The Washington times., 1901-07-04

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| registered at the Casino. Newport
An engagement of social interest just
announced is that of Dr. trncs Spotts-
wood Taylor. United States -Iavy. and
Miss Louise Draper. daughter Of DR.. Ed
gar L. Draper. of Holyoke. Mass. DIR.
Taylor is the son of the Rev DR.. George
Il. Taylor of Rome Italy. and is now
stationed at the United States Naval Hos
pital at Yokohama.
At the ward-Cutting wedding. which
took place in London on Tuesday. To the
surprise Of the home friends of both the
bride and groom. the former wore web
of rich creamy lace over slip of ivory
satin-the edge Of the train billowy
seafOam. with tiny ruches of lace and
chiffon. wreath of orange blossoms
held her tulle veil in place. and around
her throat were several strands Of splen-
did pearls. Miss Alice Morton. daughter
OF ex-Vice President Morton. and Miss
Caroline Drayton. both girl friends from
their mutual home. New York. and who
We're her attendant maids. wore misty
| robes of white gauze embroidered with
green leaves and tendrils in trailing de-
| sign. Cool looking green leaves wreathed
their large white hats. Little Olivia Cut
ting made pretty picture in a frock and
fat OF white chiffon. both garlanded with
blush rosebuds. The ushers as already
! announced. We're from New York, but
/ the bridegroom had for his best man his
cousin. Baron Won Hoffman, The Ameri-
can Embassy, which Mr.. Choate had lent
for the reception. was abloom with white
flowers Of every variety. a pretty feature
of the decoration being huge wedding
beil of snowy blossoms with the clapper
OF white lilies. The wedding presents are.
most of them, at the brides home In
New York. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Ward and Miss Cutting were to have
been married in New York, but at the
date appointed Mrs. Cutting. the brides
mother, was seriously i'll and the mar
riage was Obliged to be deferred. No
formal invitations were sent out for
Tuesdays wedding. as it was more or
less hurriedly arranged that it should
take place in London to avoid again
postponing the date. Nevertheless a good
number OF people had gathered together
10 witness the ceremony at the Oratory,
which, with it's beautiful vari-cOIorei
marbles and great size is an ideal church
Ior wedding The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Frederick Antrobus.
who was formerly so well known as
British Charge d'Affafres in WASHINGTON
under sir Frederick Bruc The bride
groom, who Is son of Mrs Thomas ".
ward. IS descended on his fathers side
from the old Ward family of Salem and
on his mothers from the Howards OF
Maryland He was a graduate of the
class of '9S at Harvard The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w Bayard
cutting OF New York, and a sister OF
the Mr.. Bayard Cutting who so recently
married Lady Sibyl Cufe.
Some time in the near future an Ameri-
can castle. planned after Ireland's ia
nous Kilkenny Castle-with modern i'm
pTovements of the most extravagantIy
splendid sort-wiu rise conspicuousIy from
a high, breezy bluff at Sands Point. on
Long Island Sound. II viii be the country
home of MIR. and Mrs. Howard Could.
who sailed on their Niagara yesterday for
an all summer cruise in foreign waters
Mr.. Gould's architect will go to Europe
shortly to Gull the most picturesque and
classic features Of e. dozen or more Old
World palaces, and when ne has COM
plned them with the general outline OF
Kilkenny Castle, which is Mr.. G0uld's
idea of what he wants his own to suS-
Sest, the plans will be submitted To Mr.
and Mrs. Gould who are anxious for their
dream OF a palace TO be realized in stone.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Baxter. Of Colo
rado. went on from Denver to san Fran
cisco to meet their daughter. Mrs Hugh
Tevis. who brought her husbands ashes
to san Francisco from Yokohama. The
body was cTemated- Mrs. Tevis reached
Mail steamship DOric. The ashes were
inferred IN the Tevfs vault near San Fam
cisco Mrs. Tevis will probably return to
Denver with her parents
Col o. G. Staples and Mrs. Staples have
gone TO the Thousand Islands for the
summer. Colonel Staples is the proprie-
tor of the Thousand Islands House.
Mrs c. H Armour formerly Miss Fan
ny Kelley, of Fort Smith, Ark. is here for
a week. visiting relatives at 995 Eighth
Street northwest
Col and Mrs John Jacob Astor are at
Ferncliff, their villa at Newport Colonel
Astor spends a great deal of his time
touring around in his motor carriage.
which he handles in mastery fashion.
though with no apparent idea of proclaim
ing himself an expert 1t seems that Colo
mel aud Mrs. Astor have been attracting
wondering attention because of their IN
doubted attachment 10 each other after
so many years of married life, and one
of the little anecdotes told of Mrs. Ast0r-
which is good enough tC be true. whether
il be or nOt-is to the effect that
friend. a woman, asked her one day what
she would do if Colonel Astor were to
lose his money, as rich men have been
known TO DO since the year ]. Mrs AStOr
took time 10 pucker her handsome face
into reflective lines, and then stated: 7
like being rich. but If l had 10 be poor, L
wouldn't mind so very muCh-With John"
And when the friend told the incident,
she wound up with, And just think.
they've been married years and yearSt'
The marriage of Miss Carrie Maher. OF
this city, to Mr.. John G. Gallen, Of Phila-
de!phia. took place yesterday at noon at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. Rev. Ambrose Beavan officiated.
The ushers, who preceded the bride and
groom to the altar were Mr.. William r
Carson. of Philadelphia, and Messrs.
John Speed Smith. Frank FIynt and Jo-
seph T. Byrne. al of this city. The bride
wore . graceful toilette of grey crepe de
chine and a white hat. A wedding break
fast for the bridal party and Immediate
friends was served at the home Of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
Maher. on Ninth Street northwest
The brides father is Supervising sSpe-
cial Agent o. the Treasury Department.
ana for the past FIVE years Mr.. Gallen has
been special agent in charge Of the PhiIa-
1eiphia district. The official associates OF
the groom at the Appraisers Office have
presented him with a handsome service
Of HaVIand ware After a honeymoon
trip of six weeks Mr.. and Mrs Gauen will
reside Al ~ Hazel Avenue Philadelphia
Lieut. George B. Maher. Of the Revenue
Cutter Service, and Mr.. Arthur r
Niaher.. a brother of the bride were on
from Philadelphia for the wedding