Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-01

The engagement of Miss Olivia Thorn
dixie and Mr.. Nathaniel s. Simpkins, jr.,
was announced yesterday in Boston.
Miss Thorndike is the older daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Thorndike Of
Marlboro street, Boston. Mr.. Simpkins Is
a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel s. Simp-
kins of 10 Hale street, Beverly Farms,
formerly of Washington. His sister is
Miss Faith Simpkins and Mr.. John and
Mr.. Willard Simpkins are brothers.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Cum
ningham, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Secor
Cunningham, 1924 Prairie avenue. and AL
dis Jerome Browne. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adds B. Browne Of this city,
will take place this afternoon IN trinity
Episcopal Church, Chicago. Mrs A.
Watson Armour will attend her cousin as
matron of honor. The bridesmaids will
be the Misses Katherine McFadon, Mar
garet Billings, Margaret Keep, Mildred
Blair, Dorothy Robbins and Hope Hodg-
man of Providence, r. !.
The president and board of managers of
the Christ Child Society have sent out
invitations for the annual meeting and
Rauscher's today from to Z. Rev. Will
liam j. kerby, d. D., will preside and
make an address, the meeting opening
at 4.
Miss Margaret Preston Draper, a debu-
tante Of a year ago in this city, daughter
of the late Gen. William F. Draper. will
be presented at the Court Of st. James
in the coming season. Mrs. Draper and
her daughter, who have been abroad since
last fall, have been in Rome recently.
The marriage of Miss Laura Corrinne
Tiller and Mr.. Benjamin Julian Witcher
of this city. took place last Thursday
of OF he 1f he I,rs1o
mother in Atlanta. Ga. Rev. William
Russell Owen of the Capitol Avenue
Baptist Church performing the ceremony
The decorations throughout the halls
and pariors were in white and green.
Only the relatives and few friends
were present. The bride. becomingly
gowned in a going-away suit of tan. with
hat and gloves to match. carried a
bouquet of white roses showered with
lilies of the valley
The bride is daughter of the late
John w. Tiller of Oglethorpe county, and
is prominently connected throughout
Georgia. She is a young woman Of
beauty and charming personality, and
was entertained on several occasions prior
to her marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witcher left Immediately
after the ceremony. They will be at home
after today in this city.
Mrs. Charles Mum. with her son and
daughter. who went over on the Lusita-
MIA ten days ago, are for a short time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Boardman
Carrie Munn) before those young people
sail for home. Mrs. Mum and her son
and daughter will remain over the coro-
nation and Mr.. and Mrs. Boardman will
occupy Mrs. Munn's North Shore cottage
until her return.
Mrs Samuel Spencer is in Louisville,
the guest Of Mrs. John w. Price. and
wi no honor at
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Godfrey
Strater as hosts.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Whistler Howell and
Mr.. Percy Haughton of Boston will be
married at the country place of the bride
at Lenox. Mass. May Is. The couple
will go abroad for their honeymoon.
Mrs. Howell is the widow of Rev. Rich
ard Lewis Howell the millionaire clergy
man, whose first wife was Miss Drexel
of Philadelphia. The present Mrs. How
ell is the only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Whistler of Baltimore, and be-
longs to one of the leading family con-
nections of Maryland. She has been
noted for her beauty since early child
hood and was married as soon as her
education was completed and before
making her formal debut In society. She
has two little daughters who have, 1t is
said. inherited her personal loneliness
and charm.
Hundreds of friends of Edwin A. New
man. democratic national committeeman
for the District of Columbia, gathered at