The Washington herald., 1917-07-11
Mr. and Mrs. Edpard B. Mclean Hosts
AtDinner at Handsome Country Estate

at the Ritz-Carlton, In New York.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is also regis
tered there.
A pretty wedding of last evening
was that of Miss Ruth Connolly,
daughter of Mrs. Margaret F. Con-
molly. apd granddaughter of Judge
Martin II. Foran, of Cleveland, Ohio.
and Mr.. William H. Brett, of the
Officers Reserve Corps. now on active
duty in the Ordnance Department,
which took place last evening at $50
o'clock at the home, at Chevy Chase.
of Mai. and Mrs. NJ. L. Brett, parents
of the bridegroom.
Canon Austin of All Saints Church.
Chevy Chase, performed the cere-
mOny. Mr.. Brent had as his best
man his father, Maj. Brent. Mrs.
Connolly gave her daughter in mar
riaSe. The bride was gowned in white
net trimmed with lace, and carried a
bouquet of Bride roses. Mr.. Brent
and his bride left last evening for a
short wedding trip. and upon their
return will make their home in Adams
Mill road.
Miss Carolyn Nash went to Phila-
delphia yesterday to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Mary Wurts, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stewart
Wurts. and Mr.. Gray Dayton, which
took place yesterday afternoon at
the home of the brides grandmother,
Mrs. John Wister, at Belfleld. Ger
mantown. The marriage, which was
to have taken place in the autumn.
was basteLed, as the bridegroom has
Joined the Ambulance Corps and ex-
poets to leave shorty for France.
Miss Nash is the house guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Fox during her stay
at Philadelphia.
The marriage OF Miss Carol A.
Hartman, daughter of Mrs. E.
Henry Hartman, and Mr.. Richard
Penn Smith, jr., will take place in
New York today in st. Johns Church.
Arden. n. Y, at noon. and the re-
ception will be at Arden House, Mrs.
Harriman's country estate. a few
miles distant.
The engagement of Miss Hartman
and Mr.. Smith was announced in
June. Mr.. Smith is the son of Mr.
Richard Penn Smith, Of Philadelphia.
Pa. Miss Hartman. who will in
herit a part of the large fortune left
by her father. the late E H. Harri-
man, is a sister of Mrs. Robert Liv-
ingston Gerry, and Mrs. Charles
Cary Rumsey, and of Mr.. William
Averill Hartman. and Mr.. E. Roland
n. Hartman, who. with Mrs. Har-
riman, has gone to New York from
their country place at Edgemoor,
Nd, for the wedding.
marriage OF interest to Washing
ton was that of Miss Annie Lee Scott.
daughter of Mr.. Thomas Blythe Scott.
OF New York. and Mr.. ]. Hennen Le-
Gendre, also of New York, which took
place yesterday in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, New York. 4 small
reception at the home of Mr.. Scott
followed. Mr.. LcGendre is a nephew
OF Mr.. Hennen Jennings, of Wash
ingtOn.
The wedding. which had been ar
ranged for the autumn, was advanced.
and Mr.. LeGendre has been appointed
interpreter for the Marine Corps in
France and soon will start for the
front. Miss Scott. who has been en-
gagged in war relief work since the
opening of the war and took a course
in nursing. will follow Mr.. LeGen-
dre to France. where she will serve
as a Red Cross nurse. She was intro
dUced to society three years ago and
is well known in society here and at
Newport.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Herbert Matthews. The brides s
only attendant was Miss Florence E.
Gilbert, daughter OF the Hon. Mrs.