Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-19
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
AN ARMY WEDDING OF THE
PRESENT WEEK.
Bride and Her Mother Were Formerly
Residents Here-Other Sociabinties
Personal Notes.

DrldeS mother at BlOOmHelu, N. DO naioS
Anne Judkins Mason and Lieut. Keith Sum-
ner Gregory, 9th United States Infantry,
will be married by Archdeacon Alexander
Mann of Orange The maid of honor will
be Miss Ruth Ord Mason, and the matron
of honor Mrs James Brown Kemper of
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, both sisters of the
Dride-elect. Lieut.. ]. D. Elliott of the 6th
United States Infantry will be the best
man. The bridesmaids are Miss Nora
Spalding of New York. Miss Rosemond M.
Thomson of Andover, Mass; Miss Edith
Burnham of Manchester, N. H., and MISS
Mabel Fordham of Scranton, Pa. MISS
Kathryn Donaldson stepslster OF tne
prospective bride, will act as. flower girl.
The ushers will all be military men.
The bride-to-be is the second daugh OF
Lieut.. John Sanford Mason, Jr, LIST onlteo
States Infantry, who was killed IN tne
Sioux war of 1S9O-'91, and the grand
daughter of MajorGeneral e: y. =. or9'
q. s. A.. and Brigadier General John Sand
ford Mason Her mother is Mrs. waiter A.
Donaldson, and both have many Washing
ton friends in the resident army circle.
The marriage Saturday night at Calvary
Baptist Church of Miss Alice Minnie run,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bryan
Ruff and Lieut.. George Redheld Spaldins'
Corns of Engineers. q. S. A., Rev. F. J.
Muir officiating, a brilliant event. d.
which a large number of friends looked oh
with pleasure. The best man was Lieut.
Edward Markham, Corps of Engineers, U.
s. A.. and the ushers were Lieut.. Peck
Lieut. Pillsbury, Lieut.. Dent, Lieut.. Sher-
riu, Lieut.. Burnett, 18th Cavalry, ana " ~
Percy Jones, u. s. A. AS already noteo ia
these columns, the bride wore her motne, .
wedding dress and with it veil OF tune
and a shower bouquet of lilies OF the val
ley and roses. Her attendants, MISS Dolo
thy Chandler Ruff, as maid OF honor, Wole
liberty silk, and the bridesmaids, MISS
Fannie May Bangs and Miss Ruth van
Aukam. were in white mousseline dresses.
A reception followed at the home OF MT.
and Mrs. H. H. Clapp, grandparents OF Inc
bride. Gen. and Mrs Spalding of Michigan,
parents of tlH bridegroom, were mere 1or
the wedding.
he hest man for his nephew, Bradley Mar
tin. jr, at his marriage with MISS Helen
Fhipps, November 2. at Beaufort Castie,
Scotland will sail October 8, with other
relatives for Europe.
Lieut. Commander de Faramond, naval
attache of the French embassy, and his
wife, formerly Miss Ivy Langham, whose
marriage took place last spring at st. Mat
thew's Church, returned Saturday from
short European trip. Nine. de Faramond
was too i'll during the voyage to leave her
stateroom suffering 1t is feared from ap-
pendctis. 1t was several hours after the
ship was locked that size was removed. The
couple will join the German ambassador
and Baroness Won Sternburg In Lenox
when the latter is able to travel.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Takoma Presbyterian Church and class
No. of the same church rendered Miss
Cora Dexter and Miss Katherine Dexter.
brides-elect, Kitchen shower at their
home, on Maple avenue. Takoma Park,
Saturday evening. Each of the participants
of the occasion presented an article of use
fulness to each of the brides-elect with an
| appropriate phrase or verse attached, which
was recited by the one making the dona-
| ton. The evening was pleasantly spent In
| musical and literary selections, after which
refreshments were served. The marriage
| of the Misses Dexter will take place We'd
nesday at noon at the Takema Presbyterian
| Church and is an unusual event. Miss
| Katherine Maud Dexter and Mr.. Harold
| French Babbitt will be one couple and Miss
| Cora Ruth Dexter and Mr.. Allen Campbell
Wood the other. The officiating minister
| will be the father of the brides, Rev.
William Hart Dexter.
Mrs. w. T. Carter and daughter Jennie
| have returned to the city after an extended
| trip to Buena Vista and Baltimore.
| Miss Maggie Fitzgerald of Georgetown and
| Miss Edna Dorsey of 906 K street are visit
| ing friends and relatives on Franklin ave-
| nue., Hyattsville, Md
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Hall have returned
| from Lake George and taken apartments in
| the Iowa.
| Mr. Warren Sanford Morgan of this city
| will be best man. October 1, in Brooklyn, at
| the marriage of Miss Elsie White Hopkins
| to Mr.. Willard Tisdel Thompson son of the
! late William Boone Thompson of this city.
DR.. William W. White of this city was an
| usher at the wedding last week at Bingham
| ton, N. Y, of Miss Mabel E. Dunn and DR..
| H. W. Eggleston.
Mrs. Mary I. Sessions of Columbus, Ohio,
| left this morning for her home after spend
| ing several weeks with her cousins, Mr..
| and Mrs William w. Metcalf of this city
| at Atlantic City, N. ].
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Emmner and family Of
| 1906 T street northwest have returned
| from their three-months outing at Camp
| Fox. Mr.. and Mrs. Leak Meacher Mr.. and
| Mrs. William Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Eckert,
| Mr. William Lesh, Mr.. Ed johnson and
| Mr. Charles Lind have also returned.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare, who have
| been visiting the British Ambassador and
Lady Durand at Lenox, have left there for
| New York on their way to this city. Miss
Durand their guest during the early
summer.
| Justice and Mrs. Brown. having returned
from Europe, are now in the Berkshires.
| MIS-. James w. f1OSklnSOn ana daughter
| Ruth, who have been spending the summer
| in Knoxville, are expected back today.
Mrs. Kate Ferguson is visiting in Cleve-
| land, Ohio, and will not return to Wash
| ington until late in the fall.
Mr. and Mrs. s. Herbert Harding and
| Miss Elsie A. Boyle of 1885 18th street leave
today for st. Louis and other cities and
| will be gone two weeks.
| After spending the summer at Atlantic
| City Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Bond have re-
turned much improved by their visit.
Mrs. Edbert w. Hart and son Stanley of
| the Manhattan, 1901 Park street, Mount
Pleasant. have gone to Waverly, N. Y. for
| two weeks.
Miss Gretna Parote Boswell has returned
| to Washington after an absence of two
months in the mountains of Virginia, where
| she was guest in the home of her aunt,
Mrs. G. Harris Fields.
| Monday evening September IL, the numer-
| GUS friends of Miss Marie Woodward were
| entertained at her home on Lansing street,
| Brookland. The occasion was farewell
party given previous to her return to the
| Convent of the Sacred Heart at Albany,