Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-28
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
MISS BARNES AND COMMISSION
Err CLARK MARRIED.
Illness of Brides Father Causes
Change in Plans for Wedding
Trip-0ther Weddings.

Interstate Commerce Commissioner Ed
gar E. Clark and Miss Agnes E. Barnes
were quietly married at 9 o'clock this
morning at the home Of Rev. ]. r. Yer
brycke. the officiating minister, their
plans for a more formal event having
been given up on account of the extreme
illness of the brides father, Mr.. Robert
L. Barnes. of Selma, Ala
MIR. and Mrs. Clark were about to leave
for Atlantic City. n. j., where they were
to stay a week before starting on tour
of the west, from which they were to
return some time in September. when the
bride received a telegram from Selma
announcing that her fathers condition
was growing worse.
The plans were then changed and de-
cision was reached to so to the bedside of
the stricken parent. They left this after
noon for the south.
Mrs. John Crayke Simpson left this
morning for Cape May to spend a week
with Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Boyd at
their new summer home there.
Dr. and Mrs. Simpson will sail July. II
on the Adriatic to spend several months
in European travel and expect to spend
much of their time in rural England
Former United States Senator Henry
Gassaway Davis. bearing his eighty-eight
years lightly, rode horseback to the Ran
dolph county courthouse yesterday and
secured the license for the marriage to-
morrow of his granddaughter, Miss
katherine Davis Brown, to Lient. Ches-
ter p. Barnett of Indianapolis, who is
attached to the Sd Field Artillery. T..
S. A., according to a dispatch to The
Star from ElkinS, w. Va.
Decorators have completed arrange
ments for the wedding at Graceland. the
| home of ex-senator Davis. The couple
will be married in front of floral bower
arranged in the main drawing room, with
American beauty roses and rhododen-
drons. The ceremony will be performed
by Rev. F. II. Baron, pastor of the local
Presbyterian Church. The bride Will
| beth OIliphant of New York, Miss Elsie
Price of Baltimore and Miss Natalie
Switzerland of Elkins. The groom will
have for his best man Capt. Dean from
Fort Myer. Va.
The couple will leave Immediately after
the reception on Western Maryland
train for Cumberland. They will enjoy
few days honeymoon at eastern
summer resorts and then come here to
Fort Myer where they will be at
home early i'm July.
Only family party and few personal
fSiends are expected at the wedding.
Mr.. James c. hewitt has issued cards.
| announcing the marriage of his daughter,
Hattie Mae. to Mr.. Carl Hartung. jr.
The wedding. which was quiet one,
took place last evening at o'clock at the
Church of the Advent.
The couple entered the church to the
strains of the Lohengrin wedding march,
which was beautifully rendered by Miss
Louise Klenk.
The bride, who was given away by her
father. was attired in a travelling
gown of lavender CLOTH with hat to
match, wore corsage bouquet of lilies of
the valley, and carried white prayer
book, from which the ceremony was
read by the Rev. Edward NJ. Mott.
Immediately afterward the couple left
for a bridal trips to Buffalo, Niagara
and Canada After their return they will
go to Norfolk. Va. where they will be
pleased to see their friends at their new
home.
Miss Elizabeth Matilda Moore, daughter
of Mr. j W. Moore. was married to Mr..
| John Irwin Power of Dublin. Ireland. last
| evening at O'Clock by the Rev. John 7.
Huddle, pastor of st. Pauls English
Lutheran Church. at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Otho Stevens 1914 Ken
yon street. A gathering of relatives and
intimate friends was present, and large
reception followed.
Palms, green vines and clusters of pink
Killarney adorned the drawing
room, reception hall and dining room.
The wedding march and appropriate
music during the ceremony was played
| by Mrs. Charles w. Swift.
| The bride. who was escorted to the i'm
| provised altar of palms and flowers and
given in marriage by her father, was
charming in a beautiful gown of white
embroidered marquisette over soft white
satin Her long tule veil was arranged
| in cap effect. with wreath of orange
blossoms, and she carried shower bou-
quet of bride roses and lilies of the val
ley.
The matrons of honor. who were Mrs.
Thomas +. Harris. the brides cousin.
and Mrs. Philip Enterline Rishel. were
gowned in pink marquisette over pale
blue messaline and carried Killarney
roses. The best man was Mr. Ernest
Frederick Lawes Of Upper Montclair, N.
j.
The bride was the recipient Of many
costly gifts of cut glass, silver, etc.
| chief among which was a chest of silver
| from her father and immediate family.
! Among the out-of-town guests were
| the brides aunt, Mrs. Henry r. Lampe,