Evening star., 1896-04-06
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Pretty Wedding at St Johns Church To-
night
A Glimpse Of Yesterday's Parade
Interesting GOsslp-
Notes.

come again to bless the earth. or at least
hour the day grew older made it that much
balmier AMI more ike the ideal festival
The gay attire which seemed so much in
| keeping with the weather yesterday must
be hidden today under mackintoshes, but
| bright skies will come again. and the new
| frocks and hats which have received their
| first inspection will have other days Of
glory and use. Easter was eagerly ant;ci-
pated by the social world. Notw.thstand-
ing all the encouragement and praise such
efforts as were made received, the past
winter. being the ''off year." was not hi
lariously gay. and Lent, excepting sor the
dinner goers and givers, was exceptionally
| dull. In some lines the Eastertide will pre-
sent many interesting features. particular
iy In the weddings. With some the public
is already pleasantly familiar. yet there
eliminating all their strength, and which
must lead in a very short time to public an
nouncements Of the happy day.
The Easter parade on Connecticut avenue
was gay with color. but it was far from
being what has often marked the day. The
season is too early, and furs were just as
comfortable the earlier part of the day as
they were all the past month. There were,
however, an abundance Of new frOckS and
hats: more in the afternoon than morning
naturally, great many OF them looking
more startling than they will a fortnight
hence. The swell young woman was more
conspicuous among the morning church
goers than among the afternoon prone
naders. She wore a tailor-made gown, and
becoming shade of blue seemed the favor
lite selection The skirt had Tapped seams;
SO had the short single-breasted jacket.
Some of the Jackets had Jabots Of lace
down white satin vests. The hats on these
Weil-gowned young women were regular
bouquets. mounted on rough straw. Some
hats were all roses with little rose bush
to give the becoming height at one side
Others were wreaths of violets and green
leaves, with stiff, stylish loops Of mauve
ribbon standing or fiat on the crown.
Miss Martha Hichborn never looked pret-
tier than in her tailor suit of blue cloth. A
| neck ribbon Of pale straw-colored satin
was worn and tied in a small bow at the
back. The hal was of dark rough straw,
trimmed with punches of violets and GRO
cuses around the front, and stiff Alsatian
bows of green and mauve ribbon at the
back.
Mrs. John Davis wore combination Of
violet and lnauve shades in gown and hat
and Miss May Williams the new cut velvet
in black and yellow effects. with a stylish
black hat.
Mr.. Robert NJ. Larner, whose marriage
| with Miss Harriet Adelaide De Freest will
| take place at Troy, n. Y, Wednesday al
| ternoon, will leave for that city today, ana
will be accompanied by a number OF Wash
ington friends, who will be present at tne
festivities attending the happy event. Mr
Larners two sisters, Miss Larner and Miss
Eveline Larner; his best man. Mr.. Fred 5.
Smith; Mr.. H. L. West. Mr.. and Mrs George
Rouzer, DR.. H. L. Z. Johnson ana Mr.. Colin
Studds will make up the party. The cere-
mony W i'll take place at the residence OF the
brides father Mr.. Charles W. DE Freest,
and will be largely attended by home friends
as we'll as those from distance Ine pride.
loo CHI m pfn resident
and who will receive the warmeSt welcome
10th from her own friends and those
of her future husband. will have two pretty
| attendants in the persons OF her Ter httle tue
couple will return here and go to house
! keeping at SO 18th street. Mrs. and the
Misses Larner are now residing at 11O4 +
street.
At the wedding tonight at ST. Johns
Church of Miss Mildred Hutcheson. daugh-
| ter of preventative and Mrs. Joseph c.
Hutcheson, and Mr.. Edward Mugge of
| Houston, Texas Miss Maud De Witt Tai
| mage, daughter Of Rev. DIR. Talmage, will
| be maid of honor; Mr.. L. Parks of Hous-
| ton, Texas, will be best man. and Mr.. An
| drew Parker ana Lieut.. Theodore vogel-
gesang will be ushers. The brides baby
sister. little Rosalie Wfnifred Hutcheson.
| who is four years old. will be her flower
bearer. She will be dressed in fluffy white
tulle, and carry a basket filled with lilies
of the valley. The bride will wear youth
tulle veil and will carry white liacs. The
maid of honor will be gowrned in white
chiffon, and carry lilies Of the valley. The
brides mother will wear gray chiffon and
velvet and will be attended by the youth
full brothers Of the bride, Master Palmer
HutcheSon and Cadets ice and Allen
Hutcheson. all of whom home from
college for the holidays. Immediately af-
ter the ceremony the couple will go to New
York, and after an extended trip. will re-
side in Houston, Texas.
The Misses Mary H. and Hannah T.
| Green of Roaring Branch. Pa, and Miss
katherine NJ. Green of Ralston, Pa, are
here for short stay, and will be pleased
TO see their friends At $50 Florida avenue
Mrs. Clara Reynolds of Norfolk is visit
ing Mrs. Milford spohn. No. 1918 Sth street.
A most interesting reunion took place at
the home OF Mrs. E. L. Brinton, one of the
vice presidents of the Army Nurs. Asso-
citation, Saturday evening. when, at her in
vftatfon. twelve veterans in the service sat
down to dine together and spend social
hour.
Miss Florence A. Redway, daughter of
Geo. Redway. formerly Of this city, and
now editor of the Republican Leader of
Lisbon. Ohio is visiting Miss Blanche E.
Collame, 1850 18th street.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Addie Moser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Moser. 81 K street noi .west and
MIR. A. Cohen of this city.
Miss Grace Gale and Miss Alice Scudde.
of ST. Louis are spending their Easter holi-
Gay with their aunt, Mrs. Fletcher, at 1920
N street.
Miss Helen Schenck has Just returned
from the Conservatory at Frankfort-on-the-
Main, Germany, where she has been for the
past three years, and is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Leonora Forney, So street
northeast. Captain and Mrs. Forney will
be at home this evening
Mrs. Galen e. Green and her little son re-
turned to the city last week after spending
h pleasant winter south with relatives and
friends.
Ex-senator and Mrs. Platt, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Plat and Or. Deale, have
gone down to Florida, where they will spend
ten days on the Platt plantation.
The Travel Club will be entertained this
evening by talks from Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
and Mr. Lii Tan Sin of the Chinese legation.
Mrs. T. B. Catron has returned with her
two children from a two months visit to
Florida. She will remain at the Fredouia
until the summer season.
In the Churches.
Eastertide furnished the theme for the
sermons In the churches yesterday The
| fine weather tempted thousands out of