Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-29

Mr.. Francis f. Smith ha. sent out cards
announcing the marriage Of his daughter
katherine Beatrice. and Mr.. Eugene c.
Wann OF Evanston. ILL.,. formerly of
Washington, ID. G. The ceremony, which
took place yesterday at noon at the rec
tory of st. Peters Church, was perform
ed by the Rev. James NJ. O'Brien. The
bride wore becoming suit Of dark blue
cloth with a large blue velvet hat trim
med i'm willow plumes. She was attended
by her sister. Miss Margaret Smith. who
wore a suit of brown corduroy. Mr..
Ralph Wann. brother of the groom. acted
as best man. Later i'm the day Mr.. and
Mrs. Wann left for their future home in
Evanston, Ill
Miss Marjorie Ruth Mertz. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p. Mertz. and Mr..
Charles Carroll Nixon of Tulsa Okla.
were married last evening at the home Of
the brides parents, Cleveland Park. Rev.
Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of
tho Covenant. officiated, i'm the presence
of the members OF the families and a
small company of personal friends
The house was deliberately decorated.
and the couple stood within a bower OF
flowers and plants for the ceremony
The bride. who was escorted by her
father, was gowned in white crepe meteor,
with trimmings of duchess lace and pearl
embroidery, with finish of pearl fringe
on the draperies Of the skirt. Her veil
was held with Juliet cap OF pearls and
spray of orange blossoms, and she car
ried a shower of bride roses and lilies of
the valley.
Her attendants were Mrs. John NJ.
Glover. matron of honor: Miss Sara j.
Henderson, maid of honor and Miss
Mary Yeakle. Miss Hazel Magic Miss
CeIestine Hodges, Miss Aurora Hodges.
Miss Nan Mertz, cousin of the bride. and
Miss Rae Schaefer, all of Washington,
bridesmaids. The best man was Mr.. Cliff
ford Carpenter
IS mis-, l.
de chine, vei1ed with pink maruuisette,
trimmed with crystal fringe. and the maid
of honor wore green crepe de chine. yelled
with green marquisette, with gold trim
mingS and they both carried pink roses.
The bridesmaids wore white French
muslin, with caps of lace. each one of
the six wearing streamers of different
colored flowers. lavender, green, pale
the trimming of their caps matching the
color Of their flowers, which hung from
their waists at the sides. They entered
carrying rope Of smilaN. 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
French muslin over pink and carried a
basket Of pink and white sweet peas.
The brides mother wore yellow satin
yelled in embroidered gray chiffon. and
Mrs. o. w. Nixon. mother Of the bride
groom, wore pink just cloth over pink
crepe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nixon left last night for
a honeymoon trip. They will be at home
in Tulsa, Okla. after January -.
Miss Florence Mallory Booker of Hamp-
ton. Va. and Mr.. Frederick Peters of
Fort Wayne. Ind. were married last even
ing in the ballroom of the Highlands.
The bride, who for several years has
made her home with her brother-in-law
and sister. Capt and Mrs. Richard Coke
7 ~<,.A syf1- in, Qy-
riage by Capt. Marshall. She wore a
gown of white satin. trimmed with lace.
! Her Veil was of tulle. fastened with
orange blossoms, and she carried show
err bouquet Of lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Franklin Nevius of New York was
matron of honor for her sister. and little
Miss Laura Winder Marshall was flower
GIRL
Mrs. Nevius wore pink crepe meteor,
| embroidered in gold and trimmed with
| gold lace. She carried pink roses. The
! flower girl was in white lace, with pink
ribbons. and carried basket of pink
sweet peas.
the best man and the ushers were Mr..
! J. A. Massie of Newport News. Mr. Ed
ward Hoffman and Mr.. Charles Pidgeon
of Fort Wayne A large reception fol
lowed the ceremony. after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Peters left for a wedding trip. After
January Is they will be at home at Al
Shawnee place. Fort Wayne
Dr. and Mrs. H. d. Fry have gone to
| Atlantic City.
Chief Constructor and Mrs. Watt left
| last evening for New York and Ro-..yn
L. l.. where they will be guests at the
I wedding of Miss Edna Ward and W. l.
Capps L. S. y.
| Commander Thomas Snowden, L. S ".
| is in New York for few DAYS with Mrs
81, e. at v In.
| tel Wolcott
| Epsilon Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fra
! ternity at the George Washington Uni
versity held its annual Shnstmas naii ~
the red room of the New Willard last
| evening At IL o'clock a buffet supper
| was served in the yellow room and dane
| ing continued until 1 o'clock. Favors
gram with the fraternity's coat of arms
raised in gold with blue cords to carry out
| the effect of their colors:
The list of patrons included Dr. Robert
L. Farnham. Dean and Mrs. wilbur OF
George Washington University; Dean
Gregory of the department of law. Mr.
and Mrs Z. c. Schneider. Mr. and Mrs
George F. Zeh. Mr., and Mrs; James a
and Mrs E. c. Handy. Mrs. L. c. Rein
burg. Mr.. and Mrs. Achille f. Burklin
Mrs. M. J. Clagett, Mrs. w: b. Crawford
1 and MI. ana MIS- Il H. Di
| The committee having charge of the af-
fair consisted of Messrs. Carl A Mapes
| Henry w. Zeh. Stanford Briggs. Foster c.
Scott and Parke A. Galleher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert III. Read of New
York and, their son Kenneth III. Read OF
Lehigh University are spending the holi-
davs with Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Stauffer al
their home. 1913 18th street northwest
| Mr. and Mrs Read intend to make Wash
! inpton their home and have taken an
! APARTMENT at the Gotham, on Calvert
street northwest.
| Miss Katherine Stauffer is spending
| the holidays with her parents at theiI
home. 1873 2Sth street northwest.
| Owing to a recent death in the family.
Mrs. Charles o. Foster and the Misses
| Foster Stoneleigh Court, will not re-
ceive Thursdays i'm January.
| Miss Katherine Williamson entertained
l evening "A large