The Washington times., 1901-09-04
SOCIETY.

The old Maury mansion on c Street. IA
| nous for its hospitality in the days when
| its master. John W. Maury. was Mayor of
Washington. and now the home of his
| daughter. Mrs. N H McRoberts, was
made fiorally beautiful last night for the
wedding of Miss Isabel McRoberts and
Mr. Robert Williamson Tunstail. who
were married In the presence of COM
| pany of about fifty guests. made up of
the Tembers of both families and a few
| intimate friends
Inc large. old-fashioned parlor. with its
| family portraits and antique furniture,
made an ideal setting for the ceremony,
which was performed before the palm
embowered windows by the Rev Mr..
| Rich. rector of the Episcopal Church at
Port Deposit. Ind. and brother-in-law of
the bride
Mr. Charles G. McRoberts gave his sis
| ter in marriage. there being neither
maids nor ushers in attendance upon the
pair.
The bride wore very beautiful gown
of ivory peau de sol trimmed with old
honiton lace the. Gnc5 belonged 10 her
grandmother who was one OF the IA
nous beauties of her day. diamond
brooch. another family heirloom. was
| worn. together with diamond and pearl
crescent. a present from the groom The
tulle veil that fell about her figure In
misty folds. was fastened with sprays of
orange blossoms, and roses formed her
bouquet. Mrs. McRoberts wore a very
becoming toilet of white satin. fiecked
with black. and trimmed with black lace.
and Mrs. Rich, the married daughter of
the house. was handsome in white and
black silk. In the supper room the centre
filled with roses and surrounded by can
dies that burned in a superb old family
candelabra of FURNISHED gilt. Other mas
sive gilt ornaments. that have been In
the family for generations, held fruit.
flowers, and CONNECTIONS. and about the
room were autumn blossoms and grace
fully branching palms.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Tunstall left Tor a wedding trip north
ward. the latter attired for travelling in
grey cloth with artistic touches Of white.
The groom is professor of Latin and
Greek al the Jacob Tome Institute at
Port Deposit. Md, and the home to which
he will take his bride is a very beautiful
cottage near the institute, set on a hill
above the town. The bride will not be a
stranger in her new home, as her brother
in-law and Mrs. Rich also have a pretty
home at Port Deposit. II was while on
visit to them that she first met Mr..
Tunstall. The wedding gifts were numer-
Gus and of variety to delight a young
bride about TO begin life in a new home.
Mr.. Charles H. Boynton. the superin-
tendent of the eastern division of the AS
sociated Press but formerly of the Wash
ington Office of that association, was mar
ried at Falmouth, Mass, last Thursday
to Miss Marie Dniitrinko, of Odessa, Rus
sia- Mr.. Boynton met his bride In Paris.
where she was studying music
Mr. and Mrs T. E Miller and family
have returned from the Blue Ridge noun
tains and in week or so will visit the
Pan-American Exposition with their +.
daughter. Miss Julia Miller.
Miss Gertrude NJ Stanley accompanied
by Miss Edna Cross. left Monday for Buff
falo, and before returning nome will visit
Canada and Niagara Falls.
DIR. c. A. Schloer and wife and Miss An
ME Gordon have returned home from As
bury Park and New York.
DIR. Francis p. Morgan has returned
from his vacation. Mrs. Morgan will re-
main in New England until the 1st of Oc-
tober.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Z. Hilbert celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of their mar
riage yesterday with a golden reception
given at the home of their son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. L. NJ Blessing.
the residence was abloom with floral
gifts, sent by friends, golden rod being
in the lead. Yellow was the prevailing
color of the refreshment room. the color
expressed in flowers. and table appoint
ments and the bay window, in which Mr.
and Mrs Hilbert received the congratu-
lations of those present. was decorated
with yellow draperies and masses of gol-
den rod. The gifts included many gold
pieces and other tokens of love. Among
the out of-town friends were Mrs. Stein
bracher, of New York; Mrs. Thomas,
daughter Ida; and son Charles. Of
baltimore: Mr.. and Mrs Yost and family.
of Glen Echo, Md. and Mr.. S. Hilbert. of
Potomac. The happy couple were mar
ried in Baltimore fifty years ago by the
Rev. DR.. Braundow.
Miss Bessie Clayton. accompanied by
her brothers, Mr.. H. L. Clayton and Mr..
G. F. Clayton. visiting friends at
York Springs, Pa
Willie X Vanderbilt, sr., is in negotia-
ton for the purchase of one of the most
beautiful country seats in England. He
has been examining a number of them
during his recent stay in the British Isles.
and has, says Cholly knie<erbocker, in
the Journal selected place in Hamp-
shire. which will have the two-fold ad-
vantage of being within easy reach of the
Solent, and not too far from Blenhein,
where he is always a particularly well
come guest.
While a typical American. Mr. Wander
bilt has always ftsrladed pronounced
leanings toward certain phases of Eng
lish life. notably that of the landed gen
try. and Idle Hour. his place on Long
Island, has always been run on lines that
were, to IL great extent English. many
of its departments being under English
That w. X. Vanderbilt should acquire
an English country seat is not surprising,
nor should it in any way be regarded as
that he intends to follow the
example Of William Waldorf Astor. Rrad-
ley-Aiartin. the Singers, and others equal
ing unpatriotic in expatriating himself.
We have become to such an extent cos
mopolitan and are so much addicted TO
running across the Atlantic two three
times year for change of scene and re-
taxation that it is only natural that we
should have a pied a terre," that is to
say, domicile over there to obviate the
necessity OF our taking up our residence
at hotels.
Some. like Mrs. William Astor. have
fats on the Champs. Eiysees at Paris
Others again have houses in London and
the Rhinelanders have a castle on the
Rhine. Why should not. therefore, VIII
lie X. Vanderbilt have q country seat in
Hants. more especially as English coun-
try life is the most healthful and delight
full of any form of existence that is to be
found in the Old World2