Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-21

Az INTERESTING wedding will take
II place this evening when Miss Adah
Stewart Durbin daughter Of MIR and Mrs
Robert Holmes Durbn of Narberth ave-
nue. Narberth, will become the bride of
Mr. Louis A. Whine, Of swarthmore. The
ceremony will be performed in the Mar
berth Presbyterian Church and the pastor
the Rev John Van Ness, will ofliciate.
The chanccl will be banked with palms
and beautifully decorated with pink ana
white roses The bride who will be given
In marriage by her father, Will wear
handsome ivory-whtte satin gown with
lonE-waisted bodice and sleeves fashioned
of silver thread lace. while the skirt win
effective overdrapery of tullc, VIII De
Joined to the waist with pearl Dahu'ns,
The long court train will fan from Ilie
shoulders. and the veil Of tulle, arfaHseu
with a frill at the back. will be caught win
n string of pearls across the hair.
shower bouquet Of Bride roses anu i''es
of the valley will be carried. ..
The maid Of honor, Miss Evelyn llal t,, L,5,
will wear dainty froclS Of white sllN
net over flesh pink chiffon. An eHectNy
touch will be the broad girdle of blue ana
lavender silk combined with pink NelNet
while a large fiat hat of gcorgette CIepe
with band Of pale blue ribbon inset WV"
exquisite pink silk flowers VIII coinp'ete
the costume Miss Harris will carry an
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shower Of lavender sweet peas. MISS Doro-
thy Durbin. sister of the bride; MISS anne
Marshall Miss Helen Wtngate ana MISS
Isabel Martin will be bridesmaids. lhey
will be dressed alike in dainty irncNs OF
ecru silk lace over pinl, satin. MADE WIN
full skirts and high blue silk girdles en-
circed with pink roscbuds. They VIII wear
picturesque hats of plated pink seoEeltS
crepe trimmed with summer howers anu
will carry arm bouuuets OF pale pink roses
NFY r. :
hest man. and the ushers Will include MI
Robert Stewart Durbn and Mr. w Wlluau
Durbin, brothers of the bride; MT. FRANK
Winnie brother of the bridegroom, and Mr'
~ Lester Jefferies. Following the ceFe-
mony n reception will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Durbin.
Mr. and Mrs Whine will be at home at
800 Swarthmore Park avenue Swarthmore,
after September l.
ALLEN-HITCHCOCK
The marriage of Miss Sarah r. Hitch
cock daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. EDWARD
r. Hitchcock. of go South 18Th street
and Mr. William S. Allen will take place
this evening at st. Paul Presbyterian
Church. 5ath street and Baltimore avenue,
at 7 o'clock The Rev. Dwight w. Wylie Will
perform the ceremony Mrs. Johh ieniy
Brewer. II sister of the bride, WIN be
matron of honor, and the bridesmaids wlli
include Miss Ruth Harding. Miss Irene
Kinsler. Miss Bertha McCurdy and Miss
Violet Abbott Mr.. Allen will have his
brother. Mr. Harold Allen, as best man.
and the ushers will include Mr.. John Henry
Brewer. Jr., Mr.. A. Brook Lister, Mr.. T.
Foster Browning and Mr. c. Herbert Har-
rigan.
Miss Hitchcock, who will be given in
marriage by her father, will wear gown
of white embroidered net, made with
train Orange blossoms will be used on
the veil of tulle, and she will carry white
roses and lilies of the valley Mrs. Brewers
frocR will be blue net, artistically combined
with taffeta, and she will wear picture
hat of horsehair faced with georGette crepe
and trimmed with streamers. She will carry
an arm bouquet of white peontes. The
bridesmaids froclis will be made alike.
of pink and white embroidered net. Their
picture hats of pink will have streamcrs of
black velvet, and they will carry pink
sweet peas. After an extended wedding
journey Mr.. and Mrs. Allen will live at 230
South 40th street until the autumn