Evening star., 1902-01-23
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS SALLY cox AND MIR. CHARLES
HUME MARRIED.
Large Gathering at the Church Wit
COtilIion-Dinners-P

| A most Interesting marriage at st. Paul's
| Church. 23d street, at 1 O'Clock today, was
that of Miss Sally Smith Cox and Mr.
| Charles Hume, members of two old Wash
ington and Georgetown families. and them
selves exceedingly popular in society gen.
| orally.
| The chancel of the church, where the
| brides three sisters have been married
was set with palms, with pink and white
roses in the altar vases. The ushers who
seated the large gathering of relatives and
friends, both of this city and from out of
town. were Messrs. Charles Urquhart, Jo-
seph Bradley, Harry Blount, Percy Myers.
| Charles Wilson, Douglas Simms, DR..
Thomas Mason and DIR. Arthur Snyder.
| When the bride and her attendants arrived
| the ushers led the way to the chancel, fol-
| lowed by the bridesmaids, Miss katherine
| Hagermyer Of New York, Miss Caroline
Barlow of Englewood, N. j., and Miss Mary
Hume; the matron- of honor Mrs. Graham
Hume, and the maid of honor, Miss Eliza
| beth Cox. The bride came in church with
her brother, Mr.. William Robinson Cox Of
| New York Mr. Thomas Hume was best
man for his brother. Rev. DIR. Harding
| performed the ceremony, using silver
bound prayer book belonging to the bride,
| and one of her wedding gifts, and which
| was carried into church by the maid Of
| honor
| The bride was very daintily gowned in
| white mousseline. Both skirt and waist
| were tucked; the skirt was deeply bordered
| in appliQues of white silk on the mousse
| line. This trimming half covered the softly
draped bodice, that had tucked yoke and
elbow sleeves. A tulle veil and pearl orna-
merits given by her mother were worn. Her
| shower bouquet was of lilies of the valley
The maid Of honor wore white point d'esprit.
the skirt trimmed with deep tucked
founce, laced with white satin ribbons.
the ends finished at intervals with hanging
rosettes. large hat of chiffon, with a
wide white plume. was worn. Her bou-
quet was of white roses The other at
tendants wore gowns Of point desprit with
pink ribbons, pink chiffon hats with white
plumes and carried pink carnations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Benet, the latter
formerly Miss Margaret Cox, were at the
wedding. They will sail Saturday for their
home in Paris. after spending month or
so here. Mr.. Theodore Price, Mrs. John
Sterns, Miss Vail Of New York, Mr.. Ed
win Robinson. the Misses Williamson, Miss
Selden of Baltimore and Mr.. Horace Nc
Kelvry were among other out-of-town rela-
tives and intimate friends present
Mrs. Thomas c. Cox, the brides mother,
afterward entertained the bridal party,
relatives and personal friends at her home
on G street before the departure of Mr..
and Mrs. Hume for a ten days trip. The
couple will spend the winter with Mrs. Cox.
The brides presents were numerous and
valuable, and included large collection of
silver apd cut glass articles. Before Mrs.
Hume lett nef mOtneT nome SHe OlS-
tributed her bouquet among the brides
maids. 1t was made in sections, and the
traditional emblems Of speedy marriage.
spinsterhood and wealth-a ring a thtmble
and eoin-were hidden in parts of 1t. The
bride of today is a daughter Of the late
Theodore Campbell Cox, secretary to the
British claims commission, and niece of
Judge Cox, and the groom is a son of the
late Thomas Hume Of ''Tunlaw.
Mrs Townsend was the hostess Of the
n, obolors, coti1ljau last NIGHT when about
400 guests were present at the Rifles ar
mory. Yellow was the decorative tone and
it's golden hues were manifest In draperies,
flowers and shaded lights. Flowers formed
the major part Of the favors, and the SOU
venirs were shepherdesS hats and ribbon
decked flutes. Mr.. John Van Ness Philip
led the cotillion dancing with Mrs. Corbin.
