Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-28

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In spite Of hard times and shrinkage Of
incomes the weddings keep blithely on and
the tales told Of the trousseaus show that
the brides are not likely to be backward in
any of the seasons finery. The last Of the
October weddings will be next Tuesday
night. when Miss Mae Clagett and Mt.
Clifford Perine will be married in the pres
ence Of a gathering Of their relatives and
a few intimate friends Of both parties. Mr.
Perine's relations will come on from Gin
cinnati with him. The party is expected
here tomorrow, and with them also will
be the gentleman who will act as best man,
Mr.. Edward Hart Of Cincinnati. The bride
will have no attendant save her pretty
young sister. Miss Rita Clagett. The cere-
mony, at which Bishop Keane will assist
will be performed by Rev. Thos. J. Ker-
wick Of st. Matthews Church The bride
has received quantities Of the most elegant
presents from the groom's relations as well
as from her own friends in this city. After
the wedding trip they will 60 to Cincinnati
to reside. where the groom is prominent
among the wealthiest and most influential
Of the young business men. and where the
bride Is sure Of the warmest welcome from
their many mutual friends.
The next large wedding on the tapis will
be that Of Miss Munson and Mr.. William
Mills Thompson. on Wednesday evening
next, November /. at Epiphany. The cards
are out for the marriage Of Miss Cox and
Mr.. Legare at St. Johns on the sth. and
soon will be for Miss Warder and Mr.. Tho
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November Is. at the Warder residence. On
the 18th Miss Bessie Williamson and Mr..
Herbert Wilson will be married at st.
Johns and on the I'D. at Trinity Church,
Miss Maggie Watkins and Mr.. Francis
Field viii be married in the presence of a
large company. Miss Helen Skiles will be
the maid Of honor. and the ceremony will
be followed by a reception for a large fam.
lily party. Later on there will be consider
able interest In several weddings yet to be
announced. but now being arranged.
A marriage that took place here recently
had quite an interesting romance leading
up to II and something quite out Of the
common. The fair bride was an earnest
believer in prayer and for the last year or
so she made II a practice in her daily de-
votions to pray for a good husband. Her
position in life was a lowly one. She was
a seamstress and went out each day sew
ing. Last winter she was working for a
lady who lived in one OF the uptown hotels.
On a certain feast day. after attending
mass at a neighboring church, she went
to work. Before she opened her machine
to commence her sewing she went down
on her knees and perhaps with some ad-
ditional earnestness offered up her usual
petition. The day went by for her pre-
cisely as many others. but IL did not for
a young man who was guest in hotel
on the opposite side Of the street He had
witnessed the little praying incident and was
so much impressed by II that for the life
Of him he could not withdraw his gaze the
rest Of the day from the window where the
pretty young seamstress was industriously
sewing
He watched when he saw her put UP her
work and. unknown to her. follower her to
other he made her acquaintance. satisfied
himself that she was just as attractive as
she looked and then with both head and
heart badly involved in Cupid's tolls pro-
good girl was equally prudent in her ac-
ceptance. but she was just as firmly con-
vinced that he was the answer to her
prayers as that she loved him at first sight.
the other day in one of the West End
Catholic churches and there was not one
who looked on the happiness Of the young
people but felt that they deserved every
bit of 1t. After a wedding trip as extended
as It suits the bride they are coming back
here to live In comfortable new house
provided by the groom as one of his we'd
ding gifts and which is adorned by the
relations. One young lady upon hearing
this story told with considerable impress
siveness the other day to a bunch of girls.
said: "All right. girls. It Is a good thing to
this one who kept the window shades up
and was thereby q source of edif1cation to
her neighbor across the street"
A young couple who have just gone to
housekeeping in the West End gave a din
ner party one night recently, and 1t was
preceded by such mirth-provoking Incl
dent that the dinner would have been a
great success. even II there was nothing On
the table but bread and salt. AS it was
the table was beauty. Softly shaded
lamps, fragrant flowers and no end of
pretty and valuable pieces of silver and
china. The fair young hostess at one end,
dressed in one Of her most becoming
gowns, and the happiest man. as he thinks
himself. in all the world at the other end
of the stretch of linen, completed the pic
ture. Yet all the conversation would stop
now and then. while everybody. without
any warning, would laugh heartily. This
was what caused It: 1t was the bride 8
first effort in experimenting the setting of
her table for a real dinner party In her
new home. After she had settled 1t all to
her satisfaction she found that something
very necessary to the larder was missing,
and she dispatched the servant for 1t at
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she thought she would like to telephone her
husband how beautifully everything had
gone on, and to ask him to be sure to come
home early. So away she slipped out the
front door for that errand, but before she
went she took mighty good care to lock
the door leading to the back hail. SO that
II any one did get into the house while she
was gone they could not get any further
than the kitchen.
She came back with her face all glowing
with the awfully nice things that hubby
had said In that brief conversation over the
wire ran up the front steps, tried the door.
remembered to her horror that the latch
was down and she had no key, ran around
to the back gate, thinking she could get
in that way, met the servant who had
done precisely the same trick with the back
door. thinking her young mistress would
have certainly stayed indoors while
she went out. There was absolutely moth
Ing to do but to await the return Of the
husband So. crouched upon the front door
step, trying to keep out Of the rain, the
young mistress Of that house waited as pa
tiently as she could until q step she
thought she knew came along in the fast
gathering gloom, and deliverance seemed
very close. Horrors! II was a man, and an
awfully nice man, but not the one she
wanted to see Just at that moment He
was one Of the guests, and had all the fun
In his composition necessary to make his
hostess feel just as happy standing out
there in the rain as II she had met him
dressed in her best under the rosy hue Of
her parlor lamp. They were having the joi-
Hest kind OF time when along came the
much-wanted husband with his latch KEY.