The Washington herald., 1917-06-08
Confederate Veterans Are Feted
At Series of Brilliant Functions

The guests were Mrs. Charles Nelson
Rfker, Mrs Harrison Brand. MrH.
Henry Holcombe; Mrs. Joseph G; H.
Mrs. Howard Benson, Mrs. William
Fairbanks, Miss Dorothy Dennett,
Mas Dorothy Shuey, Miss Nancy
Jones, Miss Antoinette Ray, Miss Luz
che Smith. Miss Mercedes Cooley. Mrs.
Miss Rita Brown. Mrs. Ragland, OF
Seattle, WASH. the Misses Hickey,
Miss Edith Temple Oracle and Miss
Additional guests were asked for
& sss when % Mrs raS,.L asnnis Tsyior. and
tea table. which was adorned with q
centerpieee OF pink peonies.
Senator James D. Phelan was host
at q dinner last evening. entertaining
in compliment to Mrs. Gertrude Ath-
erton.
Mrs. Archibald Oracle was hostess
at an informal luncheon yesterday
having as her guests Mrs. Theodore
Shuey, Mrs. Alfred Taylor, Mrs. Nc
EVAN Pruyn, Mrs. Stimson Brown,
and Mrs. J. K. Oil.
Miss Edith Temple Oracle returned
to Washington yesterday from a short
The wedding of Mr.. Beverley RAN
dolph Robinson, the son of DR.. BeV-
eriy Robinson and Mrs. Robinson, OF
New York, and Miss Gladys Endicott,
elder daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Endieott and a granddaughter OF
Of State under Lincoln. was solemn
lied at 1 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
in st, Georges Church, StuyVesant
Square. New York: The church cham
eel was decorated with palms, dog
wood, and lilac, and the ceremony was
performed by Bishop David H. Greer
and the rector Of the church, the Rev.
Karl Reiland. The church was crowd
ed with guests.
The bride, who walked with her
father, wore a short-skirted frock Of
shifs " So,St Satin 1,.s arapea over Rstticess
and had a deep v embroidered in
pearls from the low round neck to
below the waist line. There was no
girdle, and the shorthand sleeves ana
neck were also pearl embroidered. The
long square train was Of silver sbro-
cade, and a shawl of old point lace
worn by the brides mother and her
grandmother formed the veil. It was
arranged in a Russian coronet effect
in the front and was held with orange
s.Ss blossoms 4 deep point fell at each
third and shorter one at the back. Her
silken hose and slippers were also
embroidered, the latter in pearls. She
wore diamond pendant. the gift of
the bridegroom, and carried lilies of
the valley and orchids with maiden
The brides only attendant was her
younger sister, Miss Lillian Endlcott,
Her frock Of pale blue chiffon was
over white lace, the skirt arranged in
a dcuble-tier skirt rolled under edges,
a nW4I Nta lpNE rFnN = \
lace guimpe. The sleeves We're short
and her large pale crepe hat was
trimmed with silvered pink and blue
roses, and her bouquet was white
lilacs and pink roses with showers of
rosebuds.
Mr.. Robinson had Mr.. William H.
Wheelock as his best man. and the
ushers were Messrs. Cabot Ward, John
Shillito Rogers, Walter E. Hope,
Courtland Nicoll. Charles C. Stillman,
Arthur W. Butler, and Norton Perk-
ms, all Of New York; Edward l.
Pruyn. of Albany; Henry F. du Pont,
OF Delaware, and J. Randolph Rob-
inson.
The ceremony was followed by a
small reception for the families and
few close friends of the bride and
bridegroom at the residence of Mr..
sixth street, which was decorated with
white hlacs and dogwood. Mr.. Rob-
inson and his bride are going to Cali
fornia to remain three months, and
on their return will live in the house
they have taken at Ill East Thirty
Mr.. Robinson graduated from Har-
ward in 1895 and from the Columbia
Law School in 1901, and was one of the
fiye to found the Columbia Law Re-
view. From 1904 to 1906 he was an
alderman. and the following three
years. 1S07-9, he was a member of the
State Assembly. and for several years
was President of the Republican Club,
Of the Twenty-seventh. assembly dis
tTict- He Is a member Of the law firm
Of the Knickerbocker, Union. Uniyer-
sity, Century, and Seahawanaka
Yacht Clubs.
The marriage OF Miss Alice Waters.
daughter Of Mr.. Perrie Waters, of
Griffith. son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
T. Griffith. of BeallsvilIe, Md, took
Presbyterian Church. The Rev. r. u.
Richards officiating. A small recep-
ton followed at the home of the
Hancock. Nd, was matron Of honor.
and the bridesmaids were I Miss
Eleanor Clarke. of Howard County,
Nd: Miss Nancy Bates, Of Richmond;
Miss Louise Waters and. Miss Anna
Mary Waters, of Germantown, Mo.
bride, acted as best man. and the
ushers were Mr.. Thomas Dawson, Of
Rockville, Nd; Mr.. Eugene Cissell,
Of Silver Spring, Nd; Mr.. William
Waters and Mr.. Clinton Waters,
brother of the bride.
Miss Dorothy bennett entertained
at a luncheon yesterday. in compli-
ment to Miss Margaret Larner, whose
marriage to Ensign Alexander Wother-
spoon, U. S. N, will take place on
Mrs. George W. Reid entertained in
formally at luncheon yesterday al
her residence in NInteenth street in
honor Of her sister, Mrs. John r,
Hannay, wife of Maj. Hannay. who
is the guest Of Lieut.. Gen. and Mrs.
S. B. N. Young.
Mrs. Edward Wise, accompanied bv
Miss Ruth Wise, whose home Is at
Bronxville, N. u, arrived at the
shoreham. yesterday.
The marriage OF Miss Frances
Mrs. Francis A. Evarts, to Ensign
Bert F. Clark, u. s. N, will take
place on Saturday afternoon, June
is, at 800 o'clock. The ceremony win
be Performed by the Rev. William
Couden. at the home OF Miss EVarts
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G.
Henry In Belmont road. Only the
relatives and intimate friends will bo
present at the ceremony and the re,
ception following.
Miss Evarts Is q member OF the
class graduated from the George
Washington University on Wednes-
day. Ensign Clark. who Graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1914, rs
az present stationed at the Boston
Navy Yard.
Mrs Iaroa. rT.r-t,. -.