Evening star., 1898-11-12

met in front at the top of the lace which
| formed the lower half oG the blouse front.
| The bridesmaids dresses of net had two six
| nch-wide insertions of Irish point reaching
| more than half way up the skirt and edged
| with narrow ruches of net The silk coat
| hasques had unined revers and tails. with
| TWO rhinestone buttons at the back waist
| Iine-all old-time effects lately reintroduced.
| The maids of honor wore dresses of Irish
point with trains, soft, fluffy waists and
| moderately loose sleeves. with bu, little full
| ness at the shoulder. The brides sister,
| Mrs. Perrin, wore a most effective dress.
| II was of Irish point, the long trained skirt
| having foot and half cluster of ribbon
| friiled ruffles of white net. The bodice had
| square yoke outlined by band of jet in
| serton which also formed the collar. The
| nat worn was picture hat of black velvet
| and piumes, smaller than seen of late years
and caught very high on the left side with
| a small ornament in steel
| Miss Amy Makala Fletcher daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mis-. Edward 7. Fletcher and DR..
Thomas Pinkney Chapman will be married
| Tuesday at. noon at Mount Vernon NJ. L.
Church.
| Miss Maud Amanda Thompson and Mr..
Arnold Vance Graves will be married the
| same evening at the Sixth Presbyterian
| Church.
A wedding Wednesday at noon will be
that of Mrs. Ellenor Morris Finley to Mr..
| Frederick Charles MauIer of Harrisburg,
| Pa, at Calvary Baptist Church.
At the marriage of Miss Lille May
| Bowen, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
G. Bowen, to M Charles w. Fairfax.
| Wednesday evening next Miss Mamie \.
| Spfgnul will be the maid of honor. The
| bride will have two other attendants in
the persons of little Rosalie Waters and
| Minnie Stone, each five years old. Mr..
| Richard f. Claughton will be best man,
| and Messrs William Francis Bowen, Will
lam E. Shannon. Hunter A. Davis. Peytun
| Gordon. Dwight Anderson, Walter Hieston,
! c. Albert White, all of this city, and George
| Ray Deshler of New Brunswick, n. J., will
| be ushers. The ceremony takes place at
| Calvary Baptist Church, and the invita-
| tions have cards to present at the church
| door. The reception which will follow at
| the Bowen residence, 18th street will be
| attended by the relatives and out-of-town
guests with the bridal party.
Mrs. John B. Wight, wife of Commission
| er Wight who is visiting her sister Mrs.
| William NJ. McKelvy. at her home in Pitts
burg, has been charmingly and continuous
| ly entertained during her stay there
| Thursday last Mrs. Mckelvy gave a largely
| attended reception in her honor. The PITTS
| burg Dispatch says of this event: Mrs. Nc
| Kelvy and her sister and Mrs. J. p. f.
| kumler, their mother, received. assisted by
! Mrs. William S. Dalzell, Mrs. Harry Palmer
Pears. Mrs. Robert w. Patterson. Mrs. Gra-
ham c. Wells, Mrs w. Harry Brown. Mrs.
| James Dickson, Mrs. James A. Kennedy.
| Miss Gretta Patterson. Miss Rhoda Sill,
| Miss Jane Sill Miss Jean McKclvy and
| Miss Cor1elia McKelvy. The large hall or
| the residence was arranged with plants and
| huge white chrysanthemums, while the
| parlOr decorated with lunches Of red
aud pink roses. The library had great
bunch of pink chrysanthemums, while the
dining room had one of immense golden
! chrySanthemCmS.
| DIR. and Mrs. VIM. a. Falcon. formerly
Miss Nova Nicholson, have returned from
| their wedding and will be pleased 20 see
| their friends at 1896 Sth street.
| Miss Bernhardina Bartels and Mr.. John
Grossart. both of this city. were married
October 81 at Baltimore by the Rev. John
| S. NJ Witke.
Mr. and Mrs. y. V. Cushman will be home
! to their friends Wednesday. November 1G,
| from to 10 pm. 3i29 Homead avenue.
Miss Louise Powell has returned to the
| city. after having spent several weeks in
| the mountains at Aurora. w. Va.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Tom c. Noyes who are
| making a brief trip abroad, are registered
! in Paris Mrs. Noyes has recovered from
| the somewhat severe illness she suffered
! from in London.
One of the Drettiest of November we'd
! dings was celebrated last Wednesday even
| ing at the home of Mr.. James H. Crew of
| the Post Office Department. the bride be
| ing his elder daughter, Theresa Mary, and
the groom, Mr. Mark Allen Watson. The
| impressive ceremony was performed by
| Rev. DR.. Stricken of Hamine NJ. E. Church,
| of which the groom is superintendent of
| the Sunday school, and the bride one of its
| most popular teachers. After the cere-
| mOny. which was Witnessed by intimate
| friends only, and relatives of the bride and
| groom, the couple left for a wedding trip
| north On their return Mr.. and Mrs. Wat
son will he at home to their friends We'd
nesdays, December 1 and Il at 419 P street.
| Mr.. j. L. Davenport and family To-
| Gated at 1873 l7th street for the winter.
Mrs. G. Won PhuI Jones of Philadelphia
is spending a week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. S. Thompson, 1322 New York
avenue.
| Mr and MrS o1t
visit to the Misses Grant of 507 East Capt.
| tol street, have returned to their home in
| Boston.
| The exciting events marking the deposi-
| tfon of the Chinese emperor have a great
| interest in this city, where Chang Yui Yuan
| was we'll known, whom the latest news
| from Shanghai says has paid the penalty
| of his devotion to reform by his life. Chang
| Yui Yuanwas formerly minister to this coun-
| try, and left behind him many fast friends
| in diplomatic and official circles who were
| devoted to his interests. We're Others at
| various capitals of Europe. The empress
| dowager, who was determined to punish
| every member of the reform party. had six
| OF the leaders arrested and, after farcical
| trial, all We're decapitated. The single ex-
| ception was. seemingly. Chang Yui Yuan.
| whose life was spared because of appeals
| made by the British and Japanese officials
| He was exiled to kashgaria, and was
| guarded on the road there by soldiers and
| accompanied by his own servants. 4 run
|
| cutioner, as he had with him the warrant
| for Changs DEATH After four days travel
| Chang was strargled and the soldiers
| Killed all his servants, save one, who made
| his escape and has told the news.
There is not one who enjoyed Chang's
| hospitality at Stewart Castle late in the
| SOs who will not be sorry to hear of his
| murder. Chang a very rich man, en-
| tortained like a prince and showered costly
| gifts among his acquaintances here with Il
| prodigality Of generosity never before or
| since equaled. He gave the entertainment
| which afterward became famous or in
| famous, perhaps, would be better word.
| as the Chinese bali, where certain Wash
| ington residents made the greatest on
| slaught of their lives for food and drink.
| Chang regretted the awful spectacle pre-
| sented by his hungry guests, but it did not
| d:smay him at all, ror did it keep him from
| repeating the same form of hospitality
| nor of gathering friends about him many
| times thereafter. He celebrated all the Chi
| nese fetes with great eclat, and was a wei
| come guest everywhere. When his term
| expired he left Washington, after making
| more beautiful gifts to the friends he best
| liked, and many of the rarest and finest
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