Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-25
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
BRILLIANT SCENE AT ST. JOHNS
CHURCH TODAY.
Marriage Of Miss McCau1ey and MI.
Tuckerman-Cabinet Thanks
givings-Notes.

glv1ngs-Nooes.
The White House Thanksgiving is shall
owed by the grief of the President and MIS-.
Roosevelt over the death Of the uncle OF
the former, whose funeral they will attend
Friday In New York.
Miss Roosevelt has returned to Washing
ton.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will
spend the holiday in New York with Mr..
and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who will have
family reunion. The Secretary of War will
also be in New York with his family to-
morrow Mrs and Miss Root will shortly
return here to their newly leased house Oh
Lafayette Square. The Attorney General
and Mrs. Knox will spend the day at Valley
Forge. Pa, their farm home. where they
Iscan enjoy all the enthusiastic delights that
come to purchasers of country estates.
Mrs Hitchcock Is also out of town. causing
the Thanksgiving festivities of the family
to be widely separated
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne,
the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Will
son and the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor and Mrs Cortelyou, with their re-
spective households, are in the city for the
day of national Thanksgiving. Secretary
and Mrs. Cortelyou have been Joined
by the latter's sister Miss Hines, who will
he with them for the winter, and it will be
very happy household which will enjoy
the day at their new residence on Bancroft
place.
Speaker Cannon and his daughter will
also spend the day here, although both
would like to be present at the famiy cele-
braton at their home in Danville, ILL.,, from
which in recent years neither has been alb
sent but seldom at holiday times
fashionable company, which included
a number of out-of-town and personal
friends of the couple. as we'll as representa-
tives of official resident society, witnessed
the marriage at noon today at st. John s
Church, of Miss Lila McCauley, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc
Cauley to Mr.. Wolcott Tuckerman. The
chancel was adorned with palms and
foliage plants, and the altar vases were
filled with white chrysanthemums.
The ushers who seated the guests were
Mr.. Walter Tuckerman, brother of the
bridegroom; the Messrs. Fenno and VOL
colt of Boston, his cousins; Mr. Charles
| Butler of Boston, Mr.. Chauncey Hackett
and Mr.. William Merriam of New York
| and Mr.. Reginald Huidekoper of tbs city.
When the bride and her father stepped
| into the aisle the long procession of men
| and maidens had reached the chancel The
| brides attendants We're her sister, Miss
| Annie McCauley, as maid of honor and the
! following bridesmaids: Miss Anita Poor,
| Miss Harriet Wadsworth M IS Sargent
| Miss Mary Carlisle Miss Mabel Taylor of
Philadelphia, Mss Grace Sedgwick of New
| York, Miss Alice Parker who took the
place of Miss Alice Roosevelt. who with
| drew after tie death of her gre At uncle,
and Miss Florence Field, who substituted
| for Miss Postlethwaite, who has been i'll
with typhoid fever for several weeks
The ceremony was performed by the rec
| tor of st. Johns Church. Rev. DR. Roland
Cotton Smith. Mr. Lucius Tuckerman was
| best man.
The youthful bride was exceedingly at
t tractive in her trained dress of heavy
| white satin, deliberately trimmed with
| duchesse lace that belonged to her mater
nal grandmother. She wore also another
! family Inheritance in necklace and other
ornaments of pearls. Her bouquet was of
| Easter lilies.
| The maid of honor was picture in her
costume of white tucked chiffon, with a
| long coat of white MORE and a white tulle
hat with feathers. Her bouquet of lilies
| of the valley was tied with pink ribbons.
| The bridesmaids were similarly dressed,
| but were in pink and their pink tulle hats
| had pink plumes Their bouquets were Of
lilies of the valley
Mrs. McCauley wore a very elegant gown
of mauve velvet trimmed with sable and
a large white hat trimmed with sable.
| The wedding breakfast that followed at
| the home of Mr.. and Mrs McCauley, on
| Rhode Island avenue, was a very happy
| event. The drawing rooms and halls weHe
| prettily decorated with trailing vines and
| white chrysanthemums. The newly mar
| ried couple received congratulations In a
| bower of green The brides presents were
displayed on long tables completely lining
| the walls of the library, and in the collec-
| ton of three or four hundred valuable
! gifts every modern luxury In the way OF
| table belongings of gold, silver and china
has been remembered. President Roose-
yelts gift was an embossed silver tea
| caddy, with his name and the GATE en-
graved on the base.
| The bride of today is the great-great-
| granddaughter of Judge Chase, signer OF
| the Declarat ton of Independence. Another
maternal ancestor was Commodore bar
| ney, L. S. N. Her father and mother are
| both members of well-known Washington
| families and long identified with the most
| delightful side of life in this city. Since
| her debut two seasons ago she has been an
| acknowledged belle. and great favorlte
| among her girl friends, one of the best OF
tests.
Mr. Tuckerman is the grandson of Mrs
| Lucius Tuckerman of New York and this
| city. His parents are dead, and he
has lived in the intervals of college life
| here with his grandmother and aunt. Mrs
| James Lowndes. Two uncles on his moth
| er's side, Messrs. L. c. Fenno and J. Brooks
Fenno of Boston, were here with numerous
other relatives for the wedding.
The newly married couple left town this
afternoon for a honeymoon trip, and Will
| be back in Washington to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mr.. and Mrs Nc
l
! to Mexico in the new year has not yet been
decided.
Miss Poor gave a dove dinner last night
| for the bride, while Mr.. Tuckerman was
| dining his best man and ushers.
Mr. and Mrs. p c. Gallagher, wealthy
New Workers., who were married at st.
Stephens Roman Catholic Church, in New
| York, few days ago, are stopping at the
| New Willard. They leave tonight for Old
| Point Comfort and will visit several other
| southern points of interest before returning
| to their home in New York city.
One of the prettiest weddings Of the week
| was that of Miss Ellen T. Power and
Daniel M. Stanton yesterday morning at 8
| o'clock at St. Stephens Church. A nuptial
high mass followed, with Rev. w. s.
| Caughy. cebrant; Rev. P. ]. OConnell
| deacon, and Rev. Thos. Smith. subdeacon
Miss Agnes Stanton. sister of the groom
was the brides only attendant, Mr.. T.. j.
| Trodden, jr, was best man and Messrs
M. ]. Ready, ]. A. Murphy. E. F. Genoe, ].
| A. Power, jr., were ushers. The altar was
beautifully decorated with palms and chry-
| santhemums. Marcos mass was we'll rem
dered by the junior choir, under the direc-
ton of Miss Nellie Gillen, organist. At the
| off aria was thankfully