Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14

the home Of the brides sister, Mrs.
day at 1 o'clock. by Rev. Father Carey
of Berwyn. Pa. in the presence Of the
two immediate families and a few init
! mate friends The brides only attend
| ants will be her two nieces, little Miss
| Mary Hamilton Boone and little Miss
Carroll Harris. who will be the flower
girls. Master Stewart Lee. tr., nephew
of the bridegroom and Master Hamilton
Harris. a nephew of the bride. will hold
| the ribbons. Mr.. Adrian Iselin Lee will
be his brothers best man and the ushers
will be Mr.. Charles Carroll. jr.. cousin
Of the groom; Mr.. Charles O'Donnell Lee.
jr, brother Of the groom. and Mr.
Charles Boone. the brother-in-law OF the
bride After a wedding trip, the bride
and bridegroom will live at Needwood
Forest, Frederick county. Md, where q
beautiful house is being erected for them.
Miss Harris Is a daughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Harris OF this city
and niece of c. Hartman Kuhn of Phil
adelphia and Mr.. William Harris Of Bal
timore. Mr.. Lee is a son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles ODonnell Lee Of Baltimore. Mrs
| Henry p. James and Miss Mary B. Nor
decai are arranging the dinner.
1t was no idle prophecy that was
made at the time King George ascend
ed the throne Of England. that the
social fo r, life and customs in vogue dur.
greatly changed; In addition to the
style Of dress pleasing to Queen Mary
4 whenever royalty is present. and warn
ings that cosmetics. especially lip
salve. would not appear to her as
suitable embellishments Of the feminine
|complexion. is the stand for early hours
inaugurated by the kings order
| For the recent courts, and at the sub
lsequent ones to be held during the sea-
son, guests are expected at $3.50 o'clock
instead Of $3.50 o'clock. and their
at $50 O'clock instead Of 1880 o'clock.
1t is hoped. the Daily Mirror says.
that this arrangement will allow Of the
courts being brought to close by mid
until the small hours of the morning.
A recent issue Of the Lexington (Ky.)
Leader says:
"One of the most interesting announce
ments of last week was the engagement
Of Miss Ida P. Spittel Of Gotha, Ger
many, director Of the School Of Music
of Hamilton College, to Mr.. H. Lee Rag
will be celebrated May Is at Christ
i Church Cathedral, Dean William T. Ca
pers officiating. The full vested choir,
conducted by Prof. Fred Lyman Wheeler,
will render the wedding music. The
only attendants will be little flower
girl a:d six ushers.
1.-THE bride-elect has been for four years
director of music at Hamilton College.
of Central Kentucky. also the Country
Club and other social clubs. Before 60
ing to Lexington she Travelled In concert
for about ten years as pianist. She
belongs to family Of prominence in
Gotha, Germany, her father. Rechnungs-
rat 0. Spittel. holding high official posi-
tons there. Through his influence she
obtained introduction at the court OF
England, and spent two years In London.
She began to study the piano when she
! was seven years old.
Miss Spittel is full graduate Of the
Royal Conservatory OF Music at Leip-
zig, Germany, and has studied Tor three
years under the best teachers
Lord and Lady Acheson. the latter for
merly Miss Mildred Carter. have gone 70
| Paris and have with them their tiny
baby son, who Is making good progress.
The date Of his christening has had to
] be postponed until he Is strong enough
| to be freed from his Wrapp1ngs or cotton
! wool Furthermore. the Pail Mall Ga
| zette understands he is to have Queen
| Alexandra for godmother. and therefore
| the date Of the christening cannot be ar
ranged until her majesty returns to Eng
! land.
| Miss Olive Paget, the little daughter
| Of Mr.. Almeric Paget, NJ r. ana MRS.
Paget, the latter a. daughter or the late
| Secretary Whitney, will be among the
| child attendants at the wedding on the
| 10th at Holy Trinity Church, Sloan street,
! London, Of the Hon. Lewis Edward Cad
ogan, second surviving son OF the Earl
! of Cadogan, and Miss Mary Beresford
| Wfndham. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
| Reginald Windham. The bride Will wear
| q dress of white satin. yelled In chlnon,
| and a veil of antique Brussels lace. the
| latter being lent by Mrs. Windham. This
| lace has been worn by all the brides of
the Windhams of Pelbrigg, Norfolk. Tor
| generations.
The six bridesmaids, who are from
i three to eleven years Ola. VII; wear
dresses Of pale blue satin yelled In blue
| chiffon, blue shoes and stockings TO
match and little Quaker caps tied under
| the chin with narrow ribbon
Mr. and Mrs George Marye. jr., have
leased Sierra Vista, beautiful estate
at Miramar, Santa Barbara, Cal. and
will go there the 1st of June to re-
main three months. In September they
will return to San Francisco, but later
in the fall Mrs. Marye will come back
to Washington for portion of the
| winter. Last Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs
Marye gave a large dinner in the red
room of the Bohemian Club. their
| guests including Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
| Oxnard, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Laurance
Irving Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D.
Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Knight
Mr. and Mrs. George Whittel~Mr and
Mrs Horace Blanchard Chase, Mr.. and
Mrs R. p. Schwerin. Mr.. and Mrs
/
Morland, Miss Augusta Foute. Knox
Maddox and Cordova de Garmendia.
| An engagement a. nouncement OF the
| week was that of Hiss Fannie Grant
| and Hart Purdy of New York. The
bride-elect is the youngest daughter Of
| u S. Grant, jr She is tall and grace
| full blonde, with winning personality
! that has made her favOrite. She has
| Travelled extensively. Her fiance is one
lof ha Dur xc nf
| county. N Y. He has passed the win
ter in San Diego. Cal. as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs Chaffee Grant. The news
of the betrothal was told at a luncheon
given al the home of Miss Isabel Ingle
in that southern city several days ago.
The Purdy family has large estates
in the east. and it Is probable that the
couple will go to New York to live
after the wedding, which will take
place in the late summer.