The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

ed Rev. DR.. J. j. Muir, of the Tenn
pie Baptist Church; Rev. DIR. W. F.
Flannigan. of the West Washington
Baptist Church. and Rev. DIR. Sam
uel II. Greene. of the Calvary Bap-
tist Church. Rev. DR.. Cav and his
bride left Washington last evening
for a wedding trip. the latter wear
ing a coat suit of dark blue velour,
with hat to match. and a fox fur
ncckpiece. They will be at home after
November 20 at Durham, n. C.
Christ Church, Alexandria, furnished
the historic setting for the wedding at
> o'clock Wednesday afternoon of Miss
Margaret Lewis Maupin. daughter OF
the late Chapman Maupin. Of Balti-
more. formerly of Virginia, and Mrs.
Maupin, to her cousin, Mr.. Rex Cor
bin Spencer Maupin, of Washington.
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. William
Cary Maupin. of Virginia. The Rev.
Dr. William Morton, rector of Christ
Church. ofTicia ted. and witnesses to the
ceremony sat in the self same pews
once occupied by the ancestors of the
bride. who is the granddaughter of
DR.. $. Maupin. who for twenty-five
years was president of the University
of Virginia, and of the late Gen. Alex
ander Gault Talaferro, who at one
time commanded the "Stonewall Brig
ade' of the Confederate army. Her
patcrnaI grandmother was Sally Wash
ington.
The bride was given in marriage by
her uncle, Mr.. William Alexander
Taliaferro, of Annundale. Rapidan.
Va. She wore a travelling suit of dark
blue velour. with hat to match. Her
only attendant was her sister, Miss
Sally Washington Maupin, who was
gowned in a costume of dark blue vel
vet. Mr.. Addison Maupin. of Washing
ton. was his brothers best man, and
other brothers, Mr.. Jere Gibson Mau-
pin, of New York, and Mr.. James
Rawlins Maupin. of Portsmouth, Va,
were among those present. Among
the brides gifts were set of pearls
worn by her great-grandmother, Mar
Saret Lewis. daughter Of Fielding
Lewis, of Wyanoke, on the James
River, on the occasion of her marriage
to Thomas Marshall eldest sen of
Chief Justice Marshall, and a set OF
rare old china, presented on the same
occasion. Among the out-of-town
guests at the ceremony were Mrs. Ber-
nard Manning, of Sumter, S. c.; Mr..
Alfred Partridge Klots. Miss Elizabeth
Boone Klots, Mrs. Spalding Lowe Jen-
kins. Miss Elizabeth NJ. Boone. Miss
Mary Kennedy Boone. Miss Susan
Morris Jones, Mrs. William Byrd, Miss
Mary Armstead Byrd. Mr.. Lawrence
Sollenberger. Capt. William G. Maui
pin, Mai Richard c. Marshall, U. S,
A; Mr.. William Lee Suter. Mrs. Rob-
ert Washington Maupin. Mrs Z. War
ner Nelson. Miss Mildred Nelson, DIR.
and Mrs. Sotheron Key. Mrs. Florence
Kirkland, Mr.. Spencer Monroe Grayson
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Egbert Nell
son. of New York.
OF exceeding interest In Boston.
washington and Chicago was the an
nouncement of the engagement on
Wednesday of Miss Lemira Katherine
Gillett Hill to Lieut.. James Nicholas
Wynn Mcclure, U. S. A., of Boston.
son of Col. and Mrs. James Mcclure.
The wedding will take place about
the middle of December Miss GIL
lett-Hill is just about the most ac-
complished girl in Washington soci-
ETY., musician of unusual note, and
has spent the greater part of each
winter for the past two or three years
in studying in New York under the
best instructors there. She is an ex-
pert pianiste and learned to play that
quaint and now quite fashionable in
strument. the ukelele, on its native
heath. She and her mother were in
Hawaii for quite a time, and while
there-always studying wherever she
chances to be-took up the native in
strument. Miss Gillett-Hill also has
charming voice, and Possesses the
rare trait of singing for the delight
and entertainment of others without
an insistent interference from a too
temperamental disposition.
Mrs. Katherine Gillett-Hill and her
daughter have for a long time occu-
pied the picturesque and distinctive
studio house built and occupied by
the artists, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Lind Morse, of Boston, and used by
them for entertaining some of the
most interesting companies to be got
ten together in Washington.