The Washington herald., 1911-06-08

One of the prettiest and most inter-
esting weddings OF the year took place
last evening in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Kearney Carr. in K
street, when Mr.. Carr's sister. Miss
Annie Bruce Carr. became the bride
of Mr.. Douglas Bovard Sterrett, of
this city, son of Rev. ]. Macbride Ster-
rett. of "Springland," on the Pierce Mill
road. The ceremony was performed
at $3.50 o'clock by the father of the
bridegroom, assisted by the brother
OF the bridegroom. Rev, Hatch Ster-
rett, OF Connecticut, in the presence of
only the relatives OF the bride and
goodly company. An orchestra
played the wedding marches and a
programme preceding and following
the ceremony The house was more
than usually beautiful in its decora-
tions of tall palms. delicate ferns, and
pink blossoms. The brides only at
tendant was her little niece. Miss Mar
tina Carr, of Raleigh, n. c., and the
best man was the bridegroom's broth
err. Mr. John Adlum Sterrett, of this
city. The bride was escorted and given
in marriage by her brother, Mr.. Will
lam Kearney Carr, and wore a charm
ing gown of heavy ivory satin trimmed
with rare old lace and pearls, veil
of tulle held with orange blossoms,
and carried a shower of lilies OF the
valley, Her little attendant wore white
muslin and carried a basket of pink
sweet peas. After the wedding sup
per the bride and bridegroom left for
long trip South and West. through
New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
On their return here they will live in
! n he
Sterrett on the Pierce MIL road
Among the QUITO town guests was the
brides mother Mrs. Carr. widow OF
the former governor of South Carolina,
Hon. Elias Carr, whose home, Brace
bridge Hall. in South Carolina, is one
of the most beautiful places IN the
South.
Miss Anne Frances Bayard, daughter
of Mrs. James A. Bayard, and grand
daughter of the former Secretary OF
State and United States Ambassador 10
England Thomas F. Bayard, will be mar
ried to Mr. Norman Underwood, of this
city. on June %. The ceremony will take
place at noon, and will be followed by
breakfast in the home of the brides
mother. Miss Bayard was a debutante
of season before last, and her engage
ment was announced last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. c. Glover entertained
a dinner company of young people last
evening at their country place. West
! over" on the Loughborough road, for
their son. Mr.. Charles c. Glover, Jr., who
is just home from college.
Nine van swinderen, of the Neither
lands, wife OF the former Minister to
of July for her annual visit with her
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben B. Bradford have
gone to West Point for the graduating
exercises at the Military Academy. where
their son, Carl Bradford. is graduating.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Lee closed their
house yesterday and have gone to their
country place at Elkins, W. Va, for the
summer, with their little family.
Miss Katherine Brown and her guest,
Miss Adele Armstrong, of st. Louis, are
spending the week in New York, guests
of Mrs. James Robert Mckee, and will
go from there to Princeton for the
commencement week.
A very pretty wedding. which took
place at noon yesterday. was that Of
Miss Edith Lowell Coyle, daughter OF
Mrs. Coyie and the late Randolph Coyle,
and Mr. Francois Emile Matthes. Rev
c. Freeland Peter. of the Church Of the
| Epiphany. performed the ceremony in
the home of the brides uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Radford. in the pres
ence of a small party of relatives. The
house was beautifully decorated with
palms, ferns, and white blossoms, and a
string orchestra played the wedding mu-
Sic The bride was gowned in ivory chif-
fon over satin, made in princess style.
She was given in marriage by her broth
er, William Radford Coyle, of Bethle-
hem, Pa. Her veil, which was of old lace,
was held in place with a wreath of or
ange blossoms and forget-me-nots, and
her bridal bouquet was a shower of lilies
of the valley and forget-me-nots. Her
only ornament was a diamond brooch,
gift of the bridegroom. Miss Mary Rad
ford and Miss Sophie Radford, cousins
of the bride, were the brides only at
tendants. They wore dainty gowns Of
white lingerie trimmed with blue rib
bons. They carried bouquets of white
sweet peas tied with blue gauze ribbons,
hair. Mr.. Walter c. Mendenhall acted
as best man for Mr.. Matthes. An infor-
NAL breakfast and reception followed the
ceremony, after which the young couple
left Washington for a wedding trip to
this Pacific Coast. The brides going
away gown was a tailored suit of blue
serge Mr.. Matthes is connected with the
Geological Survey, and will be stationed
in Washington State all summer. They
will return here in the autumn.
The marriage of Miss Edith Pearl
Ryan, daughter of Mrs Lucy F. Ryan,
to Rev. Edward Lee Ritchie, Of Virginia,
took place last evening at o'clock in
Gunton-Temple Memorial Church. Rev. c.
E. Granger performing the ceremony, as
sisted by. Rev. John T. Huddle, of ST.
Paul's Lutheran Church. The bride was
given in marriage by her brother, DR..
Fred Ryan, of Virginia. and her sister,
Miss Louise Ryan, was her maid OF
honor. The bridesmaids were: Miss Lucie
Moss. Miss Maud Yount,' Miss Anna Bur-
well Cooke Jolliffe, of Boyce, Va; Miss
Grace Ritchie, of North Carolina, sister
of the bridegroom, and Miss Frances
Ryan, sister Of the bride. Rev. John
Peery, of Lynchburg, Va, was best man,
and the ushers were Mr.. George Bready.
OF Herndon, Va; Mr.. Gideon Marshall.
of Indiana: Mr.. Hugh McGee OF Penn
sylvania; Mr.. John Grigsby, OF Berry
vile, Va, and Mr.. Thomas Stewart. of
this city. Little Josephine Woodward
and Master Thomas n. Woodward, of
Stanton, Va. niece and nephew OF the
bride, were flower girl and ring bearer.
The church was tastefuIly decorated
with palms, ferns, and beautiful ar