Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-30
BE-. KEITH MARR|ES
MISS ETHEL CHASE
Ceremony Performed Aboard
the Yacht of Wealthy The
atrical Magnate.


wealthy theatrical magnate and pro-
! prietor of the b. F. Keith Theater in
| this city, and Miss Ethel Bird Chase,
daughter of Plimpton B. Chase, former
proprietor of the local playhouse, was
celebrated at o'clock last evening in
the cabin of the grooms yacht, the
Nahmeyoka, at the foot of 10th street.
by the Rev. L. G. b. Pierce. former
chaplain of the United States Senate
and pastor of All Souls Unitarian
! Church. At o'clock the yacht sailed
with the newly welded couple for
Miami. Fla, where the winter will b.
spent.
There were present at the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beverly Chase, the
brother OF the bride. who had been mar
ried to Miss Ruth Caroline Cohen.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Myer Cohen
of this city, at o'clock. at Mr.. Cohen's
residence, 214S Wyoming avenue, by
the same minister: Mr.. and Mrs. Plimp-
ton B. Chase and Mr.. and Mrs. Myer
Cohen. Paul Keith, son of the groom,
who had been telegraphed to JOIN his
father in Washington, arrived too late
to be present at the ceremony. Mrs.
Allan Monroe Shepard and Mrs. Fet-
teroft friends Of Miss Chase, also were
Of the party.
Yacht Is Rechristened.
Following the wedding on the yacht
a wedding dinner was served ana the
yacht was rechristened the Hildebreth,
an anagram composed of the given
names of the young bride, Ethel Bird.
MIR. keith's age, given by MIR.
Cohen. who obtained the marriage liz
cense yesterday, is sixty-seven years
and that of his bride twenty-six. He
is the owner of at least thirty theaters,
which bear his name, and is accounted
u multimillionaire. He has been an
intimate friend OF the brides father
since long before the latter forsook the
practice of the law i'll Ohio to himself
enter the theatrical business And
when Mr.. Chase and his family re-
moved to Washington in 1900 Mr..
Keith was an occasional visitor to
their home on Massachusetts, avenue.
1t was through Mr.. Keith, it is said.
that Mr.. Chase was subsequently
elected president of the National Assoc
citation of Vaudeville Theater Owners
when Mr.. Keith retired from the office.
Became Teacher in School.
Miss Chase became student on her
arrival here at the Friends Select School.
In this school she formed close friend
ship with Miss Julia L. MADEIRA, then a
tedcneT LlcTC. Cn SrdQOdtlOf MISS
Chase entered Byrn Mawr College to be
graduated with honors in pedagogics
four years later When her education
was completed Miss Madeira and she
made a tour of Europe together. Mss
Madeira had decided to open "a school
of her own and Miss Chase became
teacher in this school. She took but lit
tie part in the social life of the capital,
and her circle of friends here was
limited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Beverly Chase.
whose wedding is believed to have
FASTENED that of Mr. Keith and Miss
Chase, plan to return to this city after
their honeymoon and take up their
residence with the parents of Mrs.
Chase. Their wedding was quietly cele-
brated, only the members of the i'm
mediate families being present. Mrs.
Chase is beautiful and accomplished,
and has been an intimate friend of
Miss Chase now Mrs. Keith, since their
schooldays at Miss Madeira's academy
Mr.. Chase is a member of the senior
law class in Georgetown University, a
graduate of the University of Pennsyl-
vania Of the class of 1911. member of
the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Of
the Chevy Chase Club.