Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-29


fractions there. She is expected back to-
day or tomorrow. and starts for her Gin
cinnati visit the last of the week every
hour of which has already been pre-empted
by engagements of a most attractive kind.
Gen and Mrs Chaffee will leave tonight
for three weeks visit to West Point and
Highland Falls. Admiral and Mrs Cogh-
Ian will accompany them.
The bridal party to attend Miss Wilson
and Mr.. Ernest Howe at their marriage
June I, at the Epiphany, will be a small
one. Miss Mary Carlisle will he the maid
of honor and Mr.. Walter Howe of New
York the best man. Messrs Livingston
kean and Julian Ripley of New York and
Messrs. Carlisle and Wilson of this city
will be ushers. A reception for the rela-
tlves and personal friends will follow at the
nome of MIR. and Mrs Nathaniel Wilson
Nine. knagenhjelm, sister of the BRIDE
whose husband is in the Swedish diplomatic
service, and who IVES formerly stationed
here previous to and after his marriage is
coming from Europe to be present al the
ceremony.
Today al noon, at st. Patrick's Church,
Rev. d. j. Stafford. DID, performed the
marriage ceremony for Miss Helen Cooke
and Mr. Frederick X. Barbour. Tie bride,
who was one of the prettiest of the
debutantes two years ago, ana whose
charms have increased in the interval is
the daughter of Mrs. Pitt Cooke, grand
daughter of the late Rear Admiral Nichol-
son, and on the naternal side a grand
daughter of the late Jay Cooke Mr.. Bar
bours family is distinguished among the
earliest settlers of this part of the country,
Their names being constantly iden.i fied
with and standing for both historical and
national Importance One ancestor was
Capt. Richard Townsend, who held office
in York county, Va. in 1888. and a
member of the Virginia council by nominal
ton of Charles l. Another was Capt.
Baldwin Dade of King George county, Va.
HIS relatives for several generations back
have been prominent in the annals of st.
Patrlcks parish, their names now appear
ing in that church in memorials of different
kinds. Hence its selection for the cere-
mony.
The witnesses of the marriage included
all the close relatives of the young couple
and their personal associates, to whom tel
ephone invitations were extended yesterday,
the date having been only settled Saturday
and the particular hour yesterday. The
short notice did not detract from the at
tendance. and a smiling gathering of we'll
known young people in society, half filling
the pewS of the middle aisle, was pre- sent TO
participate in the happiness of the two pop
ular members. The high altar was brill
liantly illuminated and decorated with
white flowers, completing the beautiful eff
feet always attained at st. Patrick S.
Inc WeGGlnS Tndrcn mica the ChurCh with
melody as the couple entered and departed.
long procession of altar boys attended
DR.. Stafford and the other clergymen in the
sanctuary. The bride was escorted to the
sanctuary railing by her uncle Commander
Reginald Nicholson, L. S. N, and the bride
groom was attended by Mr.. Leonard Mich
olson best man. Miss Marguerite Bar
bour, the young sister of the bridegroom,
maid of honor and was dainty dressed
in white muslin and lace and a lace pic
ture hat wreathed in forget-me-nots. She
carried huge bouquet of white sweet peas.
The bride, who has soft, wavy brown
hair and a faultless complexion, wore her
most becoming color, light violet, in
tailor-made cloth costume, with a hat in
the same shade trimmed with feathers.
Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley and
violet sweet peas.
Perhaps the most deeply interested wit
nesses to the ceremony were the. orphan
boys of st. Joseph's Asylum. who came in
a body, attended by the sisters in charge.
Their presence was a recognition of their
affection for the bridegroom, whose at
tendance at all the holiday fetes at the
asylum since he was a boy has been con-
tinuous. These fetes and many other more
substantial gifts have been provided, is
well known, by his mother, Mrs. Jarmes F.
Barbour, his father, Mr.. Barbour, being one
of the asylum trustees. Mr.. Barbour, to
carry out the perfect informally of the ar
rangement, was the only usher at the we'd
ding.
AS the family of the bride is in deep
mourning by reason of the recent death of
Rear Admiral Nicholson. no reception fol-
lowed, Mr.. and Mrs f. X. Barbour driving
from the church to the railway station en-
route to New York. The young people at
the church door bombarded the couple with
rice and old slippers, and the relatives went
to the station with them to say goodbye.
Commander and Mrs. Nicholson went to
New York by the same train. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barbour will live in New York. where
the former has recently established HIM
self with a business house. They will go
to housekeeping in the fall. Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Barbour and their daughters,
Mrs. Broome and Miss Marguerite Barbour
gave the bride a complete silver service,
both table and toilette accessories of the
most elegant character being included, and
number of other elegant gifts. These
with the constant additions received yester-
day and today from the friends of the
couple the news of their intended mar
riage became more widely known, has
amassed a valuable collection of parting
souvenirs which will serve as ornaments to
their future home in New York.
Many Washington friends have received
invitations for the marriage of Miss Amy
Phipps to Capt Frederic Edward Guest,
third son of Lord Winborne. The ceremony
will be in London, June 2S, at St Georges
Church, Hanover Square, and will be fol-
lowed by a reception at Brook House, Park
Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles c. Snow have gone
to their summer cottage at South Orring-
ton, Me-. until October. Mrs. Shows moth
er, Mrs. L. X. Lewis accompanied them:
also Mrs. Sarah NJ. WEIGH, Mr.. Shows sig
ter
Mrs. Hatfield, wife of Col. c. A. p Hat
field. 18th Cavalry. is a guest of Gen. and
Mrs. Craigie at their apartments, the Ro-
chambeau.
Mrs. NJ. f. Myers of q L street north
west has left for an extended trip to Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City.
The marriage engagement was announced
last week in Melrose Highlands, Mass. of
Paul anson, only child of Mr.. and Mrs
John Hanson of this city. and Miss Alison
NJ. Scott OF Melrose Highlands, Mass
Mrs. G. Lewis was hostess at a small re-
ception Saturday evening in honor of Miss
Nellie Readick of Savannah, Ga Among