Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Easter Brings Revival Of Gayety in Wash
ington.
Interesting Details of the Harrison
Dimmick WcddinR-The Brides
of Next Week Notes.


| in fer part Of the attention as necessary
features to the pageants in which they
| will take part. The weddings lead off with
that Of Miss Hutchinson and Mr.. Mugge at
| st. Johns Easter Monday night, and the
| impressive ceremony will be attended by
| everything that could make it beautiful and
| Interesting. The bride is very pretty, and
| her tiny little sister Rosalie. with another
| small companion, will be flower bearers
| Miss Talmage is to be the maid of honor
The young couple will so to New York for a
| trip before proceeding to their future home
at Houston, Texas. large number of in
vitations are out for the church.
Miss Julia Edie and Mr.. John c. O'Donnell
will be married Wednesday next at noon at
the residence of Mrs John r. Eide. The
bride is one Of the most popular young
ladies in society. She is the daughter of the
late Maj. Edie and her grandfather was
Charles Stewart McCauley, commodore in
the United States navy. Only family
party will witness the ceremony and attend
the wedding breakfast. The bride will wear
gown Of rich white satin, and her only at
tendant will be Miss Mcmillan, daughter of
Senator Mcmillan. The couple will sail for
Europe and spend the first months of their
welded life travelling.
Another pretty and popular bride of
Easter week will be Miss Josepha New
comb. The wedding will be the event of
Covenant. Mr.. Edward Baldwin Whitney.
the groom, is the first assistant attorney
general. A reception will follow the cere-
mony at the residence Of Professor and
Mrs. NeWcomb, from 1870 until o'clock.
Social events for Easter week come to-
sether with variety and number which is
most encouraging to those who look for
ward with pleasure to revival of gayety.
Naturally. the dancing events predominant,
and the participants are more likely to be
the members of the younger, not to say the
youngest set. In fact. juvenile enjoyments
Will have the field to a marked degree, and
very suitably so, at this season Some of
the occasions for which the invitations
have been flying about recently are Mrs.
Howlands dance Easter Monday night,
Mrs. David r. Mckee's dance in honor of
the Yale Glee, Mandolin ard Banjo clubs,
the same evening; Mrs. Wolcott's dinner
ard dance at Chevy Chase. the hunt ball
On the 9th at the Chevy Chase Club, and
Mrs. Alex Graham Bells dance for the
young friends of her daughters Tuesday
next: Other events are Rev. DIR. and Mrs.
Mackay-Smith's dinner to Bishop and
Mrs. Satterlee Tuesday evening The house
committee of the Washington Club will
give a tea Monday next. and the various
charitable affairs which have been keeping
feminine taste and executive ability on the
alert for weeks past, are other indications
that there will be plenty to do for those
who ordinarily participate in social life the
next three weeks.
Senator and Mrs. Mitchell of Oregon
have sent out cards announcing the mar
rage rage CT their daughter. Mrs. Maggie
Mitchell Handy. to Robert p Hembold
March 49, at Portland. Greg.
Mr.. John Murray Mitchell of New York,
contestant for seat in Congress- and who
has spent much of the past winter in this
city. will be married this month at the home
of the bride, Miss Lillian Talmage in
Brooklyn. Miss Talmage is the daughter
OF DR.. John F. Talmage of that city. Very
artistic floral decorations for the house
have been planned. The ceremony will be
performed in a grotto of growing palms.
tnterspersed with lorgiflorum lilies. Broad
white satin ribbon will form an aisle
through the drawing room for the bridal
party, and will be fastened to little aisle
posts by bunches of ilacs. A prize dieu will
be arranged in the floral chancel and will
be trimmed with lilies of the valley and
ribbon. Garlands of white roses will be
festooned over the mirror, relieved by as
paragus vines and the door leading to the
reception room will be a bower of apple
blossoms and white lilacs. In the recep-
ton room quantities of yellow genesta will
be used. and American Beauty roses will
decorate the library. Green and pink will
be the color scheme employed in the dining
room, where bridesmaid roses and ferns
will be arranged.
1t is really encouraging to read in the
cabled accounts Of the Homecoming of the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough that
the bearing of the youthful duchess was
so admirable in the welcome accorded
them that 1T called forth complimentary
remarks even from the crusty old servants
accustomed TO the presence Of ladies of
the highest title" Certainly the Wander
bilt millions have not been wasted when
such an Endorsement as this from the peo-
pie who have probably had their wages
Iaid with refreshing frequency lately can
be squcez ed out. The manners for a duch-
ess can probably be just as well acquired
on :his side Of the big pond as the other.
and by all accounts the gentle Duchess of
Marlborough is very charming example.
Lieut.. Gen. and Mrs Schofield have been
at the Arlington for the last few days.
Miss Green of Danville. KY. is a guest of
Miss Letitia Stevenson for the Easter
holidays.
There is beautiful field of conjecture
over which of Gen. Harrison's recent gifts
to Mrs Dimmick is her wedding token
one authority says 1t Is magnificent chain
of pearls. and another that it is sunburst
of diamonds. Both probably will cover the
case exactly. The wedding gown, as re-
Gently announced in these columns, is of
heavy, pearl-colored faille franchise, trim
med with rare Honiton lace. which practi-
cally covers the shoulders of the gown, fall
ing over the sleeves and continuing in wide
reverS which turn again near the waist line
to form a Louis Quatorz jacket effect.
Soft, full bows of pale turquoise blue velvet
catch the lace together over a full vest OF
chiffon, and the neck is finished with a soft
crush collar of the same velvet. A length
wise jabot of Honton lace trims either side
cut demi-train, to hang in graceful waves
of fulness. With this costume will be worn
small capote Of pale blue velvet trimmed
With white aigrette and pompon. and a
twist of lace confined with superb dia-
mond ornament. Another diamond orna-
ment Of equal size and value will fasten
the lace on one side of the corsage near the
shoulder. The travelling dress is of gray
cEeviot 1t has short coat over a blouse
of crimson plaided silk. With this will be
worn a small hat of black straw trimmed
with crimson flowers Mrs. Parker, the
brides sister, will wear to the wedding
gown of gray etamine of loose mesh, made
over pale blue silk. The short Louise
Quinze coat is finished with full plastron
of Renaissance lace. studded with tur-
quoise, and confined at the neck and waist
line with bands of silver. embroidered with
the same jewels. Some of the other gowns
in the brides trousseau are equally pretty
A pompadour dinner gown has the bodice
made of white mousseline de sole, embroid-
cred in large raised butterflies of bronze
and gold tints touched with color. The ar
rangement of the short sleeves suggests
winged butterfly. The skirt to match this
is of white pompadour satin. One of the
carriage gowns, also in pale tint of gray
Is of fine canvas grenadine, striped with
fine satin bars. and made in Marie Antoin-
cite design. The full jabot revers are Dor