Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-27
THE SOCIAL WORLD
A Bride and Three Buds in the Su-
preme Court Circle.
PRETTY CLOTHES FOR A PRETTY BRIDE
Miss Thompson and Mr.. Davis
Will Be Married Under Floral Bells.
Hell Attest SSIP

One Of the prettest weddings seen here
in a long time will be that on Wednesday
next of Miss Matte Thompson and Mr..
William Leonard Davis. The ceremony
takes place at the home of the Secretary of
the Treasury at noon, and the company in
vited to be present will only include the
relatives and most Intimate friends. The
reception afterward for which the invita-
lions have been sent out IN large numbers,
will last until o'clock, when the couple
will start for their wedding trip. The most
elaborate preparations have been made for
the event. The large drawing room of the
Carlisle home has been covered, walls and
ceiling, with white null, asparagus, plumosa,
and wild laurel will be sprayed. The bay
window will be bower in which the couple
will stand during the ceremony. 1t will
have draperies of asparagus vines, caught
back with white chrySanthemums and
roses, and from the ceiling will hang a
chime of white wedding bells. The door
ways will be hung with portieres of vines,
tied back with ribbons and white flowers,
and the floor and adjoining hall will be
covered in white to carry out the pretty eff
feet. The second parlor will be decked in
yellow and the dining room in pink roses
and green's. The ceremony will be perform
ed by Rev. DIR. Mackay Smith.
The brides trOSseau is most elaborate,
and some idea of Its extent may be gained
from the fact that she brought home seven
teen trunks when she arrived from Europe
by Worth. 1t is of heavy white satin, al
most without trimming, except for the
scarf of antique Venetian point lace which
is draped on the bodice. The skirt has
long square train, and on the front, down
near the hem, are two sprays of orange
blossoms. The bodice has leg-of-mutton
sleeves, without trimming; a vest of plated
chiffon gives a soft becoming effect under
the crush collar of white satin, and the
scarf of lace drapes the shoulders and falls
gracefully over the tops Of the sleeves. One
end of the scarf falls from the left shoulder,
where 1t is caught by a spray of the
orange blossoms down below the waist line
A tullc veil is TO be worn, and will be held
to the hair by two large diamond crescents,
the gift of the groom.
The travelling dress is of dark green cloth,
with insertions of old Russian lace let into
the bodice. 1t is exceedingly stylish and
intensely becoming. The wrap to go with
1t is of the new short-clipped Persian lamb.
1t is jacket with short fronts, almost
Elton in style, and has long position tails.
Among the dozens of walking and visiting
gowns are a plum velvet, with wrap TO
match, a helotrope cloth combined with
lavender velvet. costume of black "Zieb-
line" a new soft fabric like camels hair,
which is trimmed with bluet satin, and a
dark blue cloth, made in severe tailor style.
FurS of the most luxurious kinds, a short
jacket in Persian lamb. and several short
wraps In light cloths and velvet, evening
capeS and cloaks are other bewitching ar
ticleS in the collection of tinery. Among
moireantique which has full but per-
fectly plain skirt. The bodice, draped loose
ly with soft lace, has very pulled sleeves
reaching TO the elbow, and pink chiffon
finishes the low neck. Another evening
dress is in shell pink silk and chiffon. An
afternoon dress has wide brocaded stripes
in flowers and blue hair-line stripes, and is
trimmed with pink uncut velvet and fine
embroidery.
At the ceremony Col Phil Thompson will
escort his daughter to the drawing room,
and the groom will enter with his best man,
Mr.. James Archer Of Denver. Later in the
afternoon the couple will take the train to
New York, where some time Will be spent
before proceeding to Colorado Springs,
where they will remain all winter. In the
spring they contemplate going abroad for
a lengthy period of travel. Mrs Davis, the
grooms mother and his other relatives in
this city will be present at the wedding.
Mrs. Pulitzer of New York, the groon's
sister, will also be here, will Mrs. Jeffer-
son Davis and her daughter. who are also
nearly connected to the grooms family.
There will be three debutantes in the
Supreme Court circles this winter and one
bride. The debutantes will be Miss Jane
Fuller, Miss Bessie Brewer and Miss Ruth
Harlan, and the bride, the wife of the
junior member of the court. Justice White.
The buds will each be presented to So
Getty through the medium of an afternoon
tea sometime in December but the day
when Mrs. Linden Kent and Justice White
will be married is yet a secret, which
they do not seem to have shared with their
most intimate friends. The happy event
will, however. take place in the near future,
and rumor says not here even, but In New
York, where the handsome bride-elect has
been spending the autumn, and where the
genial justice finds 1T necessary to go very
frequently lately. Miss White, who is look
ing forward with almost as much pleasure
as her brother to the wedding. will spend
a great deal of her time here with him,
which announcement will be received with
satisfaction by the large circle of friends,
who hold her In high esteem. Justice White
and his sister are settled in the house on
n street, leased by the former this fall,
and II is there that he will bring his bride,
whom the court circle is prepared to well
come with the greatest cCrdialty.
Mrs. Fuller and Miss Jane Fuller are
going out to Takoma to spend month
with Mrs. Hugh Wallace and will not be
back until about the early part or De
cembeT, Miss Jane is one of the spright-
lest of this family of young ladies.
Mrs. Colin Manning has gone TO house
keeping in Chicago.
Justice AM Mrs. Brewer spent the sum-
mer in q most delightful way in their cot
tage on Lake ChanIplain, and were sorry
to have 10 leave ii, just at the time when
the country about them was looking its