The evening times., 1896-11-11
JOINED TOGETHER
In HYMEN'S FETTERS
Miss Blanche Wilson WedS Mr..
Joseph H. Hampton.
Beautiful Ceremony at Residence of
Brides Parents-MisS McCleiland
and Mr.. Morris Married.

| Miss Blanche Wilson, daughter of Rev.
David Wilson, U. 5. A, retired, was mar
| ried at the family residence on Capitol
| Hill at noon in the presence OF a large
! circle of friends and relatives, the groom
| being Mr.. Joseph II. Hampton, late of
Kansas City, Mo, but now located in
| the city OF Mexico.
The ceremony took place in the large
| drawing-room OF the Wilson residence,
which was beautifully adorned with rale
palms, trees of white cbrysanthcmumS, and
| white orchids. There Were no bridesmaids
| or ushers
| The only attendant of the bride was her
| small niece, Miss Elsie Byron, who, clad in
| u picture gown of Nile-g green silk, and car
| rying a basket OF white and green orchids,
preceded the bride and Eroum INTO the
| room, to The strains of a mandolin orchestra,
| which rendered the wedding march.
Tie father of the bride, and Rev. b. B.
| james, OF Baltimore, awaited The coming
| OF the wedding party i'll the lay window,
where the short but impressive service was
| performed.
This window had been transformed into a
particularly pretty bower of white and
green, which colors We're carried through
out the decoration of the entire hpIse.
The bride, who is one of the handsomcst
young women i'll Washington. tall and
stately blonde, looked her best i'll a train' Il
SONu VI "uitt stAtllls HI
Duchess lace. Her tullc veil. worn off her
lace. was fastened with a diamond star.
which is an heirloom in her family; her
shower bouquet was of lilies of the vail.y
and white orchids.
An Informal reception followed the mar
riage ceremony. and wedding breakfast
was served in the beautifully dccurat ed
dining room. Later in the afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. Hampton left for a short visit
to a friends country place near Baltimore,
where the earlier days Of their hunrymU
will be spent. They will make a tour of
the Northern cities in Mr.. Hampton's pri-
vate car, then go to the City of Mexico,
where they will reside at the Hotel ItUr-
bide.
Mr.. Hampton is the president of the
Mexico, Cuenavaca and Pacific railroad.
now being constructed from the City uf
Mexico to the Pacific coast.
The brides going-away gown was a
very handsome tailor-made costume Of
hunter green cloth with small green vclyeU
hat to match.
Among the beautiful weddings set for
today was that of Miss Lille NJ. NcCIel-
land and Mr.. Charles Wesley Morris, jr-.
who Were married at high noon at Ham
line NJ. f. Church, Rev. DIR. Strickland Of
ficiatng.
Heralded by the nuptial march from
church together, preceded by the ushers.
Messrs. Frank G. Lothrop, Porter Cox,
Henry +. Bittinger and Harry b. Davis.
Their were no attendant maids. The
chancel was artiStically set with palms,
and the Organist OF the occasion was Mr..
Becker, a personal friend OF the groom.
The bride was gowned in bison broad
cloth, with vest of Persian silk wrought
into arabesque designs with threads of
silver and gold. With this dainty costume
was worn picture hat of tan velvet
with pink roses and ostrich tips,
and the bride flowers Were ivory cbrysan-
themums tied with streamers of white
MORE.
Shortly after the ceremony the couple left
for New York and upon their return viii be
n home at No. 1884 V street on TUESDAYS
after December 1.
Mrs Cleveland has seldom looked hand
somer than on Monday evening, when, with
the President, and Secretary and Mrs.
Carlisle. she occupied a box at the National
Theater.
Her dress, n brocade, that flashed Ilue |
and garnet changes at evefy motion of her !
body, was glove fitting, and trimmed with
bands of black velvet ribbons, finished |
with creamy lace Her smart, little bon |
net was Of Hack, with a clump of ostrich |
tips caught III front with a Jeweled buckle, |
and half wreath Of cream white flowers |
tucked under the rim at the back. |
As the executive party passed through the |
lobby at the close of the play they found |
the usual crowd Of curious people waiting |
outside on the steps; and when a shrill, !
boyish treble pped out, what's the matter |
with Clevcland:" and a yelling chorus Ie- |
Sponded to the effect that he was all right, |
the face of the first lady in the land dim pied |
with smiles, while her distinguished hus- |
band walked straight ahead and ma lie no |
sign to show that he heard or cared
The death of Napoleon Sarony, artist |
and photographer. recalls the fact that 1t |
was TO him American society women were |
first indebted for the privilege OF posing |
as professional beauties, after the fashion
Of English ladies Of rank.
Several young women of Washington's |
smart set had their photographs taken for
he shop windows, and kept themselves |
in pin money by the sale Of them, but the
fad was a foolish and vulgar one. and
died out so suddenly that nothing short OF
Saronys death would have resurrccted
The folly of those unwise virgins from the
oblivion where it belongs.
Miss Allie c. Kirk daughter of Dr. w
V. kirk, OF Paw Paw, W. Va, one of the
most popular young bellies of the State,
and Mrs. Gordon. Of Hancock county, |
Nd, are guests at the home of Rev and |
Mrs. Bielaski, at S12 Twentieth street |
northwest.
Mr.. James Hughes announces the mar
iage of his daughter Emma F. to James |
Aahon on November 10, 1896, by the Rev
'ather Lanahan, at st. Johns Church,
Baltimore, Md.
The first Of the Bachelors cotillions will
AXE place, as usual, during the holidays.
MS Dali, with Its holiday decorations of
holly and greens, gradually has come to be
looked upon as belonging, in a way, to the
iebutantes. 1t is usually the first large
evening affair of the season ut which the
whole array OF buds is to be seen. The
'fficers and prominent men make a point of |
lanciDg with the dcbutantes, and the
harms of the different bellies are thor
ughly discussed that night by the men |
nd the chaperons and the debutantcs of |
ast year. One man who has always been
ne OF the leading spirits at the cotilIions