Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-02
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
MISS TAFT'S PART IN BRYN
.MAWR'S MAY DAY REVELS.
Wedding of a Former Washingto:
MAN of Interest Here-Other
Event+Personals.

Mrs. Taft is in New York, having gone
there for a few days shopping Miss
Helen Taft joined her mother en- route
Saturday in Philadelphia. The former
| will take part in 'Pyramus and Thisbe. >"
one of several plays which are to be
given next Saturday at Bryn Mawr, and
| in which 400 students will take part.
The May day revels which are given
! every four years are to take a very
important phase this time. The program
at which it is expected Mrs. Taft, Baron
ess Uchida and Baroness Serge Alexan-
der korff. both of whom are Bryn
Mawr graduates. will be present, with
other visitors from this city. will fill
the afternoon.
The proceeds will he the students con-
tribution to a million dollar endowment
fund which the college is endeavoring
to accumulate by the I'd OF June. Miss
| Helen Tafts class. the sophomore, has
raised $1,000 by personal subscription.
| and the freshman class has raised an
other thousand.
Two graduates have offered the $525
| which each has received as a fellow
| ship. And the undergraduates, besides
working ct their revels, are running
errands and doing odd jobs about col
lege to earn a few extra dollars for the
| fund.
The newly appointed minister from
Spain, Senior Don Juan RianO, and his
wife, who was Miss Alice Ward of this
city. are expected here about the middle
of this month.
Miss Sheriff. entertained at a luncheon
at the Chevy Chase Club yesterday the
charge d'affaires of Argentina and Nine
Villegas, Mr.. John Barrett, director Of
the Bureau of American Republics, and
Rear Admiral O'Nell.
Miss Isabel Clarke gave luncheon
yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club in
honor of Capt and Mrs Frank Evans
OF New York. Among the other guests
were Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles Russell
Miss Katherine Jennings. Miss Gertrude
| Williams, Miss Gilmore. Lieut. Command
err Crank, L. s. N. Capt. L. Mason Gu
lick, L. 8. NJ. c.: Mr.. Edward Clarke,
Mr.. Frederick Faust and Mr.. Walter
Wheeler.
| Gen. and Mrs. W. w Wotherspoon
were among the luncheon hosts at the
| Chevy Chase Club yesterday, entertain
ish army and Miss Adye. who are spend
ing a short time in Washington. In
| vited to meet them were the assistant
secretary OF war and Mrs. Robert Shaw
L
military attache Of the British embassy,
| and Mr.. Davis.
| wedding Of unusual beauty was cele-
brated last Tuesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Taggart. In
dianapolis, Ind. when their daughter,
Miss Nora Taggart. and Mr.. Laurance
d. Chambers. son Of Mrs. John Abbott
! Chambers OF Washington. d. c.. were
married. The floral setting for the we'd
ding was one OF the most beautiful that
has been seen in Indianapolis for long
| time. The only touch Of color for the
| rooms was supplied by American beauty
| roses. the flowers being arranged In hand
| some flower urns. The ceremony took
place in the hall in front OF the fireplace.
Maidenhair ferns comp letely filled the
| tho ceiling with clusters Of Easter lilies.
| Set amid the greenery were white tapers,
and on either side Of the mantel palms
| and cathedral candle0ticks. In the other
archways rustic baskets filled with vines
and American beauty roses. The dining
room, where supper was served, was also
beautifully trimmed. The long table was
arranged for the members Of the wed
ding party and a few intimate friends.
and the other guests. in all about 200.
were seated at small tables. The deco
rations for the bridal table were OF Kill
larney roses and fdies OF the valley and
pink candles capped with dainty shades.
The bride wore a very handsome gown
Of white satin overdraped with hand
embroidered chiffon with tulle wedding
veil. and she carried an arm bouquet of
lilies of the valley tied with Write satin
ribbon and a bit Of greenery. Her only
attendant was her sister, Miss Lucy Tag
CART. She wore light green satin and car
ried an arn1ful Of white Iilacs. pink roses
and forget-me-nots tied with streamers
Of ribbon.
| The ceremony was pronounced by the
| br1degTOoms brother. the Rev. T1lestOn
Chambers Of Saratoga, n. Y. The ushers
were Edward Katzenbach OF Trenton. n.
J.: William Elliott Of Chicago. Walter
Epson Of Columbus. Ohio, and Gilbert
Hurry. Samuel Mccoy and Thomas Tag
CART. IT,. Of Indianapolis. The hest man
was Mr.. W. G. BObbs.
After their honeymoon travels the
couple WIFI be at home to their friends
at the Stratford. $50 North Meridian
street. Indianapolis. Among the guests
Chambers Of washington. the bride
grooms mother: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Mearns and sons of Washington Mrs.
John Crayke Simpson and Miss Kate
Mccartney. also Of WASHINGTON: Miss
Laura McCurdy OF Bloomington. Ind.
and Mrs. e. G. Fraser of Rock Island, III.
Miss Martha Bacon. daughter of the
American ambassador to France. was
among the bridesmaids at the wedding
Saturday last at Homestead. L. l.. at the
country seat of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin D.
Morgan on the WheatleN f1ll'f, OF tnelT
eldest daughter. Miss Elizabeth S. Nor
! gan. and Mr.. Delaney Kane Jay. son
| Of Col and Mrs. William Jay.
| Members OF the Meadow Brook and the
Rockaway Hunt clubs went from their
country places by automobiles. and the
other colonies of Long Island were well
represented. A special train brought the
guests from New York. and automobiles
conveyed them from Westbury to Wheat
! ley Hills. The ceremony was performed
| nv the Rev John Cornell
The brides chief attendant was her sis
| ter Miss Katharine Morgan. The others
| were Misses Dorothy Kane. Eleanor
| Greene, Dorothy Moran and Martha Ba-
con. daughter of MI. Robert Bacon, am
bassador to France from this country.
They wore dresses Of orange color and
hats Of the same. Miss Katharine Nor
gan wore white lace over orange.
| The announcement is made Of the mar
riaRe Monday. April q, at Mentor, Ohio.
OF Mr.. Ashbel Newell. president of the
Tennessee Central railroad. and Miss
Mereina Evelyn Seymour of Los Angeles.
Cal The wedding took place in the home
of Mrs. James r. Garfield. wife of the
former Secretary OF the Interior. sister
of the bridegroom. Mr.. and Mrs. Newell
will live in Nashville. Tenn.
| At the marriage at Calvary Baptist
Church, Wednesday evening next at 8
O'Clock Of Miss Olive Lyle Demarest,
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Cornelius Ly-
decker Demarest, and Mr.. John Congers
Britton of New York, Miss Helen Britton