The evening times., 1899-05-25

The Church of the Covenant. beautifully
decorated and filled with an assemb!age of
Washington's official and resident society.
was the scene last night of one of the most
beautiful weddings of the springtide. The
| bride was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lyman and the groom Mr.. Edgar
VOORHEES, Crittenden, of Rippon. w. Va
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DR.. George o. Little, assisted by Rev. DR..
Teunis S. Hamlin. pastor of the church.
Heralded by the nuptial chords from
"Lohengrin," the bridal procession passed
up the aisle. led by the ushers. Mr.. Harry
Lee, Mr.. Paul Sleman, Mr.. Z. Taylor. and
Mr.. Grant Leet. They were succeeded ny
the very pretty group OF bridesmaids
Miss Mary Campbell and Miss Corlnne
Campbell, of Takoma Park, and Miss
Gibbs, of Washington. Each was daintiiy
gowned in white organdie over white silk.
and carried pink carnations. The attend
ant maid of honor Miss Nellie Crittendeb,
sister of the groom, Immediately preceded
the bride, wearing white organdie over
light blue silk. Her flowers were white
carnations. The bride. escorted by her
father, was received at the chancel by the
groom and his best man. MIR. Frederick
Whitehead. where the ceremony was sol-
emnized.
The wedding gown was Of rich white
satin, en- traine. The bodice was exTui-
sitely embroidered In pearls ard trimmed
with chiffon and fastened amid the soft
lares about the throat. The bride wore u
pendant of diamonds and pearls, gift
from the groom. Orange blossoms fastened
the tulle veil to her lovely hair. and The
bridal bouquet was of white roses tied
with true-love knots Of white satin MORE.
The ceremony was succeeded by a recep
tion at the Lyman residence from to IL.
and afterward Mr.. and Mrs Crittenden left
for a honeymoon trip to Boston by sea-
Upon their return to Washington they will
go to the home of the brides parents. 124S
New Jersey Avenue northwest.
Among the ladies' of the White House
party who enjoyed the fireworks last night
were Mrs. Gage and her house guests, Mrs.
Raymond and Mrs. Mary E. Shumway OF
Evanston. Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d. Easton. enter
tained a number of friends Wednesday
evening at the Waldorf Astoria. New
York. The occasion was the anniversary
Of their wedding which occurred in this
city sixteen years ago. but this fact was
not made known in the invitations sent
out. Many guests who came from out of
town assembled at dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Easton at O'Clock and later Joined
in the general festivities held in the Myr-
tie Room. which was prettily decorated for
the occasion. pleasant feature Of. the
evening was an entertainment volunteered
as a compliment to Mr. EaSton who Is
president OF the American Graphophons
Company and Of the Columbia Phonograph
Company. by the principal artists engaged
in making talking machine records. This
part of the entertainment was under the
direction of Mr.. Harry Yeager. Those TAX
ing part were the Columbia Orchestra:
George p. Watson; the Lyric trio. COM
posed OF Miss Mann. Mr.. Havens. and Mr..
Hooley; Mr.. Bogue and Nine Alba of the
French opera Cal Stewart George Sche-
weinfest, Fred Hylands, Leonard G. Spen-
Ger. George ]. Gaskin. Will F. Denny. ].
W. Myers, L. P. Ransom. John C. Martin,
the Greater New York Quartette. compos-
ed of Messrs. Harding Campbell. Porter,
and Jones, and the Lowe brothers. xylo-
phonsts.