The invitation list included the diplomatic,
cabinet and judicial families, most of whom
were present, and several hundred resi-
dents. From out of town invitations were
accepted by Mr.. and Mrs Mitchell Harri-
son and Mr.. Alexander Benson of Phila-
delphia; Mr.. Frederick Evans, Mr.. Frank
T. Grace, Mr.. Arthur Sturgis, Mr.. Lewis
Keller and Mrs. Belmont Tiffany Of New
York; Mr.. George Cary Of Buffalo, Mr..
Dakin Of Boston and Mr.. John Drew.
Senator and Mrs. Elkins entertained last
night at dinner in honor of the Speaker of
the House, when the other guests were the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne, the
Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Wilson,
Mrs. Fairbanks, Senator and Mrs Burrows,
Senator and Mrs. Scott, Representative and
Mrs. Dalzell, Representative. and Mrs.
Dayton, Representative and Mrs. Dovener
and Miss Porte.
Mrs. Logan gave dinner last night in
honor Of Gen. James H. Wilson, recently
named as the military representative at
the coronation Of King Edward, and his
| daughter, Miss Wilson. The others present
were Senator and Mrs. Cullom the assist
ant secretary Of war and Mrs. Sanger, Mr..
and Mrs Carolan, Gen. Bates, Mr.. James
Morrill, and Maj. and Mrs. Tucker.
Mr. and Mrs Louis T. Michener have is
sued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter Helen to Mr.. Griffin Halstead,
Monday evening, February 10, at $50, at
st. Thomas Church.
Mrs. Payne, wife Of the Postmaster Cen
eral, held her first Washington reception
yesterday, and was greeted by hosts OF
callers. She received in the Vermont ave-
nue. suite at the Arlington, where lights and
flowers added to the welcome Of this
charming hostess, who is a most accom-
plished woman, and who takes up her So
cial duties at the capital with an enthusi-
astic pleasure. Receiving with her was her
attractive young niece, Miss Louise Jones.
| Mrs. o. H. Platt. Mrs. Quarles, Mrs. john
son, wife Of the assistant postmaster gen.
eral; Mrs. Perry Heath and Miss Ruth
Hanna were also in the receiving party.
Mrs. and Miss Root received yesterday,
being assisted by Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. A. E.
Bates and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, who
is visiting Mrs. U. s. Grant. Mrs. and Miss
Knox were assisted by Mrs. Cortelyou, Mrs.
Rixey, Mrs. Hackett and Miss Taunt. Mrs.
and the Misses Hitchcock had with them
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Burr and Mrs. Sharp.
Miss Wilson was assisted by Mrs. P. Lee
Phillips and Miss Enrol Cuthbert Brown.
Mrs. Robert I. Fleming's reception yester-
day was nearly as largely attended as her
| tea of the week previous. Her assistants
for the afternoon were Mrs. McAnulty Of
Scranton, Pa; Mrs. Borden, Mrs. Reeves,
| Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Benton, Mrs. Skunk,
Miss Hopkins Miss Talmage, Miss Patter-
son and Miss Miller, while in the dining
room Mrs. Willis Moore and Mrs. Macdon-
aid were vis-a-vis at a prettily arranged
| table.
Invitations have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. Armin E. Shuman, 1913 9Th street
| northwest, for the marriage of their daugh-
| ter, Miss Caroline E. Shuman to Mr.. John
| Stewart, Wednesday, February 8, at 8
| o'clock, at North Presbyterian Church, N
| street between 9th and 10th streets north
| west. A reception will be held at the home
| Of Mr.. Stewart, Military road, Brightwood
| D. c., Tuesday, February 1S, to IL.
Invitations to the Whitney-Hay wedding
| were sent out yesterday. They read:
l. 'The Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hay re-
| quest the honor of your presence at the