Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29

~ ASTER is only two weeks off,
- and cupid is going to play
most important part In the
u spring Gayeties. Most of the
first week after Easter is given
over to the charity balls and theatre
Gals and a half dozen or so private
dances. but after that the weddings
will begin to link the days together.
The entertainments for soon-to-oe
brides and grooms will be among the
chief delights of the last half of April
and all of May The possibilities of
June along the same lines are. OF
course, endless. and now that official
dom can look forward to another sum
mcr at the capital it is no longer
necessary to crowd all the festivities
any uneven share of them into the
first half OF the month. y fair propo"-
ton Of nearby weddings is in army
or navy families. several of which will
have a little element of uncertainty
about them for some time yet, mas
much as the bridegrooms-to- cannot
be entirely sure of being relieved from
duty elsewhere to come here. But the
majority of the next group of brides
to-be have no dread of having to
change their wedding dates, and can
go smilingly on with their prepara-
lions.
Among the Easter week brides and
bridegrooms will be Miss Margaret
Worthington and Mr.. Beach feline Stock
EFT and Miss Anna Waller Portner and
Representative Henry d. Flood. the first
named an evening event OF Tuesday at
ST. Johns Church asd the second at All
Souls Church i'll the late afternoon,
with a reception Immediately following at
the Highlands.
Miss E,dmouia Adams and Richa r6
A. kearney will be married at noon,
Tuesday, April u, at the home Of the
brides parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Adams. Miss Maitland Marshall and Pay
master John Fl. Knapp, U. s N, will be
married April % if the latter can be here.
He is now on the Mayf1ower in Mexican
waters. Miss Eleanor Wilson will be
among Miss Marshalls attendants if all
goes well Mrs. Frank Phpps. wife of
Capt. Phipps of the Coast Artillery, will
be matron of honor and Miss Dorothy
Arkwright OF Atlanta, Ca, cousin of
the bride. will be maid OF honor The
following bridesmaids have also been Sc
lected: Miss Mary Bane Of Staten Is
land, Miss Hazel Funk of Bloomington,
i'll, and Miss Ruth Bliss. Miss Julia
Heyl and Miss Kate Du Bose of this city.
The marriage of Miss Frances Brooks
and Mr.. Edward C. B. Fletcher will take
place Saturday afternoon, April %, at
St Thomas Church.
rhe shopping tour of the next White
in the New York papers has made in
teresting reading for those to whom it
appeals. Most of it has left no doubt as
TO the exact tint which predominates in
the selections made of bridal finery, al
though exactly contrary statements from
other sources would indicate that no
body save the purchaser and those d.
rectly engaged in the sale have been let
into the secret Another week and more
may be occupied in the amassing of the
trousseau, although it is said the we'd
ding dress was among the first decisions
reached. is not unfrequently The case
with brides of less exalted place. Miss
Wilson seems not to have been seriously
hammered by the attention each or her
public appearances caused. and to have
run the gamut OF intervieWerS and pho-
fographers with small personal annoy
ance The arrival of Secretary McAdoo
to Join Miss Wilson on her shopping trips
with her cousin. Mrs. John Wilson, and
their subsequent enjoyment Of the the
alter and inequalities of their friends
together have been also notable incidents
of the week in New York. The visits OF
the Presidents daughters to New York
and elsewhere last spring were frequent.
and shopping excursions filled part OF
their time Miss Eleanor Wilson has
been quoted as saying that the date OF her
wedding has not been decided upon, but
il would surprise no one if the event was
earlier than June, which has been popu-
Iarly associated with the ceremony
since the announcement OF the engage
ment