Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-15
TIE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Welded at Church in the Midst of Smiling
Friends
Mr.. BOynton and Miss Gaines the
Happy Couple-The karr-Darfee
Northumberland Notes.


| marriage ceremony which united Miss
| Florence Griswold Gaines, daughter of Mrs
Anna E. Gaines. and Mr. Charles Hudson
Boynton. The ceremony took place at noon,
and Rev. DIR. Kerr of Richmond Va, was
the officiating clergyman. AIR. William
holloway Farwell of New York, city editor
OF the New York Tribune. was best man,
and Miss Meta Boynton, sister of the
groom, was maid of honor.
The ushers We're: Mr.. Howard Thompson,
MI. Horace Westcott. Mr. Edward j.
Brady and Mr.. Archibald Butt. The bride
came in church with her brother Mr.
WHY'S S. Gaines, who gave her hand in
marriage. A wedding breakfast at which
The relatives and the bridal party sat down
followed at the Hotel Raleigh, and during
the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Boynton left
on northern trip. which will include a
stay at various Interesting points in the
Adirondacks. The ceremony was witnessed
by an unusually large gathering of friends
OF the young couple and their families, in
Guiding many prominent officials and lead
ing members OF the newspaper fraternity.
The brioe, who is an attractive and in
| teresung young lady, looked very stylish
and handsome in a travelling gown of dark
blue broadcloth, tailor-made The jacket
fronts were relieved by soft and becom-
| ing vest. A diamond sunburst brooch, with
twelve large stones, the gift of the groom
was worm Her hat was of shaded blue
velvet, trimmed with black tips. Instead
OF Mowers, she carried prayer book, bound
in dark blue leather, from which the SER
vice was read Miss Boynton was dainti-
ness itself in pretty dress of light gray
crepe, trimmed with white chiffon. Her
large hat was trimmed with black tips
ana her bouquet was of white China asters
me bride received great quantities of
valuable presents. in solid silver, cut glass;
Oil paintings, china and furniture Mr.
Boynton's colleagues on the Associated
Press gave silver service of great beau
| ~. When the couple return from their
honeymoon journey they will go to house
n fhD MOI 1ssa 1.,s.-
Mrs. Anna Chatterson and Rev. w. s.
Coffee will be married tomorrow at noon
| by Bishop Satterlee- MIR. Coffee and Mrs.
Cnatterson knew each other fifty years
| ago. when the minister was the rector of
st. Paul's Church, East Chester, Pa. They
were lovers then, but the lady married Mr.
| Chatterson and moved to Philadelphia.
| Later Mr.. Coffee also married. About ten
wears ago Mrs Chatterson lost her hus-
band, and five years later Mrs. Coffee died
| the minister still continues at St Paurs
Church. but recently it was noticed that he
made frequent visits to Philadelphia and
Washington. where Mrs. Chatterson was
stopping. The ceremony tomorrow culmi-
| mates the romance of half century.
very pretty wedding was quietly
solcmnized this morning, the contracting
! parties being Miss Isabella V. Durfee and
| MIR. Henry c. karr. The ceremony. per-
| formed by Rev. Richard =. Williams of
| Trinity p. +. Church, took place st the
residence of the brides sister, Mrs. Cliff
ford X. Bergman. only the near relatives
being present. Miss Durfee has been one
| OF the brightest and most successful of the
| public school teachers of this city and Mr.
karr son of Mr.. Jacob Karr. both we'll
known business men of WashinS ton. At the
| close of the ceremony wedding breakfast
was served after which Mr.. and Mrs. Karr
| left for an extended trip north.
Miss Rose Marie Dyrenforth has returned
| from visit to her sister, Mrs. p. J. Nc
Grath, and Mrs. McKinlock, at Atlantic
| City.
Mrs. H. H. Gilfry and her daughters Miss
Sara and Miss Helen, have returned from
five weeks stay at Atlantic City.
The Temperance Pleasure Club held its
| reunion last night at the residence OF its
president Mr.. John 1. Bunch, No. 80 II
street. Election of officers for the ensuing
| quarter resulted as follows: President,
Mr.. Staley N. Clark; vice president, Miss
Hattie Garland; secretary, Miss Talbert;
| treasurer, Miss Cora Reamer. Refresh
Tents were served by the young ladies and
next Tuesday night the young men of the
club will give straw ride. Among the
invited guests were: The Misses Mary and
Gertie Berkeley and Messrs. Dobbs ard
Williamson.
MIR. and Mrs. T. H. Pearson of Saranac
Lake, whose wife was formerly Miss Sophia
Z. Hogan of this city, will spend the winter
at Coronado Beach, Cal, starting for that
point next week
Mrs. Elizabeth Sousa Bernays has re-
| turned from a pleasant trip to Cedar Glen,
Seabrook. Md.
The Misses Breuninger have returned
from Larchmont-o
Mrs. Wayne w. Cordell and daughter
May have returned from a two months
visit among relatives and friends in the
Tennessee mountains. They at s27 II n
street, where they will be glad to see their
friends.
Miss Wenona Poindexter of West Point,
Miss, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Ran
die of Congress Heights. Miss Poindexter
has been spending the summer at various
| mountain resorts. and will return to ner
home in the south soon as the Quaran-
tine on account of the yellow fever scare
is removed. The members of the family
were summering near Ocean Springs, Miss,
| when the yellow fever made its appearance
there recently, and. although none of her
relatives contracted the disease. all have
been quarantined by the local authorities
Capt. and Mrs. p ]. Duffy of Hyattsville
Nd, gave lawn party to a large number
of their friends in Washington and in
Maryland at their handsome residence.
Black Ash, last night. The gathering was
one of the largest at any private function
that has ever been given in Hyattsville
The spacious grounds as well the house
were handsomely decorated and brilliantly
lighted with japanese lanterns and the ap-
pearance of the place from the road gave
as near an impression of fairyland as could
we'll be imagined. The large parlor ard
dining room were set apart for those
who desired to indulge in dancing, hut the
heat forced nearly everyone to seek out
cool and restful hooks, and they bcunded
everywhere, In which to enjoy the good
things set out for them. An orchestra from
Washington played the music for the dane
ing and during supper. Supper was served
late in the evening on the lawn IN the rear
OF the house where still another enchanted
scene was presented The long tables were
weighed down with good things, and those
who were present did full justice to them
During the evening Mrs. James c. Rogers
nee Mattingly, the well-known soprano of
ST. Patrick's Church, sang a number of
solos, and received a vast amount of ap-
plause. The affair broke UP after II O'Clock
upon the arrival of the late train for Wash
ington. Some of those who were present
were: Mrs. T. s. Post and Miss Julia Post
Miss Sallie Wheeler. Mr.. Chester MCGOWAN.
Miss Rosalind Geddis, Mr.. Henry c. Fink
elstein, Mr.. Henry Dolan Mr. L. Dolan,
Miss Dreamer, Mr.. Will. Browning Miss
Evelyn Anderson. Miss Mattingly Mr. aid
Mrs. John A Graham, Miss Grace Cox
Mr.. Enos Newman, Mr.. Wilbur Melbourne,
Miss Beunavista Melbourne. Miss Julia
karr, Miss Amy Karr, Mrs. Darte and Mr.
Benner from Washington; Dr. and Mrs. A.
]. Westlake and Miss Anna Westlake from