The Washington herald., 1916-11-03
ELABORATE WEDDING
Held IN ALEXANDRIA
Marguerite Wheatley Field Weds John
Gardner Graham.
THE HERALD. BUREAU,
3. L Knight q Son.
1-e3 King Street.

THE HERALD, BUREAU,
q. Z Knight Son.
0S3 King Street.
Alexandria, Va, Nov. 2.-Miss Mar
guerits wheatley Field, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Knox Field. and
John Gardner Graham, both of this
city, were married at 10 o'clock this
morning In the Washington Street
Methodist Episcopal Church South, in
the presence of capacity congrega-
ton of relatives and friends.
The church was decorated in palms
and yellow chrysanthemums. The
bride was given in marriage by her
father. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. W. Duffey. d. D., pastor
and Rev. e. v. REGISTER.
The bride was attired in q brown
velvet suit trimmed in fox fur with a
bodice of yellow Georgette embroider-
ed in brown. She wore a brown hat
and a corsage bouquet Of orchids and
lilies of the valley.
The brides only attendant was her
sister. Mrs. Thomas Henry Clarke. OF
Thomas Henry Clarke, of washington.
Miss Elizabeth Leckie, preceding the
wedding, sang three selections:
Love You. Truly" "Just Wearying
for You" and "Oh. Promise Me.
Those serving as ushers were
Charles Herbert Burns, OF Baltimore'
Frank NJ Pierce. Of washington; 10
ssnh z schwarzmann, Kenneth W.
Ogden, Frank G. Campbell and J. Z.
W. Timberman- -,
Immediately following the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs Graham departed for an
extended Northern trip. After Decem-
ber / they will be at home at brao
dock Heights, Alexandria County:
The bridegroom Is member OF tne
- OGDEN.
virginia Consistory. No. 2, Scottish Kite
Masons, tonight gave a banquet In tne
Young PEOPLES Building following the
comforting Of the thirty-second degree OF
the order on a class of candidates.
William 8. Connolly. master OF kooasn'
was master of ceremonies and toast
master.
About twenty-five members from WASH
ington attended
The following made addresses: Charles
II. Callahan, past master OF AleXandrla-
Washington Lodge; E. z. Simpson, sec
retary of the Scottish Rite bodies IN
Washington; Henry K. Field deputy
grand master of the Grand Lodge OF Nlr-
ginia: ]. E. w. Timberman, grand high
priest OF the Grand Chapter Of Virginia;
J. Johnston Green, deputy eminent com
mander Of the Grand Commandery OF
Virginia; Rev. ]. J. Lenier D. D.' OF
Georgia Consistory, Savannah, Ga, rector
of St Georges P. E. Church, Fredericks-
burg; Charles H. Burns, OF chesapeake
Consistory, Baltimore.
Solos were given by Wilmer ]. Waller
and Kenneth W. Ogden.
James E. Alexander, past wise master
of Randolph Chapter. Rose Crotx, this
city, pronounced invocation and benedic-
tion was pronounced by Rev. J. J. Lenler'
D. D., of Fredericksburg.
rft in dnRraA WORK
included Chester A. Gwinn, Frank W.
Latham, Arthur A. Paul, Henry K. Field,
Percy E. Cliff, Alexander NJ. Sherwood
and Benedict Well.
About Is chickens on an automobile
truck were roasted alive this afternoon
when the truck caught fire and before the
fire could be extinguished its big load or
furniture in addition to the chickens was
destroyed and the truck wrecked.
Twenty-Five chickens that escaped suf-
location were drenched by fremen and
sought refuge in a vacant lot nearby.
The furniture and chickens were the
property Of Mr.. Coswell. of Ballston,
Alexandria County, who was moving to
Occoquan, Va The truck was driven by
w. H Spaulding, and Is the property OF
the Ballston Transfer Company.
At the time of the hre the machine
was on Alfred street between Wilkes and
Gibbon streets.
Plans for the entertainment of the
members of William L. Elkins' Lodge OF
Masons, of Philadelphia who will on
Thursday be guests of Alexandria-Wash-
ington Lodge, Of this city. have been
completed by C. Page Waller. worshipful
master, and the committee in charge of
the Philadelphians on arriving in Wash
ington, will be met by committee OF
members and escorted in automobiles
around Washington and arrive in this
city early in the afternoon Afterward
they will go in automobiles to Pohick
Church and Mount Vernon.
The visitors at night will attend
meeting of Alexandria Washington Lodge
which will be followed by a banquet
served in the Westminster Building.
Miss Anna May Lynn and James Clin-
ton Alexander were married this after
noon at the parsonage Of the First Bap-
tist Church by Rev. E. B. Jackson, D. D.,
pastor.
Miss Alice Roberta Travers. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs John w. Travers, were
married last night at the brides home
by Rev. W. ]. Morton, rector Of Christ
p z. Church.
The fire committee is not authorized
to send the fire engines beyond the con-
fines Of the city limits, is the opinion
given by Acting Corporation Attorney S.
G. Brent. in response to a letter written
him by Mayor Fisher asking for an opin-
ion.
At a Democratic rally held tonight at
Potters School House, Fairfax County,
speeches were made by Walter c. Foster,
C. Keith Carlin. Alexander ]. Wedder-
burn. ]. Fred Birrell. and Walter T.
Oliver.
In the Circuit Court for this city in
vacation today Clarence II. and Elsie r.
Tfcer qualified executor and executrix Of
the estate of Elizabeth ]. Ticer.
cuCpJEC,c WJEE CAVES