Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-24
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MILITARY WEDDING AT FORT
MYER CHAPEL.
Noon Ceremony Uniting Miss Hat
field and Lieut.. Merchant-Din-
ners-Other Events-Notes.

Today at noon at the post chapel at
Fort Myer, Va, a gathering of friends,
including a number of officials of the War
Department. witnessed the marriage of
the da lighter of Col. and Mrs. Charles a.
p. Hatfield, Miss Helen Hatfield and
Lieut.. Berkeley Thorne Merchant, 18TH
Cavalry, U.S.A. Chaplain Henry Brown
of the Washington barracks Officiated,
assisted by Rev. George Smith of this city.
The neatly arranged little chapel, which
has an altar and tiny chancel and COM
Portable pews, with cross and a center
aisle. was profuseIy decorated with flags
and palms. with chry santhemums filling
the altar vases. An orchestra from the
post band played the wedding marches
and softly throughout the ceremony All
the men of the bridal party We're III full
dress uniform. The bride. who was
cOrted by her father, was preceded to the
altar by maid of honor and two brides
maids, Miss Martha Phelps of Baltimore.
Miss Georgia G. Knox and Miss Helen
Humphrey. Lieut.. H. S. Berry was best
man. The ushers were Lieut.. NJ. c. Bris-
tol, Lieut.. James Goethe, DR.. Harry Bal
ley and Lieut. Leonard L. Deitrick, all
stationed at Fort Myer. The charming
bride. whose belleship dates from her DE-
but two winters ago. was richly gowned
in white duchess satin made directoire,
with yoke of old honiton lace and other
trimmings of duchess lace. Her tulle veil
was crowned with orange blossoms and
the diamond and turquoise ring she wore
was the bridegroom's gift. Her shower
bouquet was of orchids and lilies of the
valley
Miss Phelps wore directoire gown OF
yellow satin and yellow satin hat with
plumes Of the same shade and carried
bouquet Of yellow chrysanthe The
bridesmaids. Misses Georgia c. Knox and
Helen Humphrey, were in charmingly
smart costumes. Their dresses of white
satin were worn with directoire coats OF
yellow MORE. Their white satin hats
were trimmed with yellow plumes and
had yellow facings, and they carried
muffs made of yellow chrysanthemums.
Mrs. Hatfield the brides mother wore
highly becoming and very modish gown
Of amethyst satin. trimmed with heavy
lace Her hat was trimmed with plumes
and carried out the same color scheme.
Mrs Campbell Of Rochester. n. Y, sister
Of the hostess. was also present y re-
ception followed at Col. and Mrs. Hat
fields home overlooking the Potomac.
Unfortunately, owing to the illness of
sister of the bridegroom. his mother,
Mrs. Merchant. was unable to come on
for the wedding. Two hundred guests,
which included the officers and families
at the post. as we'll as others from Wash
ington. were present to congratulate the
young couple and to accept the hospitality
of the brides parents The brides pres
ents are numerous and beautiful. The
house was beautifully decorated with
flags and flowers and the post band
orchestra played.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Merchant left late this
afternoon for a honeymoon jaunt and
will not be back for month In January
they will be at home in their own quar-
ters at the fort. The brides gOing-away
gown was of London smoke cloth with
a small black toque and black furs.
luncheon in Baltimore yesterday with
Gen. Gary. formerly Postmaster General
in the Mckinley cabinet, and his family.
The trip was made in the big blue au-
tomobile of the quartermaSter's depart
ment. Capt. Butt Miss Hagner and QUEEN
tin Roosevelt followed in another car,
and lunched elsewhere
The luncheon at the Gary home was a
quiet one. and outside of the immediate
members of Gen. Gary's family there
were only few additional guests Mrs
Robert c. Taylor of New York was the
only daughter of the house not present
The others were: Mrs. Van Lear Black,
Mrs. Henry Pratt James, Mrs. Francis f.
Pegram, Mr.. Eugene Levering jr; Mr.
Andrew II. Whitridge and Mr.. Harold
Randolph.
Mrs. f. Stanley Gary. wife of the only
son of Gen. Gary. and her daughter, Miss
these additional guests: Mrs. William NJ.
Manly, Mrs. Jesse Tyson and Miss Hen
rietta Hoffman
After the luncheon Mr.. E. Stanley Gary,
Mr.. Harold Randolph. Mr.. Eugene Lever
ing. jr.; Maj. Francis f. Pegram, Dr.
Andrew II. Whtridge and MIR. Van Lear
Black called to greet Mrs. Roosevelt
and her daughter Ambassador Henry
day to visit Capt John Ridgely at his
handsome old estate at Hampton, called
at the Gary home later and accompanied
Mrs. Roosevelt and her party back to
Washington.
Mrs. Roosevelt for the eighty-mile trip
wore an automobile wrap of light gray
cloth lined with squirrel fur, and her
small black hat was tightly covered with
a gray veil. Her gown was of violet silk
crepe. embroidered and trimmed with old
lace. Miss Roosevelt was gowned in
dark blue broadcloth. She wore a big
coat of black cloth to protect her from
the dust Of the roads. and her small
black hat trimmed with shaded orange
and red quilts. was covered with brown
veil.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt was the guest of
honor today at a beautiful luncheon given
by Miss Marion Leutze. the daughter of
the commandant of the navy yard and
Mrs. Leutze. To meet her there were
present: Miss Martha Bacon. Miss
Weeks. Miss Carolyn Murray Miss Doro-
thy Williams. Lieut.. Commander Butler,
Lieut. Shackford. Lieut.. Osterhaus, Cant
Campbell. Lieut.. Comman der Proctor.
Lieut.. Foote and Capt. and Mrs Sum
merlin.
Mrs Titan j. Coffey gave a luncheon
today for Miss Louise Maxwell and Mr..
Edwin Corning of Albany, and the bridal
party which will attend them al the we'd
ding tomorrow. The guests were Miss
Katherine Jennings. Miss Evelyn Chew.
granddaughter of the hostess; Miss Mary