The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-08
SOCIAL WASHINGTON
Mrs. McKin'ey's Luncheon in Com
pliment TO Young Guests.
Wedding of Miss Condit-Smith ami
Lieut.. key-Art Loan Exhibition
Viewed by the Press.

Spring flowers in the national coors.
transformed the slate dining room of the
! Executive Mansion into flower of pa
triotic bloom yesterday afternoon, the
occasion being a luncheon given by Mrs.
Mckinley in honor of the group of
young friends and relatives who are now
/ her guests. The guests invited to meet
! them were Miss Lillian Pauncefote, Miss
! McWilIiams, Miss Lynch, Miss Francis
Lynch Miss Grace Mckinley, Miss Har-
! ter, Miss Hanna, Miss Gary, Miss Jessie
! Gary, Miss Madeline Gary, Miss Long,
! Miss Bliss, Miss Wilson, Miss McKenna.
! Miss Marie McKenna Miss Jane Fuller,
Miss Horstmann, Miss Ethel Horstmann,
Bates, Miss Letter, Miss Daisy Letter,
Miss Ashton Miss Sarah Walker, Miss
Fox, Miss Rodgers Miss Palmer, Miss
Harriette Ward, Miss Rochester, Miss
McCammon. Miss Alice Maury, Miss Pat
ten, Miss Kaufman, Miss Aiken, Miss
Ruth Hanna, Miss Sheridan, Miss Miles.
Miss Gilmore. Miss Sheridan, Miss Miles,
Hartzel, Miss Harriette Crum, Miss
Anna Westinghouse, Miss Florence Sha-
ron Miss Newlands, Miss Mabel Merriam
and Miss Lillian Wadsworth.
The marriage of Miss Grace Condit-
! Smith and Lieut.. Albert l.. Key of the
| United States navy. which to have
been one of the fashiOnaI nuptial events
Of next week was solemnized last night
as the international outlook made 1t pos
sible the groom might be ordered to re-
por. for duty before the date originally
selected for the wedding day. The ser
vice was performed at o'clock in the
presence OF q few relatives and near
frinds by Bishop Satterlee who is an old
and valued friend of the family of the
bride
Mrs. Condit Smith, wearing gray shades
Of burnt orange, gave her daughter in
marriage and Miss Mary Condit-Smith
gowned daintily in green orgaudie with
pompadour stripes and carrying a clus-
ter Of valley lilies, was the only attend
ing maid. Lieut.. Gibbon was best man
The ceremony was performed in the
frs Darlor which was deliberately and
artstically decorated with tall. graceful
palms, suirea and white hydranger
blooms. The second parlor was fioralT5
beautiful with red azelias and the color
conception In the dining room was in
pink.
The guests present included the Vice
President and Mrs. Hobart, the Mexican
minister and Madame Romero, the Vcne-
zuelan minister and Miss Andrade, Mrs.
Harriet Lane Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs
Very, Mrs. Field, wife of Chief Justice
Field, Secretary Roosevelt Mr. and Mrs
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery
Blair Mrs. Satterlee, Secretary and Mrs.
Long, Miss Barber. President and Mrs.
McKinley's niece, Miss Ffoulke Miss
SartoTis, Miss Horstman and Miss Ward
Among the beautiful collection OF we'd
ding presents are superb silver gifts
from Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Mackey and
Mrs. X. T. Wilson, of New York
An informal reception to Governor
George A Ramsdel and staff was given
last evening at the Elsmore by the MEM
bers Of the New Hampshire delegation
in Congress. There was large and
brilliant assemblage of guests present ana
the event was enjoyable TO a degree
which was ilattering alike to the delega-