The Washington herald., 1915-12-06
Doings Of Society

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York. Mrs. Earle was formerly Miss
Lucy Nichols. Of Bayonne, N. J.
Gen Maxwell woodruff. accompanied
by his sister. Miss Woodruff, and his
brother, Mr.. Charles Woodruff, who have
been spending some time in New York,
have returned and taken apartments at
the Powhatan previous to opening their
house on @ street after the holidays.
Details have reached Washington of
the wedding Of Miss Dasha Allen and
Lieut.. Joseph Wadsworth viner which
was very beautiful event of Thursday
afternoon, November IS. the ceremony
taking place at o'clock at the home
of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Allen, Fort Ogle-
| thorpe. Ga. The bridal party descended
the stairs to the strains of the wedding
march. played by the Eleventh Cavalry
orchestra. Two little flower girls. Helen
and Frances Herr. in gowns of white
1 organdy and carrying white baskets of
yellow roses. preceded the matron Of
honor. Mrs. Frank NJ. Andrews. of Fort
Ethan Allen. VT. the brides sister. who
was gowned In charming creation of
pale pink taffeta. carrying sunset roses.
and Miss Ruth Anderson, OF Washing
ton. Is maid Of honor, who wore a cos
tune OF yellow taffeta. and carried yel-
low roses The two civilian groomsmen.
Mr. Edward ytner and Mr.. Henry T
Allen. tr., preceded the BRIDE who wore
an exquisite gown OF white tafYeta and
lace, with tulle veil arranged in cap
| fashion: her bouquet was of valley lilies
and orchids. She was met at the stair
case foot by her father. who walked
with her through an arch made by the
| crossed sabers OF the eight military
=, groomsmen. Leutenants Blunt. Robert
U l'rutcher
! Jernigan and Mcdonnell to a beautf-
full improvised altar of palms and white
| chrysanthemums. where they were met
| by the bridegroom. DR.. Louis Clarke
i of st Paul's Episcopal Church. read the
| marriage service. reception for some
l50 guests followed the ceremony The
! rooms We're elaborately decorated with
palms and yellow and white chrysanthe-
! NUNS. Lieut. and Mrs. Viner left for a
motor trip through the South.
The annual ball for the benefit Of IN.
Children's Country Home will be given
| at Rauscher's Tuesday. December n,
| at 10 O'Clock. Mrs. Joseph Letter. the
president Of the board. is giving large
dinner that night at her home in Vir-
Efnia and taking her guests later to
! Rauschers. Mrs. James wadsworth,
Mrs Preston Gibson. Mrs. Robert Nc
Cormick and Mrs. Perry Belmont have
made TO equal the brilliant success of
last year.
Mai and Mrs E. V. BookmilIcr. Z. s
A.. will be at the Brighton. In Washing
ton. during the winter
Baron Shibusawa. Of japan. and party
are at the New Willard. having arrived
In Washington yesterday from New York
City. The baron Is touring the United
States. accompanied by large delegation
from Japan.
Among some OF the prominent arrivals
at the Hotel Powhatan who will remain
for the winter are: Congressman H. p.
Snyder and Mrs. Snyder. of Little Falls
y. Y: Congressman W. r. Charles and
Mrs. Charles. of Amsterdam v. Y: Con-
gresham George p. O'Shaunessv and
Mrs O'Shaunessy. of Providence, r. l.:
former Congressman Maurice ConnaIly OF
Aubugne, Iowa: Mr.. John Barrett direc-
tor general Of the Pan-American Union,
and Capt. Francis NJ Barber. U. s. A.
retired.
The concert of the Motet Choral So
ciety. directed by Otto T Simon. to be
given at the Memorial Continental Hall
on Wednesday evening. Decembe- Is. will
he Under the patronage Of Mrs L.arz An
derson. Mrs. Sidney Balou. Miss Laura
Harlan. Mrs. Franklin Lane. Mrs Henry
Peckham. Mrs Buckner Randolph. the
Rev F. Ward Denys. Admiral Stockton
and Mr.. Walter Dwight Wilcox
This choral organization of 100 trained
voices will give the Nativity music from
Praetorium and Bach and the Messiah"
of Handel. II will have the assistance of
the Edith RubeI trio. of New York: Edith
Rubel. violin: Vera Poppe. cello. ano
Brenda Putnam. piano. Miss Putnam is
the daughter of Mr.. Herbert Putnam. H.
barian of the Library OF Congress.
One of the prettiest military wed
dings in the history of Fort Ethan
Allen. VT, was that which was cele-
brated November %. when Miss poro-
thy Manning Dickman, daughter of
Col. j. 7. Dickman, L. s. A. was mar
ried TO Lieut. Charles W. Foster. Sec
ond U. S. Cavalry. The ceremony was
performed by Chaplain David l..
Fleming in the ballroom of the admin
istration building before the officers
of the post and their wives out-of-
town guests. guests from Burlington
and the noncommissioned officers OF
the regiment The ballroom and the
supper room were beautifully deco
rated. the plans for the decorations
adjutant of the Second Cavalry, ano
Mrs. Coke. The regiment orchestra
played pleasing selections. The ushers
Lieut.. W. G. Meade. of the Second
Cavalry, and Lieut.. II. R. Bull. of the
Thirtieth Infantry. led the way up the
aisle to the altar. which had been con-
structed in one corner of the room
diagonally opposite, the ushers rop-
ing of the aisle with white ribbon
They were followed by the maid oi
honor. Miss Mary Devol. daughter OF
Gen. c. \. Devol- U. s. A. She was
followed by the bride on the arm OF
her father. The best man was Mai
Wallace De Witt, surgeon. Second
Cavalry. The single ring service OF
the Episcopal church was used. Col.
Dickman giving his daughter in mar
riage. Just outside of the main door