Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
In Foreign Cities.

The marriage of Lady Edwina Roberts,
daughter Of Field Marshal Earl Roberts,
and Maj. Henry Levin took place at All
Saints Church. Ascot, recently and ex-
cited widespread interest. All business
houses in the town were closed and the
route by which the bridal party ap-
preached and later left the church was
lined with motor cars and carriages of
every description.
The bridal toilet was of rich white and
train and draperies Of lace. Her veil was
Of brussels lace and she carried a large
bouquet of white blossoms edged with
lace in a silver holder. The holder was a
gift from the Pilgrims Club, of which
Earl Roberts is a member, and was ap-
propriately inscribed. It was SO con-
structed that it could be used as vase
by unfolding three supports.
Three little pages and two young brides
maids attended the bride. The latter
wore dresses of pale apricot satin with
gold lace sashes and caps and blue
enamel pendants given them by the
bridegroom and carried bouquets Of va
rious colored anemOneS. The bride and
groom went from the church to the house
behind team of six horses driven by
subalterns Of the bridegroom's battery.
Among the many Washingtonians now
sojourning abroad the following persons
We're recently registered at Paris hotels:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. " Wheeler at the Ritz;
Mr.. Frank NJ. Turnbull and Mr. c. c.
Long.
At recent British wedding the bride
wore a lovely empire gown of soft white
satin the bodice draped with antique lace
and embroidered In silver and pearls.
The court train was of brussels lace over
satin trimmed with orange blossoms and
white heather.
King George and Queen Mary were en-
tertained at magnificent dinner recent
ly at the German embassy in London.
The German ambassador and Princess
Lichnovisky brought their own valuable
tapestries and pictures from Berlin for
the occasion and had them arranged in
the dining and reception rooms. The
Sevres dinner service and gold plate
used at the dinner were also especially
brought from the amba ssador's home.
At another beautiful dinner, given in
honor of the king and queen, by Lord
and Lady Londonderry, the hosts mag
niicent Sevres china painted with his
of Waterford glass, which is a priceless
relic Of lost Irish industry, and is re-
puted to the best complete service in
existence.
A beautiful dance and cotillon was given
in London to present Miss Sybil Neu-
| mann, daughter of Lady Neumann AT
midnight the debutante, robed in white
| tulle powdered with pearls. made her
entrance to the ballroom in a huge
| floral sled drawn by six young guards
men.
| Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum of this
city, who has spent the past winter
| in her Swiss villa, at st. Jean de Luz
gave a fancy dress dance recently which
| interested both her American and her
| foreign friends.
The hostess, as colonial dame. wore a
costume resembling that of a marquise of
| the time of Louis XIV. Her daughter
made a pretty Spanish girl and her son
| appeared as a Pierrot. Miss Lee was
capital as an Indian squaw. Mrs.
| Sydney Morris was superb as Chinese
princess, the Countess of Cromartie
| looked well as an oriental dancer in
mauve draperies, with masses of gold
fringe and with golden bangles on her
| ankles
| Baronne de Sousa Deiro as japanese
and her daughter as an Italian peasant
girl. Miss Streatfield as a gypsy, Mrs. c.
| Napier as Portia, Miss Dorothy Harding
as a Bacchante, Miss Nancy Harding as
Folly. Mrs. Melville Askworth as a
French maid and Miss Ireland Black
burne as a Pierrette were all excellent