The Washington times., 1914-06-30
Activities Of
Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

~ guests Will iii ST. margaret
~ Episcopal Church this after
noon at 5 o'clock to witness the
marriage of Miss Rose Mary Bradford.
daughter of Rear Admiral Royal Bird
Bradford, U. s. N, and Mrs. Bradford.
to Lieut.. Clarence Alvin Richards. u.
s. n.
The wedding ceremony which will be
performed by the rector Of the church.
the Rev. C. Ernest Smith. will be fol-
lowed by a reception at the Washington
Club. and later in the evening Lieu
tenant Richards and his bride will leave
for a trip.
Palms. ferns, and white iris blossoms
will form the church decorations for the
occasion. and the organist of the church.
Mr.. Eldridge, will play the wedding
music. Preceding the entrance of the
bridal party and during the seating of
guests. he will play the Norwegian and
Swedish wedding marches. the Jocelyn
lullaby, "Sentle Aveu," and the 'Noc-
turne," from "Mid-Summer Nights
Dream The bridal party will enter
the church to the strains Of the ''Lohen-
grim march. and during the ceremony
the organist will play the Meditation
from That's" The bridal party will
leave the church to the music Of the
Mendelssohn march.
The bride. who will be escorted and
given IN marriage by her father. Adrni-
raj Bradford wearing the eulldress uni
form OF this rank. will wear a beautiful
bridal robe OF white chiffon satin.
The gown i built on simple lines with
tulle ard satin The long square train
Is fastened at the wais: line and q
corsase bouquet of orange bios
SONS arc the only adornment. Her long
tulle ven will be arranged with a cap
OF rose point lace and clusters OF orange
blossoms and the bridal bouquet will
r. CT gardcnias and lilies of the val
leys.
Mrs. John Dunlop. who Will be the
BRIDES cnly attendant, will wear a gown
OF white lace with a mink satin girdle
and lcghorn hat trimmed with pink
roses. She will carry an armful Of pink
roses and ferns.
James T. 1ichaIds, Of Tulsa, Okla
homa brother OF the bridegroom will
be the bes: man and will he the only
one Of the brdegroom's attendants who
VIII not wear the blue tulldress uniform
of a ,icrt .nant Of the United States
Navy.
The ushers will be Prof. Paul j.
Dashiell. Lieut.. Andrew C. Pickens,
Lieut.. Leigh Noyes. and Lieut.. Doug
laS Ia Howard, all Of the navy.
Mrs. Bradford who will assist their
dourktnr IN hAp La
reception. will wear gray crepe de chine
With gray hat trimmed with lilacs
Among tie out Of town guests will be
NJ AID Mrs. A. A: Richards, of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, parents of the BRIDE
groom: Mics Mary Engs. of New York.
an aunt Of 'he bride; Mr.. and Mrs. ].
r. Richards of Trenton, n. j.; the
Rev. and Mrs. I. .. Richards. of Ger
mantown. Nd; DR.. and Mrs. j. ".
Richards ard Miss Bertha Richards, Of
FailinGeton, pa; Mrs. T. B. Howard, of
Annapolis. Nd; Miss Isabel Claude, of
Annapolis and I. W. watson, OF Phila-
deIphia.
Miss Margaret Wilson has returned to
Washington from Philadelphia, where
she spent yesterday;
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The marriage of Dr. Charles ID. WAL
colt. secretary Of the Smithsonian In
stitution. to Miss Mary NJ. vaux, daugh-
ter of George Vaux, of Bryn Mawr,
Pa. will take place today at the home
of the bride. The wedding will be
quiet. with the members of the fam
lilies ard a Few intimate friends in at
tendance.
DIR. walcott and his bride will 60
to Montreal. Vancouver, and 10 central
Montana for a wedding trip. They will
return to Washington In October to
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Douglas Holmes
will be hosts at a reception this even
ing In celebration of their first we'd
ding anniversary.
Albert Picard. who spent some time
in Washington As the guest OF his
brothers, has returned to his home in
Paris.
MIR. and Mrs. Eugene Van Rensselaer,
and their daughter. Mrs. Frazier, will
close their residence In Sixteenth street
next week and leave Washington for
Berkeley Springs, W. Va, where they
will spend the summer.
=
Mrs. Lyman Tiffany and her attrac-
tive young granddaughter, Miss Helen
Parker, have Joined the Washington
contingent at Cazenovia, n. Y, where
they will remain the rest of the sum-
mer.
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Congressman George s. Graham, Ct
Philadelphia. who has been residing at
the Hotel Powhatan for the past ses-
sion, leaves tomorrow for New York,
and is sailing on Wednesday for an ex-
tended trip abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe
have closed their NJ street residence to
pass the summer at the Hot Springs of
Virginia They will occupy the cottage
of Mrs. Howe's mother, Mrs. Calderon