The Washington times., 1917-04-25
MISS WASHINGTON
WED THIS EVENING
To Become Bride of Owen B.
Lewis at Picturesque
Wedding.

wedding.
One OF the largest and most inter
esting weddings OF the season Will
take place this evening in St Marks
Episcopalj Church, when Miss Frances
Jacqueline Washington, daughter Sof
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Washington,
will become the bride OF Owen Batch
elder Lewis, of Philadelphia.
Miss Washington, who is connected
with many prominent Southern fam
lilies, numbers George Washington's
brother among her direct forbears
and her father was the last Washing
ton born at Mt Vernon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Washington have made their home in
this city for many years and the gen
erous hospitality dispensed from their
delightful old-fashioned home on Capt.
tol Hill has the true Southern flavor.
To Have Many Attendants.
The ceremony this evening will be
picturesque and beautiful in every de-
tail The bride will be attended by a
maid of honor and eight bridesmaids.
and the eight ushers and best man will
swell the list Of attendants to large
proportions. The Rt Rev. Beverly
Tucker. bishop OF Virginia. wis per-
form the ceremony. assisted by the
Rev. DR.. c. r Stetson, rector Of St
Marks, and the Rev. DR.. Bergman
Green. dean Of the Theological Semi
nary.
Miss Patty Washington will be her
sister's maid OF honor, and Miss Louisa
+. Washington, another sister, will be
among the bridesmaids.
The list of bridesmaids also in
cludes Miss Irma Lewis, sister of the
bridsEroom;t Miss Patty Braxton. of
Knoxville. Tenn; Miss Eloise Beck
with and Miss Dorothy Thomson. of
Charlsstown. w. Va; Miss Martha
RAIDER, OF Lewisburg, W. Va. Miss
Mary Watkins, and Miss Sads Styron,
both of Washington.
Percy Brown. OF Philadelphia will
Be best man for Mr.. Lewis. and the
u8hsfs Will be the brides brother,
sSlden Warrington, Beaman Neale,
S1ntus Powell, and Stuart Moore, of
washington; Herbert Tucker, of
8oYdton, Va; John Randolph Tucker,
g Lynchburg, Va: Jack Cooper, of
ShnAdelphiA and George Faison.
eve Dinner for Miss Cowan.
d and Mrs Walter Wells will enter
IN ~ dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
oatS evening in compliment to Miss
Soannette Cowan. daughter OF Mrs
John K Shields Miss King. Of Boston,
daughter Of the novelist, Basil King;
Miss Frances Wilkinson. and Charles
Whitney, both OF Chicago. will be
among the guests from out Of town
Major William Kelly, U. s. A. also
win entertain guests at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club this evening.
A.
their guests over the coming week end
MIR. WINS. OF New York. and his daugfr-
ter. Miss Edith WINS Miss Ivins has
frequently visited Mr.. and Mrs. William
WheaNey in Washington
Belgian Minister In New York.
Baron E. de Cartier de Marchienne,
minister OF Belgium. is in New York
for few days, and is stopping at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Baron Renaud d'Ungern Sternberg,
secretary OF the Russian embassy, who
has gone to New York, will be at the
Plaza Hotel during his stay in the
metropolis,
Miss Elizabeth Howry has arrived
In Washington and will be with Judge
and Mrs. Charles B. Howry for some
time. Miss Howry has been in New
York most of the winter devoting her
self to her musical studies and to
concert work.
Mrs. Arnold Hague. who has been
at the Muenchinger King. in Newport,
experimenting the opening Of her
cottage for the season, is now in New
York.
DR.. KOO's Father Dead.
The Chinese Minister and Mrs. Koo
have cancelled all their social en-
Eagements owing to the death of DR..
Koo's father, news OF which reached
them last evening.
The President and Mrs. Wilson sent
handsome silver service as a we'd
ding gift to Miss Helen Hamilton
Henderson, whose marriage to Sid
ney Green, jr., OF Petersburg, Va,
took place this morning in Emmanuel
Episcopal Church, Cumberland, Nd.
The President and Judge Henderson
are intimate friends and were class
mates at Princeton. President VII
son has frequently been a visitor at
the Henderson home in Cumberland. |
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Ths Kew, Ambrose II. BeeYin, rec
tor of the church. performed tho cor
Smony. Miss Louisa Henderson waa |
bridesmaids and Roam Ruffin, of
Petersburg, best man. There were |
eight ushers.
Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen will sntsr.
tain the Juvenile members OF the |
Washington Riding and Hunt Club on
Thursday afternoon. Commanding at |
o'clock there will be games on foot |
in the ring OF the Riding and Hunt
Club followed by tea and dancing.
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Mrs. Sanger Gives Bridge.
Ars. Joseph Sanger had a bridge |
tsa yesterday afternoon at ths Coun-
try Club, GrassIands.
Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, q
member Of the British commission,
was the guest yesterday OF Ar, and II