The Washington herald., 1911-12-29

innate friends. The drawinZ-room, where
the bridal party was grouped for the
ceremony, was decorated with ferns,
palms, and marguerites, and the dining
room, hall, and library had decorations
of Southern smilax, ferns, potted plants,
and pink blossoms. A bower and altar
were arranged in the front drawing-room.
The bride was attended by Mrs. John n.
Glover as matron of holoF, Miss Sara
j. Henderson as maid of honor and the
following bridesmaids: Miss Mary Yea
kle Miss Hazel Magic, Miss Celestine
Hodges, Miss Aurora Hodges, Miss Nan
Mertz, cousin of the bride, and Miss
Rae Schafer, all of Washington. The
best man was Mr.. Clifford Carpenter.
1.-THE wedding music was played by the
Minister Orchestra. The BRIDES gown
was of white crepe meteor, with trim
mings of duchesse lace and pearl en-
broidery, with a finish of pearl fringe on
the draperies of the skirt. Her veil was
held with Juliet cap of pearls and a
spray of orange blossoms, and she car
ried a shower of Bride roses and lilies
| of the valley. The matron of honor wore
pink crepe de chine, veiled with pink
marquisette, trimmed with crystal fringe.
and the maid of honor wore green crepe
de chine, veiled with green marquisette,
with gold trimmings, and they both car
ried pink roses.
muslin, with caps of lace. each one of
the six wearing streamers of different
colored flowers, lavender, green, pale
blue, pale pink, coral pink, and yellow,
the trimming of their caps matching the
color of. their flowers, which hung from
their waists at the sides. They entered
carrying a rope of smilax. and formed
an aisle, through which the bride and
bridegroom passed. preceded by the
flower girl, Miss katherine Fenning, a
! cousin of the bride, who wore white
| Franch muslin over pink and carried a
basket of pink and white sweet peas.
| Mrs. Mertz, mother of the bride, wore a
| lovely costume of sunshine satin, with
| tunic of gray chiffon embroidered with
| silver and gold Mrs. o. w. Nixon,
mother of the bridegroom, who is the
house guest Of the BRIDES mother. Wore
| pink just cloth from the Philippines over
| pink crepe de chine. After the buffet
supper, the bride and bridegroom left
4 for their wedding trip, which will end in
their new home In Tulsa after January
| Is. The brides going-away gown was of
| dark blue cloth, with hat to match.
! Other guests at the wedding from out of
| town were Miss Abbie Whinnery, aunt
of the bridegroom; Miss Gertrude Whin-
merry, and Miss Elsie North Schuyler, all
of Philadelphia: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Milton
| Booth. of st. Clair, Pa, uncle and aunt
| of the bride; Mrs. Hackenbury, of Mil
| ton, Pa, and Miss Katherine Elliott, of
Pittsburg.
The marriage is announced OF Miss
Edith Graham Brown to Mr.. Carlos B.
Mirick. The ceremony was performed at
Annapolis on Wednesday, December q
The bride is a daughter of Prof. Stimson
| J. Brown, Z. S. N, of Annapolis. Their
future home will be in Washington.
Miss Anna Portner has cards out for a
) o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page
have cards out for a musicale Tuesday
afternoon, January ?.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Efinger en-
| tertained a company of young people at
dinner last evening.
Miss Mary Maxim entertained at a
pretty dance in the Mount Pleasant post
Office hall in honor of Miss Jessie Crane.
of Terra Alta, w. Va, who is spending
the holidays with her.
Miss Adel Mason and her brother, Mr..
| John Mason, entertained at a dance for
young people last evening in the home of
their parents, 26OS Garfield street.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Clara Waller, of Washington, D. c., to
| DR.. Thomas ]. Mcdonald, of jefferson,
Ga, Sunday, December a. at Commerce,
Ga. After a honeymoon trip through
the Southern States they will make their
home at Jefferson, Ga.
Among the Washingtonians who at
tended the Christmas ball at the United
States Naval Academy were Miss Julia
Haines Vail, Miss Elsie McIntire May,
Miss Dorothy Loud, and Mrs. George A.
Loud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers will
have as their guests for over New Years
Mr.. Thomas Rowman Goethals. of Har-
ward, son of Col. Goethals, and Mr..
Brownell Combs, of Kentucky, both of
whom will arrive to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Earle, jr, of
Philadelphia, will be among the guests
next month of the Attorney General and
Mrs. Wickersham, who will entertain the
President and Mrs. Taft at dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel B. Miller, jr., en-
tertained several of their Washington
friends at a dance last night at their
country estate, on the Potomac, in Fair
fax County, Va. The house was beauti-
fully decorated with evergreens and red
blossoms, following out the Christmas
scheme. Among those who attended
were Mr.. and Mrs Frank Segourney Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Craig, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Hutchins, Miss Gray, Miss Rob-
Inson, Miss Odell, Miss GiIlehan, Miss
Kolb, Miss Claxton. Mr. Jacques Helden-
heimer, Mr.. James Yoeman, Mr.. Earl
Dorsey. Mr.. Homer Dodge, and Mr.. w.
B. Miller.
The Austro-H Hungarian Ambassador and
Baroness HengelmueIler will arrive in
New York January 4.
Mai. Walter D. Webb. U. S. A., and
Mrs Webb, of Soldiers Home, will be
hosts at a dance this evening for young
people. in honor Of their schoolgirl niece,
Miss Janet McKeever, who is spending
the holidays'in Washington.
Mrs. Frederick wessin, who is now
convalescent from her recent illness,
left washington yesterday for a week
or ten days trip to Atlantic City with
her daughter Mrs. Stewart Z. Barber,
wife of Paymaster Barber, U. S. N.
Miss Bertha Goldman will close her
Newport villa and come to Washington
shortly after the first of the year.
Mias Florence Mallory Booker. of