
Mrs. Lafferty, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Reagan. Mrs.
Moore. Mrs. Squire. Miss Decca. Miss E. b.
johnson. Mr.. Brice Mr.. Hemphill Miss Edes.
Mrs J. 7. Jones. Miss Mildred Fuller. Mrs J.
B. Henderson. Col II. II. Hinton. Miss Black
burn. Col l.. Q. c. Washington, Maj. Davis of
ST. Paul and Mrs Senator Davis. Admiral
Jouett, Mrs and Miss Bigelow and Maj. Geo.
Armes. The ushers were Mr.. W. A. L.
Gresham and DIR. Wyman. who wore morning
toilets and boutonneres of sweet-scented
carnations in white. The organist WAS MIR. +.
Z. Camp.
Miss Ella whiteside has left the city on a visit
to friends in Louisville, Ky.
Admiral and Mrs. Queen will spend the sum-
mer at Deer Park. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Morgan and Miss
Maud Morgan of New York city will arrive in
town today and will be the guests over Wednes-
day of Dir. and Mrs. A. s. Pratt
The Misses Shellabarger, daughters of Judge
Shellabarger. have left the city to spend the
summer in their old home and among relatives
and friends IN Springfield Ohio. Senator
Blackburn and family will spend the summer
IN their new place at Como Lake, NJ.
I.
Fannie Stuart Wilson will take place very
quietly at st. Andrews p. f. Church on Thurs
dsy. the 5th inst. Only the immediate fami-
lies will be present at the ceremony.
Pay Director LOCKER has been advised by his
physician to spend some time at the seashore.
He is at Virginia Beach, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, and not at Norfolk, as
stated.
Mrs Gadsby and Miss Bertha Richardson
have returned from Richmond and have with
them Miss Pattie Lynch of Cloverly. near
Richmond, where they have been visiting.
The graduating class at the Annapolis Naval
Academy have issued invitations for fare
well bail to be given June 6. A number of
guests from Washington will attend.
Miss Ida Brown of Capitol Hill has gone to
Annapolis to be the guest of Prof. and Mrs.
Thompson until after the Naval Academy grad
uating exercises
Admiral Colhoun and family have gone to
Takoma Park for the summer.
ST. Paul's Church. Alexandria, was the scene
OF pretty ceremony today. The occasion was
the wedding Of one of Alexandrias fair daugh-
ters, Miss Ellen Moore Fowle to Mr. James
Campbell of England. The church was pro-
fusely decorated with towering plants and cut
flowers and crowded with the friends of the
contracting parties. The BRIDE petite blonde,
was becominglv attired in a dove gray travel
ing dress trimmed with white gros grain silk
with steel passementerie. She was accompanied
by her brother. George A. Fowle, who gave
her away. There were no bridesmaids but
Miss Sallie V. Daingerfield acted as maid of
honor and little Emile Elliot and Mary Dain-
gerheld were the flower girls. The groom's
brother. Mr.. Allen Campbell. was best man.
The ushers were Messrs. Leonard Gibbs j. E.
Jones. L. N. H. Lees, Thomas Campbell and
John ID. Hooe. After the wedding an i'm
promptu reception was held and the happy
couple left on the LOO train for an extended
trip through the north. During the day the
bride received a beautiful letter Of congratu-
latlons from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who was I'M
able TO be present
Last evening was the scene Of pretty home
wedding, the contracting parties being Miss
L. Kate Gore, one of Washington's popular
seventh grade teachers, and Mr.. George W.
rogers OF Baltimore. The ceremony took
place at the home of the bride. Sl2 2lst street
northwest, DIR. E. W. Gibson officiating. The
Aat &c uodoie pdfiOFs were taste1ully decorated
with evergreens and cut flowers. The presents
were numerous and handsome. Mr.. and Mrs
Rogers left on the 10 pm. train for an extended
trip north.
Mr.. J. karr and daughter, Miss Julia A. Karr.
accompanied by Miss Kate Eberly, sail on
Wednesday morning for Europe.
The ladies in the city who have been at any
time connected with the Western Female Sem
mary at Oxford, Ohio, are invited to meet at
the residence of Mrs. John b. Wight, 943
street northwest, Wednesday afternoon, June
4 at o'clock, to organize a branch of the
Alumne Association for the CITY of Washing