Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-20
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Preparations for the Bromley Pauncefote
Wedding.
Miss Wilson's Dance Last Night-Laxt
Nights Dinners Timely
Personal Notes.

The pleasurable anticipation which sur
rounds the British embassy at present in
creases as the days grow fewer before the
marriage of Miss Lillian Pauncefote and
Mr.. Robert Bromley. At the ceremony Sat-
| urday next at noon at St. Johns Church,
the Bishop of Washington, assisted by Rev.
DIR. Mackay-Smith, Will officiate. The groom
will be attended by his brother, Mr. Maui
rice Bromley-Wilson. The duties of the
ushers, Mr.. Gerard A. Lowther, Sir Charles
| Eliot, Mr.. w. G. Max Muller and Mr.. Ar
thur Humphreys Owen, will cease with the
| arrival of the bridal party. In accordance
with the English custom the bride and
Lord Pauncefote will advance to the chan
| eel first The brides court train will be
upheld by her youthful page, Master Sidney
| Kent Legare. and following after her will
| be her bridesmaids, Miss SibyI Pauncefote,
\ Miss Esther Bromley, sister of the groom.
, Miss Audrey Pauncefote and Miss Hetty
! Sargent of Boston The bride will be
| claimed at the chancel rail by the groom.
| No choral service will attend the cere-
mony.
The brides dress of white satin. is trim
med somewhat in princess style from Shout
der to hem down each side of the front
| with pearl passementeries. A great deal of
| lace and chiffon is used in its ornamental
| ton. The pearl passementerie is continued
| in vandyke effects around both sides to the
| court train. Over the wreath of orange
| blossoms will be worn a full veil of tulle
A shower bouquet of lilies of the valley
| will be carried Some changes have been
| made in the toilets of the bridesmaids
whose gowns will be of light blue Roman
| satin, with artistic touch of mauve
panne velvet. Their hats are of blue tulle
| with rosettes of the mauve velvet. They
| will carry bouquets of violets. Blue is ra-
ther the color of the wedding, and both
| Lady Pauncefote. and Lady Bromley, as
well as Miss Pauncefote, will wear gowns
in which that shade will predominant.
| ABOUT four hundred guests are asked to
the wedding breakfast at the British EN-
bassy, this number including the diplomatic
| corps, the cabinet, Supreme Court and Sem
| ate, with resident friends. A register will
be placed in the embassy hall, in which the
bride hopes to have the autograph of every
| guest, as souvenir of the happiest day of
her life in the United States.
Seven hundred and fifty invitations have
been issued to st. Johns Church, which is
| 1t is therefore absolutely necessary that
guests bring their invitations or the church
cards.
The wedding presents were packed YES
terday for shipment to England. The new
| ly married couple may return to this city
| after their short wedding trip, but this has
| not been decided. The British ambassador
| and family will begin Immediately after the
wedding their preparations for leaving this
| country They expect to sail on March 2S
| for England.
Owing to the fact that the ladies of the
cabinet will assist the President and Mrs
Mckinley at the reception to the public to-
morrow evening. they will not receive at
| home tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westinghouse gave a no.
table dinner last night when their guests
| were the German ambassador, the Russian
| AMBASSADOR, the Secretary of State and
| Mrs. Hay, the Secretary of War and Mrs
| Root, Senator and Mrs. Frye, Senator and
| Mrs. Cullom, Senator Hanna Miss Phelps.
| Representative and Mrs. Hit, General and
Mrs. Miles, Mr.: and Mrs Adams, Mrs. AL
Ian McLane Mrs: Bakhmeteff. Miss Aiken
| and DR.. VIM. A. Stewart.
| Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of Repre.
| sentative Cannon, is at the Cochran on a
| snort visit to her father prior to sailing for
Europe After few days stay in London
| and Paris Miss Cannon will continue he,
Journey to Rome, where she will joir
friends for two or three weeks before pro-
| ceeding to the Riviera, where the party
VIII remain till the LIST Of May. Back again
to the French capital for the opening of the
| exposition. the early summer will be spent
In travelling, attendance at the Passion play
at Oberammergau being one of the most in
| teresting features of the tour anticipated
Mrs. John Sidney Webb gave a beautiful
luncheon today, when the table was elabo-
| rately adorned with hundreds of double
pink carnations: The company Included
| Nifs. nay "dIQ Hutchinson, Countess Ester
hazy, Mrs. Woodruff. Mrs. Stanley Mat
thews, Mrs: Jewell, Mrs. George B. Will
hams, Mrs. Hun, Mrs. James Barbour, Miss
Gale Miss Kohl of California Miss McKen-
ma, Miss Brown and Miss Webb.
Miss Wilson, daughter Of the Secretary
of Agriculture, gave charming dance last
| night at RauscherS in honor of the Misses
| Mckinley and Barber, guests at the White
House. The ball room was made addition
| ally attractive by lavish decoration of
l n0WGrS. q nroha
played near the entrance to the green din
| ing room, where buffet supper was served
| AT midnight from a handsomely appointed
table. The young hostess, who was gowned
in pink satin and cream-tinted lace, was
assisted in receiving by Mrs. Root who
stood with the special guests. Secretary
Wilson and his sons, Messrs. ]. A. and j.
| W. wilson, were also aids to the hostess,
| among whose guests were the Misses Hay
the Misses Griggs. the Misses Hitchcock.
Miss Root. Miss Long, the Misses Bates.
Hagner Miss Cotton, Miss Phelps Miss
Hanna, Miss Wetmore. Miss Evans Miss
Anita Evans, Miss Gallaudet, Miss Cush-
ing, Miss Sewers, Miss Merriam, Miss
lace, Miss Curry Connally, Miss Blake of
Cedar Rapids Iowa; Miss Randall of New
York. the Austrian minister and Baroness
Hengelmuller, the Belgian minister and
Countess de Lichtervelde, the Secretary of
War, the assistant secretary of state and
Mrs. Hill, Representative and Mrs. Ohm
stead, Representative Cousins, Miss Sibyl
Pauncefote, Miss Cassini. Miss McKenna
Mr.. Lowther. Baron Herman, Count Hacke,
Mr.. ]. B. Foraker, jr., Mr.. Taylor, Mr..
Rogestvensky, Capt. McCawley, Senior Pas.
tor, Senior Riano. Mr.. Totten, Marquis Ro-
mano, Senior Romero. the minister of Mica
ragua. Lieut.. Rebeur-Paschwitz, DIR. Won
Bohlen Halbach, Col. Corban. the Messrs
Grosvenor, Mr.. Pulido. Baron Ambrozy Mr.
Deucher, Capt. Rosseau. Mr.. ]. o. Siebert
Mr.. Tyler. Mr. Routkowsky. Mr.. Max Null
Ter, Capt. Squier, Mr.. Walter Wilcox, Mr.
Frederick Evans. DR.. Geddes. Mr. Hum
phrey Owen. Lieut.. Sticht, Mr.. E. H Den
nison. Mr.. w. L. Mcpherson. Lieut.. Over
ton, Mr.: Faust. Mr.. Cushing. Mr.. ]. D.
Irving, Mr.. F. H Hitchcock, Mr. R. s.
Hooker Mr.. ]. B. Henderson, jr., Mr. Fin
ney, Mr.. Del Viso and Mr.. Hicks Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley were present for a
short while during the early part of the
evening.
Mrs Elmer E. Simpson of 6121s 22d street
will be at home tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs D. P. Wolhaupter and Mrs. David p
Wolhaupter. jr.. of 29O7 18th street will re-
ceive their friends informally tomorrow af-
ternoon, from to 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Melcher will receive