Evening star., 1915-09-15

ried a shower bouauet of bridal roses
and valley lilies.
/ The maid of honor was Miss Ieno
| A. Young, sister of the bride, and she
wore yellow satin, with slippers to
! match, and carried an arm bouquet or
blush pink roses. The bridesmaids
were Miss Lucille Taylor of PURCELL
vile and Miss Tecy G. Beaman of Troy.
n. c. ] They wore green satin dresses
| and carried bouquets of yellow roses
| and ferns.
i Mr. Percy S. Vaughan of Wilmington
n. c., was best man. The groomsmen
were Mr.. Clarence Staceland OF VII.
| mington, n. c., and Mr.. l.. B. Morr1ss OF
/ Rocky Mount, n. c., while the ushers
| were Messrs Clate and Curtis Paxson
| of Purcellville.
A reception followed at the home OF
| the brides parents Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
| left later for an extended wedding tour
! through western North Carolina, Ten
nessee and South Carolina The brides
| travelling dress was of navy blue
gabardine trimmed with black velvet
and old gold. They will be at home at
407 Walnut street, Wilmington, N. c..
after october l.
The out-of-town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ Wood of Wilmington. N. C.:
Mrs. Alex Fields of Rocky Mount N. c.:
Mrs. Alfred Wilson and Miss Wilson of
Bethesda. Md: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Walker of Waterford, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
T Felts, Misses Alice Elmore and Ella
Houpt of Leesburg, Messrs. NJ. F. Pat
terson, w r. and j. B. King of Wash
ington and Mr. and Mrs. H. NJ Hoge
of Lincoln.
Judge and Mrs. Marion c. Edwards
of Dawson. Ga. have announced the
engagement of their daughter Marion
and Mr.. Michael Francis Cronin of
Muscatine, Iowa, and this city, the
wedding to take place at home Novem-
Der 8.
Miss Katherine Marriott of this city
is spending this week the guest of her
aunt, Miss Eugenia Coleman, in Louis
Vile, KY, after which she will con-
tinue her visit to another aunt, Mrs.
George c. Norton.
Miss Nancy Lane, daughter of Secre
tary of the Interior and Mrs Franklin
K. Lane of this city, is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cordenio A. Severance at
their country home. Cedarhurst, st.
| Paul Park, St. Paul.
summer at her home in California, has
arrived in Washington for a short stay
! before returning to Petrograd, where
she will join the ambassador.
| The marriage of Miss Catherine
| Capps daughter of Capt. w. Lee Capps
of Chicago, and Mr.. Thornton A. Jew
EFT will take place this evening at the
reSldenCe OF lne DTlne uncle ana
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Luthur w. Irwin,
with whom she makes her home. Rev.
Dr. w. r. Wedderspoon will perform
the ceremony and the attendants will
include little Miss Elizabeth Shultz as
flower girl and Masters Westley Irwin
and Earl Hilman as pages.
A reception will follow and after
short wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Jewett
will be at home at Carlton Terrace
Miss Frances Anna SiIlers and Mr.
Walter Evans of Charleston, S. c., were
married very quietly today at noon at
! the home of the brides mother, Mrs.
| Ellen Sillers, at 313 II street north
| west. Rev. Father Thomas McGuigan
| officiated.
| The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Ruth Coke and Mr.. Stan
| ley Stokes in Philadelphia yesterday
makes the fifth following the marriage
of Mr.. and Mrs Angler Duke. last
, April, among the attendants at that
| event.
! Miss Coke is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Printon Coke and the pro-
! spective bridegroom a son of Mr.. and
! Mrs Thomas c. Stokes.
DR.. and Mrs William L. Robbins and
Miss Helen p. Palmer have returned
! from their cottage at Ocean City, Md
! where they spent the summer.
| The betrothal of Miss Elsa Reath and
! John Appleton was fact before the
engagement of Miss Cordelia Biddle
and Mr.. Duke announced, was
! that of Miss Hope Beale and Oliver
| Cromwell.
| OF the three engagements that fol-
lowed the first to be announced was
i that of Miss Mary Duke. sister of the
! bridegroom, and Anthony J. Drexel
| Biddle. jr.; then Miss Ellen Yuille and