Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-26
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Several Notable Weddings Which
Mark the Spring Season.
A NOON CEREMONY At ST. JOHNS.
Arrangements for the Marriage Of
Miss Blaine.
MRS. SARTORIS' VISIT HOME.

st. Johns Church was the scene today
at noon of a wedding ceremony on which
large concourse of friends looked with
pleasure. Miss Eugenia Hill, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hill, was married to
Mr. George Benney of Pittsburg by Rev.
Mackay-Smith The chancel was deliberately
set with palms and the altar decked with
roses and lilies. The ushers were Mr.. Lee
Phillips, Mr.. Mcknight and Messrs. Phil
lips and Brown Hill, brothers of the bride.
The audience which they assisted in seating
represented the old families of the West
End and had many a friendly smile and
nod to bestow upon one another. When the
bridal party came into church the ushers
led the procession, followed by the maid Of
honor. Miss Edith Davidge. who was pref
THY gowned in light green MORE antique. a
dainty hat to match, trimmed with roses.
and carrying bouquet of La France roses.
The bride came in with her father. and was
met at the chancel rail by the groom and
his best man, who was his brother. Mr..
James Benney of Pittsburg. The bridal
toilet was OF white satin, lightened with
chiffon, the bodice being high-necked, and
having large pulled sleeves. Her tulle veil
was held by diamond star, the gift of her
mother. She carried a white-bound prayer
book and bouquet Of lilies of the valley.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast
grandmother, Mrs. Phillips, on H street,
which was attended by large circle of the
intimate friends of the family. The rooms
were handsomely decorated, and the bay
window in which the couple stood to re-
ceive congratulations was a bower of green.
The bride received upward of two hundred
presents, and the display of jewelry in the
collection was simply dazzling. Among the
guests at the breakfast were Mrs. Living
ston of New York. Mrs. Walter Darlington
and Miss Darlington. aunt and cousin OF
the bride, from Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs.
Chopper, Miss Chopper, Countess Esterhazy,
Emmons, Lieut.. and Mrs. Mulligan, Mrs.
Ogsden, the Misses Davidge, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riggs, Mr..
and Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs. Alex. Ma
gruder. Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs Pitt Cooke.
Miss Phoenix, Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Mitch
ell. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben HELEN, the Misses
Stout, Admiral Franklin. Mrs. Audenreid.
Senator and Mrs. Wolcott, Mrs. and the
Misses Kinney and Mrs. Henry Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs Benney left on late afternoon
train for a short journey, and will go later
to their home in Pittsburg. where an ele-
CANT new residence awaits their coming.
The bride is the granddaughter of the dis
| tinguished jurist. the late Judge Phillips,
and grandniece Of the late w. w. Cor
corau. The groom is a popular young man
| Of Pittsburg and one of the promising iron
manufacturers of that city.
| Mr.. and Mrs William Walter Phelps have
offered their country place on the Hudson
| to Mr.. Truxton Beale and Miss Blaine
| for the first weeks CT their married life
| and the couple will go there the day OF
| their marriage for a Stay before going out
| to California. Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps pres
ent to the bride-elect is a set of eight
solid silver candelabra, made after a most
| elaborate antique pattern. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Rowland have given her a silver-mounted
travelling bag, and from Mr.. Coolidge of
| Boston she has received diamond butter
| fly of great value The wedding next Mon
| daV bring together
| friends of the bride and groom and their
| families. EN erything seems TO be transpir-
ing TO make the event one OF the happiest
which has ever taken place In the house.
| hold of the bride. She has received almost
as many presents as are usually showered
| on royalty, and of quite elaborate a
| character. She has received presents from
| people she has never seen herself. but who
were friends and admirers OF her father.
| Among the glittering collection there are
several simple gifts from old neighbors Of
| the family In Augusta, and all are equally
| treasured. The wedding dress has come
| from New York. 1t is rather simply and
| girlishly made. of heavy white corded silk
The bodice is high-necked, and has a soft
| collar of silk. bertha effect OF deep
Duchess lace, with the ends crossing in
| front, below the waist line, has side
caught with a rosette of chiffon. and the
| other by a bunch OF orange blossoms.
| Down the sides of the skirt are festooned
| fiounces Of the lace. These superb Duchess
| founces are the gift of the brides aunt.
| just as simple and as devoid OF display as
| it is possible to make 1t. The bride will
have no attendants, although the babies
of the family, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Damrosch's two-year-old daughter,
Mrs. Emmons Blaine's four-year-old SON and
the two Coppinger boys will add a pictur-
esque touch to the family gathering. All
the family will lay aside their mourning for
the occasion. and the bride will practically
lay off hers entirely, as her going-away
gown and the other gowns in her trousseau
are in mauves. grays and whites.
Mrs. Blaine will close her house here
shortly after the wedding and return TO
Augusta. Maine. where she will spend most
of the summer. Miss Blaine has had charge
all winter of a branch of charity work
among the most forlorn of those who needed
help. She has just therefore become thor
CughlI famliarized with the needs of the
poor. and in her present happiness has not
forgotten to make substantial provision for
her charges. Wealthy friends have shower
ed the finest gems on her. but 1t is doubtful
II their good wishes could be as heartfelt as
those which have come from some poor
girls she has helped along in their struggle
for livelihood. The invitations to the
wedding ceremony are entirely verbal, Miss
Blaine asking her particular friends as she
meets them from day to day, and the groom
doing the same with his. Mrs. Nelly Grant
Sartoris has been invited by Mrs. Blaine.
with a few other especially distinguished
people, and chiefly among those who came
to the house during the lifetime of Mr..
| room. where the ceremony will take place,
well be decked with white lilac because IL
Is the favorite spring flower of the bride,
and roses, because no bridal scene could be
complete without them.
Mrs Nelly Grant Sartoris who is spend
ing a month in this city, will remain here
until the real warm weather comes. She
is giving some attention to the selection of
a house, but does not at this time intend
to buy, but to rent, for year, a furnished
residence. Her ambitions. too, are rather
modest, for she does not care to be burden
ed with a large house, that she is con-
filming her search entirely among the avail
able dwellings of the average size that will
not require a legion of servants to run the
domestic machinery. Her eldest son, who 10
now about seventeen, will remain in Eng
| land, with occasional vacation trips to this
country until he finishes his education at
oxford. which Is carrying out the wishes
of his English grandfather. He will, how
ever, come to America to celebrate his ma
jority and will then become an American
citizen. His mother wishes him to take
course of law in this country after his
English educa ton is finished and then go to
work and carve out a career for himself.
AS Mrs. Sartoris naively says, the fortune
left him by his grandfather will always pro-
vide his bread, but that he must work If
he expects to enjoy any Jam" Young
Sartoris is thoroughly American in his
| tastes. His mother says that she wants
her boy to earn his own living either at
profession, If he continues in his chosen
desire to study law, or else go into some
business, but he will never have her per-
| mission to speculate with any of his for
| tune. She says that the attempts to make
any money in this way resulted in sad