New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
Only Relatives ard a Few
Intimate Friends At
tend Ceremony
Honeymoon in South
Mrs. A. II. Wiggin Announces
Daughters Engagement to
Lynde Stetson

Mrs. Jessie Sloane Dodge and George
Dunstan Widener were married at noon
yesterday at the home of the bride,
1l3 East Seventy-frst Street. Only
relatives and few intimate friends
were present at the ceremony, which
was performed by the Rev. DR.. Charles
L. Goodell The bride, who was given
away by her father, Henry 7. Sloane,
had no attendants Fitz Eugene Dixon
was Mr. Widener's best man. The
marriage was celebrated in the dining
room on the second floor. which was
decorated with American Beauty roses,
japanese pansies, lilies, dogwood and
lilac
The brioe wore ID travelling gown Of
blue georgette crepe, brocaded with
velvet and floral designs. She wore a
blue hat to matcn, trimmed with velvet
flowers and silver braid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Widener will spend
| their honeymoon in the South and in
California. On their return East they
! will divide their time between Phila-
delphia and this city.
The guests at the wedding included
/ Mr.. and Mrs. William Fitzhugh White
house. Mrs. William Douglas Sloane,
Mrs. James A. Burden, jr. Mrs. John
/ Henry Hammond, Mrs. Theodore A..
/ Havemeyer, Joseph L. Widener, jr,
James NJ. Barney. Robert L. Gerry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Douglas Robin
son. the Rev. Hugh Sloane Coffin, Miss
Ruth Y. Twombly and Kenneth Budd.
Word has been received in this city
of the birth of a daughter on Sunday
to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Trowbridge,
in Los Angeles, where they have been
spending the winter with Mrs. Trow-
BRIDGES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. h. b..
Tufts. Mr. Trowbridge is d son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Trowbridge, Of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert II. Wiggin an
nounce the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Muriel Wiggin, to Lynde
Selden. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
L. Selden. Mr. Selden is a graduate
Of Yale, class 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Hazard,
who were at the Country Club. Havana,
Cuba, for a month. have returned to
the city, and are at 80 East Thirtieth
Street.
Mrs. Oliver De Lancey Coster gave
a dinner for sixteen last night at her
home, 81 East Fifty-siXth Street.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Allen Townsend,
Miss Marion Townsend and Miss Kath-
crime Culver will leave on Sunday for
, Hot Springs, Va, where they will re-
main two weeks.
( Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri gave a must
/ cal last night at her home Z East
/ Ninety-ffth Street.
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth. jr.. who
/ has been a guest of her sister, Mrs.
/ Payne Whitney, will return TO Wash
lngton to-day.
Mrs. Joel F. Fisher has returned to
town from Palm Beach, and is at the
Ritz Carlton.
Joseph Clendenin and Miss Gene
We've Clendenin are at Hot Springs,
Va. to remain until Easter.
Mr. and Mrs Harold F. MADDEN have
returned to the city from Cedarhurst,
Long Island. and are occupying an
apartment at Sevcnty-fourth Street and
Park Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Sumner Welles, who
arc in Toxic, whore Mr. Welles is at
tached 10 the American Embassy, will
leave Japan early i'm June for this
country TO visit Mrs. Welles's mother,
Mrs Horatio y. Slater, i'm Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clough Cosby Overton
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Crittendcn
Overton. 10 William Beach Oimsted, ir.,
son Of the Rev. and Mrs. William Beach
elmsted, of Pomfret School Miss
Overton is the granddaughter Of the
late Landon Stockton, Of Kentucky. and
creat-granddaughtcr of the late Gov
crnor Robert Crittenden. Mr.. Olmsted
was graduated from the Yale Sheffield
Scientific School IN 1915. No date has
been set for the wedding.