Evening star., 1912-11-20
some one in the hall at the time he was
making his way through the darkness.
Miss Nicol to Be Married.

Inc marriage of Miss Pauline Faunt-
leroy Nicol, daughter of Judge Charles E.
Nlcoi and DR.. Benjamin Iden, jr, of
Manassas. Va, will take place at s
O'Clock tonight at Christ Episcopal
Church. and will be attended by a large
gathering of guests. among those present
being a number from out of the city.
The ceremony will be performed by Rev.
William j. Morton, rector. Mrs Simpson
of Washington will play the wedding
march.
The bride will wear a gown of ivory
tinted charmeuse trimmed with venetian
lace and tul,e and caught with orange
blossoms. Her ornaments will be
pearls, and she will carry a shower
valley. The maid of honor will be her
sister, Miss Julia Nicol, who will wear
white lace over green and Will carry
violet chry ysanthemums.
There will be eight bridesmaids. who
Will be gowned in yellow with violet trim
mings, and they will carry yellow chrys-
anthemums. The bridegroom will have for
his best man DR.. John Iden, Z. s. n.
The following will be the bridesmaids:
Misses Lucille Smith and Margarite New
hauser of Washington; Miss Janette Pow
ers. Port Royal Va; Miss Della Dudley,
Washington. Va; Miss Virginia Iden.
Manassas, and Misses Nellie Uhler, Cora
Jones and Christina kemper, this city.
The groomsmen will be Harvey Jacobs
and Jack Harper of Washington, Milton
French. Jack Stevenson. Edmund Hunter
and Aylet Nicol. this city.
The color scheme of yellow and violet
will be carried out in all of the church
decorations. while the chapel will be
banked with palms and ferns.
Following the wedding reception will
be held at the home of the bride, 316
North Washington street. Afterward the
couple will leave for New York. where
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Would Erect New School.
The question of financing the erection
of new high school building was dis
cussed last night, when a special COM
mittee of the city. school board submitted
a proposition to the joint committee on
finance and schools of the city school
board
The proposed school building will cost
$4,000 and the committee from the school
board wants the joint committee to bor-
row 5000 at 5 per cent and give seven
notes for the remainder, to run total of
seven years.
Alexandria Hive No. 8, Lady Maca-
bees, celebrated their tenth anniversary
last night at the Young Peoples building
with banquet Mrs. James II. Mans
iield, first commander of the hive re-
sponded to toast, and was followed by
Mrs; Pier Pirmar. Mrs Padgett. Mrs.
Biaden and Mrs. George Zachary, the
latter present commander.
Robert L. Garrett and wife have sold
to William o. McCuen a house and lot
on the south side of Queen street between
Fairfax and Royal streets. Ernest l..
Herbert has sold to Laura v. Suthard
Two houses and lots on the east side of
Pitt street between Wilkes and Gibbon
streets Ernest L. Herbert has sold to-
Amos +. Herbert two houses and lots
on the east side of Pitt street between
Wilkes and Gibbon streets.
Nirgie Carter. colored, wanted for sew
erIl years on a charge of violating the
postal laws and regulations by sending
improper matter through the mails, was
arrested yesterday afternoon at her
home at Vienna. Fairfax county, by
Deputy United States Marshal William
Schoeni. The accused was afterward
brought before United States Commits
sioner r. P. w. Garnett, who committed
her to Jail to await further hearing
A wagon belonging to the William Nc
kinley Normal and Industrial School
while crossing the railroad tracks at
Cameron and Alfred streets at 8 O'Clock
this morning was struck by a westbound
electric train and three of the wheels
OF the vehicle were demolished A colored
boy named Osceola Moss, fifteen years
old, who was driving the wagon. was
thrown out, but escaped with a few
slight bruises.
Funeral Of John T. Nails,
Funeral services for John T. Nails. who
died at midnight Monday, will be held at