Evening star., 1898-10-18
Personal NOTES.
Pretty Wedding at DIR. HiITs Country
HOme=MriXht-Smi Wedding.


Stratford, the lovely home of DR.. and
Mrs. Richard S. Hill. at Marlboro,
Nd, was the scene of a very pref
ty wedding at noon today. The con-
tracing parties were Miss Elizabeth
Yates Barber, youngest daughter of Mrs.
Eliza C. Barber of Charles county. Mary
land. and Mr.. Bernard Lee Grove of Fred
erick. The brides ancestry dates back to
the seventeenth century, being direct de-
scendant of DR.. Luke Philip Barber, first
lieutenant governor of Maryland. The
groom belongs to one of the Oldest families
of Frederick. Nd. The drawing rooms were
handsomely decorated with flowers. ferns
and palms. The bride was given away by
her brother DIR. James Morgan Barber of
w ashington. She was dressed in white silk.
wore tulle veil and carried bride roses.
Misses Eleanor and Eliza Barber We're
maids of honor. gowned in organd!es, with
colored ribbons. and carried chrysantbe-
NUNS. The little twin daughters of DR..
and Mrs. Hill. Elizabeth and Nora. acted
as flower girls. in white organdies over
white silk, and carried baskets of flowers
Mr.. Harry Grove, brother of the groom.
was best man. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. ID. J. Stafford of St
Patricks Church. Washington. Lohen-
grins wedding march was beautifully rem
dered by Miss Mary Wilson of Marlboro.
After a reception. which followed the cere-
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Grove left on a special
train for northern trip. The bride re-
ceived many useful and handsome presents.
Mr.. William Waldorf Astor gave a dinner
at Cliveden. his place in England. last
week. He had twenty-seven guests. and
they sat with their host around A table
made from a section of monster redwood
tree, brought from California. Mr.. Astor
made a wager of SD 900 that he could Sc
cure table big enough for a company Of
this size, and won il easily. The great
shce of the tree was beautifully polished
after it reached England. For the dinner
the decorations were wild flowers and
grasses, and the menu had pictures of red
wood trees painted on them.
The marriage of Miss Helen Saunders
Smith, daughter of Chief Engineer aAf
Mrs. Smith. to Mr.. Charles Hewitt Wright
of Pittsfield. Mass. will take place Thurs
day evening at St. Margarets Church The
attractive young bride will be attended by
Miss Josephine Perkins as maid of honor
and a younger sister of the bride Miss
Marie, will be her flower girl. Mr.. Wander
Zee of Albany, who will be best man. and
Mr.. Cobb Of West Stockbrdge. Mass who
will be an usher, will arrive with Mr.
Wright tomorrow. Mr.. Frank Davis and
Mr.. Charles Young of this city will also be
ushers A reception will follow the cere-
mony al the Smith residence, 1714 Connec-
| ucut avenue, and later in the evening the
couple will go north. They will reside in
Pittsteld, Mass, where Mr.. Wright is en-
gagged in the practice of law.
Miss Margerate Weapley entertained a
bicycle party Saturday evening at her
| house, enjoying music, games and refresh
ments until a late hour. Those present
We're Misses Myrtle Gibson. Lillian Hoover
Mansie Camerian, Julia Hall, Margerate
Weapley, Messrs. John Beal Louis CasteI
Lawrence Hincle, Fred McCardell.
Miss Lizzie Horne of Baltimore is visiting
her aunt Mrs. Jay, of 9Th street southeast
The many friends of Mrs. Young, wife of
Dr. Edward Young, will be sorry to know
mat she is seriously i'll at her home, 2u7
| Maryland avenue northeast.
Mrs. Theodore W. Birney, president of the
National Congress of Mothers and the la
qles who accompanied her to Omaha have
| mad a most delightful trip. They have met
| with universal kindness and cordialify-in
| Tact, the journey has been a perfect ova-
| ton. The meeting of the Congress of Moth
efS at the Trans Mississippi exposition was
| most popular and successful.
| The Junior Bachelors will give their first
| reception of the season Friday, October II
| at Mrs Dyer's, 1517 r street.
| Mr.. Robert Gibson returned from Europe
Yesterday on the Umbria, which was dis
| abIed at sea October 10.
| Lieut.. Col. W. II. Gardner. l. s. A: Mrs
| Gardner and their daughter Mrs. EggIes-
ton, are visiting DIR. Gardner's sister Mrs
| tfndlay Harris, ITO 10Th street.
| Capt and Mrs. Stephen Y. Seyburn have
| taken a two years lease of the handsome
| residence of Mr.. James E. Fitch on Rhode
| Island avenue They take possession No
vember l. Mr. Fitch has secured apart
ments at the Colonial, formerly Worm
leyS.
Mrs. Dickerson will not receive on We'd
| nesday. October 10. at Wimodaughsis, on
account OF the annual convention of the
District Federation of Women's Clubs