Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MARRIAGE OF MISS HOWARD AND
MR.. LEARNED.
Pretty Ceremony at Home, With Only
Close Friends Present-Another
Noon Wedding - Notes.

| One of the prettiest weddings of the
| spring took place today at noon at the
| home of Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Howard
| home of Mr.. and Mrs George III. Howard
| became the wife of Mr.. Ebenezer Learned
| of Norwich. Conn. The ceremony took
| place in the front drawing ROOM which an
effective arrangement of palms and candles
had transformed into temporary chancel.
| Mr.. A. Richard Lowrie of Elgin, ILL.,.
best man and Miss Clare Howard. beauti-
| fully dressed in light blue silk null. with
| insertions Of lace. and white hat, attend
| ed her sister maid of honor.
! The bride, a charmingly attractive young
| girl, was escorted by her father and was
| daintily gowned in white panne crepe trim
! med with appiques of panne velvet and
lace. Her tule veil held by orange
| blossoms and her bouquet was of lilies of
| the valley and bride roses. An orchestra
| played the wedding marches during the
| Rev. DIR. Harding officiated Mr.. and
| Mrs. Bella Learned of Norwich. Conn,
parents of the bridegroom; Mrs Charles
| Hubbard Miss Hubbard and other rela-
| tives, were among the out-of- town guests,
| some of whom came from Philadel-
| phia and Baltimore Mrs. Howard was
handsomely gowned in light gray chiffon
| with lace insertions and touches of blue in
| the trimming. Mrs. j. II. Russell was also
| at home for her sisters wedding. The cou-
| pie left late this afternoon for their honey
| moon tour and will later proceed to their
| home at Norwich. where an elegantly fur
| nlshed new house awaits them. The bride
who is very popular among the old resident
families Of this city and Maryland. has re-
| Geived several hundred presents in table sill
| yer cut glass. furniture. bric-a-brac and
| !ewelry. The grooms wedding gift a
| long chain Of turquoise and pearls with a
| locket Of the former stone The brides
| travelling n do xx,it I,
| a long coat of light tan cloth and hat to
| match.
Another interesting noon wedding today
was that Of Mr.. Sylvanus E. Johnson the
well-known editorial writer of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, and Mrs. Bertha B. Bow
place at St. Andrews Church and Rev.
DR.. Perry OBLIGATED. Later the relatives Of
| the couple and few personal friends join
ed them at a wedding breakfast at Rausch-
ers. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson left town this
| afternoon for short stay.
| At the marriage tonight of Miss O'Connell
and Lieut.. Condor only about forty friends
will be present Of these four classmates
of the bride at VaSSar. Miss Asenath Bor-
| den of. Fall River. Mass; Miss Mary Tenn
| Batavia, N. Y, and Miss Edith Merritt of
| Newark, N. J., are already here as house
| guests of the family, Miss Eunice Oberly.
| VINO will attend the bride is another of
her Vassar friends. Lieut.. John o. Steger
will be best man. The ceremony Is at the
| home of the Solicitor of the Treasury and
Mrs. O'Connell, and after the wedding tour
| the couple will be at Lieut. Condon's sta
| ton at Fort Hunt Va.
| Nine. Hengelmuller wife of the Austrian
| ambassador, slipped Sunday a polished
| floor at the embassy and sprained her
! ankle. The injury requires plaster cast.
but 1t is not thought that the accident will
| deter the ambassador and his wife from
IN, AIax
for Europe.
Mrs. Mckee, daughter of the late Presi-
dent Harrison, is the guest of Mrs Arthur
Lee at her home, on Massachusetts ave-
nue., and, as always during her Washing
ton visits, is the recipient of many pleas
ant courtesies from her large circle OF
friends here.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson enjoy
ed trolley ride Monday evening to their
country home, on FoXall road. Games
and both vocal and instrumental music
were the principal features of the evening"
after which refreshments We're served In
the spacious dining room at a late hour.
Those from the city were Miss Benna Her.
bert, Theo. Macintosh, Title Bailey Curtis
Crown. Theresa Broderick. George Smith,
May Fitzgerald, Alfred Bailey, Virgil Rob-
inson, James Wise. Others present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson, May Robinson, Mr..
Parker, Mr.. Wise and Raymond and
Charles Robinson.
Dr. Cleveland Able. jr whose marriage
with Miss Friederika Dauer took place at
Wolfenbuettel Germany April IL sailed on
the 25th for New York on the Koenigin
Luise, and will visit his parents at 2017 I
street during the month of May. DR. Able
is well known in this city as an alumnus of
our High School. After graduating at Har-
yard University and taking the degree of
doctor OF philosophy in the scientific de-
partment of the Johns Hopkins University.
he spent several years teaching geology in
the Western Maryland College at West
minister, Md, and at the State Normal In
dustrial School or Winthrop College Rock
hill. s. c. During the past two years DR.
Able has been doing geological work in
Europe and studying with Prof Albert
Penck and Prof. Julius Ham, He win
hereafter officiate as American editor of
the bibiogra phic portion of the Journal of
the German Geographic Society.
Miss Annie E. French gave a party few
evenings since al her home in Twining City
Among those who contributed to the pro
gram were Misses Beulah Burton, Teresa
Taylor. Rizpah Finotti, Marguerite Thomp-
son and Messrs. William Packe and Willis
Payne Afterward refreshments were
served. Those present were: Misses Fran
ces and Beulah Burton. Rizpah F'inotti.
Teresa Taylor Edna Beall Blanche Nun
dell, Katherine Harleston Marguerite
Thompson, Annetta Johnson. Pearl Kip
linger, Edith French and Messrs Orville
Burton. William Packe Herbert Buckley.
SiieiiieS lLONSlSSS, WI fdyne, Norman
French, Richard Phelps, James Dawson.
Robert Anderson and William Kelly
Media villa" the residence of DR.. and
Mrs Charles G. Stone. was today the scene
of one of the seasons prettiest weddings
their second daughter Miss Mary Mar
garet, becoming the bride of Dr. Charles
Raglan Yohn. Promptly at noon the bride
came into the parlor, leaning on the arm
of her father and preceded by the two
young children of the family. Marion and
Rapley Stone, who formed an aisle with
white satin ribbons, and followed by Flor
ence and Katherine Stone, the school girl
sisters of the bride, in white muslin frocks
and carrying wreaths of lilies of the val
ley, and Miss Jane Stone. in white
shirred muslin, completed the attendants
The bride an attractive blonde, was hand
somely gowned in white handmade lace
over liberty satin, with train the tulle
veil being held with coronet of orange
flowers, and carried a bouquet of lilies
Of the valley and bride roses The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Joseph
Foley, rector of ST. Paups Roman Catholic
Church of Baltimore. The groom is grad
uate of the University of Pennsylvania, and
belongs to an old family of the keystone
state on his fathers side. being closely re-
lated to the Amer and Drexel families Of