The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

resentative and Mrs Hunter Moss. OF
Virginia; Lieut.. Commander and Mrs.
Hepburn. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Glass.
Not since the marriage of Representa-
tive and Mrs. Longworth, with the East
Room OF the White House as its set
ting. has so large a wedding company
assembled in Washington as that which
yesterday witnessed the marriage Of
Miss Anna Portner to Representative
Henry d. Flood, of Virginia.
The ceremony. which took place at the
All Souls Church at ) o'clock. was fol-
lowed by a reception at the Pan-Ameri-
can Building. which was offered for this
unusual occasion as a compliment to the
bridegroom in his position as chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in
the House Of Representatives.
Long before the hour OF the ceremony.
which was attended by the President and
Vice President Of the United States and
entire Diplomatic Corps. the ushers were
kept busy seating the early arrivals
while the late arrivals were unable to
gain more than glimpse of the attract
i've bridal party as it passed through the
vestibule OF the church to the altar
The ushers who led the long procession
were Representative McKeller of Ten
nessee: Representative Dupre. of Louis
lana: Mr.. John Barrett. Mr.. Thomas Bill
ing Byrd. of Richmond; Mr. Richard
Evelyn Byrd. L. S. N: Mr.. John Camp
bell. of Baltimore; Mr. John Quinn. OF
New York: Col. Button. L. s. A, and
the Messrs. Paul V. and Edward q.
Portner. all of Washington.
The bridesmaids were the Baroness
Marie Won Paumgarten. daughter of the
former counselor of the Austro-H -Hunga-
rian Embassy: Miss Genevieve Clarke.
daughter of the Speaker Of the House:
Miss Edith Oracle. Miss Cornelia Claggett.
Miss Hanna Taylor. all OF Washington;
Miss Douglas Fuller. of Winchester. Va.
and Miss Lucy Martin. daughter OF the
Senator from Virginia.
Mrs. Lorimer Graham and Miss Hide
garde Portner, sisters OF the bride. as
matron and maid of honor, respectively.
walked between the bridesmaids and the
bride. The latter, escorted by her
brother, Mr. Alvin o. Portner. looked
regally handsome in a gown of white
satin with long square train and a veil
of tulle edged with duchess point lace.
The gown. while conforming to all the
traditions of bridal attire, was extremely
up to date, with slight fullness in the
front of the skirt. The bodice was a
draped surplice model embroidered in
pearls, both back and front. This was
worn over an underbodice of net with
deep edge of duchess point lace outlin-
ing the v to The waist line. The half
length sleeves were of satin finished by
undersleeves of lace and pearl embroid-
cry.
The bridal bouquet was lilies Of the
valley orchids.
The bridesmaids gowns were Of pink
taffeta with double minaret tunic and
very smart bodices with V-necks and
half-length sleeves. Mrs. Graham and
Miss Hildegarde Portner wore gowns of
white net with pink skirts and the edge
Of their bodices run with pink ribbon.
with wide girdles of pink ribbon to en-
phasiZe the color scheme. All wore
shepherdess hats of leghorn. but with a
difference in size between, the smaller
hats topping the net gowns, while the
taffeta-clad maidens wore rather large
hats with pink moire crowns. All were
trimmed in tiny clusters of French roses
and velvet ribbon streamers. All the
attendants carried bridesmaid roses.
The bridegroom. attended by his nephew
Mr.. Harry Flood Byrd, entered the flow
er-lined chancel from the vestry to join
the bride at the head OF the aisle.
Rev. u. G. B. Pierce, the minister in
charge, performed the ceremony accord
ing to the custom of the Unitarian faith.
The foral decorations not only of the
ehancel and platform. but all through
the body Of the church. were unusually