Evening star., 1916-12-14
EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
President and Mrs. Wilson Give
Third Large Dinner Tonight.
Governors as Guests.
Wedding of Miss Britton and Prince
Observation-Disclosures of
Austro-Hungarian Consulate.

conference at W washington IL Will De
the third large dinner party the Presi-
dent and Mrs Wilson have entertained
within the week.
The marriage of Miss Catharine A.
Britton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Alex
ander Britton, and granddaughter OF
the late Mr.. A. T. Britton and Mrs:
Britton of this city, and Prince Ai1feo
zu he-Schillingsfurst, formerly
| of the Austro- Hungarian embassy, took
| place at noon today at the residence OF
| the brides parents, 1911 Q street
northwest. Mgr. William Russeli, rec,
tor of St. Patrick's Church. performed
the ceremony in the presence OF a
small gathering of relatives and friends
of the bride and the bridegroom, num-
bering about seventy and including the
German ambassador and Countess Won
Hungarian embassy and of the other
central powers. The house was elab-
orately decorated with flowers. Vines
entwined the banisters of the stairway
leading to the library on the second
floor. where the ceremony took place
before the central window of the three
across the front of the room. Tall
palms towering to the ceiling formed
the background with white chrysan-
themums. farleyence ferns and a touch
of pink bloom filling in the foreground:
| On either side were tall standards of
Easter lilies. There was a white ga tin
priedieu. in the center of which the
| bridal pair knelt for the blessing. The
bride. who entered with her father.
was attended by her sister. Mrs. H.
Wells Rusk. wife of Paymaster Rusk,
Y. S. N. and Mr.. stephen Hedry de
Hedri of the Austro-Hungarian en-
bassy was best man for the BRIDE
groom. The bride wore a gown of
ivory satin embroidered in pearls in a
design of Easter lilies. There was an
empiecement of the embroidery. and
soft girdle of the satin was outlined
with it. A panel Of it ran up the front
of the skirt from the hem. The sleeves
were short and of tulle and the square
neck was outlined with folds Of the
tulle. She wore long tulle veil with
a spray of orange blossoms above the
forehead. long gloves and a string of
pearls. Her bouquet was sheaf of
Easter lilies with a shower of lilies of
| the valley. Mrs. Rusk wore a gown of
gray chiffon with bands of chinchilla
! and carried pink roses.
Mrs. Britton, mother of the bride,
wore gown of sapphire velvet
| A bouffet breakfast followed the cere-
| mony, and later in the afternoon Prince
Hohenlohe and his bride left Washing
| ton for wedding trip, which will
terminate at San Francisco, where
with the Austro-Hungarian consulate.
| The wedding was very quiet because
of the mourning in the bridegroom's
country for the late emperor, the war
brothers at the front. Prince Hohen-
lohe has been in this country about two
years. He was transferred from the
| Washington embassy to the consular
office at San Francisco last spring. The
bride made her debut several years ago,
and has been specially identified with
the diplomatic circle. She went to Eu-
rope shortly after the outbreak of the
war, and nursed in hospital in France
for several months.
| The Attorney General and Mrs Greg
Tory will entertain at dinner in honor
of the President and Mrs. Wilson on
Monday, January %.
| Mrs. Marshall wife of the Vice Presi-
dent. was the honor guest at a large
luncheon given by Mrs. George T. Por-
ter at her residence in New Hampshire
avenue today.
| Gen. and Mrs. Hugh L. Scott will en-
tertain distinguished company at din
ner this evening. including several
members of the cabinet and of the
diplomatic corps.
! Mr.. John Barrett. director general of
the Pan-American Union. entertained
at luncheon today in the Columns room
Of the Pan American building in honor
Of his cousin. Miss Harriet MacDaniel
of Atlanta, Ga, who is visiting Miss
Helen Blodgett.
| Mrs Delos A. Blodgett entertained at
dinner last evening at the Chevy
Chase Club in honor of Miss Harriet
MacDaniel of Atlanta. who is visiting
Miss Blodgett. The other guests were
Mrs John Carroll Payne of Atlanta,
Mrs. Peoples Miss Lucy BurlAson,
Miss Ruth Wilson. Miss Carolyn Nash,
Miss Adelaide Heath. Senator-elect Nc
! Keller of Tennessee. Mr.. John Barrett
nr TOY
Mr.. Omar Conger. Lieut. Heath, Mr.. Ed
ward Dewey. Mr.. Waldo Hill and Mr.
Joseph Abbott.
DR.. Taylor Boyd Dixon will entertain
at thea+er party this evening in honor
of Miss Harriet MacDanie1
| distinguished audience filled the
ball room and the adjoining apart
| ments at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
| William Corcoran Eustis yesterday aft
| ernoon for the benefit in aid of the
| American ambulance field service in
| France. DR.. David Jayne Hill. former
| ambassador to Germany, made an ad
dress by way of opening the program,
| In which he spoke on neutrality in a
vein that met with an enthusiastic re-
| ception. Mr.. Emery Bottle. who has
! but recently returned from the front,
gave his personal experiences as an
ambulance driver. and there were
| thrilling moving pictures Of the Am
| bulance Corps and of the American
Aviation Corps. Among those in the
audience were Lady Spring-R Rice. Nine.
| Bakhmetef. Miss Jane Riggs. Mrs.
| Julian James. Mrs Hennen Jennings,
Miss Lee, Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs.
Charles c. Glover. Mrs. 7. T. Gaff. Mrs.
| Frederic Huidekoper, Mrs. Amos Fow-
| Ter, Mrs Hugh Wallace, Miss Sheriff.,
| Mrs. George Howard, Miss Perrin. Mrs.
A. Garrison McClintock. Mrs. Franklin
| Roosevelt. Mrs Arthur Lee, the Misses
Denys. Mrs. Stephen Slocum. Mrs. Ed
| ward Bonnaffon, DR.. and Mrs. George
| Becker, Mrs. Gist Blair. Mrs Franklin
H. Lawson. Mrs. William H. Wilmer,
| Mrs. David Jayne Hill. Mrs. Butler.
| Mrs. Calderon Carlisle. Mrs. Frank b.
| Noyes, Mrs. John w. Dwight, Miss
Lemira Gillett Hill. Miss Gillett, Miss
| Eloise Sargent, Mrs. James Wads-
worth. jr.: Mrs. Chauncey Hackett, Mrs.
| Thomas Chatard, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Peabody Eustis. Mrs. Thomas Ewing.
Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mr.. William B.
| Marrow. Mr.. Thomas Spring Rice and
Mr.. Clinton Stewart. Books entitled
| Friends of France" written by Amer
| lean drivers of ambulances. were car
ried through the audience and sold for
the benefit of the work.
| Mrs. F.. A. NJ Hopkins will entertain
| at a small dance this evening at her
| country home at Edgemoor in honor of
| her granddaughter, Miss Anne Hop
| kins. the debutante daughter of DR..
| and Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hopkins.
Senator and Mrs. Porter ]. McCumber
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