The Washington times., 1917-04-22
A Chronicle o..
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teenth. The Colonel, OF course, at
tended the wedding.
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Two Notable weddings
Create Interest.
Two other weddings In widely DIFF
ferent localities created no end OF
interest in Washington. the marriage
of Elizabeth Iddings to Major Cyril
Roche. OF the Irish Guards at Rome,
and OF Stephen Hedry de Hedri and
Florence Coleman in New York. No
details of the Iddings-Roche wedding
have reached us yet, but the mere
announcement was of interest. for
Elizabeth renewed many friendships
here last October when she came over
for the marriage of Margaret Draper
and Prince Andrea Boncompagni-
Ludovici.
Young de Hedri was a great favorite
here before the Austrian embassy fell
from grace. He was by way of being
a squire o danes and his marriage
caused a fiutter of surprise in many
a Washington dovecote.
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In the epidemic of International ro-
mances the last year our American
girls have shown no disinclination to
yoke with an unbeliever'-politica
IL not religious. Catherine Britton,
wife of Prince Alfred zu Hohenlohe-
Schillingsfurst. and Nine. de Hedri
are both Austrian subjects: Katherine
Birney Is now Baroness Won Schoen
and a subject of the Kaiser; Bessie
Samuel will become a Bulgarian citi-
zen when she marries DR.. Poulieff this
month.
Fortunately. by way of antidote, We
can cite the fact that Arnold Robert
son. whose marriage to Gladys Ingalls,
took place recently, and Ferdinand de
Mohrenschildt, who will wed Mona
NMcAdoo before long. are diplomatic
representatives of our allies; that DR..
Hubscher, whose wife was Elisabeth
Schoepf. Is a neutral diplomat, and
that Margaret Draper's husband,
Prince Andrea Boncompagni-Ludov
and Brig. Gen. Moreton Gage. who
married Frances Lippitt, are both
fighting with the allies.
Military Ceremonies
for Two Brides.
We had weddings enough here this
week In all conscience, beginning
with a military wedding, Mary Ir-
wins marriage to Lieut.. Thomas
Larkin, on Monday, and winding up
with Helen McCumber's marriage to
Lieut.. Harrison Brand, also a mill
tary wedding, last night. There was
a touch OF pathos under present cir
cumstances In all this pomp and
panoply OF gold lace and brass but
tons, particularly in the pretty little
ceremony at the Irwin-Lsrkin mar
Tfage, when the uniformed ushers
formed with their crossed sabers an
archway through which the bride and
bridegroom passed But never have
1 seen two happier, prouder bride
grooms nor two sweetcr brides, and
both wedding receptions-at the
Washington Club-were exceedingly
festive.
In between came Alice Harrington
Flynn's marriage to Horace Maher,
with delightful reception at Rausch-
er's to follow; the wedding OF Marion
Russelle Cecil and Alfred Bruch: a
round half dozen others, and Cert
rude vrooman's marriage to Allison
L H. Scott. This last was the culmi-
nation OF a college romance, the two
young people having been thrown
constantly together while both were
students at the University of wiscon-
sin. This wedding had q military
hsxor, too, for Mr.. Scott expects to
enter the army, and for this reason
the date of the ceremony was ad-
vanced two months from the time
originally planned.
Preparations were completed in haste
when II developed that Mr.. Scott was
to be sent to Washington on a mission
for President Van Hise Of the ITniver-
sity Of Wisconsin: the wedding-such
a pretty wedding-took place. and.
after a tvo-day honeymoon. the BRIDE