Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-05
I'm THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
! WEDDING CEREMONIES OF
JUNE'S FIRST WEDNESDAY.
Home and Out-of-Town Plans of
Cabinet Families
sonal Notes.

/
Mrs Lindcy Carr ison. wife of the Sec
| rotary of War. will go TO New York Mon
| daN where she will visit Mrs. George
| Leary- Secretary Garrison will Join her
| IN New York June IL, and they will go 10
| West Point to be the guests Of Col Clar-
| ence p. Townslev. L. S A. superintend-
| ent of the United States Military -Acad-
envy.
Mrs. Burleson and her young daughters
| have commenced their summer travels
| They left last night FOR Old Point COM
| fort. where they Will remain throughout
| THIS month. and nave planned 10 go 10
| Cape Nav for the rest of the summer.
st. Stephens p f. Church was thronged
| last night for the marriage Of Miss Alice
Maude Simpson: daughter of Mr: and
Mrs. g. Warfield Simpson. and Ensign
John McFall Sylvester. L. = n. son of
Maj. and Mrs. Richard Sylvester.
| The ceremony was performed at
O'Clock by the rector. the Rev. George
| Fiske Dudley. in the presence of a large
and distinguished company
| The CHI urch was prettily decorated with
palms and ferns. Bouquets of bride roses
and white snapdragons filled the altar
| vases. and tall standards of the same
| flowers marked the pews reserved for the
| family
The bridegroom and his fellow officers.
| who were his classmates at Annapolis.
wore their uniforms
| corted and later given in marriage by
her father. was charming in her gown of
| VIII tie satin the bodice of which was
composed entirely of duchess lace.
| Her veil of tulle and duchess lace was
arranged beneath a coronet of orange
| blossoms and fell in graceful folds to the
| end of her court train.
| She wore diamond pendant, the gift
of the bridegroom. and carried a shower
bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor Miss Lavinia
Baker of Newark. y. J. Her gown was
| of cream shadow lace draped over vel
| low charmeuse and caught with tiny chif-
| fon rosebuds. The brides maids We're
| Miss Catherine Stackpole of Harrisburg
| Pa: Miss Iris Masters, Miss Gertrude
! Woodward and Miss Eugene Dent of this
| city. Their gowns. which carried out the
| navy co'ors were of yellow charmeuse.
draped with cream tinted lace. and had
! chiffon sa shes of navy blue.
All the attendants carried large shower
| bouquets of yellow marguer!tes.
The best man was the grooms brother.
Mr.. Hubbard Sylvester. and the ushers
We're Ensign Richard Stockton Field. l..
| S. ~. Ensign Oscar Badger. /. S. n,
Ensign Frederick l.. Riefkohl. L. S. y.
/ Ensign Robert White. L. S. n. Mr.. q.
| Sailer Simpson and Mr.. Chester War
! rington.
| reception followed at the home of the
/ brides parents on Columbia road. The
| decorations We're of pink roses and ferns
4
/ in receiving, wearing handsome gown
| of blue charmeuse with lace embe lish-
! ments.
Mrs. Sylvester. the srooms mother, also
/ assisted in receiving. and wore eX
| qu.site gown of o!d-gold satin and duchess
] lace. with a touch of blue
| Among the guests were the Speaker and
| Mrs. Champ Clark. the latter wearing a
1 white lace gown and large white and
black hat: Commissioner and Mrs Ru-
dolph. the latter in a highly becoming
pink chiffon costume and flower
trimmed pink hat; Mr.. and Mrs Milton
draped with lace and trimmed
with rhinestones, the Misses Allies
Mrs. Julian James. in white lace
| and diamonds: Mrs. W. Il. Wright. gray
Reed of Missouri. the latter wearing
| white lace. Mrs. John {. Walker. white
| embroidered silk. with pearls and lace
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Bergman, the
| latter II white and lavender; Mrs. Craw-
| ford Marsh. who wore light blue crepe de
| chine and lace.
/ Mr.. Sylvester and his bride left last
| night for their wedding trip. the latter
wearing a smart travelling gown of dark
| blue crepe de chine with d blue hat with
| feathers. They are motoring to Bolivar.
| w. Va. and will spend week at the
| Sylvester bungalow.
They will later go to jamestown. r. L.
| where Mr. Sylvester will be stationed for
| the summer.
| The young couple received large
number of beautiful presents.
Among the out-of-town guests We're
| Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cooke and Mr. and
| G. Baker of Newark. y. J. Mrs. Theo-
dore Polhemus of New York and Mrs.
Y. Poppliun of Baltimore.
| 4 very pretty wedding ceremony was
performed in ST. Marks Episcopal
Church. on Capitol Hill. at i o'clock last
| evening, when Miss Catherine V. Taylor
and Mr. William Lawman were married
| by Rev. G. Rockford StetSon the pastor
| The bride wore a cream-colOred travel
| ing suit and white hat and carried Il
shower bouquet of white roses and lilies
| of the valley. Miss Bessie Riker was
| the maid of honor and wore cream
| colored gown and pink hat and carried
| a bouquet of pink roses. There was a
| reception after the ceremony. after which
| the young couple let for Ocean View,
| where they will spend the summer. Mr..
| and Mrs. Lawman will reside in Wash
| ington.
| Mr. and Mrs. William d. Hoover had
as their guests at dinner last night at
| the Chevy Chase Club Col and Mrs
Stephen NJ. F'oote and Col. and Mrs. Ches-
| ter Harding.
| The German ambassador Count Won
Bernstorff. who has been on a short visit
| to Germany is expected here today. His
son. Count Gunter Won Bernstorff ac-
| companied him on his return trip They
| will remain here until the middle of July
| The japanese ambassador will go to
| Pittsburgh tomorrow to attend the re-
/ ception and dinner in honor of George W
| Guthrie amba ssador to Japan
Miss Mary Mildred Lawrence, daughter
| of Mrs. Malissa Lawrence of Paradise,
Gainesville and Mr.. Clarence Winslowe
| Renshawe OF this city were married yes
| terday afternoon at the home of the
| brides mother in Baltimore The cere-
| Williams. pa stor of ST Marks Catholic
| Church. Gainesville. and was witnessed
| by only the immediate families owing to
| the recent death of the brides father
| Mr.. A. F. Lawrence Following the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Renshawe left on a
| wedding trip
/ The bride is we'll known i'm Gainesville
| She was educated a. Mount de Sales
Academy and at Sacred Heart Academy
in Rhode Island The groom is a son Of
| Mr.. John II. Renshawe of the United
States geological survey.
| Rev Dr. and Mrs. Wallace. Radcliffe
| sailed on the Cedric today for a summer
| travel abroad.
At a brilliant reception given last even
| ing by Mrs. Charles w. Richardson re-
| gent of the District. in her Connecticut
avenue home in honor of Mrs. William
! Cummings Story. president general of
was the District regents presenting their
| officers and pledging anew their ailegi-
| ance to the new president general and
through her to the organiZatiOn An