The times., 1898-10-21
THE SOCIAL CALENDAR.

a wedding of notable interest through
out army and navy circles was solem-
nized last night at ST Margaret's Church
by its reverend rector, r. L. Howell, D.
d. The bride was Miss Helen Saunders
Smith, daughter of Chief Engineer and
Mrs David Smith, of Connecticut Ave
nue., and the groom Mr.. Charles Hewitt
Wright of Pittsfield, Mass.
The chancel was abloom with La
France roses against a tropical back
ground of palm foliage, and throughout
the fashionable audience that filed the
auditorium were seen nearly every prom
inent representative of Washington's
social and official world now in the city,
together with a number of distinguished
guests from Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania and New York. Previous to and
during the ceremony an excellent musi-
cal program was rendered by the organ
ist Miss Johnson, the LohenSrin ana
Mendelssohn nuptial marches announc-
ing the arrival and departure of the bri-
dal train. The bride was Ideally lovely
in ivory satin, the skirt ruched daintiiy
with mousseline de sole and the bodice
draped with a bertha of point lace worn
by her mother at her own wedding Her
tulle veil was fastened back from her
face with sprays of lilies of the valley,
and she carried a white missal instead OF
the conventional bouquet. She entered
the church with her father and passed
up the AISLE preceded by her maids and
ushers. TO the chancel where she was
met by the groom and his best man, Mr..
Wander Zee, of Albany, N Y The ush-
ers were Mr.. Frank Davis. Mr. Char.es
L. Howe and Mr. Charles Young, of
Washington, and Mr.. Charles l.. CJbb, of
West Stockbridge, Mass. Miss Josephine
Perkins. the maid of honor wore an ar
tistic combination of pink satin and rich
point lace, and carried a cluster of La
France roses, sheathed in their foliage OF
green.
Miss Marie l.. Smith, the schoolgirl sis
ter of the bride, preceded her, bearing a
Vatican basket of La France roses ana
looking daintily picturesque In a simple
frock of white organdie and Valenciennes
lace. The ceremony was followed Dy
large reception at the residence OF MI.
and Mrs Smith, which. like the church,
was artistically decorated with La france
roses and palms.
Mr. and Mrs Wright stood in the palm
embowered bay window to receive the
congratulations of their guests. many OF
whom were the army and navy heroes OF
the Cuban campaign Beside them stood
Mr. and Mrs. Smith. the latter regaily
handsome in ivory satin brocade trimmed
with rare old point and girdled with a
zone of pendant pearls. The wedding
presents, in gold, silver, bronze. and brio
a-brac. made a marvellous display, among
the gifts being chests of silver from the
brides father, from the parents of the
groom and another from his aunt, Mrs.
Ashley Wright. of New York. Mrs.
Smiths gifts TO her daughter were
Dresden dinner service and diamond
pin. which was the only Jewel worn by
the bride
The city council of Plttsfed, of which
the groom is a member. presented him
with a china closet of carved mahogany,
and a French hand-painted tea set was
given by the Messrs. Clephane.
The bride although born in Washing
ton, is of old New England stock, whose
ancestry is of English origin dating back
TO the eleventh century. She is the great
granddaughter of Daniel Saunders. who
helped to make revolutionary history as
the captain of the Two Brothers, and
greatniece of Major Caleb Lowe, who
commanded a company at the battle of
Lexington and later was member of
Gen. Washington's stan. She is a colonial
descendant of Mai. Gen. Simon Willard.
general-in-chief of the colonial troops of
1868. and IS also descendant of Winthrop,
the first governor of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Wright is nephew of former Rep
resentative Wright, who represented his
State in Congress for many years. He is
a lawyer and will practice his profession
in Pittsfeld. his home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright will be established after Novem-
ber / at their handsome new residence, q
Maplewood Avenue, Pittsfield. Mass.
Another fashionable wedding of the
Autumn will be that of Miss Rita Clagett
and Mr. Henri de Sibour, which, however,
will be solemnized quietly at the resi-
dence of Miss Clagett on November 5,
at noon.
The marriage of Miss Florence Bay
ard daughter of the late Thomas +.
Bayard. and Mr.. William S. Hilles. of
Wilmington, Del, will take place in that
city Saturday October 80.
Miss Emma Baldwin, daughter of Gen.
T A Baldwin, and Lieut. S. D. Rocken-
bach, Tenth United States Cavalry, were
quietly married Wednesday afternoon at