Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-08

the bridegroom-elect and the Rev. Alban
5. Richey, the new rector of st Johns
Church will be the officiating clergymen.
The bride will be given in marriage by her
Iather and Will be attended by her sister,
Miss Sara Chichester, of this city as maid
of honor, and by her aunt, Mrs A. Felix
du Pont, as matron of honor. Her brides
maids will be Miss Harriet KirlSus Miss
Madeline Owens, Miss Mary Goldsboroush
Laird, all of Wilmington; Miss Doris Lea.
of Sandy Spring; Miss Mary Beverly Fox.
of this city, and Miss Jessie Van r.
Bond OF Baltimore. Little Miss Lydia
| Chichester du Pont, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Felix du Pont, and Miss Mollie du
| Pont Laird, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| William Wlnder Laird, will be flower girls.
Mr. Laird will have his brother Mr.. wal
ter j. Laird, as best man. Immediately
Following the ceremony, a reception will
be held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Felix du Pont, with whom Miss Chichester
has been making her home for several
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Spencer Graham
have opened their villa at Newport for
| the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald w. Kent. whose
| marriage took place on Saturday, are
spending their honeymoon at Lakewood
| N. j. Mrs. Kent was formerly Miss Kath-
leen Denniston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman w Cramp. Of
Seminole avenue, Chestnut Hill, gave a
large circus party Friday afternoon, in
| honor of their daughter Miss Virginia
Cramp. The guests were from the school
set
The Executive Committee of the Emer-
gency Aid Of Pennsylvania will give n
af tl,s,' 4,
ters, 1873 Walnut street. in honor of Mrs
Cornelius Stevenson, who has recently
been decorated by the French Government.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodman e. Grscom. of
Dolobran, Haverford, will c;ose their
country place the end of June, and with
their children, Mr.. Clement A. Griscom,
80, MISS Mary Starr Griscom and Mr.
Rodman Griscom, Jr., will leave for Watch
Hill, R. l., where they have taken a house
for the summer They will entertain sew
erai house parties during the season for
the younger set.
A tea Will be given this afternoon to
meet the Colonial Danes of America at
the Chapter House, 400 Locust street. by
Mrs Frederick Thurston Mason and Mrs.
John II. Easily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay B. Lipplncott, of 1925
Spruce street, will leave today for New
York where they will spend several days,
Early In June Mr.. and Mrs Lippincott
will close their town house and will omen
their country place at Meadowbrook.
Dr. and Mrs. Albert P. Francine and
family. of 264 South 21st street, have
taken house at Murray Bay, Canada.
where they will spend the summer They
will close their town house early in June
and, as Doctor Francine will not be able
to leave town until July, he will spend
the month of June at the Huntingdon VAL
ley Country Club and will join his family
at Murray Bay the first of July.
Miss Mildred Rice, of New York. who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs George
Emlen Starr. of Radnor, has returned
home.
Mrs. George A. Fletcher and Mr. and
Mrs. j. Ernest Richards, who have been
spending the winter in town, have opened
their house in Radnor.
One of the early summer weddings will
be that of Miss Nadine Camac Nell Prev
daughter of Mis-. Edward ]. Prev, of
Wayne, to Mr.. Duffield Ashmead Jr., of
Wayne. The ceremony will take place on
Saturday, June "a, at o'clock, in St
Mary's Episcopal Church, Wayne. Owing
TO the recent death of Mr.. Ashmead's
rather, the Rev. Mr. Duffield Ashmepd,
'here Will ne no reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Ellison are
occupying their new house on Montgomery
avenue
Captain and Mrs John Green have been
entertaining their son-inIsw and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs, Edwin NJ. MuIoch, of
Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs w. Glare Allison and their
family have returned from Atlantic City,
where they spent several weeks.
Miss Mabel Clark Megraw, of the grad
uating class of the Holman School, enter
tanned members of the faculty of the
school and her classmates at luncheon
Saturday at the Union League.
Mr.. and Mrs, r. G. Moore, of 2617 South
Colorado street. left for Atlantic City on
Saturday.
A reception was given Saturday night by
Miss Edna Steppacher. daughter of Mr..
Walter M. Steppacher, at her home, 1904
Spring Garden street Miss Steppacher's
engagement to Mr.. Max Young, Jr, of
New York, was announced recently.
Mrs. C. A. Carson, of 1905 Chestnut
street, was the weekend guest of Mrs
A. H. Brown, of Chelsea.