The Washington herald., 1911-06-21

go to his summer place in Maine fol
the season.
Miss Rita Baer. daughter Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. A. M. Raer. became the bride O
Mr.. Henry Cullen Straus, of Richmond
Va, last evening at a beautiful weddinl
at Rauschers Rabbi Louis Stern, as
sisted by Rabbi Edward z. Calisch, O
Richmond. performed the ceremony a
7:3o o'clock. The couple were married
under a floral bower formed of pinl
roses and trailing vines, and the entir,
hall was converted into a Japanese gar
den, with the guests seated on rustic
benches at small tables. The bride wa,
given In marriage by her father. sh,
wore a handsome gown Of white char.
meuse and rose point lace, and carried
| a shower bouquet Of lilies OF the valley
] Her tulle veil was caught with a cap o.
orange blossoms. Miss Alma Baer, sis
| ter Of the bride, acted as her maid OF
| honor, and wore a gown Of white EN-.
broidered marQuisette over pink satin
She carried a shower bouquet of pink
sweet peas, tied with blue tulle. Her
bridesmaids, Miss Celeste Goodman and
Miss Bessie Straus, of Richmond, wore
white embroidered chiffon over pale blue
satin and carried pink sweet peas tied witt
the flower girl, wore white over pink
satin and carried a hat filed with pink
sweet peas and vines. Mr.. Ernest Straus
brother Of the bridegroom, acted as best
man, and the groomsmen were Lawrence
Stern. Louis Kaufman, Percy Straus
and Arthur Lee Straus, all of Richmond;
Sam Kunkelspiel. Of San Francisco; NIL
ton Baer. and Dave Baer. The brides
mother wore black charmeuse and rose
point lace; Mrs. A E. Straus, mother OF
the bridegroom, wore white lace over
white satin. Later in the evening the
couple left Washington for an extended
wedding trip in the North. The brides
going-away gown was a blue serge suit
with a Panama hat They will make
their future home In Richmond, and will
be located at Gresham Court. Among
the out-of-town guests present were Mr..
and Mrs. A. z. Straus, Milton Straus,
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Levy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Levy, Mrs. Henry Gunst, Ray
mond Straus, Irma Straus. and Florence
Levy, OF Richmond. and Benjamin Din
kelspiel, Mildred Dinkelspiel, Mrs. r.
schlestein, and Henry Dinkelspiel, of
New York.
Brig Gen. Medorem Crawford, U. 8.
A, and Mrs. Crawford will close their
Washington residence tomorrow and go
to Atlantic City, where they will spend
several weeks, going later to make a
series Of visits at the New England re-
sorts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm McConihe, Of
New York, who have spent the season
in Washington, will go to Narragansett
Pier to-day for the summer.
Mrs. Francois B. Moran and her
daughter. Mrs. ]. NJ. Hudgins. will leave
Washington for the North Shore the
first of August. In the fall they will
80 abroad for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Young and Miss
Robyn Young have returned to Wash
ington and opened their residence in P
street for several weeks before going
to their country place in Maryland for
the season. Mr.. and Mrs. Young and
their daughter spent the winter and
spring making visits in the South. Miss
Mary Story, of Ohio. arrived in Wash
ington yesterday from New York, where
she has been the guest of friends, and
will visit Miss Young for several days.
The children of Park road, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, will
hold a lawn fete at 1923 Park road for
the benefit of Camp Good VIII. on Fri
day. June %, from 1880 to 1890 p. m.
at which ice cream, cake, lemonade, and
candles will be sold. Those persons
wishing to help the good cause will
send donations to Miss Minnie Saxton,
1852 Park road. chairman. Those as
sIsting are: Miss Edna Wright. Miss
Gertrude Barnes, Miss Burnadette
l,ofh
Theresa Smith, Miss Eleanor Fields, AL
bert and Donald Mackenzie, Miss Ruth
Alverson, Miss Elizabeth William, Miss
Acker, Miss Consuelo Hawke, Miss Eu-
genia Suter. and Miss Marian Williams.
Mr.. Charles E. Young, assistant su-
perintendent of work at the Govern
ment Printing once. and Miss Bertha
NJ. Smith were married yesterday
morning at the parsonage Of the First
Congregational Church, at 1908 P
street A large number Of friends and
relatives were present to celebrate the
occasion.
Mrs Steven B. Ayres; Of 1920 Massa-
chusetts avenue. wife of the Repre-
sentative from New York. has as her
house guests for the week Miss Mya-
belle Small and Miss Katherine Small,
daughters of Representative John H.
Small. OF North Carolina.
The marriage is announced OF Miss
Lotta Isabel Burn, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James D. Burn, and Mr.. John NJ.
Kemper, jr. The ceremony was per-
formed at the parsonage of the Doug
las Memorial NJ E. Church. by Rev.
W. w. Barnes, at noon Monday. I'm
mediate1y after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Kemper left for Philadelphia and
city, where they will spend
about ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Van Dusen Sloan, of
New York. are visiting Mrs. sloan's moth
er. Mrs. Grihith, at the Westminster.
and Q streets.
Former Secretary Of the Treasury and
Mrs. Leslie NJ Shaw. Of New York, spent
Monday in Washington to attend the
silver wedding Of the President and Mrs
Taft IN the White House, and returned
to New York yesterday.
Mrs. P. v. Dc Graw has returned .rom
Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs George w, Rouzer. form
eriy weII-known residents Of Washington,
now making their home IN New Jersey,
who spent the weekend In Washington,
returned to their home yesterday.
The washington Country Club.
At the regular monthly meeting Of the
,oard OF managers Of the washington
Country Club. held Wednesday. twelve