Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-18

and airy as chiffon. 1t was ecru in
| color. and around the crown was
| girdling of old rose velvet ribbon, with
green. leaves peeping over the crown.
A dainty little bow of the ribbon was
| placed beneath the brim, which was
| slightly raised .at the side.
| A hat of plaid silk. in white and vio-
let and blue and rose, was trimmed
| with novel arrangement of tiny vel
vet cowslips in all these tones. A hat
| for general wear was of midnight blue
| silk. with crown of old gold and facing
| of dark blue straw.
| Each to his taste. But if any one
wants to celebrate a birthday. I say
let him DTS not
Confessions of likely to be a herr
Society Editor. w. rond so .oS' Mnal
| paper is supposed to be l don't know
On SO many questions nowadays the
! newspapers with proper sense of
| loyalty try to be neutral, but maybe
| were neuter However that may be,
| If we're not, we must be masculine
because we are celebrating birthday.
| AS matter of fact, at four years
| old. our honest to goodness age, we
should worry! We have accomplished
| In four short years a goodly array
of things worth while, but being par
| ticularly modest, we hate to brag of
'em.
Our various columns have become Of
| value to eminent folk of fifty-seven
varieties, and they know it, and so do we.
| A very happy and intelligent arrangement
| If you like
| And so. lest you might doubt our
| precocity, perhaps it is as we'll to let
you know what a real child prodigy we
are. AS matter of principle, I should
mr. a 6NyiCo fO1tr Ia No1n
| brate milestone unless it showed an ex-
| ira ordinary advance along lifes highway.
We will refer only to the tiny semi
domestic, semi pleasurable things done in
hand, as to carefully enumerate them all
would take-just year.
We have happily married something
like thousand people in these little
hope they were happy, SO you can see
what scope we have after all
| Some of our weddings have been
splashy, expensive, pretentious and
gorgeous; some have been simple and
| Initiative and very nice; some have been
merely the quiet tying of the nuptial knot
with few interested witnesses; but all
have been tinged with a bit of romance.
| that pleasant fabrication that makes the
| wheels of the world go round.
| We have announced the formal debuts
of a dozen or SO dainty buds, maidens
whose fresh charm is the one joyous right
of YOUTH right that they may hold with
care for half a decade Then-not the del
uge. but the drug store.
| We have announced betrothals, and for
gotten to mention when they were broken.
We have given to the public lot of ex-
pensive descriptions Gf words cost
money! of expensive dinners, banquets,
luncheons, teas, tennis Journeys and bits
Of country life generally, and we have
tried to say things of all of the people
all of the time-a very difficult feat, even
for society editor for everybody won't
stay nice all of the time, though they
make pretty good average.
En- PEASANT, newspaper person can't
please every one always, and the sooner
he or she makes up his or her mind to
that situation, the sooner the aforemen-
toned mind gets bit of rest.
| Two unusually Interesting features
of the wedding of Miss Eunfce Wakelee
| Smith, daugf-
Wore Her Great ter of DR.. and
Grandmother's Frock. snce - a smitb
and Mr.. Harry E. Smith, which took
place recently in Seattle, at the Pill
grim Congregational Church, were that
| the day was the twenty-f1fth wedding
anniversary of the brides parents, and
|
worn by her great-grandmother in 1918
at her wedding.
| The bride was quantity sweet in the
| gown. which was made in the Joseph
inc period style, with high waist line.
| short pulled waist and sleeves, with
| full skirt escaping the floor, and fin
| ished at the bottom with chenille en-
broidery and ruff1ed ribbon. The bodice
was made with neck and trimmed
! with bands of chenille. The material
is of the shimmering white silk so pop
| ular at that time. With it she wore a
| tulle veil arranged in the back from a
bandeau of pearls, which encircled her
brow. She carried an old-fashioned
| round nosegay of pink sweet peas. The
only ornament worn was lavalliere.
attached to platinum chain, the gift
of the groom.
The bridesmaids' gowns were fash
| Toned to correspond with the brides
| costume, and were of pink marquisette,
| made high-waisted with short sleeves
and full skirts, the lower parts trim
! med with loops of white ribbons caught
with pink roses. Pink tul1e fell from
| the shoulders and each carried the old
| fashioned bouquets of pink and white
sweet peas.
| Miss Natalie Matthews now claims as
her own cottage the old whipple house,
Ham 1t IN. Mass,
Has q ZOO.Year- built over 200 years
Old Cottage. Renovated dn ana mas s utea
up for her occupancy by her father. Ma
| than Matthews. The house will be in
! readiness for Miss Matthews some time
| this month. Although the house has
| been remodeled. it preserves it's old
| style of architecture. the quaint old
| doorway and massive big chimney CIV
| ing 1t very ancient appearance. Mr.
| and Mrs. Matthews have apartments at
| the Hotel Belmont, Bar Harbor, for the
summer, although Mr.. Matthews will be
at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton
| for portion of the time.
| X X
| The family reunion season is on.
There seems a regular season for the
| assemblage of
It Is Not a relatives. great