Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
Picked Up Here and There.

An a fresco wedding was that OF
| Miss Louise Leavitt. daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Fl. H. Leav-
A Wosb;ro+on lit to Norman Mitch
ell, son of Mr.. and
bridegroom. Mrs. A S. Mitchell of
Washington. D. c., that took place
j Wednesday evening at o'clock at the
home of the brides parents. 2o15 James
avenue s. says the Minneapolis Jour
nal The vows We're spoken beneath
| canopy of oak boughs and wild roses
arranged in the garden under tall
| trees The way from the house to the
garden altar was lined on either side
by wicker vases filed with golden sy
| ringa polypopium ferns and gladioli.
| The altar was bank of ferns, gladioli,
| Iarkspur and wild roses. White tapers
| burned in rustic candelahra. Miss Mar
! earet Cotton played the Lohengrin
| wedding march as the bridal party ap-
| peared Leading the procession were
| the ushers, DR.. Joseph Little of st.
| Paul with Philip Wechselburg of Mil
| waukee and Jerry Lyons of Cresco.
| Iowa. with John Jenswold of Duluth
! The bridesmaids entered two and
| two wearing frocks of lowered pink
| taffeta with draped skirts and close
fitting bodices. They held shower bou-
quets of lady daisies. The brides
maids were Miss Alice Leavitt, a sister
| of the bride; Miss Florence Drewry OF
| st. Paul, Miss MARCEL Mitchell. sister
! of the bridegroom. and Miss Ruth Dale
| of Renville, Mimi.
, Miss Helen Leavitt was her sisters
| maid of honor. She wore a gown of
| pale green taffeta with a bouffant skirt
! and close-fitting bodice draped in lace
| and fashioned in pointed basque eff
| feet. She held an arm bouquet of Mrs.
| Charles Russell roses.
The bride walked with her father,
1 h har in arria rrt
| train gown was of white satin made
| with a full skirt draped over founda
| ton of Chantilly lace. The snugft-
| ing bodice of satin and georgette crepe
| was fashioned with a yoke embroider
| ed in seed pearls. Her veil was caught
at the back of the couture and wreath
of orange blossoms encircled her heaC.
She held a shower bouquet of lilies of
the valley and orchids The bride was
| met at the altar by the bridegroom and
his best man. John MCGEE of st. Paul.
About $50 guests witnessed the cere
mony. DR.. John W, Powell. pastor of
| Lowry Hill Congregational Church.
| officiated.
| Receiving at the reception were the
parents of the bride, Mrs. c. E. Leavitt.
grandmother of the bride, and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. S. Mitchell of Washington
parents of the bridegroom.
| Mr.. Mitchell and his bride will be al
home after July Is at 2s71 Humboldt
avenue S. The bride is a graduate of
1916. and belongs to Kappa Alpha The
ia Sorority. Mr.. Mitchell was graduated
| from the university in 1914 and is a
member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
reminder to Washington official
society of the Mckinley administration
\ was in the account
I Of Interest tn given in the De
| nr p, troit Free Press of
onAeidiS nere. a marriage in that
city Wednesday, June 81, the bride
being the granddaughter of President
Mckinley's Secretary of War during
the Spanish American war, the late
Gen. Russell A. Alger 1t runs:
| The wedding of Miss Josephine Al
ger. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Alexander Alger jr., to Mr. Henry
| Francis CLANCY was very beautifully
| celebrated in the late afternoon We'd
| nesday at the Crosse Pointe Protestant
Church
The quaint gothic edifce where the
| ceremony took place was charmingly
| adorned for the occasion The wall
| space was entirely covered with south
| ern vines, and the window, lodges held
boxes filled with pink and white peo-
| MES and dropping vines In the chan
! Gel were a profusion of ferns and
| palm trees and tall floor standards of
pink and white peonies. SentineIing
| the gold prie-dieu on which the couple
| knelt to receive the blessing were gold
candelabra holding glowing tapers, and
! forming an aisle for the bridal party
| were torches bearing huge clusters of
| the nodding pink and white blooms
The Lohengrin wedding march was
played as the wedding party entered
| the bride with her father who gave
her away She was strikingly hand
| some in gown of white tuIle over
| being embroidered in pearls and simple
! bodice outlined with the same The
| court train fell from the shoulders
| and over this was the veil of illusion,
| the ends forming a second train. Her
flowers were white orchids.
| Miss Fay Alger attended her sister
as maid of honor. Her gown. as were
those of the bridesmaids. Miss Joseph
inc Carpenter of Augusta, Ga; Miss
Isabelle Bridgeman of Norfolk, Conn;
Miss Dorothy Sewbold Of Philade lphia
Miss Sarah Whitaker of Wheeling "
Va; Miss Frances Sales and Miss An
nette Sheldon. was of the breeziest
tu1le in the different shades of pink
The skirt was made very full and cut
IN points, blue satin rose fastening
the draperies at the side. The bodice
was of tulle with coatee effect of
lace. They wore white neapolitan hats
ornameDted with a large pink rose and
carried lilies Of the valley and maiden
hair ferns.
Little Miss Frances Alger was the
flower girl and was very pretty in a
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