Evening star., 1911-05-25
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY.
MISS LANGFITT TO WED LIEUT..
WILBY IN HER GARDEN.
Third Court Held Last Night at
Buckingham Palace-Home
Events-Notes.

Every auspicious circumstance is at
tending the wedding Of Miss Dorothy
Langitt, daughter of Col. William c.
Langfitt. U. S. A., and Mrs. Langf1tt, and
Lieut.. Francis Bowditch W-ilby, L. 8. A,
which will take place this afternoon at
Belleview. the Georgetown residence Of
the family. The ceremony will be under
the trees on the lawn at half-pa 5. and
will be followed by a reception at 6
o'clock. Rev. James H. W. Blake. rec
tor Of Christ Church, Georgetown, will
of11ciate.
The attractive young bride will be es-
corted to the place of the ceremony by
her father. who. like the rest Of the men
in the bridal party, will be in summer
uniform of white: her attendants. Mrs.
Richard Moore, formerly Miss Winifred
Davis. and a recent bride, as matron of
honor. and the following bridesmaids:
Miss Margaret Wilby of Detroit, sister of
the bridegroom: Miss Eugene Havard of
Connecticut. Miss Margaretta Brooke and
Miss Claire Wilcox of Portland, Ore.
The bride will wear over white satin
a robe Of duchess lace, tulle veil and a
coronet of orange blossoms. For the
something DID," requisite in the con-
ventional attire OF a wedding day, she
will wear a seed pearl necklace, which
Her shower bouquet will be of bride
roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Moore will wear her wedding
dress of white satin and lace and large
white hat, trimmed with white plumes.
The bridesmaids have charmingly be-
coming and summery dresses of white
null and lace and will wear large white
hats. trimmed with big black velvet
red Richmond roses and white sweet
peas will carry out the color scheme of
the decoration of the house and garden
chosen because of the bridegroom 8
branch of the service. the Engineer
Corps. Mrs. I.angfitt will wear white lace
with touches of panne velvet and crys-
tails In the trimming. Lieut.. D. r. Sui
tan. U. 8. A. will be best man. and Lieut.
Alexander and Lieut. Downing will be
groomsmen. After their wedding trip
Wilby is stationed.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid. wife OF the Ameri-
can ambassador. presented seven Of her
night at Buckingham Palace. London
She was dressed in mauve satin, with
velvet train. Her ornaments were pearls
Mrs. William Bowin of California wore
white satin, with a lace train.
Miss Mabel Choate. daughter OF Mr.
Joseph II. Choate. was in white embroid-
cred satin. with chiffon. Her dress was
ornamented with white roses. and her
train was Of cloth-of-siver. She wore
pearl ornaments
Miss Lucy Buckler. daughter of Mr.
William H. Buckler. wore a cream satin
dress. with a tunic of crystal net, yelled
with old Lille lace. a cloth of silver SASH
a butterfly bow, and train Of silver tis-
sue lined in cream satin. trimmed with
water lilies. She carried a bouquet OF
gardenas and lilies OF the valley.
Mrs. James III. Bull. wife Of Rear Ad-
miral Bull. wore q maize colored satin
dress trimmed with Mechlin lace and q
train of Chinese hand-woven brocade in
gold and white. Her daughter. Miss Mar
jorie Bull, wore white chiffon dress en-
Bull and her daughter made trip from
China to be presented.
Mrs. Charles Brega Of Chicago wore a
white and black satin dress and tunic en-