The Washington times., 1913-01-02
Miss Frances Hodges
Bride of Lieut.. Acher

Inc PRESIDENT and MISS Tart, Win
several hundred persons, chiefly from
army circles, filled st. Johns Church
this afternoon to witness the ceremony
uniting in, marriage Miss Frances
Hodges. eldest daughter Of. Col. Harry
F. Hodges. Engineer Corps, u. 5. A.
and Mrs. Hodges. and Lieut.. Albert HI
lands Acher. Engineer Corps. U. S. A.
The uniforms, Of the men of the we'd
ding party, and the colors of the En-
gineers Corps, carried out in the decora-
ton of the red poinsettas, combined
with palms, ferns, and laurel. give an
unusually brilliant note to the event.
Miss Hodges wore a wedding gown of
soft white satin with old rose point
lace in profusion, on both bodice and
drapery. Her veil was OF fine Brussels
net, with border of old Brussels lace,
and she carried shower bouquet of or
chids and valley lilies.
Her young sister, Miss Alma Hodges.
accompanied her as maid Of honor, and
wore a costume which carried out the
color scheme of the, wedding-white
charmeuse under red chiffon, and a
large white hat with plumes. The cos
tunes of the bridesmaids- also carried
out the same idea. and Miss Zena
Acher. Miss Mary sWebb,, Miss, ,Aileen
Gorgas. Miss Elizabeth Noyes, Miss
Mary Devol, and Miss Faith Sanford,
of Detroit. wore gowns OF white char
meuse and chiffon with red girdles and
large black hats with bands of fur and
gold, and big red roses -.
Mrs. Hodges, mother of the bride,
wore a gown of shaded blue marqui-
settle over white satin, with a hat and
plumes of the same shades.
The bridegroom aud all of mis- at
tendants were in fuIl-dress uniforms in
dicat:ve of their rank. the party being
made up of Lieut.. Daniel j. Sultan, best
man, and Lieut.. Daniel /. Sultan, best
Lieut.. Lindsey C. Herkness, Lieut.. Fran
els C. Harrington, Lieutenant North,
Lieutenant 3einecke. all of the En-
gineer Corps, U. S. A, and Col. Ed
ward Greble. Field Artillery, o.. s. A.
The Rev. William Harmon Van Allen,
of Boston, performed the ceremony. as
sisted by the rector of St. Johns
Church, the Rex. Roland Cotton Smith.
Following the ceremony there was a
reception at the home of Colonel and
Mrs. Gorgas, in Massachusetts, avenue,
after which the bride and bridegroom
left for a short wedding journey before
sailing for Panama. where the BRIDE
groom is stationed.
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The President and Mrs. Taft will be
the guests of honor of the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, at
dinner this evening. This dinner is the |
second of the series of Cabinet dinners |
In honor or the President and Mrs. |
Taft.
Mr.. ana Mrs. rank q. Carpenter |
and Miss Carpenter held a large recep- |
ton at their residence in Connecticut |
avenue yesterday. Miss Carpenter has |
been away from Washington for the |
past five years, one OF which she spent |
in travelling around the world with her |
father, and the others at Smith College. |
The drawing rooms were decorated |
with Southern smilax and red berries, |
the Christmas color scheme being fol- |
lowed throughout. Mrs. Carpenter wore
a gown Of black brocaded chiffon with |
white and gold lace. Miss Carpenters |
frock was of Alice blue brocaded |
charmeuse, and she carried an old |
fashioned bouquet of violcts and gar
denias.
In the dining room were Mrs. Perry |
Heath. Mrs. Eugene A. Byrnes, Mrs.
W. Il. Bryan, Mrs. Frederick True,
Mrs. Lloyd b. Wight. Mrs. Z. P. Hall, !
Mrs. N. s. Zimmele, Mrs. j. l.. Stier. |
and Mrs. w. ]. Humphreys. The as |
were Miss Mabel GrandIn.
Miss Barbara Kaufman, Miss Eliza
beth Bryan. Miss Ruth Larner. Miss
Margaret Larner, Miss Helen Baldwin,
Miss Adele Waterman, Miss Virginia |
Gerhardt. and Miss Vivian Jenncss- !
Miller.
Among the guests were several hum
dred OF the official and resident circles.
The receiving party were entertained at
a supper afterward:
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Miss Helen Taft will be among the
guests at the dance which Mrs. George
Z. +. Harrison is giving this evening
at Raucher's for her debutante dauch-
ter. Miss Leila Harrison. The puests
have been asked for 10 o'clock and sew
eral informal dinners will precede the
dance.
Robert Taft left Washington last eve
KIots. left for New York.
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About l5o young folks attended the
dance at the White House last evening
which the President and Mrs Taft gave
for Charlie Taft.
Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft and
their houseguests attended the dance
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