The Washington times., 1909-12-20
Wedding and Production of The Man the Moon
Occupy the Undivided Attention Washington Society Today
Miss Diana Norton Becomes
Bnde of Captain
Jones.
Army Contingent Largely
Represented at Cere-
mony at Rauscher's S.

a beautiful military wedding took
7 place at noon today at R4uscher's,
when MISS Diana Ireland Norton,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward stew
ems Norton. became the b1ide Of Capt.
Clarence Northrup Jones. Third Field
: Artillery. T.. 8 a.
! The ceremony was performed bv ths
/ Rev. Robert 81 Moore. OF Foundry
/ Church, IN the presence of a large gath
ering Of relatives and friends, and al
most the entire Fort 8Iyer contingent,
where Captain Jones has been sta
toned.
( Quantities Of palms. ferns. and sIailaE
formed the simple decorations ir tho
+ large bah room, where the ceremony
: took place, and in the smaller one,
: where the bridal party formed. Tho
] orchestra from Fort Myer, under Lead
! er Tirrell, played the wedding music,
and an appropriate musical program
during the ceremony
Mr. Norton escorted his daughter ard
gave her in marriage. She wore a
/ beautiful bridal gown Of white satin,
made princess. with a draped surpliee
/ bodice, and side panel effects OF silk
hand embroidery on the long trained
/ skirt. The top Of the bodice ana ths
/ sleeves We're Of rose point lace, the
/ whole effectively finished With pearl
( banding Her long tuile veil was ar
I ranged with a coronet Of orange blos-
SONS. The bridal bouquet was a dupli-
/ cate of the one carried by her grand
/ mother on similar occasion, and was
! composed Of orchids, lilies Of the valley,
/ and Bride roses in an old fashioned lace
paper holder.
Unique Feature
Of Wedding Costume
/ A unique feature OF her costume was
| an old-fashioned handkerchief ring. an
/ heirloom in the family. wora on the
little finger, with a small pendant
chain for carrying q handkerchief, IN
/ which she wore the handkerchief worn
( by he's mother al her wedding. Hes
only ornament was a platinum and
diamond pendant, the gift Of the BRIDE
groom.
Miss Beulah 3. Chambers, the brides
only attendant. wore pale blue crepe
meteor with . large blue picture hst
trimmed with pIumes. and carried
American Beauty roses tied with red
Ef5bon, in compliment to She red Of the
lbridegroom's branch Of the service the
artillery.
Capt Tiemann n Horn. Third Field
Artillery, L. : A, acted as best maH
for Captain Jones. Capt. Frederick b
Hennessy, Third Field Artillery, o. ).
A, served as chief usher and the ush-
ers were Capt. Jacob G. Johnson, Coast
Artillery. L. s A.; Lieut. joe r. Bra-b-
son, Third Field Artillery, u. s A.;
Lieut. Harold W Huntley, Third Field
Artillery, L. 5 A; Lieut. Samuel r.
Hopkins. Third Field Artillery, u. S. Al
Z T- n
Cavalry, L. :. A., and Lieut. Victor ;.
Foster Fifteenth Cavalry, L. $ A
Captain Jones and the other men OF
the bridal party all wore fUn dress uni-
form of their rank
Small Reception
Follows Ceremony.
A small reception for relatives and
intimate friends followed the ceremonys
Z and a, wedding breakfast for the bridal
, party was served at 1 o'clock Tie
bride cut the cake with her husband
sword, according to the military Gus
: tom.
Mrs. Norton, mother of the bride wno
assisted in receiving. wore a handsome
gown OF grayish wistaria broadcloth,
with a black beaver hat trimmed with
! wistaria plumes, and a corsase bouquet
7 of ViOlets-
During the afternoon Captain and
Mrs. Jones left for a short honeymoon
o trip to old Point Comfort. Mrs. Jones
travelling i'm handsome tailored suit Of
r sage green broadcloth. heavily braided
p IN black, with a black MORE hat trim
g med with a paradise bird. and white fox
r. furS-
y They viii return Ju Washington Christ
mas morning TO spend the holidays with
n Mrs Jones parents Mr. and Mrs Nor
q ton, AT the Van Cortlandt on Belmont
= street January To-. they viii leave for
e Fort Sam Houston, san Antonio, Tex,
= where Captain Jones has recently been
/ transferred TO duty from Fort Nyer,
. where he has been stationed for some
= time
Among the out-Of-tOwn guests at the
wedding were Colonel and Mrs. Cam
G eron, of StaEville. y. c.. Capt. and
j Mrs. Jacob q. Johnson. of Fort Monroe.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Paleu. OF
Newport News, Va
Mr. and Mrs Max Rich had as their
guests last week Miss irma Kline, OF
: Baltimore, and Herbert SOnuebOru OF
= St. Louis, her fiance. Their marriage
/ takes place early in January.
III Arn1v and Wa7u