The evening times., 1897-12-23
CoLOBED SOCIETY EVENT
Presidents Coaclman to Marry Miss
Isabella Williams Tonight
Prominent Members of White ana
Colored Society Invited to Be
Guests at the Wedding.

The wedding OF Albert Hawkins, who has
from Lincoln 10 Mckinley, and Miss ,sa-
bella Elizabeth II. Williams, clerk ia .he
Treasury Department. will lie solefunized
here tonight. The affair promises 20 he
as interestin as IL viii be unusual, and
many prominent persons are expected TO
he present. Society people, both white
aud colored, have Leen sent invita- ions
The invitat ions were Of elegant design,
aud engraved in the latest proper script:
The trouszeau OF the bride will consist OF
perfectly plain gown of white satin
and a lo,lice in shiit-waist style. She will
wear three large diamonds and these She
will accord conspicuous position on the
front o: the waist, as they were given her
by the groom elect.
The eroon, and his intended bride are,
perhaps better known by present and
former bellies, leauX and danes OF national
society tran any other coiOred persons I'm
the county, IN account OF Hawkins long
service at the white House during almost
a dozen administ "a tions, and presents have
been pouring in from people ali over 5he
country.
Ir they continue TO arrive today as they
have curing the past week the groom Will
have to hire , storage warehouse TO ac-
commodate them. They come from the
best people In the country, many OF them
well known in national life. There are
toilet ases, silyerware, and in fact ev,ry-
thing tiat woi Id ccntfitute TIE parapher
malta of newly-wedded couple. Ms.
Grant, Col. Fred Grant, and Mrs. Sar'ofis
and Miss Nellie Garfield. wfo is low Mrs.
Brown, are an ong the many who have re-
memberec the groom, pr. J. E. Rankin,
D. D.. president Of Howard Uni, ersiry,
where Hawkins daughter. Cecilia. studies,
will be present accoulpa MED by almost
all the faculty.
Hawkins is u model SPECIMEN of man
hood. lie is six feet tall, and athletic.
His behavioris is elegant, and Lis dress ieat
He is great lover Of horseback riding,
and may he seen almost any day :rlinI
in his erect and sollieriy manner IN the
northwest suburbs, He,is about fifty six
years old, and although his brown toard
bespeaks al older age, his strong framed,
athletic build prove that he is still Il Young
man. ,r.
He is modest when asked about he TO
nance of his courtship, but when it comes
to telling TIE story of the White Hons = he
is full Of "reminiscences. His fav rite
story is how lie drove Presiien Garfield To
the Sixth street DEPOT on the July 'iHy
in 1881 when lie was shot down ay the
assassin Guiieau
Although Albert is reticent about his
love affairs. the prospective bride, who
is voma n about forty years old. is very
fond OF relating the story. She sati that
she was brought up in the family Of
Charl r. Webster. solicitor OF the Patent
Office, ard when his children grew TO lie
too large for nurse he obtained Il place
for her in the Treasury SNrrtly after
the desth of Mrs. Hawkins, while ~
church, Miss williams was taken sick with
a headache. She went out on the porch
and while she was sitting there Mr..
Ha wilkins happened by. He had horse
and buggy nd kindly took her home.
He called the next day and took her cut
riding. and continued to call day after
day until the headac che had vanished under
the treatment Of Cupid's magic art A
younger man was then going to see her
but his attentions finally ceased after re
saw that hawkins was en- gallant, and
then the latter popped the quest ion
II was sudden. of cours.. but was welcome.
Hawkins says that everybody seems so
glad to see that he is going to rema,Iy
that he thinks very seriously ov.r the
matter, as Ia whether it would not he
wise thing to wear bullet proof jacket
under his fun dress suit He says he .loesn't
like rice storms.