The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

der cloth with coat and hat of leopard
skins. The brides mother was in hello
trope satin with gold trimmings and the
sister-in-law of the bride, Mrs. Carroll
Beale wore turquoise satin. After the
short wedding trip, Capt. Ashford and his
bride will return here, where they will
spend the remainder of his vacation
which lasts until the middle of February
They will then go to his new post, Fort
D. A. Russell. Wyo. Among the out
of-tOwn guests were the brother and
sister-in-law, Maj. and Mrs. Bailey Ash
ford, stationed at Porto Rico, and DR.. and
Mrs Francis Ashford, of New York, and
the brides brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Beale. of New
York. The bride is not only a member
Of the well-known Beale family, but is
4 great-granddaughte of the late Mr..
and Mrs. William T. Carroll and a grand
daughter of the late Gen. Sprigg Carroll
one of the bravest and most gallant off,
GERS in the civil war. The bride is a de-
scendant of the CAROLS, of Maryland
and the Van Rensselaers, of New York
on her maternal side, and is a great
great-granddaughter of Commodore TruX-
tun, on the paternal side.
Mrs Bootes, wife Of Capt J. r Bootes,
L. s. NJ. c., now attached to the u.
Yesterday afternoon to present Miss
Fanny Virginia Burke, of Alexandria.
Va, to Washington society Miss Burke
is a great-great-granddau of Presi-
dent Jefferson. Those who assisted in
dispensing the hospitalities of the after
noon were Mrs Taylor, wife of Naval
Constructor Taylor, u. S. N: Mrs. Cape
hart, wife of Capt. Capehart, U. S. A.:
Mrs. Farwell. Mrs. Uberroth, wife of
Capt. Uberroth, L. S. r. c. s.; Mrs. Fred
Clark, Miss Dorothy Taylor, Miss Wy
man, and Miss Isabel Magruder.
Mrs. Alfred Plant entertained at a re-
ception last evening at $50 o'clock to
present her daughter, Miss Helen Bond
Plant, to Washington society. Among
those who assisted were Mrs. D. c.
Randolph and Miss McCabe, of Winches-
ter. Va, and Mrs. Bruan Anderson, of
Anderson, S. c.. house guests of the
hostess; Miss Saffold, Miss Saunders,
and the Misses Gatchell.
Mrs. Archibald Oracle was hostess at
luncheon yesterday, when her guests
were asked to meet Mrs. Allan McLane.
Those in the company were Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scott Mrs. George L. Gillespie,
Mrs. John McGown, Mrs. Walter Nc
Lean, MIS-. Otto l.. Hem, Mrs. Eagan,
Mrs. I. T. Mann, and Mrs. John Wyeth,
who has just returned from Europe.
Mrs. Julian James has gone to New
York to spend the holidays with Miss
Furniss.
Miss Ruth Hitchcock, daughter OF
Senator and Mrs. Hitchcock. of Nebras-
ka, made her initial bow to society yes
terday afternoon at a large reception
from 4 to o'clock. Mrs. Hitchcock and
her daughter were assisted in receiving
by their house guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
William ]. Tingue, of New York, and
Miss Agnes Slayden, of New York. The
debutante wore dainty gown of white
chiffon and Mrs. Hitchcock wore purple
chiffon embroidered in steel The other
assistants were Miss Elizabeth Noyes,
Mile. Zia, daughter of the Ambassador
from Turkey; Miss Doris Haywood, Miss
Lemira Gillett-Hill, Miss Estelle Crane,
Miss Elizabeth MunfOrd, Miss Margaretta
Brooke, Miss Marthena Harrison, and
Miss Mary Webb. Mrs. Leonard Wood,
Mrs. lie Roy Tuttle, Mrs. James L.