The Washington herald., 1911-12-12

burg, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Marburg, for the First Monday
German last evening. Mr.. and Mrs
Marburg entertained a company at din
ner preceding the AFFAIR in honor of
Miss Taft The First Monday German
in Baltimore has been adopted by the
debutantes each year for their first ap-
pearance in society. FHty-nine were pre-
sented last night. Miss Taft made her
appearance in Baltimore society at the
| function last year as the guest of her
hosts of last night.
Mrs Richard Reid Rogers will enter
tain at luncheon to-day for her debu-
tante daughter, Miss Elizabeth Rogers
Miss Barbara stephens, daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Stephens, will
arrive Thursday to spend the holidays
| in Washington.
Representative Kent, who was called
to New York by the illness of his
daughter Miss Elizabeth Kent, who
underwent an operation for appendicitis
| has returned to Washington. He re-
ported Miss Kent improving steadily.
! Miss EdmonIa Adams will have a
luncheon to-day for her contemporaneous
! debutantes.
The marriage of Miss May Arms.
daughter of Mr.. John Taylor Arms. and
Mr.. Dean stockett Edmonds. of New
York, took place yesterday at noon in
| Epiphany Church. when the Bishop of
Washington and Rev. DR.. Randolph Fl.
| MCkim, rector, Offciated. One OF the
| largest companies ever assembled in the
| stately old church gathered to see the
daughter Of one of its vestrymen wed.
| The carriages easily filled two blocks.
There We're also many from out of town.
/ The church was beautifully decorated
! with Christmas greens, mistetoe, and
annunciaton lilies. with many lighted
| tapers on the altar. making a rarely
! beautiful scene. Preceding the arrival Of
the bridal party, for half an hour the
| organist OF the church. Mr.. Otis D. SWEET,
and the choir gave a programme of mu-
sic. II included Largo" by Beetho-
ven: aria, Pfngst Cantata," by Bach;
| ''Venitian Barcarolle," by Offenbach;
| Spring SONG" Die Walkure," by Wag-
ner: theme and variations. opus 36. by
| Brahms; Good Friday SPELL" ''Parsi-
| fall by Wagner; Morning Song" by
| Grieg: hymn, 20 Perfect Love" pre-
! lude. "Das Rheingold." by Wagner, and
| transformation music, 'Parsifal," by
Wagner. The programme was printed in
silver, on thick white paper. with the
! initials IS. A" embossed in silver on the
cover. and presented to each guest as
| a dainty souvenir of the occasion. The
bride entered the church with her father,
who gave her in marriage. She was
| gowned in ivory satin, veiled in chif-
fon. with a long court train. The rose
| point lace from her mothers wedding
gown adorned the gown, and the tulle
| veil was held with orange blossoms.
The bride carried a sheath of Annun-
| citation lilies. Her only ornament was
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monds and amethysts. Mrs. Charles Con-
nor. of Boston. and Mrs. Winfield Scott
| Overton. of Washington. attended the
bride as matrons OF honor. and Miss Kate
| ". Tlbbals. Of Aurora, y. Y; Miss
! Kathleen, Kline. Miss Esther Whitney.
and Miss Dorothy NOyes of Brooklyn
j. Y, were the bridesmaids Little
Miss Helene OrmOnde Edmonds. of
New York, niece of the bridegroom. was
! the flower girl The matrons of honor
wore lavender chiffon draped with
| deeper shade of chiffon and large pic
| ture hats Of violet velvet trimmed with
! huge bows of lavender tulle. They car
| ried mauve orchids. The bridesmaids
wore white chiffon draped with lavender
chiffon with violet hats trimmed with
| lavender tulle. They carried huge
| bouquets of deep single violets. The little
| flower girl wore a dainty frock of
white null and carried a lavender bas-
| ket filled with lilies of the valley and
! rose leaves. which she scattered in the
pathway of the bride. Mr.. James Nc
Vickar Breed. of New York attended
| Mr. Edmonds as best man. and the ush-
ers were Mr.. John Taylor Arms, Jr..
brother Of the bride: Mr.. Frederick S.
Bale, Mr.. Ames Higgins. Mr.. Allen Hoyt,
all Of New York: and DR.. Lindsay,
| of Bridgeport, Conn. Following the
ceremony a reception was held at the
home of the bride. 1900 New Hampshire
avenue. The bridal party received In the
drawing room before a bower Of palms
and lilies. In the library, where the
bridal table was set, the decorations
were in lavender and white. carrying
out the color scheme OF the wedding, and
in the diniing-rOom, where buffet break
fast was served to the $50 guests the
decorations were Christmas green's and
pOtnsettia blossoms.
After the reception the bride and bride
groom left for their wedding trip The
brides going-away gown was travelling
suit of purple velvet. They will return
to spend the Christmas holidays with the
brides father, and later will probably
reside in New York. Some Of the out
of-tOwn guests present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles II. Mills, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Fiske Round. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel o. EdmondS and Mr. and Mrs John
-
Henry Noyes and the Misses Moves, of
Brooklyn; DR.. ST John and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Edmonds, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Helen Colley and Mr.. John Colley,
of Bryn Athyn, Pa.
Representative and Mrs. Littleton, OF
New York. have had as their guest for
several days Lady Henry. of London, who
will go to New York to-day. During her
stay she has been the honor guest at a
number of functions. Mrs. Littleton will
go to New York the last Of the week to
meet her two boys. Martin Wilson Little
ton and Douglas Ldttleton. who are at
tending school at ST. PauPs, Corcord, N
H., and bring them to Washington for
the Christmas holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers has re-
turned to Washington from a short visit
TO Miss Dorothy Paine, in Baltimore.
where she spent the weekend. Miss
Rogers will be presented to society on
December is at a tea, and her parents
will give a dance for her later in the sea-
son. Mrs. F. z. Chaplin will entertain a
company at dinner for her on December
Is at the Alibi Club.
The Dancing Class, OF which Mr.. Pres
ton Gibson is president, met for the sec
ond time last evening at the Playhouse.
This class includes the young married
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