The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-29

prettiest yet simplest weddings that
Washington has seen in many a day,
was that of Senator Fairbanks daugh-
ter. Adelaide, to Ensign John w
| Timmons. 1t was celebrated at high
noon in the handsome residence of the
senior Senator from Indiana, corner
of Massachusetts avenue and Eigh-
| teenth street. The bay-window of the
drawing-room was converted into a
bower of palms and ferns studded
with bride roses, under which the
young couple stood while Chaplin
Clarke, u. S. N, of Annapolis, per-
formed tine ceremony. The wide Ii
of the mansion was beautifully decor
ated with ported plants and pink
chrysanthemums. and all the other
rooms were decked in white and green.
A stringed orchestra, hidden behind a
group of palms, rendered Mendels
sohn's Wedding March, as the bride
entered the room on the arm of her
father. who gave her in marriage.
They came down the stairs through
lane of tall pink flowers ranged on
either side and passed to the bower
through an aisle made of broad white
ribbons. The bride. who is a tall,
dark-eyed girl, never looked more
beautiful than in her bridal gown of
white chiffon, exquisitely soft made
with classic simplicity over white
satin, with a long graceful train.
She wore no veil. hat, nor ornament
of any kind, not even a flower in her
| abundant hair, which was arranged
| low on her neck. She carried a bou-
! quet of bride roses, lilies-of-the-valley
and a fainty sprinkling of orange
| blossoms. The bridegroom wore the
| full dress uniform of his rank. There
were no attendants. After the cere--
mony a wedding breakfast was served,'
at small round tables in the dining
room, where the decorations were in
| pink and white. Candles burned under
| pink shades and the orchestra played
| through the breakfast. Only the rel
atives of the two families were present
| and these made a company of seventy
! FIVE. The bride and groom left on
| late afternoon train for a short we'd
/ ding Journey Then they will be To-
Gated at the Brooklyn navy yard, until
| Ensign Timmons receives new orders.
| He is a young man of considerable
promise, a graduate of the Naval
| Academy, and following his graduation
| saw active duty during the war with
| Spain. He is an aide on the personal
staff of Rear Admiral Barker, COM
mander of the North Atlantic fleet
He has been for some time on the
Kearsarge, and will become a lieuten-
ant of the first grade in 1905.
The next marriage of general inter-
est to occur in Washington will be that
of MISS Elizabeth Young, youngest
daughter of Gen. S. B. NJ. Young. to
| Lieut.. ]. r. r. Hannay. 1t will be a
military wedding, and will take place
| in st. Thomas Church, at o'clock Octh
Z. The bride will be attended by a
| group of maids and a reception will
follow at Gen. Youngs home. The
| young couple will have a long wedding
| journey, as they expect to sail for
the Philippines before the end of Oc-
tober.
An announcement of much interest
to society here is the engagement of
Miss Nellie Arthur, daughter of the
late President Arthur. to Mr.. Charles
Pinkerton, of New York. Miss Arthur
was a very young girl when she lived
in the White House, but was so sweet
winning, and unspoiled that everybody
loved her. She has been living recent
ly in Albany, with her aunt, Mrs. John
McElroy, who will be remembered as
the hostess of the White House during
the Arthur administration. Miss Bel
lie has developed into a very beau
tiful woman, of charming manners, but
reserved almost to shyness. For a. time
after her fathers death she lived in
Paris with her brother Chester After
his marriage there, some three years
ago to widow much older than him.
| selt-Mrs. McElroy insisted on Nellie
making her home in Albany Charles
Pinkerton, the groom-to-be, is about
80 years old, graduate of Williams
| college, member of the University
Club, and successful business man
He is the son of John S. Pinkerton. OF
West Chester, but resides in New York
city, where the couple will live after
the wedding, which is to take place In
November
Dame Rumor has it that Miss Rose,
mary Sartoris, youngest daughter o.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, is goins
to marry Lieut.. John Wright. IT, s A
No formal announcement of the en-,
gagement has yet been made, and II
is remembered that rumor has pre-.
viously connected the young lady.
name with other aspirants for her
hand. Lieut.. Wright is a son of the
late Gen. Marcus Wright, and a youne
AAieAAA WIZ 10 llol accustomed TO DelnE
turned down in anything Miss Sar.
toris, while by no means beautiful
none of the Grants are troubled witt
the so-called fatal gifts an extreme.
ly attractive girl and has a great many
friends in Washington.
The White House is again in apple.
pie" order, pending the return of the
President and his family. Again visit.
ors are trooPing through the corridors
pearing over one another's shoulders
into the rope-barred parlors and state
dining room. which they may not enter
and freely criticisng the barn-like as.
pect of the East Room. with It's bare
floors and rows Of benches The thou
sands OF visitors who come TO Wash.
ington each year show great similarity
OF taste In the points OF interest they
desire 70 see, the majority emitting
things that are really Of greatest in.
terest Nearly all Of them make the
I trip 10 Mount Vernon, generally By
boat perhaps returning by trolley. II
b. rather surprising 10 WashingtOnians
10 lnd that most ~ them are pnrticu-