Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-22
President Dimes Members of the Rus
sian Special Embassy at
White House.
Belgian Mission Gives Dinner.
Manning-Howard Wedding Bril-
liant Event of Last Evening.

The President entertained at dinner
last evening at the White House IN
honor of Ambassador Boris A. Bakh-
metieff and the other members of the
Russian special embassy.
The table was adorned with plaques
of pink roses and mnidenhair ferns.
and the Marine Band played in the cor
ridor.
The guests were: The Vice President.
his excellency. Prof. Boris A. Bakh-
metfen, Lieut.. Gen. Vladimir Roop,
Prof. G. V. Lomonossof. Prof n. A.
Borodine. Col. V. V. Oranovsky. MIR.
Vladimir Novitzky. Mr.. John J. Sook!ne.
N. NJ. khraboff. Mr.. Michael NJ. Kar-
povich, Baron Theodore de Gunzborg,
Lieut.. Dmitriy A. Hartynoff. Mr.. Pert
zoff, Mr.. Vladimir Poushkareff. Mr..
Nicolas y. Serguievsky, Mr. Eugene 5.
lack. the charge a'affaires of Russia.
the Speaker of the House. the Secre-
tary of State. the Secretary of War. the
Attorney General. the Postmaster Gen
eral, the Secretary of the Navy. the
Secretary of the Interior. the Secretary
Of Agriculture. the Secretary of Com
merce, the Secretary o. Labor, the sec
rotary to the President, Mr.. Justice
McKenna, Senator Albert z. Cummins.
Senator Jacob H Gallinger, Senator
Gilbert n. Hitchcock. Senator Pnilander
C. Knox, Senator Thomas S. Martin,
Senator Knute Nelson. Senator Robert
l.. Owen, Senator Carroll S. Page. Senn-
tor Ellison D. Smith, Representative
Sidney Anderson, Representative John
G. Cooper, Representative John j. Fitz-
gerald, Representative John y. Garner.
Representative Willis c. Hawley. Rep
resentative Thomas Hefin. Repre-
sentative NJ. Clyde Kelly. Representa-
tive George r. Lunn. Representative
Martin b. Madden. Representative
James II. Mays, Representative Andrew
y. Montague. Representative Edward
W. Pou, Rear Admiral Charles J. Bad
geon General w. c. Braisted, Engineer
in Chief r. S. Griffin, Br.g. Gen. Enoch
H. Crowder. Brig. Gen. Frank Mcintyre,
Brig. Gen. William A. Mann. Brig Gen.
John A. Lejeune. Mr.. John Shelton VIII
liams. Mr.. William Philips and Mr..
Breckenridge Long.
Mrs. Wilson viii receive Baron Mon
cheur and Gen. Leclercq of the Belgian
mission at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Baron Moncheur entertained at din
ner last evening, his guests including
the Minister of Belgium to this coun-
try Mr. de Cartier de Marchienne.
The marriage of Miss Edythe How
ard and Mr. Francis Bartlett Manning
son of Capt. Charles II. Manning, L. s.
n, retired, of Manchester, n. H., took
residence OF the brides parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Beale Richardson Howard, u
10Th street.
Rev. Dr. c. Ernest Smith. rector of s;
Thomas Church performed the cere-
mony. at which only relatives and init
mate friends were present. in tn" piik
drawing room in front of the windows.
which were banked with palms and
ferns intermingled with large clusters
of white peonies. Pink pcon!es and Dor
No., rod i.
and garlands of pink rambler roses
framed the doorways. stringed or
chestra hidden behind q screen Gov
cred with pink rambler roses and as
paragus vine played the wedding music
The bridal party passed through an
aisle formed of white standards en-
twihcd with asparagus Vine and
looped together with white satin rib
hons to the improvised altar where
| the bridegroom and his best man, Mr..
them.
The bride, who was escorted and
later given in marriage by her fatner
wore an exquisite gown of white satin
richly embroidered in pearls The
bodice was made with a square de-
collete outlined with chiffon. the lower
part formed Of a broad band of pearl
embroidery. The long chiffon slecvs
were also edged with pearls.
The full-gathcrcd satin skirt ter
minated In deep point at the front
and back beneath which the u:lderdress
of white chiffon. sprayed with orange
blossoms. showed. Her long court
train of satin had tiny garland of
orange blossoms at the end. She ,ore
voluminous tuile veil be"orlinyly ar
ranged with n narrow baudeAu Of
satin. with a string Of pearls around
II. held at either side with "A cluster
of orange blossoms ard platinum
pendant set with diamonds and sap
phires. the gift of the bridegroom, :,
shower bouquet OF lilies Of the valley
was carried
Miss Margaret Howard. who attend
ed her sister as maid of honor. w,s
charming in her gown Of empire green
tulle mounted on foundation of flesh
colored satin. which was caught in al
the hem to give the new silhou,ff.
scarflike drapery of the tulie was
held at the hack of the neck with a
knot OF narrow blue and orchid ri5
bons. the ends coming over the shoul
ders and disappearing under the arms,
This drapery extended to the hem al
the back. and was caught up To me
| wrists with ribbons.
The skirt was very bouffant, as was
| the bodice. which had ii giuIle formed
Of narrow ribbons in old rose. American
beauty, blue, violet and silver shades
which were tied at the front in a bow
| the long streamers also being caught
to the wrists She wore a diamond hin