Evening star., 1898-07-06
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Marriage Last Night of Miss Baloh and
MI Gordon.
Pretty Home Ceremonies, rs Was That
of Miss Hoover and Nr. john
sOn-interestng Notes.

A pretty home wedding was that last
evening of Miss Amy Rogers Balcn daugh-
ter of r EAR Admiral George Beale Balch.
U. S. N, and Mr. Malcom Kenneth Gordon,
son of DR.. d. c. Gordon of this city. The
ceremony was performed at the residence
of the brides father 110S North Charles
street, Baltimore, by the Rev. G. W. Lay,
the brides brother-in-law, assisted by the
Rev. C. Ernest Smith of ST. Michael and
Ali Angels P. Z. Church. Only the init
mate friends of the two families were pres
ent, among whom were ex-Secretary of
the Navy Herbert, and son-in-law, Mr.
Benjamin Micou; DR.. ID. c. Gordon, Mr..
Edward Spanhoofd and DR.. ]. NJ. Craighnl.
The bride wore a gown of white silk,
with a tulle veil, nd carried a white pray
er book. Her sister, Miss Mary Ellen Bach,
maid of honor. She wore green or
CANDY over silk, end carried pink roses.
Mr. Edward II. Floyd-Jones OF New York
was best man, ana Mr.. Francis DUPONT
Balch, Mr.. Robert Burton, Mr.. Bierne Lay
of Baltimore, Mr.. Robert e. Lee, jr., DR..
Il. r. Sampson and MIR. Gordon Nyche OF
Washington, were the ushers.
1t was originally intended that the cere-
mony should be performed at the Church
of st. Michael and All Angels, but owing
to the illness OF the bride a home wedding
was decided upon. MIR. Gordon is one OF
the masters at st. Paul's School, Concord,
n. ii.
/. A very pretty wedding took place yester-
Gay afternoon at 4 O'Clock at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. C.G. Hoover. The bride was
their daughter, Miss Ethel Hoover, and
the groom Mr.. Frederick W. johnson of
New York. The ceremony, which look
place in the front parlor, was performed bS
Rev. Ross Fishburn, pastor OF the Mt
Pleasant Congregational Church. Both
parlor and dining room were prettily adorn-
ed with palms and cut flowers. The bride,
who is an exceedingly attractive young
lady, was daintily dressed in blue silk UNI
der White liberty silk, with apron effect
drapery on the skirt, trimmed with rows of
shirred white silk ribbon. broad silk
sash and bows We're worn. Mrs. q. u.
Hoover, Misses Norma L. Hoover and Har-
riet n. Hoover, the brides mother and sis
ters; Mr.. d. Weimer Reinohl Mrs. L. y.
Billingsley, the Misses Maud b., Harriet
l.. and Louise b. Blllingsley, Mrs. l.. h.
Hollingworth Mrs. f. A. Red1ield and her
sons, Masters Arthur and Albert; Mrs y.
@. Redheld, Mr. and Mrs. VIII Porter, Miss
Margaret Porter, Master Robert Porter
and Miss Elizabeth Griffith were the only
guests present After the ceremony the
company partook of a wedding supper, and
early in the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson
left town for bridal trip. The brides
travelling dress was of blue brosdcloth, with
hat to match. The couple will travel dur
ing the summer and expect to reach New
York about September, where they VIII
make their home.
Mrs. Anna S. Hamilton and her daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth Hamilton, are living al
Cleveland Park. Miss Hamilton has Just
returned from Colorado, where she has
been attending the State University at
Boulder.
Miss Calvert of Holmead Manor has re-
turned from New York, accompanied by
Mrs. Henry c. Perkins of that city.
Mr.. H. W. Tippett and family of 432
Jackson street. Anacostia, left the city
saturday morning to spend fifteen days
with the formers uncle, Mr.. S. E. Tippett,
at Cedarville. Md.
Miss Lena Gerlick will go to her home
in Illinois to visit her mother and friends
DR.. John A. Daily and family have gone
to Calverton. Va, to spend the summer.
Later they expect to be Joined by Mrs.
Welti and Miss Wood.
Mrs. Arthur o. Sykes and family started
last night for their summer home in De
Ruyter, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crenshaw and daughter are
spending the summer at Blue Mountain.
A merry party of young folks, members
of the A. o. NJ. Club, participated in a
delightful straw ride Monday, July i.
Among these present We're Miss Mamie
Dawson, Edith Smith, Katie Quinn, Alice
Hussie, Maud Burch, Ethel HarGi G. Lo-
retto Burke, Messrs. Ralph Anderso l, Ray
Brooke. Leslie Murray, Harold G ayson,
Fred Smith, Bert Russell, Paul Bisf Up and
Charles Burnett. Arriving at the r. 5dence
of Miss B. SaUter of Hyattsvile, games
and dancing Were enjoyed, after which re-
freshments were served, and at a late hour
the party returned home. The guest Of
honor was Mr.. Clifford Collingswood of
Philadelphia, Pa
Mrs. Sarah Magruder, Mrs. Joseph Beal
and Miss Fanny A. Doughty are at Berke-
ley Springs.
Mrs. Greely and her children have gone
north for the summer. They will be at
Kensington, n. II.
Prof. and Mrs. Alex. Graham Bell will
sumner, as usual. in Nova Scotia.
Mrs. John S. Ward and her granddaugh-
ter, Miss Ward. sailed for Europe yester-
day.
Admiral and Mrs. Ramsay and Miss Ram
say are at Bay Head, n. J., for the sum-
mer-