Evening star., 1896-06-24
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Wsddsd Before tho High Altar at st Nat
thew,a
Miss Letitia Elliott and Mr. Stewart
Married at HOme-Personal
Notes of Interest.


! Mr.. Fielding Lewis was witnessed by a large
| gathering of friends. The high altar was
| deCked with flowers and brilliantly illumi
mated, and palms were set about the sane
| tuary. The ushers, Messrs. Henry G. Kemp,
| Mr.. Miner and Mr.. Pollok, were kept busy
| until the arrival of the bridal party seating
| the guests. The bride was attended by Miss
Lewis as maid of honor.
She wore pink organdie over pink
| silk, and a large hat trimmed with apple
| blossoms. The bride, who came in church
with her father was daintily attired in
white French muslin made over white taf-
feta and beautifully trimmed with fine old
| Valenciennes lace. Her tulle veil was held
by chaplet Of orange blossoms. and she
| carried bride roses Mr.. DevereauX Green
was best man, and Rev. Paul Renno!ds per-
| formed the marriage ceremony.
The wedding breakfast, which followed at
the residence of Col and Mrs. Elliott, 1903
o street. was attended by only few in
| innate friends, in addition to the large
circle of relatives of the couple from this
| city and Virginia. After a wedding trip of
| six weeks duration, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
| will go to South McAllister. Indian terri
| tory, where they will reside. The bride is
\ an accomplished and charming girl. The
groom Is of the Lewis family of King
| George county. Va. a graduate of the
Georgetown College, and a promising young
lawyer of South McAllister, in the Indian
| territory. He is the MISREPRESENTATION
| OF Betty, the only sister of Gen. George
Washington. who married Col. Fielding
| Lewis, distinguished officer Of the revolu-
| ton.
| The wedding of Miss Bessie German and
MI. Wilton ] Lambert which will take place
This evening at the residence of Senator
and Mrs. German, will be q beautiful
event, but will be attended by only rela-
lives and personal friends of the couple.
The bride will look unusually handsome in
wedding
and dining room have been profusely dec
GRATED. White roses and lilies. with the
mirrors. doorways and windows draped
with asparagus vines makes the pleasing
floral combination. Rev. Father Richards.
S. j.. president of Georgetown College will
perform the ceremony. and Mr. L.F. Little,
son of Judge Little of Louisville KY ani
college friend Of Mr. Lambert, will be
best man. The couple Will make an ex-
terded tour before going to Deer Park.
where the latter part of the summer will
be spent
Miss Letitia E. Elliott and Mr. James
NJ Stewart were married this morning by
ReV. Dr. A. w. PitZer at the residence of
the brides mother, and in the p1 essence Of
only the immediate families. Miss Elliott
Is 1aNorably known as singer and musi-
clan and for a long period has been the
contralto in the choir in the f Street Bap-
list Church. The announcement of the
wedding this morning will come as a sur
prise to their friends. as the final prepara-
tlons were very much hurried because of
a change In the groom's business engage
ments and there was not sufficient time in
which to send out cards. Mr.. and Mrs
Stewart left this morning for Concord, X
H., where they will spend the summer
months.
Gen. Parke and family will summer at
Rye Beach. N. H.
Mrs. s. K. Radford is spending this
month at Sudley Place Shepherdstown W.
Va.
Miss Mary A. Church, daughter of Mr..
c. b. Church. is visiting at Warrenton, Va
The final hop of the Episcopal High
School. Alexandria. under the MANAGEMENT
OF Messrs Clason, Nalle, Steptoe, Worley,
Hayes and Menefee. took place Monday
evening. The chaperons We're Mrs l.. nj
Blackford. Mrs. Kern, Mrs. Dawson, Mrs.
Keade, from the Hill. and Mrs Smoot and
| Mrs. Ansley from Alexandria. Among
those those present were Miss Hoxton, Mr.
White, Miss Wood of Albemarle, Mr..
| Himei. Mr.. S. Taylor. Mr.. A. r. Hoxton,
Miss II. Taylor. Mr.. Dawson. Miss e. Ell
iiott. Mr. Bell, Miss May Elliotte of Wash
Ington: Mr.; Price Miss Amber Of West
virginia Mr. Perry, Miss Bayne of WASH
ingion. Mr.. Buck, Miss Hodges of An
napolis Mr. Wake, Miss Nelson, Mr.
Laird, Miss Wise. Mr.; Hayes, Miss Halsy
Of Orange. Mr.: c. Steptoe of Culpeper,
| Miss Nalle Of Washington, Mr. W. Nalle'
MISS II: Ansley, Mr.. P. Steptoe. Miss
| Emma Hume of Washington, Mr.. Worley,
Miss Mabel Hume. Mr.. Miller Miss Massey
| of Maryland Mr.. Massey. Miss Chalmers.
Mr. kinsolving. the Misses Bryant. Minne-
gerode, Ellery, Ewell. Smoot. Powell. Webb,
Bell and Messrs. w. b. Smoot Nelson,
Randolph, Reade, Clason. Menefee, p. Min
| regerode. Smoot, Gordon, Cochran, Fuller.
Elliot. Wood. Euler. H. d. Waters, T. L.
Rust, King, Washington. Gibson and Chal-
mers Promptly at O'Clock the Arsenal
Band led off with the school song which
mad been set to waltz. and from that
time the dancing was kept up until ::
o'clock. Refreshments We're served during
| the evening, and just before the breaking
up nash-llght picture of the dancers was
taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Jones celebrated
| the tenth anniversary of their wedding
tuesday evening at their new home, No.
GD9 Morris street northeast. Refresh
| ments We're served, and after a very en-
| 5oyable evening the guests departed, wish
| Ing the host and hostess many years of
| were Mrs. Talbot, Mr.. and Mrs. Atchison,
Miss Atchison. Mr.. Henry Talbot, Mrs
Roderick. Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Griffith and
| Miss Eulalie Griffith.
Miss Alice ]. Ormes of Chicago is WIS.,
| iting Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Bryant at a34 T
street and will be pleased to see her for
| mer Washington friends.
Mrs. j. X. Mansum and family and Mrs
| Bell and Miss Edna Bell of Capitol Hill
| left today for Colonial Beach, where they
| on Losing avenue.
Miss Elizabeth Janney Hughes of
| Hugkesville, Va, and Mr.. Benton c. RAY,
| formerly of Forest Glen. Nd were quietly
married in Colorado, Texas, Wednesday,
June 10. They are now on a tour through
| old Mexico. On their return they will
reside near Colorado, Texas.
Mr.. Robt. Hinckly and family. Mrs. Bar
! low, Mrs. Malone Wheless, Miss Maud
| Wheless. Miss Ida Brown, Miss Nellis, Mrs
H. III. Cutler, Harry Henderson Cutler, j.
J. johnson. T. Lapiere Jones are at Cape
May.
Mrs Joseph Pearson and daughters are
at their cottage at Colonial Beach
! Miss Pearl Benson, daughter of Postmas-
ter Benson of Frostburg. Nd, is the guest
of Miss A. Thomas of Capitol Hill.
| Miss Mary A. Hendley has left town, and
will be absent during the summer.
| The home of Mrs. NJ L. DeWolf, No 1328
| T street, was the scene yesterday after
| neon of quiet wedding. that of her
| daughter, Miss Nellie Starr DeWolf and
| Mr.. Francis Joseph Byrne of Elmira, NJ Y
| There were present only rela lives ani a
| few instimate friends. After a trip to Old
Point Comfort and New York city Mr..
1 and Mrs. Byrne will make their home at
Elmil a.