Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-26
SOCIAL MATTERS.


MOVES OF Interest.
Today at high noon . large company of
friends witnessed the marriage at the Cen
trai Presbyterian Church Of Miss Leta B.
Copeland and Mr.. Jesse Hartwen McCalley.
formerly Of Fredericksburg, but now Of
this city. The bride and Mrs. Heard.
wife Of Hon. ]. L. Heard Of st. Louis, are sis
tiers, and 1t was from the latter house, 814 New
Jersey avenue, where abe has resided, that she
went to be married. The ushers, all Freder-
icksburg men. were Mr.. c. G. Rodgers, Mr. G..
:. Elliott. Mr.. J. N. Monroe, Mr.. e. N. Campbell,
Mr.. Norman Elliott and Mr.. N. 8. franklin.
They all wore boutonnieres Of lilies of the val
ley to match the brides flowers. When the
bride entered the church she was escorted by
Mr.. Heard. Miss Grace Nesbit of Alexandra
was the maid of honor. Mr.. p. N. Woodford
was best man. Rev. A. W. Pitzer performed
the ceremony, using the Episcopal form.
The bride wore . travelling dress of mauve
broadcloth, made with long coat. Her hat
matched in color and her bouquet WAS Of lilies
Of the valley Miss Nesbit, the maid of honor
wore light gray cloth gown that had . vest Of
heliotrope velvet and there was . touch of
helio.rope in her hat. There was no reception
after the ceremony, as Mr.. and Mrs. Heard
have their house almost dismantled. % they in
tend to start tomorrow for st: Louis. The
bride and groom went direct to the station, and
they are to make tour of the north and east
When they return they will commence house.
keeping on Capitol Hill. Among those at the
wedding were Senator and Mrs. Cockren, Mr.
and Mrs. B. II. Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. G.
and Mrs o. G.: Staples and Mr.. and Mrs. White
head. Last night Mr.. and Mrs. Heard gave the
wedding party an elegant supper.
Mrs. Morton returned home yesterday from
the south with her daughters and was driving
yesterday afternoon with the Vice President.
Mrs. Morton has taken much interest in and
her name now heads the list of patronesses for
the tableaux next Thursday night at Wizards
Hall, in which 80 many prominent society
ladies will appear. A rehearsal of the leading
parts was held this afternoon. In the musical
program Miss Nellie Hunt, Miss Amy Hare,
Miss Gordon and Miss Jane Beali will take part
under the direction of Mrs. Charles T. Hutch
ms. Mrs. p. s. Sheridan, Mrs. Fucker and
Mrs. Kearney are also patronesses.
Mrs. Noble had her friend Mrs. Dickinson to
spend the afternoon yesterday with her and
many callers dropped in after o'clock.
Mrs. NJ. E. Head has issued invitations to the
marriage Of her daughter Ada to Mr. Henry
Knowles, to take place at $50 at Mount Vernon
Place Church. The young couple will be at
home after April 20 at GA Massachusetts
avenue.
Miss Sarah Faunce of Mount Holyoke College
is spending her Easter vacation with Miss Eu-
genia Williams Of l. street northwest
The Misses Daisy and Mary Halliday, daugh-
ters of Capt. W. P. Halliday of Cairo, ILL.,, are
the guests Of Misses Edith and Gertrude Oberly,
at 629 Maryland avenue northeast. The Misses
Halliday, who have been spending the winter
in New York, will remain in Washington
during the Easter holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Southland Parker have issued
cards for the marriage Of their daughter, Miss
Anna Parker, to Mr. John b. Larner on Wednes-
day evening" April 8 at 8 O'Clock, at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Benjamin P. Snyder, who has been
seriously i'll for the past three weeks, has so far
improved as to be able to be removed to her
country home, Collingswood. Mrs. Snyder very
much regrets that as a consequence she has
been prevented from discharging many social
obligations before leaving the city.
Mrs. Lugey de Linaliannoff gave the third
and last of a series of informal luncheons Tues
day afternoon at her house on street to in
troduce her guest, Mrs. Hammond Of Philadel-
phia