Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-19
EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Letter Home at Beverly Scene at
Noon Of Pitney-Williams
Wedding.
Italian Counselor Returns - Miss
Warfeld Engaged-Japanese
Naval Attache Entertains.

| A brilliant assemblage Of society folk
from Washington and other cities were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter
at Highwater, their summer home at
Beverly, at noon today. to witness the
marriage ceremony which united Mrs.
Letters sister, Miss Francise Williams.
and Mr.. John Ballantine Pitney of
Morristown. N. j.. and attend the
breakfast which followed.
The bride is the daughter of Col.
John r. Williams, U. S. A, retired. and
Mrs. Williams of Washington and made
her debut two years ago at the Pail
SADIE, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Letter
On the Potomac, in Virginia, and fol-
lowing a trip around the world with
them on the Vanderbilt yacht Niagara,
which MI Letter engaged for the jour
ney.
| Edgewater is the handsome home
| built by Mrs L. Z. Letter a few years
| before her death, and the bride OF to-
day was surrounded by a perfect maze
Of flowers, in which pink and blue
hydrangeas predominated. She wore an
EXQUISITE gown which appeared to be
constructed almost wholly of tulle,
while her bouquet was of the rarest
species of white orchids. Clusters Of
I
| touch to the bridal attire.
! Miss Ann Bradley of Morristown.
! N j., a cousin of the bridegroom. was
the only attendant for the bride. and
Mr.. Pitney was attended by Mr.. John
N Stearns. Sd. of Morristown. as best
man.
! Masters of ceremony who ushered the
guests to their various posts of van
! tage were: Mr.. Shelton Pitney and Mr..
Francis Bradley, cousins of the bride
groom; Mr.. John D. Wing. I'd: Com
| mander I1enry Butler and Mr.. Clarence
| U. S. Mitchell.
The marriage service was conducted
by the Rev. DR.. Nicholas r. Walsh,
pastor of st. Margaret's Catholic
Church of Beverly.
| At the breakfast. which followed. the
brides table was laden with pink
| roses and valley lilies. the favorite
flowers of the bride. while the tables
for guests bore masses of the rarest
fall flowers.
J. o. H. Pitney of Morristown. n. j.. and
| nephew of Mr.. Justice Pitney of the Su-
preme Court, who. with Mrs. Pitney.
was guest at the wedding today. He
appointment in the army. and following
out the wish of the bride, will enter the
service.
House guests from many cities assem-
bled at the home OF Mr. and Mrs Letter
and that of the brides parents, and last
evening Col and Mrs. Williams enter
tanned at a dinner dance at the Myopia
Hunt Club for the bridal company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pitney VIII be frequent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Letter and Col.
and Mrs. Williams during the winter
season
Mr.. Giuseppe Brambilla, counselor of
the Italian EN- bassy, has returned to
Washington for the season. The am
ba ssador and Countess di Cellere are
comfortably settled in the summer en-
bassy, Pitch Pine Hall. Beverly Farms
Mass and are not expected to return
here until about the middle of Octo-
Der.
The Postmaster General and Mrs
| Rurleson have planned to continue res
idence at Elmhurst, N. J.. until Octo-
Der l, when they will return here
The Misses Burleson. who spent part
| OF the summer on the Eaton ranch in
wyoming. and In riding through yell
| lowstone Park, are now visiting their
. sister in Texas.
An engagement of unusual interest tc
| society is that of Miss Wallis warfeld
daughter of Mrs. John Freeman RASH
Of Baltimore. and Lieut. T. Winfield
Spencer. United States Navy Aviation
Corps. son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Winfield
Spencer of Highland Park, Chicago
The wedding will be among the i'm
portant social events of November
Miss Warfeld has been one of the
most popular girls in society since hel
debut several years ago and has beer
much entertained both here and In
Baltimore. She has frequently visited
her aunt, Mrs. George Barnett, wife
of Maj. Gen. Barnett. u. S. A.
Lieut.. Spencer is a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy and IL
now stationed at Pensacola, Fla, where
he Is one of the instructors In aviation
| Commander kichisabu ro Nomuro, ma
val attache OF the Japanese embassy
entertained at dinner last evening at
the Shoreham in honor of Admiral Aki-
lyama of the Japanese navy. who Ia
jpassing through Washington. returning
to JspAA. The dinner was served in