Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-19
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AND MRS. TAFT
MARRIED 26 YEARS TODAY.
Other Couples Who Have Selected
This Date-Travel Plans.
Notes.

Taft. which took place in Cincinnati.
June 10. 1856
Many pleasant reminders of the happy
anniversary were received at the White
House today from personal and other
friends of the President and Mrs. Taft.
and quantities of fine flowers accompa-
MED their congr atuiations and good wishes
AS previously suggested. no formal cele-
bration Of the anniversary is contem-
plated.
Yesterday. while the President and
his wife were enjoying the ball game,
King George and Queen Mary of Eng
land. throwing aside the cares of their
kingdom. went in state to the Royal AS
cot rcces. The Duchess Of RoXburshe, who
was Miss May Goelet of New York, and
the Countess of Granard. who was Miss
Beatrice Mills. accompanied the king and
queen. The American ambassador and
Mrs. Reid, who were the guests Of Lord
Churchill, were also in the royal process
sion.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
will keep their Washington home open
until after Congress adjourns.
A lawn party. with ice cream. cake and
candy on sale at most reasonable terms
will be held Friday evening Of this week
at the tent at 18th street and Park road
for the benefit of the infant camp. Ad-
mission will be free and band will play.
Last evening at o'clock, at Red
Gables. Fort Myer Heights. Va. the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Lewis.
the marriage of their daughter, Erna
Watson Lewis, to Charles II. Shepherd
| took place. the date also being the silver
wedding anniversary of the brides par
ents. The reception rooms and stairway
| were decorated with palms, yuccas. Jap
| anese iris forest leaves. daisies and roses
| in profusion, and wedding bell was
hung over a bank of flowers arranged as
an altar.
The ceremony opened with the singing
by Miss Lillian Lewis. cousin, of Rus
| binstein's Thou Art Like Unto a
Flower" in place of a wedding march.
and the procession came down the stair
way. the brothers and sisters Of the bride
and groom. Miss Shirley B. Lewis and
Miss Norma H. Lewis. Mr.. r. Page
Shepherd and Philip Q. Shepherd. as at
tendants leading, followed by Mrs. Lewis
with the groom and Mr.. Lewis with the
bride.
Rev William L. Hoffman of the Mount
Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church. near
Ballston. officiated. the young couple
standing before the altar with the mother
and father of the bride on either side.
At the close Miss Lillian Lewis sang 20
Happy Day." by Goetz, with Miss Marian
Tucker of Washington at the piano, and
Miss Grace Brown, New Hampshire
cousin. and Mr.. Max Tucker with violins
as accompanies. While she was singing
the bridal party turned and faced the
company
The bride was dressed In soft white
silk with a drapery of shadow lace and
chiffon yoke with garniture of orange
blossoms and a pearl necklace the gift
of the groom, and tulle veil with orange
blossom wreath, and carried bouquet of
brides roses and ferns. Her sisters in at
tendance were dressed in white wolfe with
yellow sashes and carried bouquets of
daisies and coreopsis Mrs. Lewis wore
an evening gown of satin changeant, with
flowers.
The gifts. numerous and beautiful, were
chiefly silver and linen. Notable was
set of spoons from great aunt Mrs
Frances Folsom of Haverhill, Mass,
which had been among her own we'd
ding presents in 1864; a set of silver
ware for the young people and linen for
his father and mother from Kenneth
Lewis Of Jersey City. the brides brother
who was detained by business engage
ment; handsome linen from Mrs. Maud
Hinrichs. Alton. Va, the groom's sister.
and a beautiful toilet set from his broth
er. Sampel Shepherd, Bancroft. Va.
Only members of the family were pres
Mary White. Alton. Va. the groom's SIS
ter; Miss Ella Phelps. cousin of the
bride. Moravia. n. Y; Miss Edith Towle
Brown and daughter Grace, Leavitts
Hill. N. H: Mrs. Julia Lewis and daugh-
ter Lillian, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur F. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Money and
daughters. Vienna, Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Shepherd and Mrs. Smith. Fort
Myer Heights: Mr. and Mrs. Frank I'M
boden. Mr.. Walter Imboden, Clarendon,
Va; Mrs. Blanche Ball. BallstOn, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Bateman. Mrs.
Frances Lewis and daughter. Miss Vera,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tucker and family,
Mr. Robert Shepherd and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred G. Watson of Washington.
reception from to II pm. followed
the ceremony at which refreshments
were served Mrs White served fruit
punch. During the evening a letter
written by friends of the parents gath
cred on June 8, 1887. to be opened at
much merriment. The young couple have
gone for visit to relatives at Char
lottesville, Va, the groom's former
home.
Miss Grace Bolden Of Baltimore Is the
guest of Mrs. Louis P. Shoemaker.
Representative and Mrs. Isaac r. Sher-
wood announce the marriage of their
daughter Katharine and Mr.. Samuel
Henry Roberts Saturday. June 10. 1912,
at Toledo Ohio The couple will be at
home after September l at Chicago. Ill
The ceremony, which took place at the
home of the brides parents. was a beau
tiful one and was attended by relatives
and a group of classmates belonging to
the respective fraternities of the bride
and groom at the University of Michigan
half hour of music preceded the cere-
mony, the I1ohengrin march being played
as the bride and groom entered, unat-
tended. Rev. DR.. Charles Samuel Black,
pastor of the Collingwood Avenue Pres
byterian Church. officiated in the library.
which stately room lent itself gracefully
to the decorative beauty of foliage and
flowers. Clusters of Killarney and la
France roses. masses of pink peonies and
doorways hung with soh. strands of
syringa and roses made the rooms like
garden. The altar Of glossy palm trees
and ferns was placed between tall pill
lars of lilies and curtain of pink roses
fell from the architrave to the mantel.
Music room, reception hall and dining
room glowed with the delicate tinting of
pink and white blooms. A great basket
of Killarney roses filled the center of the
bridal table. Tall silver candlesticks were
shaded in pink and twined with Killarney
buds. From them were traced ribbon
runners to each cover. and narrow ropes
of smilax were drawn In delicate trac-
cry Of green from chandelier to center
piece. Other guest tables had center
nosegays Of pink roses and single buds
at the covers.
The bride was gowned in ivory satin
with garniture of brussels lace. outlining
the decollete corsage and extending to the
sweep of the long train. Her only orna-
ment was the groom's gift, a magnificent
bar pin of diamonds and pearls The
bridal veil was caught with a wreath of
orange blossoms and fell to the hem of
pyramid shower of Killarney rosebuds
Mrs Sherwood wore heautiful gown