Evening star., 1901-10-12
THE SOCIAL WORLD
Marriage of Miss Brown and Mr..
Mesny.
TIE SMITH FFOULKE WEDDING
A Number of Out-of- Town Guests
Will Witness 1t.
9TH r TIMELY TOPICS

Relatives and personal friends witnessed
| the marriage at noon today. Rev. Teunis
| s. Hamlin officiating of Miss Mary Kill
lingsworth Brown to Mr.. Arthur Bonamy
LIE Patourel Mesny. The bride. who is
| the daughter of Mr.. David Wolfe Brown,
official reporter of debates in the House of
| Representatives, is a charming young girl,
whose personal gifts are enhanced by her
many accomplishments. Her wedding
dress was of biscuit-colored cloth, trimmed
with white panne and lace and with it was
worn a Gainsborough hat of black velvet
and ostrich plumes. Her only attendant,
Miss Elizabeth Brown wore pale blue
| tucked crepe de chine and carried Ameri-
can Beauty roses. Mr.. Clifford de ]. Mes
ny of Baltimore was best man, and Messrs
| Frederic Irland, Wilbur T. Sicard, w. w.
Duffield and Dr. George Kirkpatrick were
ushers. The brides mother was stylishly
gowned in black lace over white taffeta.
The groom, who has been in this
country about ten years, is son of the
late Judge Mesny of Alderney, Channel
| Islands, England. Two of his brothers are
| clergymen, one being stationed at the
| British embassy church at Paris and the
| other at the American Church of the Holy
| Spirit at Nice. Cards announcing the mar
| riage will be sent out by Mr.. and Mrs.
David Wolfe Brown. The couple will re-
| ceive their friends Saturdays during De-
| cember at 1923 Kalorama avenue.
| The small amount of personal matter
| printed about Miss May Palmer since the
| announcement of her engagement to SEN
| ator Depew would seem to reflect upon the
| industry of New York newspaper writers
| or the ability of the lady to successfully
| elude their vigilance were it not now de-
| veloped by interviews with her in Paris
| that she has been there and not in this
| country at all lately. Senator Depew's par
| ticipation in several large house parties In
which Miss Palmers name was never men
| toned, although the temptation to arrange
| harmony in the situation must have been
very strong, is also explained Miss Palmer
| is in Paris, at her home in the Rue Galilee.
| A Washington friend who knows her well
describes her as a lovely woman and pos
sessing the sweetest Of charactrs. She and
| her mother have always attended the ultra
| fashionable Catholic church in the Ameri-
| can quarter, st. Pierre de Chaillot During
their long residence in Paris where Miss
| "MaZie" Palmer, as her tntimates know
| her, was educated they have grown very
| fond of the French capital, and 1t is
more than likely the marriage will take
| place there. Mrs. Andre, her sister,
who came to New York with an English
| party to see the cup races, has sailed for
| hcme. 1t may be that the wedding VIII
| take place at her house in London, but
| the rumor comes from several sources that
| wherever 1t is to be the ceremony Will not
| be long delayed, and that Corcoran House
| viii welcome a new mistress in time for
the full enjoyment of the winters gayeties.
The ceremony which will unite Miss
| Helen N Parker and Mr.. Henry K. Will
| lard next month will not take place in
church, but at the residence of Mr.. and
| Mrs. E. Southland Parker, and only rela-
| tives will be hidden to witness 1t. The
breakfast, however, will be attended by
| large company, and this interesting young
| couple will start on their wedding trip
with the good wishes of hundreds of
| friends.
The marriage of Miss Sophia Frances
Smith and Mr.. Edmund Payton Ramsey of
| this city at the residence of Commander
| J. A B. Smith, Brooklyn navy yard, last
| Monday evening was a brilliant event.
Rev. DIR. Cornelius Brett, pastor of the
Bergen Dutch Reformed Church, at Jer-
| sey City, assisted the pastor of the Cum
| berland street Presbyterian Church, Rev.
DR.. Harvey Murdock, in the ceremony.
| The bride wore a beautiful gown of white
crepe de chine over white taffeta, elabo-
rately trimmed with duchess lace, and car
ried bouquet of bride roses and lilies of
the valley. Her only attendant was Miss
Estelle Snow of Baltimore, as maid of
honor. Mr.. George Mason of Jersey City
| was best man. The drawing rooms were
decorated with palms. ferns and American
| flags, and, with all the naval and marine
officers in full uniform, the effect was
| strikingly picturesque. After the ceremony
supper was served.
In addition to being popular in both
Brooklyn and Manhattan the bride has
been prominent in Norfolk and Baltimore
society, and while living in the latter city
christened the United States ship Mont
gomery. Later, when that vessel visited
Mobile to receive the silver service pre-
sented by the city of Montgomery she was
entertained by the citizens of those cities.
The bridegroom is a graduate of Cornell
and is now connected with the rapid tran
sit commission, New York city, as civil
engineer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsey are making a we'd
ding tour of three weeks through the
south
Mr.. and Mrs. de Margerie have made
many acquaintances in the Washington
colony at Observation-Disclosures where
they are still lingering. The Russian am
bassador is still abroad and is likely not
to return to this post Mr.. de Wollant,
who is in charge, is on the eve of a trip to
Europe, accompanied by his charming wife
The Mexican ambassador and wife and
their daughter, Mrs. Perez, spent the week
in Buffalo. A new Italian ambassador is
expected this winter. The Hengelmullers
are still abroad and the new Belgian min
lister, Baron Moncheur will bring a bride
to this city with him in the person of the
bassador to Mexico. Mrs. Leger, wife of
the Haytian minister, has returned, after
long absence in her own country.
Mrs. Stewart, wife Of the Nevada sena-
tor. is in Washington for a short visit and
is staying with Mrs. Hallet Kilbourn Mrs
Stewart, who was very Ill throughout the
late summer and who convalesced at At
lantic City, is now in splendid health again
and before opening up her home on F
street will return to Senator Stewards vir-
ginia farm, which the latter prefers to any
pleasure resort in the world and where his
wife is the most delightful of hostesses for
the friends who frequently are hidden
there
Miss Minna B. Finney OF 2133 p street
has recovered from a long and serious Ill
ness and is now visiting her cousin, Mrs
Vanderpoel, at her beautiful home Mead
owside" on the Hudson, where she will re-
main for several weeks longer the change
having benefited her greatly
At the marriage of Miss Gladys Ffoulke
and Mr.. Edward Chapman-Smith of Phila-
delphia next Thursday afternoon at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ
Ffoulke, the attractive young bride will |
be attended by her sister, Miss Helen s.
Ffoulke as maid of honor and Miss Doro-
thea Coggeshall and Miss Gwendoline |
Ffoulke as bridesmaids Mr.. W. Brent |
wood-Smith will be best man and the Rev.