The Washington herald., 1916-03-30

Florida, stopping at Savannah, jack
sonville and St Augustine.
Owing to the recent illness of the
bride. the wedding was a very quiet
one, only a few intimate friends and
relatives of the young couple being
present.
Mrs. willard Salisbury will be at
home this afternoon for the last time
this season.
Mrs. Francis s. Nash will not re-
ceive today. but will be at home
April 6.
Mrs. J. Wager Hamilton on Saturday
gave the last of her series OF limerick
luncheons" in honor OF her mother. Mrs.
Melville C. Davis, the guests being:
, Mesdames BleaknoG. Chambers. ]. Fin
ney Engle, augustus r. Hanson. Rays.
Francis NJ. Mccoy. Perkins, Shields, VIM.
D. Tewksbury. Melville B. Tewksbury.
Court F.. Wood, DR.. Helen Perkins and
Miss Kittie st. John.
Mrs. Samuel W. Brown. Mr.. and
Mrs. C. A. Tones, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
H. Buckley and Mr.. Goodhue Liv-
ingston. jr.. all of New York. are
stopping at the Shoreham.
| The Marquis and Warehouses of Aber-
deem, and Mayor and Mrs. John Purroy
Mitchell headed the list of patrons OF
the folk dance ball for the benefit of the
Aberdeen Fund of the Womens National
| Health Association of Ireland, held in
the winter garden of the McAlpin Hotel
in New York last evening. Miss Eliza
beth Burchenal was in charge of the
dance numbers. The setting reproduced
the simple out-of-door surroundings in
which folk dances are done in their ma
tive countries. and the guests were at
tired in peasant costumes of various ma
tionalities. The Aberdeen Fund is used
to further the welfare work for women
and children IN Ireland, their principal
concern now being the completion of a
tuberculosis hospital near Dublin which
| is imperiled by war conditions.
| Mrs White, wife of Capt. George H.
White. U. S. A. of New York. is visiting
Mrs. Bennett, wife of Maj. William C.
Bennett. U. S. A, at her apartment al
the Cairo.
| Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Bartlett Miss
| Dorothy Bartlett and Mrs. William
McGregor. of Windsor, Ontario. ar
spring visit, and are stopping at the
Shoreham.
i Col. and Mrs. George II. Morgan, L. S.
A.. announce the engagement OF their
daughter Edith to De Rosey Carroll Ca
bell, jr., class Of 1916, United states Mill
tary Academy.
Mrs. W. Henry Singer and Miss ]
NJ. Harding. of Pittsburgh. who are
returning from the South, arrived al
the Willard yesterday for a short
stay. Mrs. J. N. Camden, of Parkers-
burg. West Va. mother of Senator
Camden, of Kentucky. and Mrs. B
D. Spilman. jr., of warrenton, Va
who are en- route from Miami Florida
Mrs. Charles S. Holt and Miss Marian
Holt of Chicago. and Miss Gertrude
Sackett. Miss Helen Sackett and Mrs
other arrivals there of yesterday.
A beautiful wedding took place in the
post chapel at Fort Leavenworth at
o'clock Saturday afternoon, March Is
when Miss Marie Louise Newton, Of thi:
city, was married to Lieut.. John Par
sons Wheeler, Fifth United States Cav
airy AS the strains of the LohengriI
wedding march pealed through the beau
tiful old chapel, crowded to its scit.
with friends, the Bridal party slowl.
marched up the aisle in flood of sprini
sunshine. The procession was led b,
the ushers, Lieuts. Rapp Brush, F. c. V
Crowley. E. A. Miller, jr., and F. z
Boye. Next came the matron of honor
Mrs. Rapp Brush, and the bride will
Gen. Greene, who acted for her fathe
In giving her in marriage to the Bride
groom, who, with his best man, Lieut.
IL. w. Byron, was awaiting her at thu
altar. The bride wore her travelling
gown of midnight blue gabardine anC
silk, with a hat to match, and carrie,
a bouquet of Bride roses. The matroI
of honor was attired in an Afternoon
gown of the same shade as the bride s
with a picture hat, and carried an arm
bouquet of Bride roses. The, ceremon,
was performed by the Rev R. K. Pooley
of st. Pauls Episcopal Church, o
Leavenworth. The chapel was decorate
with spring flowers of cavalry yellow
A pretty feature of the wedding tool
place at the close OF the ceremony, whel
the cavalry troop of the groom fanke
either side Of the walk and as the bird
and groom stepped through the door