The Washington times., 1917-02-12
Wedding Is Announced.


Wedding Is Announced.
The marriage of Miss Martha Rich
ards, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Barnes Richards, of Kansas City,
Mo-, to Lieut.. Frank J. Fletcher, U.
S. N, was solemnized at noon on Sat
urday in st. Thomas Church, New
York. The Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires
officIated, and the ceremony was fol
lowed by an informal breakfast at
Sherry's. The wedding, which was
set for June, was advanced owing to
the international crisis
The bride wore a travelling gown OF
dark blue cloth with hat to corre-
spond, and corsage bouquet of white
orchids. Her sister, Mrs. Samuel Saw
yer, of Kansas City, was her matron
of honor and only attendant, and was
also gowned in dark blue.
Lieut.. David Patterson. U. S. N. was
the best man. There were no ushers.
Lieutenant Fletcher is stationed at
the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
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Give Dinner Party.
Congressman p. ID. Norton and
Chief Forester H. B. oakleaf, of Ore
gon, were among those entertaining
at dinner in the palm room of the
Burlington Saturday evening. Later.
with their guests, they attended the
semi-fhonthly dance held in the ball
room.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stanfield Hal
liburton, of New York, have sent out
cards announcing the marriage of
their daughter Josephine, to Dean
Castleman Paul, OF this city. The
ceremony was performed in the home
of the brides parents, 125 Central
Park West, on Friday. Mr.. Paul Is
we'll known in Washington, where
he was born and reared at oaklawR,
the beautiful home of his mother and
grandparents, the late Judge and
Mrs. Dean.
Mrs. ]. willard Ragsdale will be At
home tomorrow afternoon from 4 to
6 o'clock at Calumet place for the
last time this season. She will have
receiving with her Mrs. Atlee Pom
creme, Mrs. Morris Sheppard. Miss
Mary Temple. Mrs. Samuel Jordan
Graham, Mrs. George aBrnett. Mrs.
Francois Berger Moran. Mrs. Barkley.
Of eKntucky, Miss Ruth Wilson. Miss
Jeanette Cowan. Miss Ruth Neely,
and Miss Imogene Young.
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Entertain Ambassador.
Capt. and Mrs. Albert Niblack enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday a. the
Chevy Chase Club for the American
ambassador to Brazil, edwin Morgan.
Mrs. ]. z. Mulcare, president of the
District Division, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, will be hostess at
the u. d. c. table at the Dolly Madi-
son breakfast Wednesday at the VIII
lard, and will entertain Mrs. Frank
Odenheimer. national president of the
u. ID. c., and the heads of the District
chapters. The guests at this table, In
addition to Mrs. Odenheimer and Mrs.
h.ulcare, will be Mrs. Maude Howell
Smith, Mrs. A. II. Mitchell, Mrs. Good
win ID. Ellsworth, Mrs Fannie Weeks,
Mrs. A. II. Plant, Mrs. Harvey Turner.
Mrs. Hunter Bawton, Mrs. Rufus
Clark, Mrs. Anthony Wayne, Mrs.
Paul L. Joachim, Miss Mary Brown,
and Mrs: Eugene Barr.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Vernon, president of
the District branch of the Womsn's
Democratic Union, will also be host
ess at a table at the Dolly Madison
breakfast. Her guests will be Miss
Margaret Wilson, Miss Cecil b. Nor
ton, Mrs. A. NJ. p. Johnston, Mrs. Lit
tleton Lake, Miss Irma Rudolf, Mrs.
Beverly Buchanan. and Mrs. Barr,
Others whose names have been add
ed to the list of hostesses are Mrs.
J. Borden Hartman, Mrs. Alexander
Hunter Gait, Mrs. Elisha f. Meredith,