Evening star., 1899-04-03
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Notable Wedding at St Johns Church
Today.
Miss Lowering Becomes Mrs. Charles
+. Adams 2d-0ther Pleasant
Eyents-PersOnnls.

if the air was a trife cooler than usually
associated with spring festivities. The
| cbilliness formed no bar, however, to the
| wearing of Easter finery, and the audience
| which at noon today witnessed the mar
| riage of Miss Frances Lowering and Mr.
| Charles Francis Adams second was, as
far its womankind was concerned, one
that gave less favored sisters many suS-
gestions as to new styles The Easter dec
orations at st. Johns were in place in the
chancei and on the altar, supplemented by
a number of palms and foliage plants. The
ushers who seated the guests were Mr..
Arthur Adams, Mr.. Arthur Butler, Mr..
| William NJ Lowering, DR.. Frank Balch,
DR.. c. A Porter. all of Massachusetts,: Mr..
de Billfer and Mr.. F. S. Bradley of New
| York and Mr.. Larz Anderson of Wash
| ington
| The bride and her father. Representative
| Lowering, were preceded by the ushers to
the altar. AT the chancel they We're met
| by the groom and his best man, Mr.. George
c. Adams.
Rev Dr. Mackay-smith performed the
ceremony.
| The bride was gowned in white satin,
made very simply. The bodice trim
med with insertions of point lace. which
| arrangement also formed the close-htuing
sleeves. A jabot of tulle was fastened by
| a diamond ornament. The tue veil was
| surmounted by a cluster of orange bios
sens Her bouquet was OF white roses and
| valley lilies.
Mrs H. B. Coke of Philadelphia and Miss
| Alice Lowering, sisters of the bride, were
in the front pew. Among those witnessing
| the ceremony Were Mrs. Hobart, the Brit
! ish ambassador and Lady Pauncefote Miss
| Pauncefote, the German amba assador. Sec
retary and Mrs. Hay, Miss Hay. Mrs. and
! Miss Miles, the Misses Patten, Mrs. Barz
| Anderson. the Belgian minister and Count
ess Lichtervelde, the Portuguese minister
! and tjScpunteSS S3ntp ThTESp. Mrs. NiClD-
| las Anderson, Miss Anderson, Miss Nc
| MILAN. the Misses Wallack, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Robert Treat Paine, jr.. of Boston, Archi-
| bald Hopkins, Miss Hopkins, Mrs Richard
son Glover Representative and Mrs.
Sprasue, Mr. and Mrs. Brook Adams, Miss
Louise Adams and Miss Greenleaf of BoS-
ton and other relatives of the couple.
! The wedding breakfast at the residence
of Representative Lowering on n street was
attended by intimate friends and relations.
| The brides presents We're both numerous
| and beautiful. This afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams left for honeymoon trip, and
| when they settle down to housekeeping il
Will be at Quincy. Mass.
Miss Farnsworth, at a pretty luncheon
Saturday. in honor of Miss Mattngiy. en-
| tertained Miss Winifred Mattingly. Miss
McComas, Miss Wood, Miss George Por-
ter. Miss Hazel Breckenridge. all of the
| wedding party; Miss Edine TisdeI Miss
| Worthngton Miss Louise Foraker. Miss
| Bell, Miss Evans and Miss Mckibbin.
on Thursday Miss Farnsworth will give
a luncheon i'll honor of Miss Jane Fuller.
Mrs W. Z. Bailey and her Two sons are
| Spending the Easter holidays with her
sister, Mrs. Bontz at Brookland.
| Miss Ethel Davis OF New York is visiting
| Miss Rochester, who has recently returned
| from Cuban trip.
| Miss Elizabeth Tyler of 1903 Q street will
be home to her friends Tuesday evenings
| in April.
! One of the noticeable features of social
| life in Harrisburg this winter has been the
| receptions given each Tuesday afternoon
| by Mrs. Stone at the executive mansion
| These receptions have been very delightful.
| Mrs Stone has been assisted each week
! by some of the prominnt young ladies of
| the city, who have poured the tea and
| chocolate and have helped in many ways
| to entertain the numerous callers. A couple
| Of weeks since there Were some 800 callers
| one Tuesday afternoon. This is the first
time that the mistress of the executive
mansion in Harrisburg has had a distinc-
| tive day for receiving, and Mrs. Stone has
| been widely complimented on the success
of her efforts.
Miss Kate BaItzell of Baltimore who has
an apartment at the Portland, will go
| abroad in June, and will spend the summer
| in Norway and Sweden. During Easter
! week Miss Percy of Lynchburg and Miss
Graham of Lexington, Va, are her guests.
| Mr.. Edouard Rod the eminent French
| writer and critic, now a tour Of this
| country, will be the guest Of honor Wednes-
| day at dinner to be given by Assistant
! Secretary of State and Mrs. Hill.
| The first of the dances already mentioned
! in these columns will be given Wednesday
! evening at the Washington Club. Mrs.
| John Y. Taylor. Mrs. Cropper. Mrs Rich
| ardson Glover. Mrs. Blair Lee Mrs Jann
| Mrs. Montgomery Blair Mrs W. C Hill
| Mrs A. A. Addison. Mrs. Charles II. Camp
| bell and Mrs. Jonn Poor form the commit
| tee.
| Mrs. L. z. Letter is now on the ocean on
| her way back to this country. She went to
| London to sea her daughters off to India.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Letter are expected to spend
| the summer in this country. Their Wash
| inston home has been dismantled, and it is
| not probable they expect to be here until
| next winter.
At the marriage of Miss Susie Kent
| Southwick, daughter of the late John c.
| SCuthwick, to Lieut.. William Phelps, L. S.
| N, Tuesday. April -, in the Fifth Avenue
| Collegiate Church, New York, the bride
who is a beautiful girl, will be given away
! by her brother. Horace Ciafiin Southwick
| Her cousin. Miss Dora Andrews Harris.
| daughter of Capt. Henry L. Harris, L. S.
| A., now stationed at Governors Island, will
be the maid of honor. There will be no
bridesmaids The future home of the young
couple will be in Washington. where Lieut..
| Phelps is connected with the bureau of
naViga ton.
Friends of Mr.. Arthur NJ. Connor, son of
the late w m. >. Connor and Miss Mary V.
Cohen. daughter of the late Chritendon
Cohen were Saturday evening treated TO a
great surprise Members of the Current
Events Club and the Boys Brigade of Beth
| any Chapel and the immediate families
were invited to an April fool party. In the
| midst of the excitement Rev. Edward War
rem of Faith Chapel appeared on the scene
! and Mr. Connor and Miss Cohen We're unit
ed in marriage. Mr. John w. Ragland was
best man and Miss Rosa Connor maid of
| honor.
| Mrs. Earnest Homburg accompanied by
her three children, left Saturday afternoon
| for their future home in Indianapolis
| party of friends went to the depot to see
| them oft
| During Easter week Miss Toomey of 1892
Rhode Island avenue will have as her guests
| her two classmates, Miss Breen of New
! York city and Miss Donnely of College
| Point, New York.
Major J. C. Gilmore of Ridley Park, Pa,
| and his family are visiting Mrs, NJ A
| Browne OF II street, sister of the former
| DR.. W. A. Croffut and wife this morning
! returned from a visit to Nassau. the capi-
| tai of the British West Indies where the