Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-05
TIE WORLD OF SOCIETY
HORSE SHOW DINNERS AT NEW
PORT AND LENox.
Autumn Weddings-Miss Rover and
Mr.. Cavanagh-Powers-Koch
and Brooks-Powers.

| Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gave her last dinner
| at Crossways last evening. 1t was horse
| show dinner. the guests being seated at one
large oval table. which was decorated in the
horse show colors-red and yellow. A large
mirror covered the center Of the table. bor-
dered with yellow asters and a large silver
| vase in the center held red asters. In each
/ corner was large horseshoe Of red asters.
| tied with red and yellow ribbons Other
| horse show dinners were given by Mrs. J.
Mitchell Clark, Mrs. E. ]. Berwind. Mrs.
George Mairs and Mrs. George Peabody
| Wetmore.
A large and extremely pretty wedding
| took place this morning in st. Aloysius
| Roman Catholic Church, when Miss Ade-
| laide l. Rover daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Rover Of this city, became the wife
| of Mr.. Richard Bryan Cavanagh of New
| York formerly of this city. The ceremony
was performed at 10 o'clock by Rev. John
A. Conway. s. j.. with nuptial low mass.
He was assisted by Rev. Michael J. Walsh.
| of ercy In Brooklyn, and Rev. John ].
Walsh. assistant pastor Of ST. Teresa's
Church in New Orleans both cousins of
the bridegroom. The church was hand
somely decorated with tall palms, ferns
and white flowers. The brides attendants
were her two sisters. Miss Mary Rover and
Miss katharine Rover as maids of honor,
and her small niece. Miss Marie Rover
Ferry. as flower girl. The bride entered
| the church with her father, and was met
at the chancel by the bridegroom. with his
| best man, Mr.. John ]. Kirby Of Marble
head, Mass, the bridal procession being
| preceded by the ushers, Mr.. James H.
| Griffin and Mr.. Robert w. Ashley of New
| York Mr.. Joseph McManus of Boston and
| Mr.. Bernardin Rover of this city, brother
| of the bride.
The bridal gown was of princesse lace
| made princess and daintily trimmed with
|! lace, the whole made over chiffon and silk
| The veil of tule was held in place with
| lilies of the valley and the bouquet was
| a shower Of Bride roses and lilies of the
valley. On entering the church the bridal
| bouquet was carried by the little flower
| girl and the bride held In her hard
| white-bound prayer book. Miss Mar .:ov-
| er wore white net over white silk. with
| blue collar and girdle, white picture hat
| with masses of forget-me-nots, and carried
| a large bunch Of maidenhair fern. Miss
| Katharine Rover wore white radium silk
with pink girdle and collar and a large
white hat with pink rosebuds. She carried
| pink roses. Little Miss Marie Rover Ferry
| wore a picture gown Of white Paris mus
lin with quantities of delicate lace and in
| sertiou.
| She deity handed the bride her bouquet
| after the ceremony and took the white
prayer book. Mr.. S. ]. Kubel played the
| bridal chorus from "Lohengrin" as the
| bridal procession entered the church and
| departure of the party. During the cere-
mony he played There's Nothing Half So
Sweet in Life as Loves Young Dream"
Mendelssohn's Spring Song" and Relieve
| Me, If All Those Endearing Young
| Charms A reception Immediately follow
| ing the ceremony was held in the home of
| the brides parents, 40 l street, where the
decorations were all of white and green.
i Tall palms were massed in the corners of
| the spacious and lofty rooms and delicate
ferns were banked on the mantels. A mass
l of palms and white hydrangeas formed a
| bower in the front drawing room, in front
l of which the youthful bride and bridegroom
| received the congratulations OF the guests.
| The bride, whose dark, bright beauty was
| never shown to better advantage than
| in her wedding gown. was equally pretty
| in her gong-away gown of pale Bordeaux
cloth, with hat to match.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cavanagh left on an after
| noon train for one of the quiet fall resorts,
| where they will spend some weeks, after
| which they will be temporarily located at
the Hotel st. George in Brooklyn, aWaie-
| ing the completion and furnishing of their
| apartment MIR. Cavanagh is graduate OF
the Georgetown College Law School of
| few years ago, and Mrs. Cavanagh is a
| graduate Of Notre Dame, class of 1902. She
| Is an accomplished musician and an excel
lent violinst.
| Mrs Samuel Cross and her daughter, Miss
| Daisy BGrb;iGge, who has been seriously i'll
| with typhoid fever for the past two months,
| have goAk to Bailey's Island Me-, to join
Mrs. Cross other daughter, Mrs. L. Macy
starbuck of Neg York. who has been there
during the whole season. Miss Eva Hadda-
way of this city was also in Mrs. Cross
party. and they will remain there until
the early part of October, hoping the
| change of air will entirely restore the
health of Miss Burbridge
| Mrs. A. Maurice Low has gone to Saranac
Lake to spend the remainder of the sum-
mer.
| Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan are
| at Beach Haven N. J. DR.. Egan is recov-
ering from malarial fever.
I Under bright skies and in crisp air the
first run of the Berkshire hunt for the sea-
| son of 1906 was held yesterday, starting at
| the kennels of the club at noon. There was
a dozen riders among them Miss Josephine
Durand, daughter of the British ambassa-
dor, and Lady Durand. The scent took the
| dogs and riders around the east end of the
| Laurel lake, crossing the estates of John
| Sloane, Robert w. Paterson and George
Westinghouse to William D. Sloanes High
| land farm. The run was for a trial Of the
| dogs and the hunters, and was mostly over
| good bottom.
! Many friends attended the funeral of Her
man Oelrichs this morning at the family
home in New York city His death
| relatives, including Mr.. and Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt. jr., Col. and Mrs. William Jay,
] Mrs. Arthur ISelin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
M. Oelrichs, Miss Blanche Oelrichs, Charles
| de L. Oelrichs and Mrs Peter D. Martin,
| who has just arrived with her husband
| from San Francisco. The leading clubs,
notably the Union Club and the New York
Yacht Club. were extensively represented
| at the funeral.
An interesting double wedding took place
last evening in the Church of Our Father.
Miss Irma Lucille Powers. daughter of
Rev. DR.. LeGrand Powers of this city, be-
| came the wife of Mr.. Ernest Herman
Koch, jr., of Brooklyn, formerly of Phila-
delphia. Mr.. LQrin Charles Powers of New
York. son of Rev. Dr. Powers, was mar
| ried to Miss Edith Marguerite Brooks,
| daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Albert F. Brooks
of Washington. The ceremonies were per-
| formed by DR.. Powers. Miss Powers was
| attended by her sister, Miss Hazel Powers,
| and the bridegrooms sister. Miss Anna
| Koch Of Philadelphia, as maids of honor.
Mr.. Koch was attended by his brother, Mr..
| Albert Koch Of Philadelphia, as best man.
Miss Brooks had as her maid of honor Miss