Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-03

as body guard to King Edward VII at
| his coronation. The regiment is to be COM
posed of selections from various Indian cav
airy regiments. This is a great honor for
so young an officer. Colonel Newport Tin
ley won his promotion to a colonelcy dur
ing the campaign in the Soudan country.
where he was severely wounded. Colonel
Newport Tinleys wife is American; was
before her marriage Miss Elsie Hughes.
daughter of the late Colonel William h.
Hughes, United States army, and Elizabeth
Benton Jones Hughes, a great-gra nddaugh-
ter of the late Senator Thomas H. Benton
OF Missouri. Mrs. Newport FINLEY is now
in India, but expects to leave for Europe
with her little daughter and join her
mother, Mrs. Hughes, in Paris some time
in May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron L. Story of 62s A
street southeast returned this week from
ten weeks absence spent in California,
Utah and Colorado.
Prof and Mrs. ]. w. MCGEE will tonight
entertain at dinner Speaker Henderson and
the rest of the Iowa delegation.
Miss Marie Stewart Bowen has returned
to the city, and will informally observe her
day for some weeks to come.
A pretty but quiet wedding took place at
the residence of Mr. f. r. Horner. Brook
land, ID. c., Monday evening. April %. the
contracting parties being Miss Lydia E.
Horner of Washington and Mr.. l.. Powell
HUMPHREYS of Brandy Station, Va. The
ceremony was performed by DIR. 5. II.
Greene of Calvary Baptist Church. Only
relatives and a few near friends witnessed
the ceremony, owing to the recent death of
the brides mother. A little after o clock
Edward and Warren Horner, acting as
pages, announced the approach of the bri-
dal party. The groom accompanied by his
brother, Marion HUMPHREYS acting best
man, entered the drawing room from the
library, while the two bridesmaids, Miss
and Miss Violet r. Horner, niece of the
bride, entered from the hall. Louis and
Marcia Horner, a nephew and niece of the
bride, followed, scattering flowers for the
bride, who was accompanied by her nephew,
Charles b. Horner. Mrs. c.. c. Groomes
rendered Lohengrin's wedding march and
played several choice selections during the
evening. The bride wore handsome gown
of white silk mousseline She carried
bride roses and wore valley lilies in her
hair Miss HUMPHREYS was dressed in
white organdy and carried white roses and
valley lilies. Miss Horner wore white or
candle over canary and carried yellow
roses. Miss Marcia Horner was daintily
dressed in white and carried white lilacs.
A wedding supper followed, the decorations
of the dining room being roses. The draw
ing room was decorated with palms and
ferns, the decorations being carnations and
sweet peas The couple received many use
full and handsome presents Mr.. and Mrs.
HUMPHREYS started Tuesday morning for a
trip to Boston by sea. The brides going
away gown was a brown cloth with hat to
correspond. They will be at home to their
many friends after May % at Inlet, Va.
Mrs. Louise S. Ziegler of Birmingham,
Ala, who has been spending few weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Amos
of this city, left yesterday to visit friends
in the north.
Mrs. Carl F. Smith has greatly improved
in health after three weeks visit to At
lantic City.
Mr.. North w. Jenkins formerly of this
city, and Miss Genevieve Edna Forrest of
Seattle, Wash, were married March p by
the Rev. Mr. Clapp, rector of Manila, p. l..
1t being the first marriage in the new Epis-
copal Church there. Mr. Jenkins is in bust
ness in Manila, where the happy couple
will reside after trip through China and
Japan.
Miss May Perrott entertained. a number
of her friends at a musicale given at her
residence, Capitol Hill, Monday. when the
following program was rendered: Piano
solo, Venetian Love Song" Good Night
and ''Gondoier'' (Nevin), Miss Perrott; Vio-
lin solo, Angels Serenade" Oraga) and
Spring Song Mendelssohn), Miss Giac-
chetti; piano solo. Melody (Rubinstein)
and Air de Ballet Chaminade). Miss
Knapp; vocal solo. "A Dream" BartletD
and "A Rose Fable CHawley), Miss Brown;
piano solo, "Nocturne' Chopin and Muir
muring Zephyrs' Uensen). Miss Perrott
dIleT winch refreshments were served.
Among those present were: Miss Knapp
Miss Brown, Miss Gia cchetti, Miss Mullen,
Miss Johns, Miss Fitzhugh Miss Graham,
Miss Hartley, Miss Soper, Miss Weller Miss
Moran. Miss Smith, Miss Steinmeyer and
Miss Lane.
The Excelsior Literary Club met Mon
day evening in the parlors of Mr. George A.
Bacon 1i0S 18th street northwest, Mrs.
McCreary in the chair. The club is devot-
ing its time this year to discussion, and the
subject of the evening was Scotland. The
program opened with an instrumental solo,
''LisZtS Regolette,'' by Miss Annie Bacon,
and the order of exercises was a paper on
a trip through Scotland by Mrs. G. A
Bacon: song by Miss Bacon. Loeb Lob
mond." accompanied on piano by Miss
Miner: remarks on the characteristics of
the people and topography of Scotland by
Mrs. j. Bryson; song, My Heart is in the
Highland" by Miss Bacon, accompanied
by Miss Miner on piano; paper on the Lit
erature and Landmarks of Scotland by
Mr.. Bacon; song, Annie Laurie by Miss
Bacon, accompanied by Miss Miner;
sketch of the life of Annie Laurie" by
Miss RANDY; "reminiscences of Scottish an
cestors by Mrs. A Lease Edison; song,
Bonnie Doom" by Miss Bacon; reading
Lord Ullen's Daughter by Mrs. A. f.
Chambers; song. John Anderson. My 10
john" by Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Frear in
costume; encore, Scotch ballad; recitations,
''McClain's Child and "Rhoderic Dhu," by
Mrs Ellen Nockey Seifert; song, Comm
Thro' the Rye" Miss Bacon: remarks on
the ''antagonism of the Scottish clans" Mr..
j. D. McCreary; song, Asleep on the Deep
by Mr.. Smith accompanied by Miss Bacon;
singing by whole club standing of Aud
Lang Syne." Those present: Mr.. and Mrs.
McCreary, Mrs. A. G. Powell, Mrs. Cham
bers, Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon and Miss Bacon
and Miss Miner, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, Capt.
and Mrs. Edison. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryson and
Miss Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. Webb, Miss
Randy. Miss Merett, Mrs. Urbman of
Canton. Ohio; Mrs. Seeley, Mrs. Harrison,
Mrs. Connel Mrs. F. Parker, Mrs. J. Park
err, Mrs. Gurey, Mrs. kalstrom and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Mclean with others.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blagrove Nickel
den announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Marie Christie, to Mr.. Ralph Emerson
Powell Of Allegheny City, Pa. The we'd
ding occurred Saturday, April IL, at Christ
Episcopal Church, Williamsport, Pa.
Captain Rush of the navy, Mrs. and Miss
Rush will close their house in Jefferson
place early next week. and go to their
country residence at Catskill-on- Hudson.
DIR. James Stuart has returned from
Charleston, s. C, where he has been on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. Louis Y. Dawson,
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