Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-06
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Miss Gaisberg and Mr.. Maurer
Married at Noon
Today.
Cromwell-Beale Wedding in Phila-
delphia October 3-Luncheons.
Recent Events-Notes.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Forster was the scene Of a beautiful
wedding today at noon. when the lat
came the bride of Mr.. Rufus Henry
Maurer of New York.
The ceremony was performed in the
spacious stairway hall by the Rev.
George F. Dudley before an improvised
altar, banked with palms and ferns.
Yellow chrysanthemums formed the
decoration in the drawing room, while
pink roses and fern formed the center
piece and banked the mantle in the
dining room.
The bride, who was given in marriage
by Mr.. Forster, wore a gown of heavy
white satin embroidered in pearls
Her tulle veil was held with ban
deau of pearls, and she carried
shower bouquet of white orchids and
lilies of the valley.
| Little Miss Elizabeth Gaisberg, the
brides niece. was her only attendant,
and she wore pink pussy willow tai
feta gown trimmed with lace and car
ried large basket filled with pink
rosebuds.
Mr.. Earl Carhaugh of this city acted
as best man.
A breakfast followed, when the new
ceiving by Mrs. Forster, who wore
handsome imported gown Of white tat
feta, with an overdress of white chtf-
fon edged with white fur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurer left this after
noon for their wedding trip. the latter
wearing a smart travelling suit of Lon
don smoke panne velvet with collar and
cuffs of sealskin and a black velvet hat.
They will be at home at GIT West 2O4th
street, New York city, after December l.
Miss Hope Truxton Beale, daughter. Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Beale. and
Oliver Eaton Cromwell. son of Mrs. E. T.
Stotesbury, will be married in Phiiadei-
phia November instead OF November ..
the date originally set.
Mrs George D. Widener Of Philadel-
phia and Newport, whose husband and
son were lost on the Titanic, of which
she was a survivor, is to marry very
shortly DR.. Alexander Hamilton Rice. the
American explorer. The engagement was
rumored some weeks ago, and promptly
denied by the lady.
The couple first met last June at the
dedication Of the -million-dollar
Widener memorial library at Harvard,
Mrs Wideners gift In memory Of her son.
The past summer Mrs. Widener spent in
Newport in her new villa. Miramar. the
housewa rming of which made the great
social event of the season there,
Mrs. Widener was Miss Eleanor Elkins
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years of age, DR.. Rice being her junior
by seven years. Her other son George
d. Widener. jr. is at present in Harvard.
In addition to immense wealth, which
she inherited both from her father and
her husband, Mrs. Widener is the owner
of famous rope of pearls said to be
valued at $4,000. They were given her
as a Christmas gift by her husband In
1909. Her other jewels are notable, too.
The art treasures in her Newport villa
are estimated at 100000.
Dr. Rice is noted for scientific research
in his South American expeditions In
1907 he was so long beyond communities
ton in the region Of the headwaters Of
had persisted. He advanced to the sources
| of remote tributaries Of the Amazon with
an expedition that returned in 1913, after
two years Of exploration, and was year
ago awarded the patrons gold medal of
the Royal Geographical Society and the
| gold medal of the Harvard Travellers
| Club for his discoveries in this and pre-
| vious expeditions in Ecuador, Venezuela
and Colombia
| Mrs. Edwin Seton gave a dance last
night for Miss Marta de Calvo. daugh-
| ter of the former minister to this coun-
try from Costa Rica. and her hance.
Thomas Dempsey Harrington of Bos-
! ton. Members of the bridal party were
also guests. The wedding will take
place tomorrow at the apostolic dele
gates house and Will be followed by
| a breakfast at the home of Nine. de
Calvo.
| Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson. who passed
| the sumemr at Southampton. L. l., ar
rived in New York yesterday to remain
| a few days before coming here for the
winter.
| Countess Gizycka of this city, who
passed the summer in the Thayer villa
in Newport, has arranged to return to
that resort next summer. and has
rented a villa.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Gamer Wieder-
seim of Philadelphia will give a dinner
daughter Miss Edwina Elkins Bruner.
and Mr.. C. A. Hecksher Wetherill,
whose wedding will take place Satur-
day In st. James P. e. Church, that
city. A stag dinner party will be given
| tonight by Mr.. Wetherills ushers and
his best man at the Mask and Wig
clubhouse, in honor of the groom to- be.
Mr. John Wanamaker, jr, will give a
luncheon tomorrow at the Huntington
Valley Country Club, and in the even
ing Mr.. Wetherill will give an informal
dinner dance at the Mask and Wig
Club for the entire bridal party.
The marriage of MISS Mabelle Morton
Thomas. formerly Of this city. and Mr..
Edward ]. Humphreys of Philadelphia
took place Saturday. October 2, at noon,
/ at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond,
Va, the brides brother-in-law, Rev. r.
Fulton Hopkins. officiating. Mr.. and
for Old Point. They will visit the Pa
cific coast before going to Philadelphia,
where they will be at home. after De-
cember /, at, 5107 North 18th street.