Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-26

bodice had long, close-fitting sleeves OF
the lace and was cut Nshaped at the
neck. She wore an exquisite pearl neck
lace. Her tulle veil was crowned with
orange blossoms and her bouquet wa:
! formed of orange blossoms and white or
chids:
Miss Katherine H. Ekins. the brides
maid, who is as famed for her beauty a!
is the bride, and who like her is truly
! Washington girl with whom she has beer
associated practically all her life. wa!
regal looking in A trained princes:
gown of Italian and French lace combined
She wore with it large hat of mauvt
tulle with orchids and carried a bouque
of the same flowers.
A section Of the Marine Band played
the wedding marches and throughout the
ceremony in a minor key. and gave g
lively program during the wedding break
fast.
Notable Guests.
enumerated there were also present the
brides aunt, Mrs. Charles II. Strong
and her cousin, Mrs. Reginald Ronalds
the parents of the bridegroom. Mr.. and
Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, and Miss An
selica Gerry and Miss Mabel Gerry, thei,
daughters: Mr.. Robert l.. Gerry, the:l
son, who was best man, and whose wife
was assisting at the same hour at the
very quiet wedding of her sister. Mis-:
Mary Hartman, at Arden. \. Y; Mr.
and Mrs. Ogden Mills, Ogden Mills, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt jr., Mrs. Corneliu!
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Alfred 6. Vanderbilt
Mai. G. Creighton Webb Mr.. John K
Townsend, Mr.. Adrian Iselin, all Of Ne1
York.
Some of these present from official anC
resident society. of the capital were TIT
Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs. Mac
Veagh, the Attorney General and Mrs
Wickersham. Postmaster General Hitch
Mrs. Meyer. the ambassador from Ger
many, Count Won Bernstorff. Baroness
Rosen. wife of the Russian ambassador
and the Baroness Elizabeth Rosen
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Holmes. Senator
and Mrs. Depew. Senator and Mrs. New
lands. Senator and Mrs. Wetmore. Sena
tor and Mrs. Aldricf. Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Townsend Miss Yyonne Town
send, Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs
Nicholas Anderson. Mrs. Bayard. MIR
McCawley. Mrs. Letter. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Letter. Mrs. Reyburn and Mrs
Rush S. Huidekoper.
The Brides Gifts.
No bride has received more valuah le
gifts. Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry
have given the young couple a 9Th ave
nue. home, and to the bride a fifteen
thousand-dollar pearl necklace. Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt sent her bar pir
set with diamonds and rubies; Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. jr., a pearl and dia
mond pear-shaped ornament. and from
her aunt and cousin. Mrs. Strong ant
Mrs. Ronalds, she has received a diamond
tiara.
The Bride
The bride of today is practically {
child when her parents came here 10 live
She has been well educated by govern
esses and private tutors and has all thu
accomplishments which are common t.
girls of wealth She has devoted much
time to the piano. taste for music which
she inherited, it is said, largely from hel
ather. who played the violin unusually
we'll and found much pleasure in it.
She a lovely child, and both as &
of early womanhood are apparent
has the kind of beauty which holds atten-
ton. Her features are correct, her com
plexion very fair, her head is we'll poised
and her blonde hair is,real beauty by 1t
self. Her expression is rather a Seriou!
one most of the time and her manner i:
as unaffected as if her personal forum,
did not exist.
Her taste is for outdoor life rather. thar
for the pleasures of the ballroom She i!
possibly the most fearless horsewoma,
! in this section of the country. She la
| been a keen cross-country rider since
her girlhood. and has spent most of he
time at this enjoyment of late years
Her stable of riding or driving horses
has had few equals. She looks best per
haps driving her blue-ribboned pair to
pony phateton. Her skill in automobil,
driving is quite as marked.
Abroad Miss Townsend created quite a.
much furore as in her own country. He
erga cement to titled suitors has been an
nounced again and again The most per
sistent rumor followed her meeting Will
| the Duke d Alba, grandee of Spain
when she and her mother were al Madrjt
to attend the wedding festivities Of tn,
! Young King and Queen OF Spain, which
| were so sadly disturbed by the bomb in
tended to end their lives She has bee,
presented at court in England. and ha
been entertained with the exclusive littl
| circle whom the late King Edward IA
| vored at German spa few years ago
| At home her suitors have been legion
| and that she waited until her twenty
sixth year to marry was the nader
| fancy that the prince only arrived whe,
! she met the bridegroom OF today las
| January at a New York ball His de
votion TO the Washington heiress ant
| beauty was marked from the outset. Mr.
| Gerry's frequent visits to this city, how
| ever, did not prepare even her iutirnat
| friends to believe that she had made he
| choice. and the announcement OF tn,
engagement made about month ago
was received with genuine surprise 4
! later wedding date was arranged but al
earlier one settled upon that some Of tn,
plans made for the summer i'm Europe
! both for Mrs. Townsend well as he
daughter, could be kept, although in diff
! ferent company.
The bride or today enjoys private in
| come of 0,0O0 a year. derived from tn.
estate of her grandfather, the late Col
William l.. Scott of Erie, Pa. million
aire many times over. who left the bull
of his fortune to his daughters, Mrs