The Washington herald., 1911-06-29
Miss Katherine Brown VIII Be Bride of Lieut..
Barnett To-day Senator Warren and Miss
Morgan Married in New York

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Miss Helen Taft left yesterday for New
York to be the guest Of Miss Grace
Henry for the remainder Of the week.
Miss Henry has visited Miss Taft at the
White House several times. She was
here for the Christmas festivities there,
land at-the Easter season.
A quiet and unostentatious wedding
iceremony was performed at high noon
yesterday in the parlors of Hotel Gotham.
New York City, the bridegroom being
Senator Francis e. Warren, of Wyoming,
and the bride Miss Clara lie Barron Nor
gan, Of Connecticut.
While the ceremonies were quite in
formal. the parlors Of the hotel were at
ltractively decorated with flowers grouped
to form q temporary floral chaneel under
which the ceremonies were conducted.
The clergyman who oficiated was Rev.
Wilbur Larremore Caswell. of st. Thomas
Church. New York.
Only relatives OF the bride and one at
tendant friend of Senator Warren were
present at the wedding, to which no for
mai invitations had been issued because
Of the recent death Of Mrs. Morgan's only
brother. Miss Morgan was attended by
her mother, Mrs. John Sands Morgan.
and her grandmother, Mrs. Billings
Brown; Justice and Mrs. II. B. Brown.
Judge and Mrs. Arthur NJ. Parker, Mr..
and Mrs B. Frank Vaughn. Prof.
wilfred H. Munroe, Of Brown University,
and Mrs. Munroe. Justice Brown gave
the bride away.
With Senator Warren as best man was
Hon. Henry G. Hay. formerly OF Chey-
enne.
The bride was dressed in a simple but
elegant cream lace and chiffon gown.
Her travelling dress was a dark blue tail
ored suit
There had been no public announcement
\ Of the time of the wedding. but Senator
Warren was in receipt OF great numbers
Of congratulatory kilograms from MEM
bers Of the Senate and other Washington
| friends, and also received cable and teIe-
graphic messages from his daughter,
Mrs. John ]. Pershing, now in the Phil
ippines, and his son, Fred. E. Warren.
Of Cheyenne. extending congratulations
and best wishes.
Followig the ceremony the Senator and
Mrs. Warren left New York for a two
or three days trip to one Of the nearby
seashore resorts. They will 60 to Wash
ington in time for the Senator TO take up
his duties in the Senate on Wednesday
next. For the present Senator and Mrs
Warren will make their home at the New
Willard sHotel, where the Senator has
lived for the past ten years. Immediate
ly upon the adjournment of the present
special session of Congress Senator, and
Mrs. Warren will go to Cheyenne to re-
main during the recess OF Congress
A very pretty home weddfng was
that last evening of Miss Agnes May
Porter, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
I. Porter, of this city, and Mr.. Philip
Rodger Hooten, also OF this city. The
ceremony was performed at o'clock by
Rev. Edgar c. Power in the presence of
the families only. A small reception fol-
lowed, for the intimate friends of the
bride and BRIDEGROOM. The house was
decorated with a color scheme of green
and white, a bower OF palms, ferns. and
white blossoms being arranged in the
front drawing-room, IN front of which
the bridal party stood. The only attend
ant was the brides brother, Mr. Irwin
Stevens Porter, who acted az best man.
The bridal gown was a handsome one
Of ivory brocaded satin and point lace |
The tulle veil was held with a wreath of
orange blossoms, and the bride carr ca |
shower of Bride roses and Ifiie 4 OF !
the valley. After the buffet supper, |
where the table decorations were also |
all in white and green. Mr. Hooten and /
his bride left for their bridal trip. with |
their destination a secret The brides
going-away gown was light gray suit |
and she wore a large black hat with !
roses. On their return they will be at /
home at the Holland. The bride is a |
Central High School girl and a member
of Sigma lambda Sorority, now holding
its convention In this city, the delegates
and resident members being received by
the President at the White House yes
terday afternoon. The bride is a niece
Of the late Mr.. Durham Stevens, of this
city. for many years counselor OF the
japanese Embassy. and at the time of
his tragic death in San Francisco about
two years ago was returning from a
special mission to Korea.
Miss Katherine Davis Brown, daugh-
Ter of the late Commander r. NJ. @.
Brown. q. S. N, the ''hero of Samoa
md Mrs. Brown, will be married to-day
1t noon to Lieut.. Chester Piersoll Bar
nett. Fifteenth Cavalry, U. S. A. The
ceremony win be performed at Grace
ands. the country home of the brides
former Senator Henry G.
Davis. at Elkins. w. Va Since the
ieath Of her parents Miss Brown has
made her home with Mrs. Lee and the +
alters father. Senator Davis viii es-
,ort and give her in marriage Rev. F.
4. Barron. pastor of the Davis Memorial
Presbyterian Church, viii ofiiciate. Miss
Elizabeth oliphant. OF East Orange. N.
:. granddaughter OF the late Senator
zlkins; Miss Elsie Price, Of Baltimore.
md Miss Natalie Southerland. OF El-
tins, will be the brides attendants.
apt Warren Dean. Fifteenth Cavalry.
# Fort Myer. will be the best man. He
$ the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lee during
lis stay in West Virginia, having ar
lived there yesterday with Lieut. Har-
ington. also from Fort Myer. The bride
md her attendants viii wear dainty
white lingerie gowns. and the bridegroom
nd his best man win wear their white
uniforms
After the reception and breakfast 4
shich win follow the ceremony, Lieut.. ,
barnett and his bride win leave for a
reddine trip to the North Shore. They
Eill return to Fort Myer next week.