The Washington herald., 1916-09-06
Ambassador and Mime. Jusserand
To Attend Lafayette Celebration

The French Ambassador and Mime.
Jusserand. who are in New York, will
attend the celebration of the 109th anni-
versary of the birth of the Marquis de
Lafayette, which will be held by the
French-American Society at the Wal
dorf-Astoria this evening.
A charming wedding took place last
evening at the Congress Street NJ. P.
Church, in Georgetown, when Miss Ella
Kurtz became the bride of Mr.. Edward
c. Haneke. The ceremony was perform
ed at s o'clock by the Rev. George L.
Brown and was followed by a reception
for the bridal party and members of the
two families at the brides home in P
street.
The bride, who was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr.. John D. Kurtz, wore
gown of white satin combined with
Georgette crepe. Her tulle veil was ar
ranged under a chaplet of orange bios
SONS and she carried a shower bouquet
of white roses and lilies of the valley.
The maid Of honor. Miss Mary Kurtz,
was gowned in Nile green chiffon. Her
bouquet was Of pale yellow roses.
Mr.. Karl J. Haneke was best man
for his brother, and the ushers included
DR.. Charles Mansfield. Mr.. Charles
Staub. Mr. Harry X. Pimper and Mr..
Lucian Swindell.
After the reception Mr.. Haneke and
his bride left for a wedding trip, the lat
ter travelling in a smart costume of
They will make their home in George
town.
Senator and Mrs. AtIee Pomerene will
leave Washington tomorrow for their
home in Ohio
Miss Mary Gusts Lee, who has been at
White Sulphur Springs for several weeks,
has gone to Newport to visit her nephew,
DIR. George Boiling Lee.
Miss Lee was a guest at the dinner and
dance which Mrs. Baker Gummere gave
in the Tudor room Of the Greenbrier Ho-
tel at White Sulphur when others in the
party were Mrs. Charles B. Howry and
Mrs. Walter Wells, of Washington.
Word has reached Washington Of the
death in Baltimore Monday of Mrs J. r.
o Brien, mother OF Mrs. Luther Inge,
who makes her home at the Brunswick.
Mrs. O'Brien was well known in Wash
ington, where she spent a part Of each
season with her daughter. She came OF
a line Of distinguished English ancestry,
being a member OF the Ryders family and
descendant of Robert Burns, the poet.
Plans for the debutante season are ma
terializing. Miss Emily Kutz, daughter
OF Col. and Mrs. Charles Kutz, will be
presented to society on the afternoon of
November "a at a reception given in her
honor at the Ofncers Club, Washington
Barracks. by Mrs. Gustave Lukesh, wife
Of Maj. Lukesh. Corps OF Engineers, L.
S. A
Miss Ruth Anderson and Miss Meta
Anderson. daughters of Brig. Gen. H. r.
Anderson, L. S A, will return to Wash
Ington, September 10. after having spent
the season at Atlantic City.
Brig. Gen. Frank Thorp. L. S. A. and
Mrs. Thorp. who are spending the sum
mer at Intervale, n. H, will not return
to their apartments at the Hotel Gordon
until late in the autumn
Miss Blanche Miller has returned from
two weeks vacation. spent in Wood
stock and Winchester, Va, where she has
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A B Bryant. OF
Weymouth, Mass, have arrived in
Washington and are stopping at the
Shoreham.
Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Blackstone,
daughter OF Mrs. Mamie S. Blackstone,