Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-15
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
WEDDINGS AND THE INCIDENTAL
GOSSIP STILL LEAD.
General and Mrs. Stcrnberg Give q
Dinner-Other Recent Hospital
ities-PersOnuIs.

Mrs. Eleanor Mevina I.aise has issued
1 cards for the marriage of her daughter. An.
!. ma Mary, to Mr.. ]. Sylvester Phillips We'd
/ nesday evening, November ~, at o'clock
at Calvary Baptist Church. Mr.. and Mrs
!. ]. Sylvester Phillips will be at home Fri,
{ days in January and February at 1924 I
3 street.
!. Mr.. ]. Edmund Ribbett of Pittsburg, Pa
: and Miss White l. Day of Washington, D.
c., were married at the home of the bride
!. parents, No. 1o6 10lh street southeast. We'd
{ nesday evening, November H. at O'Clock
!. by the Rev. A. Hollinser. After the LIST OF
!. December the couple will be at home to
: their friends at 3I54 Ligonier street, Pitts
3 | burg, Pa.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus c. Tyler and
!: daughters will return to this city 10 spend
!. the winter and will occupy their own home
. Oh Farragut square They will be here the
: | first week in December
!: Mrs. N. S. Lincoln and Miss Lincoln are
. back after lengthy absence and are at
. | their II street home Miss Lincoln made
. her debut last spring and Is charming ad-
: dition TO the group of young girls who will
ENJOY the winters pleasures for the first
time.
. Senator and Mrs Louis Emory McComas
. have issued invitations to the marriage of
their daughter Mary, to Mr.. Clinton Good
loe Edgar of Detroit Wednesday, the 9Th
of December, at noon, at St. john
Church. a reception will follow at
l,2S Rhode Island avenue Miss McComas
. OF Hagerstown will be maid of honor.
. Misses Julia Foraker, Marion Galaudet
. and Winifred Mattingly. Enrol Cuthbert
. Brown and Charlotte Hegeman will be
. bridesmaids.
! Miss Alice L. Cumberland, daughter Of
. Mr.. and Mrs. George Clifford Cumberland
. and Mr.. John Francis Hartnett will be mar
ried this evening at st. Dominc's parson-
; age. A reception will follow the ceremony.
; Mrs. klemroth, who has been quite Ill
. at Bancroft, Va, Is now convalescing.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos R. Emo Pinchot who
were married yesterday in New York, will
sail next month for Europe and will winter
abroad, spending the Christmas holidays
. with Mr.. Pinchot's sister, Mrs. Alan John
stone. Mr.. tombstone, who was formerly
attached to the British embassy, is now
, at Darmstadt.
The coming marriage of another daughter
of Marcus Daily, whose funeral took place
, this morning from the 9th avenue resi-
dence of the family, reported yester-
day. but also denied. 1t was that of the
younger daughter Mary, and James Ge-
) rard, son of the late lawyer and author,
; James w. Gerard, of New York city.
A rosebud party was given at St. Joseph's
Hall Monday evening by the Mistletoe
Pleasure Club. Among the guests were
; Misses Laura Rocket, Estelle Bridget,
Hattie Sullivan Eva Bridget, Mabel Hep
burn, Christine Hueter, Bessie Acton. Flor
ence Gilmore, Mary Nyman, Dovie Turbie,
Dave Hunter. William Bundon. VIII Lus-
by, Ford Lacy, Edgar Rich, John Pepper,
Nyman. Sam Greenbaum, Hall, Harry
Tapp Benton, Malcolm Laws, Will Hun
ter and Edward Chorus.
AT St. Stephens Catholic Church yester-
day Rev. Father OConnell officiated at
the marriage of Miss Mamie Drescher and
Mr.. John Griffin. Mr.. Tom Foley was best
man and the bride was attended by Miss
Theresa Casey as maid of honor. The
bride was becomingly attired in brown
cloth and carried bride roses, while the
maid of honor wore blue silk and carried
pink roses After a wedding repast the
couple left on a short trip and will be at
home to their friends after the 18th at 2321
! H street.
There was a very pleasant gathering at
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Brooks,
1903 23d street. last evening the occasion
being the celebration Of the tenth anniver-
sary Of their marriage. Vocal and instru-
mental music were rendered, after which
beautiful repast was served. The flowers
on the table were chrysanthemums and
variagated banquet lamps. Among those
DR.. and Mrs. Corbin, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Fisher, Lieutenant McCullum, United States
navy; Messrs. A. E. Ofut, Creston Clark
c. NJ, Billingly, John Shine, E, r. Brooks
| Misses Phoebe Ross, o. Dix, Mamie Moi
felt. Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks were recipients
of many useful and valuable presents.
There was a delightful assembly Of young
| people at the first dance Of the "Yoricks'
Tuesday evening in Carroll Institute Hall.
The affair informal, and judging the
| coming dances by it, all the members and
their friends who were present anticipate
delightful winter with the club.
Mr.. VIM S. Reyburn, father Of Repre-
| sentative John E. Reyburn Of 1901 Connec-
ticut avenue, died in his home at Philadel-
phia early Wednesday morning. The many
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Reyburn will deep
| ly sympathize with them in their loss, and
will greatly miss them from the social life
Of the city this winter.
Surgeon General and Mrs. Sternberg gave
dinner last evening, when their guests IN
| cluded the chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller,
Justice and Mrs. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. John
| W. Foster, Mrs. Somers and Prof Lang
ley.
Miss Leila Nelson of this city was maid
of honor at the Galloway-Rawlngs mar
riage at Warrenton. Va, yesterday
| St PaulS Protestant Episcopal Church,
| Alexandria, was the scene of brilliant
marriage last evening, when Miss Alice
McBurney Acton. daughter Of Mrs. Jane
Acton, became the wife of Mr. Isaac Gregg
| of Washington. The church was hand
somely decorated with palms. potted plants
and profusion of flowers. Owing to an I'M
| fortunate mistake on the part of an express
company the brides wedding dress did not
arrive at the expected time. 1t was there
| fore necessary to postpone the ceremony,
which finally took place about 1880 o'clock.
|
when the bridal party entered Rev. j. II.
Griffith of Kingston, N. c., brother-in-
law of the bride, performed the ceremony,
assisted by Rev. P. p. Phillips, rector of st.
Paus. The bride was tastefully gowned in
white brocaded peau de sole, and wore dia-
| mond ornaments. She was escorted to the
altar and given in marriage by her brother.
Mr.. Richard Ernest Acton Mr.. ]. H. Bal
| linger of Washington was best man. and
Miss Annie H. Uhler of Alexandria was maid
| of honor The bridesmaids were Miss Ma
rian Gregg, sister of the groom; Miss Alice
| Nakeley and Miss Grace Havener, cousins
| of the bride; Miss Alice B. Bishop of Wash
| ington Miss LIE Page Hough of Baltimore
and Miss Emily Elliott of this city. They
were attired in white organde over pink
| taffeta, and carried pink chrysanthemums. |
Little Miss Courtney Towne Greenough. a
| niece of the bride. in pink organdie over |
pink taffeta, was flower girl. The ushers, |
| who escorted the numerous guests to their |
| places, were MeSsrs Raymond and Court |
ney Acton. brothers of the bride, Laurence |
| Hufty, Edward Weisel Herbert Oliver and |
| Charles Brooks reception at the resi- |
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