Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-28
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
FOUR DANCES TONIGHT AT
WIDELY SEPARATED POINTS.
The Mercy Ball a Great Success
Weddings Here and Elsewhere
Personal Notes.

The dancing events of tonight make it the
busiest of the week The Misses Hoyt.
daughter of the solicitor general and Mrs.
Hoyt, give dance at Rauscher's, Miss Ed
garina Hastings a dance at the home Of her
uncle. Justice NJ. F. Morris; Mrs. Burr. wife
OF Major Burr, dance at Washington Bar
racks Hall for their sons. Messrs. Edward
and John Burr. and Mrs. Edward John Har-
vey small german for her daughter, Miss
Josephine Harvey, debutante of next sea-
son.
Last night at the Church of the. Covenant
the marriage of Miss Martha Moore Hen
drick and Mr.. Edgar Davis Edmonston was
witnessed by large assemblage of their
friends. The church was profusely decor
ated with trailing vines and ferns and guam
titles of white flowers. The family pews
were marked Off by tall bouquets OF roses
and ferns. During the marriage ceremony
at which Rev. DR.. Teunis Hamlin officiated,
the organist softly played sweet old-time
melodies. The bride came In church with
her brother. Mr. John 7. Hendrick, and was
preceded by matron of honor, Mrs. John
w. Childress. The bridesmaids were Miss
Frances Edmonston, sister of the bride
groom and Miss Maud Lambert of this city:
Miss 1rma Eliason of Chestertown Nd and
MISS Cornela Jefferson of Buzzards Bay
Mass, granddaughter of Joseph Jefferson
The bridal party also included Miss Lillian
Hendrick, sister of the bride, as flower girl
attended by two others, the Misses Eleonore
Murray and Helen Hendrick, and Master
wyatt {. Mckfmmie, who carried the we'd
ding ring on white satin pillow. The ush-
ers We're Mr.. Upton b. Edmonston, Mr. Will
liam r. Pearson, Mr.. Frank +. Pison Mr..
John w. Childress, Mr.. Sypret Warfleld
Hendrick and Mr.. David S. Hendrick Mr..
benjamin d. Rtegel OF New York was best
man.
The bride was beautifully gowned in white
wi to-,
point lace, and a tulle veil, held by a dia-
mond crescent. She carried shower bou-
quet of lilies of the valley The matron Of
honor who was a bride of last year, wore
Wnlte brocade and carried mauve orchids.
Ihe bridesmaids, with dresses OF white net
trimmed with ribbon and Valenciennes lace
carried American Beauty roses and wore
red rose wreaths. reception for the con-
tractlng families and their personal friends
followed at Rauschers before the departure
u Mr.. and Mrs. Edmonstan for their we'd
ing trip. They will live in New Orleans.
A special dispatch from Cincinnati to
the New York Tribune today says that
Representative Longworth arrived in Gin
e clnna5i Yesterday morning. He break
tasted with Captain J. Benson Foraker
son of Senator Foraker; State Senator
Cassatt and several other friends at the
Queen City Club Soon after his arrival
Mr. Longworth was in his offices in the
First National Bank building at work
Mr.. Longworth said that he and Miss
Alice Roosevelt expect to be married at
noon in the east room of the White House,
and that Bishop Satterlee of the Episcopal
Church will be the officiating clergyman;
bridesmaids at all, and that he has not
bridesmaids at all, AMI that he has not
yet fully decided upon his best man nor
upon all his ushers; that the wedding in
vtations will necessarily be limited; that
he doesn't know that the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will do any special enter
tanning previous TO the wedding but that
large number of official dinners are on
the list.
we viii not take long wedding jour
ney at once" Mr.. Longworth said but
later In the summer we will go abroad
Internationally Cincinnati will be our
future home, and lockwood our place of
residence"
Mr.. Longworth win probably remain in
Cincinnati until after the New Year. He
said he hoped the wedding dress would
be made In this country, and thought it
would be.