Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Ramsay-Harrington Wedding
a Brilliant Function.
ADDRESS ON EDUCATION
State Supt. Eggleston Tells of Ad-
vance Made in Public
Schools.

Schools.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 80. 1911
| One Of the prettiest weddings seen here
| this season was that of Miss Mary Ethel
Harrington, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Thaddeus Harrington, and Douglas
Taylor Ramsay, which was solemn1zed
at 3 o'clock last night at the Methodist
| Episcopal Church South in the presence
of large assembage of relatives and
| friends OF the two families
| The church was decorated with palms
and pink and white chrysanthemums.
| The bride entered the church to the
| strains of a wedding march. escorted by
| her father, by whom she was given In
marriage She was becomingly gowned
| in a draped princess creation Of white
! chiffon satin trimmed with pearls ano
! Irish lace and tulle veil caught with
cluster Of orange blossoms. her onty
ornament was a pearl pendant. the giIt
of the groom. Her flowers consisted OF
shower bouquet Of bride roses.
The maid of honor was Miss Margaret
Pattie Finks, and Dennis Ramsay of Bal
timore, brother of the groom. was the
best man.
The maid of honor wore a gown of pink
silk crepe de chine, trimmed in fringe and
messaline and carried bouquet OF PINK
roses.
Miss Helen Marion Corbett was the
bridesmaid She wore white embroidered
net trimmed in pink messaline over PINK
silk, and carried bouquet OF pink chfys-
anthemumS.
Those serving as flower girls were the
little Misses Rebekah Lillian Harrington.
sister of the bride, and Inez Gwyn Moore;
They wore white with pink ribbons, ana
carried baskets of pink roses. MIS-. f1ar
rington. mother of the BRIDE wore gown
of male blue marquisette and meSSal1ne
trimmed with crystal trimmings over piue
silk. 80.
Those serving as ushers were Alfred
Griffith Uhler Warren s. Grubbs. Wliham
N. Harper and Ashby Reardon ana FRANK
Vernon Quigley, the latter of Baltimore.
Reception Follows Ceremony.
Following the wedding there was an
informal reception at the home Of the
brides parents, oos Prince street, to the
immediate members of the families rep
resented. The house was prettily deco
rated with palms, cut flowers and autumn
leaves.
Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay left
for A northern bridal trip. The brides
going-away gown was brown. with black
velvet picture hat trimmed with French
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+o their friends after December 1, at 9OS
Prince street.
The out-of-town guests present included
the following: Mrs. Thomas Sedden TAI
iaferro and children, Rock Springs; Wyo.:
Mass Clara a. Moore, Wyoming; DE- ana
Mrs c. f. Conger, Harr1sonbure, Va
Minish Newton Wheeler. North Carolina
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Miller Reese ana
children, Washington, D. c., DEM Kan"
say, Baltimore.
Advance in Education.
In a lengthy address last night ]. D.
Eggleston state superintendent of public
instruction, told Of the wonderful strides
for the advancement Of education made
nv the public schools throughout the en-
tire state in the past five years. 1t was
explained by him that double the present
amount of funds is needed to carry out
the ideas of the state board of education.
With other things he said that the
plan now in operation Is the centrailzation
of schools, thereby eliminating the cross
country one-story schoolhouse Such
plan he declared, shows an increased at
tendance and better results.
The meeting presided over by
A. d. Brockett, president of the chamber
of commerce, who introduced DR.. w. NJ.
Smith, chairman of the city school board.
The latter made brief address, in which
he told of the needs of the local board,
fafter which he introduced Mr.. Eggleston.
Among those who attended were Supt.
of Schools w. H. Sweeney, members of
the city school board, public school
teachers, members of the chamber of
commerce and delegations from the
Junior Order OF United American Me-
chanics and Fraternal Order of Ameri-
cans.
Building Open to Ladies.
In order to stimulate interest in the
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum it was de-
cded last night at a meeting of that
organization to have the building open
two afternoons each week to the ladies
of the congregation of ST Marys Cath
Ollie Church The ladies will have the
benefit of all of the advantages of that
institution.
A meeting of the ladies has been called
for 4 o'clock the afternoon of November
% next at which time organization
it is expected, will be perfected and plans
outlined.
The committee appointed by President
Desmond to arrange for same is composed
Of the following: NJ. J. Mcfarland, G.
Raymond Hellmuth. William ue Vaughan
and Frank Nugent, and the president of
the organization was also added to The
committee.
At the meeting last night six applica-
tons for membership were received.
Miss Nettie V. Robey, daughter of John
T. Robey, died today at her home, 4O2
South Lee street. after long illness. The
arrangements for the funeral have not
yet been made.
The funeral of Grover G. Finney took
place at 3 o'clock this afternoon from St
Mary's Catholic Church The services
were conducted by Rev. l.. +. Kelly. and
burial was made in st. Mary's cemetery.
To Nominate Officers.
Officers who will serve for the ensuing
year will be nominated at a meeting of
FitZgerald Council, Knights of Columbus,
which will be held at ST Mary's Hall at
s o'clock tonight. The election of officers
will take place at the first meeting which
will he held in December
Alexandria Canton, Patriarchs Militant
has appointed Il committee to arrange
with a Washington degree team for con-
ferring the degree on class of candi-
dates in the near future.
Thomas T.. Dyson has purchased from
Mrs. Julia DoWney and husband two
building lots on the east side of Alfred
street between Gibbon and Franklin
streets. Mr.. Dyson will erect a house on
the site.
In the circuit court for this city di-
yorce on the ground of desertion has
been granted in the case of Frank Davis
against Mary NJ. Davis.
The alarm of fire at o'clock yesterday
afternoon was caused by a blaze in the
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