The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06

| sion.
Among the many dinner parties az the
| Chevy Chase Club Saturday evening, pre-
ceding the regular Saturday night dance
! for the members. was one given In honor
Of Miss Alice Bouten daughter Of Pep
| resentative Henry 6. BouteI. of Chicago.
by Pay Director and Mrs Carpenter. L.
S. n. The guests included Miss Mar
garet Worthington. Miss Frances Thorn.
Miss Katherine Holbrook. Miss Evelyn
| Carpenter. Mr.. Boutell. Mr.. Spencer, Mr..
Maurice Moore Mr.. Ballard Moore. and
| Mr.. Orme
There were fewer luncheon and dinner
companies at the Chevy Chase Club yes
terday and last evening than fer many
weeks, owing 10 the bad weather.
Lieut. Col and Mrs Charles L. Nc
Cawiey entertained company at break
fast yesterday morning at the Chevy
Chase Club.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. HolIyday were
hosts al a breakfast at the Chevy Chase
Club yesterday.
Mr. Truxtun Beale, former United
States Minister to Turkey. now a resident
of California, is making a visit to his old
| home here.
Mrs. Joseph Letter. of Chicago. is the
guest of her parents and sister, Gel. and
Mrs. John r. Williams and Miss Dorothy
Williams. until the middle of this month
Mr. and Mrs Letter viii spend their sum
| mer probably at Beverly Farms Mass.
looking after the building of Mrs l. T.
Letters new summer home there, which
will be ready for occupancy next year
Invitations have been issued by MIR
Thomas w Buckley, who is descended
from the Randolphs. the Harrisons, and
Peytons. and all the other distinguished
families of Virginia, for the marriage Of
his daughter. Alice Tayloe Buckley, to
Cadet Daniel Huston Torrey. who will
graduate at West Point two days before
HIS wedding. The ceremony win be per-
formed In st. Marg3rst's Church at S
o'clock. June i6
The bride viii be attended by Miss
Anne Seymour Jones, daughter of Repre-
sentative Jones, OF Virginia, as maid Of
honri Miss Alice Wright, Miss Doris
Frederick Miss Liza Candy, from West
Point, and Miss Mary Madison Jones. of
this city. bridesmaids The brides broth
er, Capt. Merwyn c. Buckley, from Fort
Howard Md, will be the best man. The
ushers. all classmates of the bridegroom,
are Cadets Selleck Wildrick, Welty Gray
Waterman. and Marshburn. The cere-
mony will be followed by a large recep-
ton at the Naples, the suburban home
Of the brides father in Woodley lane
Capt Buckley is to be ore of the usters
at the wedding Of Miss Adna A. MacMur-
ray, daughter OF the late Mai. Junius ".
MacMurray, L. S. A, and Capt James
Parsons Robinson. L. S. A. stationed at
Fort Howard, Nd. which Will take place
in st. Thomas Church at 4.S0 O'Clock on
June 10. The other ushers will be Cant.
Percy Bishop. Lieut.. Perry, and Lieut..
Woodbury.. Capt Arthur L. Fuller, L.
S. A, will be the best man. and the
brides only attendant viii be her sister.
Miss Ethel MacMurray. A reception will
follow the ceremony in the home of the
brides mother. In Massachusetts avenue
Mrs. Hunt Slater sailed last Thursday
for her usual summer trip abroad. She
viii return later to her beautiful place
at Bar Harbor.
Miss Msrgaretta Symons, daughter of
Col. and Mrs Thomas ". Symons. is
spending the weekend at Ellicott City,
Md, as the guest Of the Misses Merck.
Mrs. and Miss Symons viii leave on
Wednesday for Atlantic City for a short
visit before going TO Buffalo. They will
be Joined at CazenOvia in July by Col
Symons. who has been on an automobile
tour of New York State
An event of social prominence in vir-
ginia was the brilliant wedding which
took place at Christ Church, Smithfeld.
last Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock,
when Miss Grace Radcliffe Day, daugh-
ter Of Col. and Mrs. Charles Fenton Day,
of Smithheld, became the bride of Mr.
Henry Gould Ralston, OF Miami, Fla.
Rev. Robert S. Carter. Of Orange, Va,
performed the ceremony. The church
was beautifully decorated.
The bride was given in marriage by her
father. Her gown was of ivory satin
foundation, heavily embroidered and
trimmed in duchess and rose point lace.
Her tulle veil was caught with a wreath
of orange blossoms She carried q show
er bouquet of white orchids and lilies of
the valley. Her ornaments were pearls.
Miss Ellen Maury, Of Norfolk, was maid
of honor. Mrs P. Walker Turner, of
Emporia, was matron of honor. The
bridesmaids were Misses Octoa Reed and
Elise Young, OF Smithfeld. Little Misses
Lucy Day Martin, daughter of Senator
Martin. and Martha Wilson, of Smith
field, were flower girls. Mr.. Robert
White Ralston, of Miami. was best man,
and the gTOomsmen were Cecil Dabney,
of Charlottesville; Robert Young Conrad.
OF Winchester; H. Dale Miller, of Miami:
Richard Gould Watson. of Chicago; r.
Marshall Price, Of Kansas City, and
Frank ]. Merkling. of Washington.
At late hour the bridal party left for
Newport News on the steamer Smithfeld.
of the Old Dominion Line, which
was chartered for the occasion. AS the
whistles blew the guests gathered on the
terraces, and as the steamer passed the
searchlight was thrown first upon the
bride and groom, who stood In the bow,
and then upon the family and guests as
sembled on the lawn.
When the steamer reached Newport
News, touring car was waiting to take
Mr. and Mrs. Ralston TO Old Point, and
as they entered the automobile the
searchlight was again trained on them,
and the Yale men present Joined with
the Virginia college men in giving the
young couple a rousing send-off
Mr. and Mrs. Ralston left for a North
ern trip, after which they win spend
some time abroad before going to their
home in Miami.
The bride is well known in this city,
where she has spent much of her time
with her brother-in-law and sister. Sena-
tor and Mrs. Thomas S. Martin. A.r.