The Washington herald., 1911-05-26

| The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
were the honor guests at dinner last
night Of Assistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Huntington Wilson.
| The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained at dinner last even
ing. The guests were Attorney General
| lWickersham, Senator Root, the Commits
sioner Of Patents, Mr.. Edward c. Moore,
and Miss Moore; Mr.. Mitchell Innes, of
| the British Embassy staff; Mr.. and Mrs.
| Joseph Pope, NJ. Pierre Botkine, Mr.. Bre-
ton, Mr.. Maillard Mr.. Belletier, Mr..
Boimsard and Mr.. Boimsard, jr.: Miss
Boardman. Mrs. Shepard. Miss Martha
Goldman, Miss Lee. Mr.. de Ro and Miss
de Ro, Mr.. Pontalis, and Mrs. and Mrs.
de la Rocca.
| The Japanese Ambassador and Baroness
Uchida entertained a small dinner COM
pany at the embassy last evening. They
will entertain at dinner again on June
IL, in honor of the delegates to the
fur seal conference.
| Miss Helen Taft was the guest of honor
at a picnic party yesterday. when Mrs.
Meyer, wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
lagain chaperoned the young people.
Mr. Robert Taft, who is taking a post
graduate course in law at Harvard, after
graduating last year from Yale, will go
to Europe shortly to spend the summer.
Mrs Eugene Hale and Miss Rule are
visiting in New York. They will be at
the Hotel Gotham during their stay there.
| The Argentine Minister, Senior Naon,
| went to the University. of Pennsylvania
yesterday to be the guest OF honor at
a dinner given this evening by the Argen-
| tine students at that institution in honor
| of the national holiday of the Argentine
! Republic.
| Col Robert NJ. Thompson Will leave this
morning for Annapolis on his houseboat
Everglades to attend the unveiling of
the statue of Capt. Perkins on Satur-
day. He returned the middle of the week
| from his country place at Southampton,
Long Island, where he took Mrs. Thomp-
son and their son-in-law and daughter,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Pell, and youns
Master Robert Thompson Pell, for the
| summer.
| Miss Harriet Wadsworth. who went
down to Virginia on Sunday with a small
party on a horseback ride to Luray, is
expected back to-day.
| Mrs. Nagel, wife Of the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor. was hostess at
luncheon yesterday at the Chevy Chase
Club when the wives of the delegates 10
the international fur seal congress were
her guests of honor. The guests included
Mrs. Bryce, wife of the British Ambas-
sador: Baroness Cchida, wife of the
japanese Ambassador: Mrs. Pope and
| Mrs Poland. wives of the British dele
| gates: Baroness Nolde. wife of the Rus
sian delegate: Mrs. Dickson. wife of Sem
ator Dickson, of Montana: Miss Harlan.
Baroness de Bode, sister of the military
attache of the Russian Embassy; Mrs.
Robert Lansing. Mrs. Nelson Read John
son. Miss Squier. and Miss Hildegrade
| NaGel.
| The home Of Col. and Mrs w. c. Lang
fit, L. S. A, "Belleview." in Georgetown.
! was the scene yesterday of the first al
| fresco wedding of the season. Their
| daughter, Miss Dorothy Langfitt. and
Lieut.. Francis Bowditch Wilby, L. s. A.
were married at $50 o'clock. The cere-
mony was performed on the lawn. in the
presence of a distinguished company Of
relatives and friends. Rev. James II. w.
Blake, of Christ Church, officiating. a
bower of red and white roses formed &
beautiful background for the bridal con-
pie to stand beneath during the cere-
mony. The bridal procession passed down
a carpeted aisle from the house to the
strains of the wedding march, which was
played by the Engineer Band, from the
Washington Barracks, where the bride
groom is stationed, and where the bride s
father was until recently commanding Of
ficer.
The ushers. Lieut.. Alexander, Lieut..
Downing, Lieut.. Hall and Lieut.. Godfrey.
all of the Engineer Corps. led the bridal
| party to the altar. They wore their sum-
| mer uniforms of white, as did the bride
| groom and his best man, Lieut.. D. /.
Sultan, U. S. A. and Col. Langttt who
| escorted and gave his daughter in mar
rage. The bride was gowned in white
| duchesse lace over white satin made in
| semi-empire style with a court train. Her
| veil of tulle was held with a coronet of
orange blossoms and her bouquet was a
! shower of Bride roses and lilies of the
| valley Her only ornament was a pearl
necklace, an heirloom in the family. Mrs.
| Richard c. Moore, wife of Capt. Moore,
| U. s. A, who attended her as matron of
honor, wore her wedding gown of ivory
| satin with a tunic Of white chiffon en-
broidered in pearls and a large white hat
|
mond roses and white sweet peas, carry
ing out the color scheme in red and white,
in compliment to the bridegroom's branch
of the service. the Engineer Corps. At
the wedding of Miss Moore, formerly
Miss Winifred Davis. which took place
last fall, the bride of to-day was the
maid of honor. Miss Margaret Wilby, of
Detroit, sister of the bridegroom; Miss
Claire Wilcox, Of Portland, Oreg.; Miss
Eugenie Harvard of Connecticut, and Miss
Margaret Brooks, the bridesmaids, wore
dainty white lingerie dresses. with white
lingerie hats, and carried bouquets like
that of the matron of honor. Richmond
roses and white sweet peas Following the
ceremony an informal reception was held
on the lawn Mrs. Langfftt mother of
the bride. received with the young couple.
She wore an exquisite gown of white lace
and panne velvet. Lieut.. wilby and his
bride left Washington later in the even
ing for a wedding trip in the North The
brides going-away gown was a tailored
suit Of light gray outing cloth with a hat
} to match. They will make their home at
the barracks. where the bridegroom is
stationed. after July 1. .
Among those sailing for the other side
yesterday morning on the Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria to spend the summer were
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