Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
PRESIDENT AT CURTIS-MER
RAM WEDDING.
Ceremony at Noon Today With
Small Company Present-Mme.
Corea Entertains-Notes.

President Taft lent his genial presence
to another bridal scene today when he
attended the ceremony at noon which
united Miss Laura Merriam and the as
sistant secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
James Freeman Curtis. The other wit
nesses of the happy event, which took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam r. Merriam, were the relatives of
the couple-quite a large group-the close
official associates of the bridegroom and
the intimate friends of both. 1t was on
account of a recent bereavement in the
brides family that the arrangements
were necessarily restricted. which fact.
however, greatly added to the interest
and increased the pleasure of those in at
tendance.
There was floral decoration in place
of fall blossoms, and the couple, who
were unattended, entered the drawing
room to the strains of the wedding
march played by stringed orchestra.
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of st.
Johns Church performed the ceremony.
The bride was charming in her we'd
ding finery. Her dress was OF White satin
ella bolately decorated with f1ounceS and
panels of old family lace. She wore the
conventional tule veil and orange bios
SONS and carried orchids and lilies of
the valley arranged in shower bouquet.
The jewel ornaments worn. however,
were superb A diamond corsage spray.
a gift from her parents. and string OF
pearls. one of Mr.. Curtis gifts, are es-
pecially fine.
The brides sister, Mrs. John I. Wheel
wright of Boston, held her bouquet during
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis left
this afternoon for Il honeymoon jaunt and
will reside here the coming season. Be
fore settling down to a permanent resi-
dence in Boston. they have planned a
lengthy period of travel, probably a tour
around the world.
Mrs. Greeley S. Curtis of Boston. moth
er Of Mr. Curtis and Misses Harriet and
Margaret Curtis. Mr.. and Mrs. Fra
zier Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hop
kinson and other relatives are here for
the wedding.
its to Boston and the north shore. Is al
ready widely acquainted in the family
circle and friends with whom she will
so shortly he identified.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagIl, the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Meyer, the
German ambassador and Countess Won
Bernstorff. who sent the bride silver
loving cup, We're among the guests at
the wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. T.. r. StOtes-
bury of Philadelphia are represented in
the wedding gifts by a set of silver can
dlesticks. and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lei
ter, feather fan with the brides name
in diamonds on the handle. All the pres
ents, in fact, are of value and elegance.
and are tributes to the personal popular
ity Of both the bride and bridegroom.
Nine. Luis F. Corea of New York,
who arrived yesterday to participate
in the Inequalities preceding the
marriage of her brother, Mr.. Robert v.
Fleming. and Miss Alice Wright tomor-
row night, was hostess today at beau
tiful luncheon at the New Willard in COM
pliment to Miss Wright. The company
included the latter's sisters, Mrs. Durant
Church and Mrs. Harry A. Kite. who
will he her attendants at the wedding !;
their cousin, Miss Juliet Besuden of New
ark, Ohio, who is staying with Mrs.
Kite, and other young friends of the host
eSS.
The table was decorated with pink
roses, and all the little details of the
pretty spread were in the same color.
Last night Mr.. and Mrs. Kite gave a