The Washington times., 1904-04-27
MARY DE WITT A
SOLDIERS BRIDE
Military Wedding in Par
lOrS of Her Home.
DR.. BLANCHARD THE GROOM
Ceremony Followed by Reception at
Which Friends Bid Young Wife
Farewell-0ther Marriages.


a small but exceedingly interesting
military wedding took place at O'CLOCK
yesterday at the home of Gen. and MIS-.
Calvin De Witt. in Twenty-first Street.
wheE their daughter, Miss Mary De
Witt, and DR.. Robert Moore Blanchard.
L. S. A, were married. The groom, his
attendants, and many of the guests
present were in uniform.
Z he bride, who was given away by
her father. wore a beautiful gown of
yiite tulle over liberty satin, tulle
veil held in place by coronet of orange
blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of
lines of the valley and sweet peas The
bridesmaids were Miss Kate Fulle-
Porter. of Charleston, S. c.; Miss Lot
tie Hodges and Miss Mildred Kenset
both OF Norfolk, and Miss Cornclia
LAIRD and Miss Desdemona Morris, OF
this city. They all wore white organdie
gowns mounted on white silk, and car
lled white sweet peas, with the excep-
honor, carried American Beauty roses
and stood next the. bride during the
ceremony.
DR.. Wallace De witt. U. s. A, the
IN ide's brother, served as best man,
with Capt John Baker and Or. Charles
b. Reynolds as ushers.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. John De Witt, d. D., Of Princeton
theological Seminary, relative of the
family
The drawFng-room in which the we'd
ding party stood. was artistically decor
ated with white blossoms and ferns,
played in the hall. reception followed
the ceremony. when a number of adj
ditfonal guests were invited to bid the
bride farewell.
Fort Thomas. KY, where the groom IS
now stationed.
Among the out of town guests were
Mrs. Blanchard of St Louis. mother
Of the groom; Mrs. Maxwell Koehler.
also of St. Louis; Miss Bessie Foster. of
Buffalo; Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Sterry
OF New York, and General and Mrs.
Chaffee.
The wedding Of Miss NJ. Elizabeth
Snyder. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Snyder. and Sydney Barton
Booth. of MISUNDERSTANDING Mass,
took place yesterday noon at st. Johns
Church.
Mr.. Booths father was the late Junius
Brutus Booth. Mr.. and Mrs. Booth win
make their home in New York city.
The marriage of Miss Helen Maud
Lightfoot. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
5. Lightfoot. of Georgetown. will take
place today at All SeuFs Church.
The groom. Dewitt Lee Reaburn is n
member Of the Geological Survey. and
Weil-knOWn young scientist A recep-
ton at the home of the bride will follow
the church ceremony
Another interesting wedding which
will take place this evening is that OF
Miss Elfreda Sellhausen, and Carl g.
A. Drooo.
The ceremony VIII be performed AT
the FIRST Reformed ChurchSat the cor
ner Of Sixth and y Streets northwest
at 40 o clock. and will be followed by
a reception at Rauscher's, from to 8.
wedding to be solemnizcd at st.
Phillips Church. Laurel. Md. but of
particular interest in washington. where
the Dride Is well NnOwn. Is mat of Miss
Lillian Compton SEowden. daughter of
Mar. and Mrs. De Wilton Snowden, and
Grenville Lewis, jr., of Virginia.
At the wedding of Miss Mary EIlzey
Thompson. daughter of the Rev. William
Taliaferro Thompson, and John Breathed
Bridges. OF Hancock Md, which takes
place at $50 o'clock this evening at the
lexington Church, the maid of honor
will be Miss Ann Payne Lewis, of West
Virginia. and the best man Henry Per-
cival Bridges, of Baltimore.
The enga cement of Miss Hegeman,
Eiece Of Senator Depew. to the MARQUIS
de PontOi-Pontcarre has Just been an
bounced in Paris. The wedding will
take place this spring in Nice. The
marquis is the only son of the widowed
Countess de Pontoi-Pontcarre and Miss
Hegeman has been ore of the most adj
inired American girls abroad in recent
} ears.
The wedding of Mrs. John II. Coppen-
hagen TO George Bruce Webster. of thu
Calumet Club. will take place in June.
Mrs. Copenhagen was Miss Embry.
the daughter of Judge James II. Embry
ana Mrs. Embry. OF Washington D. G
She Is the widow of John H Coppen-
hJ gen, Of Boston.
An amateur play entitled, Mr.. Dob
will be given at the National Riilcs
Armory tomorrow night under the aus
pices of the Piram Ripley Chapter,
&. A r.
The rehearsals are progressing favor
ably directed by Robert Hickman. and
as the play is for the benefit of Me-
mortal Continental Hall IT should at
tract a large audience Of loyal daugh-
ters.