Evening star., 1917-03-15
Engagement Announced of Miss
Laura Delano and Mr.. Hough-
telling of Chicago.
Brilliant Navy Wedding at st. John S
of Miss Surth and Com
mander jackson.

| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
| ter Laura to Mr.. James Lawrence
Houghteling of Chicago.
Mr.. Houghteling is now at Petrograd
acting as special assistant secretary to
| the American ambassador.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Delano and the Misses
| Delano have made their home al Wash
| ington since the establishment of the
| federal reserve board. of which Mr..
Delano is vice governor. They are
identified with the most interesting cir
cles in official and resident society and
| both Miss Louise Delano and Miss
| Laura Delano have had here and in
their native city. Chicago. brilliant
/ belleShip.
A beautiful wedding of wide social in.
tereSt took place this afternoon at J
o'clock at St Johns Episcopal Church,
Lafayette Square, when Miss Dorcas Nc
| Laurin Surth, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Max Surth of Yokohama, became the
bride of Commander John p. jackson,
! L. S. N, son of Mrs. John p. Jackson Oh
this city.
| The ceremony was performed by Bishop
| Harding assisted by the Rev. z. Slater
Dunlap assistant rector of the church, in
| the presence of a large gathering repre-
/ sentative of the official and resident So
| ciety of the capital.
| The walls of the church were sprayed
With smilax, with palms banking the
,:hancel.
The altar vases We're filled with white
| -,ses, and tail standards with clusters
of Easter lilies and roses were placed at
either side OF the white satin pre dieu
on which the couple khelt for the blessing
The charming young bride. who vas
escorted and later given in marriage by
her father. Wore an exquisite gown OF
white chiffon made on foundation Of
silver tissue. A scarf-like drapery of the
chiffon fell from the shoulders, the long
ends weighted with silver tassels. Silver
tassels also appeared at the popts of the
chiffon angel sleeves
a broad folded girdle of silver tissue
embroidered i'll d design of silver roses
former the lower part of the bodice. which
had a square dccollete
The skirt of the chiffon over the tissue
was finished at the bottom in Turkish
fashion with a spray of orange blossoms
at the left side. Her long court train
was OF silver tissue embroidered in sill
YER.
She wore tulle veil very becomingly
arranged in Egyptian fashion with a gar
land of orange blossoms across the fore
head. and her only ornament was gold
necklace with pendant of seed pearls,
the gift of the bridegroom shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley was carried.
The bridesmaids were Miss Olive Graef,
cousin of the bride, and Miss Kate Du
Bose. They were dressed alike, in gowns
of gobelin blue chiffon over blue and sill
yer metaline cloth, made on long, straight
lines with silver cords encircling the
waists. The bodices We're made with
necks and they had long angel sleeves
of the chiffon.
Their hats were of black chiffon pow
dered over with tiny French blue flowers
with knot of pink flowers at the edge
of the brim at the left side. They car
ried bouquets OF pink roses
gv,tt lDf L. a
man for his brother. and the uShers were
Rear Admiral Leigh c. Palmer. Pay
master General Samuel McGowan. Com
F.! mander Edward McCauley, Commander
W. ". Galbraith. Mr. Frederick H
Brooke. Mr.. Hughart LauShlin of
Pittsburgh. MIR Howard Houston Henry
and MIR. William c. Freeman of Phila-
delphia The bridegroom and the
officers in the wedding party We're in
full dress uniform.
! A small reception followed at the
residence of the brides cousins. Mr.
and Mrs. II. Campbell Graef. in K
street
The newly married couple received in
the drawing room beneath a canopy of
asparagus vine and white roses sprays
Of smlaX covered the walls, and the
mantles were banked with pink and
white roses.
Mrs. Surth mother of the bride. as
sisted in receiving, wearing gown of
black chantilly lace banded with black
velvet ribbon, with smart black straw
and satin hat. turned up sharply at one
side. and edged with black goura feath-
ers She wore stole of ermine.
Mrs. John =. Jackson. mother of the
bridegroom, wore a gown of black and
gold brocaded satin. with a black hat,
trimmed with gold lace.
Nine Ekengren, wife of the minister
of Sweden and sister of the BRIDE
groom, wore a handsome gown of gray
satin and tulle with gray hat trim
med with pink heather and gray
plunes, and she wore a gray shaded
ostrich boa. Her young daughters,
the Misses Elsie and Laura Ekengren.
wore dainty frocks of white muslin
and lace with pink sashes and small
white hats trimmed with wreaths of
pink flowers
Mrs. Huntington Jackson, sistcr-in-
law of the bridegroom. wore dark blue
silk with gold lace on the bodice and
the skirt made In barrel fashion. Her
That was Of blue georgette crepe trim