Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-27
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
A WHITE HOUSE THANKSGIV-
ING WITHOUT MISS TAFT.
The Interesting Weddings of Today
and This Evening-Per-
sonal Notes.

The President and Mrs. Taft will spend
Thanksgiving in this city and will have
an entirely unofficial party dining with
them. Miss Helen Taft is on the return
journey from Panama, where she &C
companied the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Stimson. The President will be
present at the service at ST. Patrick's
Church tomorrow morning, and will at
tend the marriage of Miss Boutell and
Mr. Ladd at ST. Johns Church in the
early afternoon.
Charlie Taft has arrived from school
to spend tomorrow here, but the coming
of Mr.. Robert Taft is as yet uncertain
Mrs. Laughlin and her young sons are
staying at the White House over tomor-
row.
The marriage of Miss Alice l.. Wright
and Mr.. Robert V. Fleming, son of the
late Col. Robert /. Fleming Of this city,
will take place at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. Justice Daniel Thew Wright
and Mrs. Wright. at $50 o'clock tonight
and will be followed by reception at 8.
Rev. j. Henning helms will officiate.
The brides attendants will be her two
sisters, Mrs. Durant Church and Mrs
Harry a. Kite. Mr.. George Vass will be
best man.
After their wedding trip the couple
will go to housekeeping at the Montana
apartment on NJ street.
Justice and Mrs Wright entertained the
bridal party, and the out-of-tOwn rela-
tives and guests here for the wedding, at
supper, following the rehearsal last night.
Mrs. Henry F. DimOck gave a dinner
last night at her house in New York for
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and the latters
fiance, Prof. Thomas J. Preston. The
guests, numbering twenty-four, included
Mrs. Dimock's daughter, Mrs. Susan
Dmock Hutchison: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
H. Choate. Gen. Horace Porter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Mrs. Arthur Muir
ray Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Allen
Wickes, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Wins
low, A. D. Juilliard, Francis Lynde Stet-
son. DIR. Walcott of this city, Col.
Robert Grier Monroe. Mrs. Daniel o.
Lamont, Gen. and Mrs. Nelson Henry.
Frederick Thompson. Miss Nora Goodwin
and Mr. Jewett.
week. where she has taken the house
formerly occupied by her brother, the
late William c. Whitney.
The American minister to Panama, Mr..
H. Percival Dodge, and Mrs. Dodge.
are with the latter's parents, Rear Ad-
miral John D. Adams and Mrs. Adams, at
their residence, 1886 Connecticut avenue.
for fortnight.
Miss Mckee. granddaughter of Presi-
yesterday attending Miss Evelyn G.
Stoddard and Mr.. Eugene Beaumont
Reynolds in New York. The four brides
maids were all dressed in pink satin,
with blue belts and panels of blue chif-
fon. They also wore lace cutaway coats
anc blue crepe de chine hats. trimmed
with lace and pink velvet ribbon, and
carried pink roses.
The marriage this afternoon at E clock,
at ST. Thomas Church, of Miss Harriet
Addison Bayne and Lieut.. Guy Wilkinson
Stuart Castle. L. S. n, will interest the
large circle of friends Of the couple in
this and other cities. The hospitalities
have been among the marked features of
the early season. Miss Louise Bayne
will be her sisters maid of honor. and
the bridesmaids will be Miss Bayne of
New York. Miss Julia Addison of SIAM
ford, Conn.,; Miss Cornelia Clagett of
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind, and Miss
Valerie Padelford. Miss Anne Lomax,
Miss Dorothy Anderson and Miss Mar
guerite Williams, all of this city. Lieut.
F. H. Poteet will be best man. and the
ushers will be Lieut.. w. w. Galbraith,
Lieut. Adolphus Andrews, Lieut.. G. +.
Neal. Lieut.. Hollis Cooley. Lieut.. T. G..
Ellyson, Prof. Paul Dashiell, u. S. N;
Lieut.. d. w. Bagley and Lieut.. X. l..
Walker.
A color scheme of lavender and blue will
be carried out in the dresses of the
brides attendants and in the decorations
of the church and the bathrooms at
Rauscher's. where the wedding reception
will follow.
The lovely young bride will wear white
satin duchesse and old family point lace.
to which cling many sentimental asso-
Citations of other days and other wearers.
Her tulle veil will be crowned with
orange blossoms and her flowers will be
orchids and valley lilies. She will wear
a diamond cavalier the bridegroom Gift.
charmeuse, yelled with shadow lace, and
her hat will he trimmed with orchids
and lavender plumes.
The bridesmaids dresses will be of Law
ender chiffon over light blue charmeuse.
Miss Valerie Padelford. who will be
bridesmaid this afternoon at the mar
riage of Miss Harriet Bayne and Lieut.
Castle, u. s. N, entertained them at
beautiful dinner at Rauschers last night.
when the rest of the bridal party were
present and Lieuts McNair and Wilcox
The table had centerpiece of golden
chrysanthemums and there were cOrsage
bouquets of viOlets at the girls places.
Capt and Mrs. Davis B. Wills are en-
PERTAINING next Monday night at an
after-the-theater supper in compliment
to Mr.. Robert Lorraine.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick w. Matteson
Love Matteson, at a delightful tea yes