The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

movements which claim the Capital
as headquarters-Child Welfare and
Food Conservation. Mrs. Root has for
some time been a member Of the AL
hany County Board of Child Welfare
and Is just as active in the food
conservation movement in the New
, York capital.
Another wedding of interest in
| Washington was that of Miss Mar
/ guerite Frear. daughter of Represen-
| tative and Mrs. James A Frear, and
| hr. w. Allen Johnson. of Montclair.
n. j., which took place Thursday in
hudson, Wis, the home of the bride
The engagement was announced in
Washington early in the season.
Capt. James B. Ord, Fifty-fourth
U. 5. Infantry. will be married in Sep
tember to Miss Howell, of Chatta-
nooga. The date has not been an
nounced. Capt. Ord is to be stationed
at the Fort Oglethrope Training
camp relieving Capt. Wrightson.
wedding of much more than usual
interest to Washington society is that
of Miss Katherine Palmer Swift,
daughter of Maj. Gen. Eben Swift N
s. A, and Mrs. Swift, and Capt. Carl
Fish Mckinney. L. S. A, which took
place August q, in the picturesque
chapel at Fort Leayenworth. Kans.,
Gen. and Mrs. Swift made their
home In Washington. at lO2S Sixteenth
street for some years prior to 1911,
when Gen. Swift was ordered to the
Phlilppines, and later to the Pacific
: 'hn IV-gA
friends here who were school girls at
| that time.
Gen. Swift Is commandant at Fort
Leavenworth, and the bridegroom is
his aid.
The chapel altar vases were filed
with long stemmed gladioH: on the
| sides of the altar were tall palms. and
the whole was lighted with Cathedral
candles in brass caRdelabra. Down
| the aisles were tall white standards
tied with bouquets of white roses and
bearing aloft lighted candles. As
prelude. Miss Edith Campion played
program of delightful music, and
the bridal chorus from Lohengrin was
played as the bridal party entered, led
by the groomsmen, Mai. 1. Palmer
Swift, brother of the bride, Capt H L.
Taylor and Lieut.. Joseph Byron.
The matron of honor. Mrs. Nelson
Boyce. of Chicago, Immediately pre-
ceded the bride, who entered with her
distinguished father. The best man
was Capt. Rapp Brush. Dr. Robert
King Pooley. rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal Church, read the betrothal
service. The bride was attired in a
trained gown of white satin and tulle;
the skirt, of ankle length, and fash
icned of founces of tulle The bodice
decollete and outlined with crystal
beading. The full court train. extend
ing several yards behpd the wearer.
was hung from the shoulders Her
tulle veil was fastened with a ban
deau of lace and plated in the back
and caught with punches of orange
blossoms. She carried a shower of
gardenias and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Boyce, the matron of honor and
bride of a few months. wore her
wedding gown of white satin en-
broidered in pearls and crystal TRIM
ming and carried American Beauty
roses. The brides mother was gown
ed in lavender orchid tulle and sill
YER The marriage was followed by a
very large reception at the command
ants quarters, where the drawing
room was decorated with Bride roses
The spacious grounds were lighted by
myriads of red, white and blue in
candescent lights. In the dining-roo
the decorative plan of green and white
vas carried out in Bride roses and as
ters. Capt. and Mrs. Mckinney left
for Atlanta, Ga.
The marriage of Miss Mary Ala
Pierce, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence S. Pierce, to Lieut.. E. w.
Timberlake. U. S. A, class of 1918,
took place at Union City, Ind, on
September 5, 1917. Lieut.. Timberlake
is the son of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Timberlake, U. S. A, who are now
stationed at West Point.
Capt. and Mrs. George Edward Lo-
veil, Fourteenth United States Cav
airy, Fort Clark. Tex, announce the
engagement of their daughter. Mazda,
TO Lieut. Frank Henry Barnhart,
seventeenth United States Cavalry.
The wedding will take place the lat
ter part of September.
One OF the largest weddings of the
early autumn will be that at Raus-
cher's at o'clock Wednesday even
ing, September u when the ma rris Ve