The Washington herald., 1917-09-30

upon a short motor trip which will
serve them as a wedding journey until
army orders are more definite. Mrs.
Nichols wore for the trip a suit Of
taupe velour. with a small velvet toque
Of the same color.
After October Is, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Nichols Will he at home at Brook
Court, Sixteenth and Newton streets.
The marriage of Miss Mary Hazen
Duffy, daughter of DR.. H. c. Duffy,
to Mr.. shannon D. Cramer. will take
place Tuesday. October 9, at O'Clock
at the Metropolitan VI. z. Church.
Miss Dorothy Dent will be the brides
only attendant. There will be an in
formal reception at the home of III.
Duffey.
A wedding took place Thursday at
12:30 o'clock at Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church. Shepherdstown, w.
Va. when Miss Margaret Amman Potts
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
w. Potts. became the bride Of Mr..
Henry Howard Williams, son Of the
late John Hamilton Chew Williams
and Mrs. Williams. Of Baltimore. Mr..
Richard Claset Williams, Of Balti-
more, was his cousins best man.
Mr.. Williams. who is lieutenant Of
ordnance. Reserve Corps, United
States army, is stationed in Washing
ton.
A wedding arranged for Saturday,
October -. is that OF Miss Edith
Whiting Riker, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew l.. Riker, of By-the-Way,
Fairfield. Conn, to Lieut.. Bertram
W. Ainsworth, of the British army.
who arrived in this country several
months ago with the British commits
sion. The marriage will be celebrated
in Fairfield.
The marriage Of Miss Emelie Louise
Braid, daughter of Mrs. Julia Patten
Braid, and Cart Leon r. Cole. L. :.
A, son OF Mr.. Orwell Z. Cole, OF Sand
Lake. Mich, was quietly solemnized
at the home of the brides sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
F Hartman, in Lansdowne. Pa, on
Tuesday evening. September IS, at
$50 O'Clock. Only members Of the
families witnessed the ceremony.
which was performed by the Rev.
Thomas Illman, pastor OF the West
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bride, who was unattended, wore
white GeorSette Irish lace. and car
ried white roses. Directly after an
informal reception the bride and
groom left for a short wedding jour-
ncy through Michigan and Wisconsin.
Upon their return, Capt. Cole will Join
his regiment at Fort Myer. Va, and
Mrs. Cole will occupy apartments in
Washington.
OF interest TO Washington is the
wedding of Miss Helen Porter daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs William H. Por-
ter. and Mr.. Richard L. Davisson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar +. Dayisson,
of Dayton, Ohio. which took place
yesterday afternoon at the country
home of the brides parents at Glen
Cove. L. I.
Miss Porter had as her matrons OF
honor her sister-in-law, Mrs James
]. Porter. and Mrs. Rupert W. Ash
ley, a sister of the bridegroom. Her
bridesmaids were the Misses Isabel
Stettinius. Helen Barrett, Florence
Gilbert. Beatrice Pynchon, and Marion
Danforth.
Mr.. Davisson had his brother, o. F.
Davisson, jr.. as his best man, and
his ushers were Lieut.. James ], Por-
ter, a brother OF the bride; Lieut..
Raymond Cox and Ensign Stuyvesant
Wainwright, jr., all of New York:
Rupert w. Ashley and Harold E. Tai
bott jr.. of Dayton. and Lieut.. Evans
Spalding and Joseph r. Walker, Of
Boston.
Albert D. Ashforth. jr., and George
Ashford, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
B. Ashforth were pages.
Miss Porter's engagement was an
nounced in July. Her father is a
member Of the firm of J. P. Morgan
& Co. Mr.. Davidson Is a graduate
Of Yale and Of the Columbia Law