Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A Sunset Wedding in a Grove of Oak
Trees.
President and Mrs. Mckinley En-
terrain mt Dinner
Personals.

Oak Grove Cottage near Ashton. Mont
gomery county, Md, was yesterday the
scene OF a pretty and fashionable wedding.
The bride was Miss Mary Ada, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Margaret z. Cissel Of
Ashton. and the groom Prof. B. Vernon
Cissel of st. Johns College, Annapolis
The wedding took place on the lawn at sun
set under an arch of ferns, evergreens
daisies and roses, arranged a temporary
ohancel. In the midst of these floral deco
rations Rev. John Gaynor of St. Louis
Church, Clarksville. performed the cere-
mony. The wedding procession formed in
the front parlor and marched to the chan
Gel, while the bridal chorus, Faithful and
True" was being sung by Miss Bertha S.
Clark of GAINESVILLE. A bell of daisies hung
artistically from the evergrecns. To the
strains of Mendelssohn's march the party
retired to the prettily decorated veranda,
where the bride and groom received the
best wishes of their many friends. The
bride looked very pretty in a gown of
duchess satin with trimmings of mousselein
de sole and pearl and crystal passementerie
and a tule veil caught with natural
orange blossoms. She carried a handsome
bouquet of brides roses and orange bios
SONS. with Louis XIV bows. Miss NJ. Vir-
ginie Cashell of Clarksville, Nd the maid
of honor, was dressed in light blue organ
die, with MORE taffeta ribbons. Her bou-
hair fern. The best man was Prof Regi-
maid X. Ridgely of St. Johns College. The
six bridesmaids were Misses Gertrude Cis-
sci of Washington. d. c.; Mamie A. Wal
tiers of Norfolk, Ella Melia, Loulie Carr of
Howard county, Pearl Page and Mackin
Weller of Forest Glen. They looked pretty
and stylish in white organdie and ribbons
They carried boquets of daisies and roses
The ushers were Messs. Arthur Pue
Harold c. Ridgely, Louis T. Clark, Upton
Dorsey. Kenneth L. Willard and E. b.
1glehart. Hilda and Doris Cissel, nieces of
the bride, were flower girls
Mrs. Louise Purcell has issued invita-
lions for the marriage of her daughter
Susie to Mr.. Alexander Hamilton Bell
Wednesday evening" June 80 at s o'clock
Calvary Baptist Church.
A surprise party was given last evening
to Miss Della Costello of As H street north
east in honor of her twenty-first birthday.
Music and dancing were the order of the
evening. Among those present We're Miss
X. Costello, Miss Z. Brady, Mr. E. Connor.
Miss B. McGrath. Miss NJ. McGrath, Mr..
P. McHune, Mr.. F. Hannah, Mr.. j. Clarke,
Miss VI. Dreiss, Mrs. ]. Mcdonald and MIR.
H. Rosson of Culpepper, Va. Miss A.
OConnor, Miss A. Blake. Miss NJ. O'Con-
nor, Mr.. e. CARING, Mr.. ]. Horigan, Miss
NJ. Horigan, Miss A. Hogan and Messrs.
Baldwin. Cosgrove, Hamilton and Gillen.
Mrs. A. B. Eichhorn and children have
gone to the mountains of West Virginia for
the summer.
Miss NJ. Blanche Shafer of 1417 Corcoran
street left today for three months trip
In the west. She will visit Chicago, St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
The Vice President, Mrs. Hobart and
their young son, with their guests Colonel
and Mrs. Nm. Barbour of Paterson, n. j.,
and Miss Kinsey of England, were the
guests at dinner last night of President and
Mrs. Mckinley. Colonel Barbour is an old
personal friend of the President and is
member of the staff of Governor Griggs of
New Jersey.
Miss Sadie Kerfoot, who has been visit
ing her brother, Mr.. Chas. E Kerfoot, at
Riverdale, Md, has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Oliver Moque will
leave for California on Saturday, where
they will be the guests of Mrs. MoQues
sister, Mrs. Thos. Bond of Stockton, and
Mr.. John c. Goldsborough of Los Angeles