Evening star., 1898-11-05
MARRIED AT HOME
The De Sibour- -Clagett Wedding To-
day at Noon.
LOVELY BRIDE and PRETTY MAIDS
Couple Will Go Abroad for Two
Years Stay.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The marriage today at noon of Miss Mar
| garet Clagett, daughter of Mrs. William
Clagett. to vicomte Henri de Sibour, was
accompanied by many happy tokens of the
affection in which the young couple are held
by their relatives and the large circle OF
friends who afterward congratulated them
| on the beginning of thcir married life. The
ceremony took place in the dIawing room,
nf the Clagett residence. on 10th street, and
its selection for the purpose gave three
points at which the bridal picture could be
seen-from the library and dining room OF
either side, and the hail. through which the
| procession passed The drawing room was
beautifully adorned with plants and white
roses and chrysanthemums. The mantel-
| piece before which the solemn ceremony
took place was the keynote of the decora-
| ton. Maidenhair fern and asparagus vines
were the basis, and amid the white bios
SONS were lighted tapers. giving altar
like effect. The flowers in the library were
| red roses and the autumn blossom. and in
| the dining room pink roses mingled with
| the foliage and vines.
The groomsmen. all former classmates of
the groom at Yale-Messrs. Brinkerhoff
Thorn, Anson Phelps Stokes Redmond
| Cross, Edward L. Trudeau and Dunn Nc
| Kee of New York. Alexander Brown of
| Philadelphia and George Howard and Cor
coran Thorn of this city-entered first and
|.
| The bridesmaids came next. They were
Miss Isabel Hagner, Miss Lindsey Poor,
Miss Keats Rodgers, Miss Bessie Ashton.
| Miss Bessie Glover Miss Margaret Cassels
| Miss Sophie Stanton of Philadelphia and
Miss Nellie Soutter of New York. The
| maids of honor were Miss Gertrude Clagett
and Miss Mabel johnson, cousin cf the
groom. The bride was escorted by her
| brother, Mr.. William Clagett
Rev. Thomas s. Lee. rector of st. Mat
thews Church, performed the ceremony.
| Comte Louis de Sibour elder brother of the
| groom, was best man.
| The Lohengrin wedding march was play
! el as the bridal party entered the drawing
| room, Professor Gloetzner being at the
organ and Miss Emelyn Bailey playing the
| violin. During the ceremony Miss Bailey
played most exquisitely the Angels Ser
| enade." Again these artists filled the house
| with melody as they rendered the Mendels-
! sohn wedding march as the bride and
| groom led the way to the library where
| they received congratulations They stood
| for this pleasing duty in the palm bower
arranged in the tower window.
| The bridal party took breakfast together
| IN an upstairs room. The table was Dretti-
| ly adorned and an elaborate menu served
| The wedding gown of this charming
young bride was Of white satin. made with
youthful simplicity. The bodice was
| trimmed with point lace A tulle veil and
coronet of orange blossoms were worn.
| Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley
| orchids and roses. The maids of honor
| wore very pretty dresses of cream nted
| lace over white. Their flowers were vel
| low chrysanthemums, the same as carried
| by the bridesmaids. They wore short tulle
wells and Prince of Wales feathers. The
| bridesmaids also wore wells and feathers,
| but their dresses of Irish point insertions
in white net were worn with Louis XIV
| coats of brocaded white satin. A hand
| somer group of attendants have rarely sur
| rounded a prettier bride.
| The groom's mother, Nine. de Sibour,
| Miss de SfhOnr his sister of thar
tives were present. Among out-of-town
| guests were DR.. Morgan Dix, rector of
Trinity Church. New York, and Mrs. Dix
| Mrs Ethan Allen, Mr.. and Mrs Jonathan
Thorne, Mr.. Harry Kip, Mr. George Batch
eller, all of New York, and Mrs. Kinney of
| Cincinnati
| Several hundred guests attended the re-
ception, which lasted until the couple left
| for their wedding journey. They will sail
for Europe next Saturday, and expect to
spend the next two years in Paris, where
| Vicomte de sibour will continue his studies
| in architecture which is his chosen profess
| sion. They will make days visit to Mrs
Clagett before sailing.
The brides presents increased in beauty
and elegance with each new addition, max
| ing as rich a collection as has been seen
| here this year.
The British ambassador and Lady Pauncs-
| fote were accompanied home last week by
| Miss Sibyl Pauncefote. Miss Lillian and
Miss Audrey Pauncefote are in New York,
Pauncefote is visiting Mrs. Lorillard at
| Westchester. Miss Pauncefote visited dur
| ing the most of the summer with Lady
Rivers-Wilson. travelling in Canada.
| Mrs. Leonard Wood and children will go
next week to Santiago de Cuba TO join
| General Wood in that city and to spend the
winter there.
| Mr.. and Mrs Emile Montgomery and chill
| dren are back again at their home on Rhode
| Island avenue.
| Col. Thomas Wilson, 1918 Connecticut
avenue, gave a dinner last evening, COM
| plimentary to Hon. David ]. Hill, the new
| ly appointed First Assistant Secretary of
| State. The other guests invited to meet
| him were Hon. John w. Foster, Rev. Teu-
| mis- S. Hamlin. Paymaster General Stewart.
| U. 8. N, Col Theodore A. Bingham and
| Messrs. John Russell Young, James E.
| Fitch. S. H. Kaufman, VIM. Elroy Cur
| tbs and Brainard H. Warner.
Mrs. J. A. Swope and the Misses Swope
will be at home on Tuesday, November
| s, from until o'clock.
Mrs. and Miss Wyvile have leased their
| residence on o street. and will spend the
winter in Chicago.
There was a pleasant gathering at the
| residence of Mr.. and Mrs Jas. Hunnicutt
Wednesday evening to celebrate the birth
day of the former. Games and dancing
| were the features of the evening, after
which a repast was served. The rooms and
tables were decorated with palms and cut
| flowers Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. George Hunnicutt, Misses Hannah
Langbein, Lizzie Sullivan, Mamie Hartnett,
| Annie Saur. Josie Hess, Grace Garner, Mrs.
Rooney. Messrs. Frank Neslne Frank Gra-
ham. Harry Holcer, Clarence Hunnicutt
and Ed Sullivan.
The second meeting of the Anacreon Club
| took the form Of a Halloween gathering
| last Monday evening at the residence of
Miss Carrie Budd, 465 M street northwest.
A great deal of Halloween fun was enjoy
| ed by about forty young people, half of
whom were the guests of the club members.
After supper. served at late hour, dancing
was enjoyed. Among those present We're
the Misses Carrie and Maud Budd, NJ. HUI
gueley, Misses Bessie and Mabel Grahame,
Misses Grace and Bessie Senior Miss Bessie
johnson. Miss Alice Hall, Miss Alice Clarke,
Miss Louise ketchum and Miss Selma Hop
| per. and Messrs. Poole. Walker, Seton,
| Smith, Rowzee, Taylor. Kirwan. Ketner, D.
| and w. Clarke, Hopper, Kraak R. and j.
Milans and DE-: Bayne. The next meeting
of the club will be 'euchre' at the resi-
dence of the Misses Senior, LIE Droit Park,
Monday, November II.
Miss Della McGirr Of 40 Sd street has re-