Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-26
EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmetef Attend Concert
at Newport.
Marriage of Miss Roper and Mr..
Cocker Yesterday Afternoon.
Vacation Plans-Notes


holders at a concert given at Newport
last night for the benefit of the Rus
sian Red Cross.
The marriage of Miss May Roper
and Mr. David R. Coker was an inter
estins event of yesterday afternoon
and took place at the residence of the
brides parents, the first assistant post
master general and Mrs. Daniel Z.
Roper. 18TH street.
A company made up of members of
the Immediate families assembled to
witness the ceremony. Rev. Boyd V.
s:witzer officiated and Mr.. w. G. Cocker
OF IEartsville. S. c., the bridesroom's
brother acted AS best man.
The matron of honor was Mrs. r.
Reyburn Burklin and the bridesmaids
We're Miss Grace Roper. the brides sis
ter, and Miss Ruth LaWton, niece of
the bridegroom.
The ceremony took place before the
fireplace in the drawing room, which
was banked with palms The walls of
the room were sprayed over with oak
branches and clusters of white roses
and hvdranSeaS formed the decoration
here and in the dining room.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father. wore lovely gown
of white chiffon taffeta. with tunic
of georgette crepe, finished with
f1ounce of princess lace
This lace also formed her long court
train, and her tulle veil. which was
held with coronet of orange bios
SONS, was edged with rose point lace,
an heirloom in the brides family.
She carried a shower bouquet of white
orchids and valley lilies.
The matron of honor wore A gown of
white taffeta and carried a bouquet of
pale pink and cream tinted roses.
The bridesmaids gowns were alike.
of white net with pink girdles. FiImy
pink tulle scarfs were also worn. and
bouquets of pink roses with showers
of lilies of the valley carried.
A supper followed. Mrs. Roper, the
brides mother. in a handsome gown of
rose -colored taffeta. and the brides
grandmother. Mrs. Margaret Mckenzie
of Gibson. n. c., and her aunt, Mrs E.
g. Fletcher of South Carolina, assisted
IN the hospitality
Later Mr. and Mrs. Coker left for their
wedding trip. the latter wearing a
stylish suit of dark blue faille taffeta
| with Il small black satin and velvet hat
, trimmed with beaded ornament.
Alter an extensive northern trip they
will go to Huntsville, s. C., where they
viii make their future home
Mrs. Norman Z. Mack entertained at
luncheon recently at San Francisco
in honor of Mrs. John Miller Horton
OF Buftalo, when Mrs. Thomas Walsh
and Mrs. Charles Howry were among
the guests.
Mai Gen. George Barnett, comman-
dant Of the Marine Corps. has returned
TO Washington from Minneapolis.
where. with Mrs. Barnett, he has been
the guest for a short time of his
mother.
Mrs. Barnett and her daughter, Miss
Leila Gordon. will remain in Mime
apolis until next week, when they will
come to this city, and will then go to
Wakefield Manor, Mrs. Barnett's coun-
try home in Rappahannock county, Va,
where they will join her other daugh-
ter and son.
Wilson, brother Of the President, and
their daughter. Miss Alice Wilson, left
Baltimore last evening for Virginia
Beach, where they will spend two
FitZhugh cottage
The Misses Mary and Ruth Littell
have gone to Madison, Conn, and
Jamestown, K. l., to visit friends They
will return some time in September
Miss Julia Littell will go to Atlantic
City after Labor day to spend the re-
mainder 0. the moEth.
Mr.. Charles H. Rabbit of 93s Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest starts Thu
evening for a short visit to his old
home at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He will
! be one of the principal speakers at a
meeting of the TriCounty Old Settlers
I Association, to be held at Malvern,
| Mills county, September 2. The mem
| bership of the association consists of
early settlers in the counties Of Potta-
wattamie, Fremont and Mills, the three
Missouri river counties in the south
western part of the state.
! Mrs Upshur Moorhead of this city
is visiting her brother-in law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts, jr.,
at their home in Philadelphia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roberts, who have been spending
| the summer at their cottage in Cape
| May, returned last week from a cruise
to Atlantic City and Beach Haven on
their yacht, Kilkenny.
Mrs W Lanier of this city is visit
| ing friends at Bar Harbor.
| Mr. and Mrs George W. Evans of 18th
| street northwest who are members of
| the Washington colony at Turkshead
| Inn. on the north coast of Massachu-
| sets, where they have been for the
| past month, Will not return home until
| after Labor day.
| Mrs George Sewell and little daugh-
ter and Mrs. William Northern and lit
| tie son of Chicago are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Franklin Miller of Column
| biit road.
! Miss Otie r. Nelson is at the Wal
dorf. Atlantic City, for the remainder
| of the season.
| Mr. and Mrs. Wexford Tyler, with
| friends, are motoring in the northwest
ern part of New York and boating on
| Lake Ontario.
| Misses Mayme Shut and Hattie Roe
buck OF Gainesville, Fla, who have
| been the guests of Miss Ella NJ Wal
| lace for the past two weeks, left for
their home Tuesday, stopping off at
, Richmond, Va, for a few days en-
route.
Mrs. S. Nj. Yeatman, who has been
summering on the Delaware river, is
spending the remainder of her vaca-
| ton at Bluemont, Va.
Mr.. j. Madison Carroll is in Atlantic
city for few weeks stay.
Moltke-Huitfeld.
Countess Moltke- Huitfeld, formerly
Miss Bonaparte of this city, has taken
a villa at Biarritz, where her husband,
Count Moltke, and the children al
ready have preceded her. The American
minister and Mrs. Egan gave her a
farewell dinner recently at Copen-
hagen, at which all the representatives.
of the allies We're present On the fol-
lowing evening Mr.. and Mrs. Egan