Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-05
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
COMING MARRIAGE OF DR..
SLAUGHTER AND MIR. MORTON.
Miss Washington and Mr.. Coburn
Married Today-Personal
Notes.

Will De newly mixed IN the marriage TO-
morrow evening at Lynchburg. Va. of DIR.
b. Rosalie Slaughter formerly of this city,
and Mr.. Baxter Morton of New York city.
The ceremony will take place at st. Paufs
Church Rev. James Owens officiating, the
ediice standing the site of garden
where the bride played as a child. The
bridal party will include Miss Nellie Morton
of Maryland maid of honor Miss EVELYN
Slaughter and Miss I-adson Hall of PhiIa-
delphia, Miss Edith Prehn of New York
city, Miss Elizabeth Brewer of Washington
Misa Louise Humphreys of the University
OF virginia and Miss Grace Sale of Lynch
burg as bridesmaids. This latter group will
wear 1850 costumes, In white Brussels net,
Win accessories of green, and will carry
maidenhair fern bouquets tied with gauze
ripnons. The maid of honor will also be in
"fite, put worn over fern green, while the
a an. bride will be gowned in white
SILK, with quantities of old family lace Nat
ural orange blossoms will crown her lace
ven. Mr.. Brown Morton of this city will be
pest oesI man. and Messrs. sturgis durham,
new YORK city: Joseph Stebbins of Boston,
Philman Hendrick Robert Brock Henrv
IioiadaV, Jr, Morton Holladay Colston
b!achlord and Daniel Sale all of Virginia
o m,i ne ushefs- The decorations of the
chufch and at the home of the brother of
tiie prloe, Dr. Samuel Garland Slaughter
where me reception will be held are to be
very DedutlTul
me ceremony will be accomnan;ed nv, ,
choral service. An informal renantio, giti
pe given tonight for the bridal marty AZ
Is seemly all the old-time family cnsto,ns
en- 'Hslhia weddings will be carried out in
iull degree. and in addition the bride b.v
ing been worldwide treveler viii, fol
40" the sentiment dictated by gifts from
lriehos IN far-away countries that thew
l A,,ar a!So PARTICIPATE in the happy event
among her wedding presents are souvenirs
from China. Norway. Greece. Germany
shs4ahd france, as well as several hun
oreu from relatives and friends in America.
One is a S1ngalese sprinkler sent from
SeSlon' ana an accompaniment of all we'd
dlng fetes there. 1t is to be filled with rose
water, and the hands of each guest at the
"eadlns VIII be sprinkleu with the dainty
perfume to crafty this sender and to start
the old tradition in Virginia soil.
Dr. slaughter is the youngest daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Slaughter of
Lynchburg, Va, and the eighteenth mem
Der of the family clan to become nhvsi
clan, but the first woman to follow the pro
fesSlon so dear to her ancestors Her father
was a lawyer, financier and one of the
pioneers in the development of the mineral
industries of western Virginia. She is a
graduate of the Woman's Medical College
of PENNSYLVANIA and studied three years
longer in Germany, France and England.
Returning to this country via the Pacific,
she spent the winter in India and made an
especial study of tropical diseases. She
read paper on the bubonic plague before
her return. She is a member of the Medi-
cal Society of the District and of the Medi-
cal Association. Last January, as a men,
Der of the Pan-American Medical Con-
gress, she went to Panama and also to
Havana to attend the meetings of the
American Health Protective Association.
The couple will live in New York, where
Mr.. Morton is lawyer.
The last large entertainment of the New
port season will be given tonight at the
Breakers, when Mrs. Vanderbilt will be the
hostess and number of talented amateurs
will present French comedy. Mr. and Mrs.
Reginald Vanderbilt gave a dance last night
at Sandy Point Farm, when $50 guests, rep
resenting the younger element, were pres
ent.
The Carlsbad correspondence of the Paris
Herald says: There are present in Carlsbad
four young women from the United States
who are known here the four American
beauties and for them Mr.. E. Ladenburg
gave a dinner the other night at the Savoy
West End hotel. The young women are Miss
Mathilde Townsend of Washington; Miss
Brown, the daughter of Mr.. Alexander
Brown of Baltimore; Miss Pauline Morton
the daughter of Mr.. Paul Morton. the pres
ent head of the Equitable Assurance So
ciety and Miss Mccormick, the daughter
of Mr.. William Mccormick. Among Mrs
Ladenburger's other guests We're Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Tuckerman, DIR. Holbrook Curtis.
DR.. N. B. Potter. Mr. G. Brokaw, Senior
Cuadera, the Duque de Alba and Lord Bate
man
A quiet home wedding took place at noon
today in the parlors of The Plaza when
Miss Olive Ann Washington and Mr. Frank
Coburn were married. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. A. w Pitzer, pastor of
the Central Presbyterian Church, in the
presence of the immediate relatives and
friends of the contracting parties.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Coburn left for Niagara Falls and the
Thousand Isles.
Miss Edith Auerbach has returned from
an extended and greatly enjoyed western
trip.
DR.. and Mrs. J. ]. Richardson. who have
spent the past two months in Europe, have
returned and are occupying their apart
ments at the Portland.
Mrs William F. Elliott, with her baby
daughter, is paying a short visit to her
mother, Mrs r. c. Wilson, 907 F street
northeast. where she will be pleased to see
her friends.
and Mrs ]. Nat. Steed are at Atlantic City
for an indefinite stay.
Miss Keech and Miss Blandy of 416 r
street northeast have just returned from
Ogunquit, Me-, after a delightful stay of
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs H. L. Christman and Capt.
James e. Rae and family are at Old Point
Capt. and Mrs. Nolan, Capt. Hutchinson,
Mr.. F. Newbold Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Hey
wood, Mr.. and Mrs Ormsby McCammon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Thompson. all of this
city, registered yesterday at the Paris Of
fee of the New York Herald.
Mr.. VIM. D. Mackenzie of the War De-
partment and Mrs. Mackenzie left the city
Sunday morning for vacation trip of three
weeks, their objective point being Boston
and that quaint old city by the sea. Mar
blehead. where they will be Joined by Mr.
MackenZies sister, Mrs. Lee of Ohio for
merly of this city. Making the journey
leisurely, Mr.. and Mrs. Mackenzie will
spend a few days in New York city and
Newport and on the return trip will visit in
Trenton and will also stay week at As
bury Park.
The season at Bluemont reached its cIf-
max Saturday night in masque ball at the
Gibson house. The spacious lawn was
brilliantly lighted with Chinese lanterns, an
orchestra furnished the music and the
dance was prolonged to the last stroke of
IL. Ices were served at II. There were
several remarkably fine character repre-
sensations, among them being Miss Lynda
M. Beagle as isis Hopkins" Miss Mary
Boyd McCord as "Sunfiower Sue" Miss