The Washington herald., 1911-03-08

The guests included the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs Ballinger, Senator Du
Pont, Mime. Loudon. wife of the Minister
from the Netherlands; Sir Robert and
Lady Hadfield. Mr. and Mrs. f. ]. Hancy
of New York: Mr.. John Gade, of New
York; Mr. de Nascimento, Of Portugal
Mrs Truman II. Newberry, Mr.. and Mrs
James Marion Johnston, Mrs. Ghcrardi
Miss Miriam Crosby, and Mr.. Gist Blair
Miss Helen Taft was the gL ct of honor
at dinner last night of Mr.. and Mrs
Edison Bradley, in their Dupont circle
mansion They had to meet her Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock, Lieut. and Mrs
L. S. Grant, third; Miss Alys Meyer.
daughter of the Secretary of the Navy;
Mrs Roscoe c. Bumer. Miss Mary
Southerland Miss Cecilia May. Miss
Laura Merriam, Miss Gladys Hlnckley,
Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss Louise
Cromwell Mrs. Herbert Shipman, daugh-
ter of the hosts: Mr.. Centaro. Maj.
Horton. Commander Retzmann, Mr.. van
Weede. of the Dutch Legation staff; Mr..
de Hedry, of the Austrian Embassy; Mr..
Franklin H. Ellis. Mr.. Basil Miles, and
Mr.. Reginald Hudekoper.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Buisserct entertained at dinner last night.
when their honor guests were the Am
hassador from Mexico and Sonora de la
Barra The other guests included Prince
| Koudachef, charge daffaires of Russia;
the Portuguese Minister, Niscount Ate;
Gen. and Mrs. John W. Foster. Mr.. and
Mrs Sterling. of London. the latter for
merly Miss Robson, of this city; Miss
| TuCkerman, and Miss fatten.
Mrs Richard Townsend entertained at
a breakfast yesterday at her home In
Massachusetts, avenue. when the guests
were asked to meet Lady Sarah Wilson.
of England. who is a guest AT the New
Willard for a few days, in company
with Mrs William B. Leeds, of New
York. Lady Wilson is the wife of Mai.
| Gordon Chesney Wilson. NJ. V. o., Of
the British army, and vas the heroine
| of the siege of Ladysmith, where she
was acting as war correspondent for one
of the big London dajlies. while her hus-
band was attached to the staff OF Gen.
Powell, during the Boer war. She is a
daughter of the seventh Duke of Marl-
borough and aunt Of the present duke.
| Senator and Mrs. Aldrich have cards
out for a dance at Rauscher's. March
| l.. in honor Of the marriage of Countess
Alexandra Won Bcrnstorf. daughter Of
the German Ambassador. and Count
| Pourtalcs, of the embassy stan. March
q. Miss Elsie Aldrich. their daughter,
will be one of the bridesmaids at the
wedding.
| Miss Claire Wright daughter of Asso-
ciate Justice and Mrs. Daniel Thew
Wright, and Mr.. Harry Arthur Kite,
whose engagement was recently an
nounced. will be married Saturday, May
le, in ;he Church OF the Ascension. Fol-
lowing the ceremony a reception will he
held at the home of the brides parents
in Sixteenth street Mrs. Durant Church.
of New York, and Miss Alice Wright
will attend their sister as matron and
maid of honor. The bridesmaids will be
Miss Annette Besuden and Miss Juliet
Besuden, of Ohio.
The marriage of Mrs. Ella Knight Ellis,
widow of Mr.. Lewis Y. Ellis, of this city,
to Mr. Lewis Mears. of Brooklyn, n. Y,
took place yesterday afternoon in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A Muir.
1439 Girard street The ceremony was
performed at o'clock by Rev. J. ]. Muir
father of the host, in the presence of
only the immediate families of the bride
anu bridegroom. The bride wore a grace
full gown of soft white silk, elaborately
trimmed with lace, and carried a shower
of Bride roses. There were no attendants
Miss Helen Thompson. daughter of Dr.
Thompson, of South Washington played
the wedding music. After buffet lunch
con Mr.. Mears and his bride left on the
evening boat for Norfolk, the bride wear
ing a tailored suit of brown cloth. with
brown hat trimmed with willow plumes
of the same shade, and long travelling
coat of brown. They will return here
next week for a few days before going on
to their future home on a beautiful
ranch at Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Louisa
Mears, of Brooklyn, mother of the bride
groom, was here for the wedding. She
wore at the wedding a superb robe of
chantiIly lace over white satin. Mrs
Mears, the bride, is one of Washington's
best known musicians, a violinist and
contraltO singer, whose solos are familiar
to the local concert goers. and in church
circles. She was at the time of her mar
riage contralto soloist at Hamline NJ. f.
Church. The other members of this choir
gave her a splendid wedding gift of a
set of silver,
Representative and Mrs. Frank NJ Nye
will send out invitations in a few days
forsthe marriage of their daughter, Miss
Frances NJ. Nye. to Mr.. Andrew Berk- |
hall. The marriage will take place at |
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Nye, 27oS
Pillsbury avenue. Minneapolis, Monday |
March q, at s p. m. 1t will be a very
quiet wedding and a small reception will !
follow, for which 100 guests have been |
asked.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis K Stevens, of |
New York. arrived yesterday, to be I
the guests of Assistant Secretary of |
War and Mrs Oliver. parents of Mrs |
Stevens.
Miss Josephine Ames. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. A L. Ames. and Mr. Eugene
p. D. Hathaway. Of this city. were mar
Iied yesterday afternoon, at the home
OF the brides parents. IT'S Eighteenth
street Rev. G.. Freeland Peter. of the
Church of the Epiphany, performed the
ceremony. which was attended by only
the relatives ana few intimate friends.
The bride was gowned in white chif-
fon over white duchess satin, with pearl
trimming and carried a shower bouuuet |.
of Bride roses and lilies OF the valley.
The maid of honor was Miss Mae
Address, who wore white lace over vel
low satin and carried yellow jonquils.
The bridegroom is a graduate of Bowdoin /
College, and the best man, Mr.. Samuel |
T. Danna. is a former classmate After
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