The Washington herald., 1918-04-16

II was rather a Hamletless per-
formance OF Hamlet last night over
at Continental Memorial Hall, when
the President failed to appear and
.greet the Daughters at the formal
Opening exercises of the Twenty
seventh Continental Congress OF the
n. S. ID. A. r. However, all the resi-
OF the cast was there and performed
brilliantly. All the other notables
promised-and quite few more ior
good measure-were on the platform
when Mrs Guernsey the presioeht
general. arose and said that II was
war time, and one must aeeustoH
oneself to disappointments, and
realize that officials were very busy
and oyer-burdened. The President
had found himself unable to be pres
ent: but the Secretary OF State was
there to represent him. whereupon
the Secretary Of State. who already
had his own place on the program
and on the platform, was moved up
to the Presidents place In both.
1t was really a brilliant gathering
of notables assembled on the plat
form to give the Daughters greet
ing. The French Ambassador and
Madame Jusserand. the Italian Am
bassador and Countess di CeHere,
the Serbian Minister. Mr.. LioubomiT
Michaeloyitch, and the Belgian Min
lister, Mr.. f. Cartier de Marchienne,
and Mai. Gen. j. d. McLachlan, D.
S. o., military attache of the British
embassy. Thus every one' of the
countries with whom the United
States is allied in the present war
was represented by the chief OF It's
dfpIamtic missions here-eNcept
Great Britain. And II was perhaps
a concession that II should be rep
resented by so high a member OF It's
official staff as Gen McLachlan, al
a function by and for an organiza-
tion founded on the memory of the
one big successful revolt against
the British crown.
Mrs. Newton ID. Baker was there
and she sang, several songs. Mrs
Charles w. Fairfax also sang,
group of Italian songs, beginning
with the Italian National Air. Lieut.
L,abat. of the French War Mission
sang most thrillingly, the always
thrilling "Marseillaise," and Arthur
witComb, of the Marine Band, rem
t;ered "RuIs Brittania," as a cornet
solo. Mai. Gen. and Mrs. George
Barnett were on the platform, as
was Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, and onf
or two other former Presidents and
Vice Presidents General In one OF
the boxes Mrs Scott's daughter
Mrs Vrooman. had party. In an
other Mrs. Francis Berger Moran
From the balconies-which were ap-
parently not reserved for Daugh-
ters-a distinguished gathering oil
interested spectators in which were the
uniforms of the various war mis-
siOns on duty here. looked down
NltOEether. even without the star
it was "a most auspiciOus occasion
In the presence of a small. but dis
tingufshed company the marriage OF
Miss Rebecca Collier daughter OF
Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage, and Capt
" NHIiam Pitt Scott. L. 5. N, aide to
Admiral Benson. chief of naval opera
tio.ls.. was solemnized in Mrs. Tai
r--~g gc's apartment at the Altamont
Yesterday afternoon. Among the very
few reDreSe natives of Washington
society 10 witness the ceremony were
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Ian
sing. most OF the guests being from
out-Of-tOwn. with New York, Pitts
burgh. Philadelphia and Baltimore
about equally represented.
The apartment was tlled with flow
ers. the bridal altar being arranged
under a canopy of white roses. and
the rcSt of the drawing room being
decorated in American beauties and
lilies. Rev. DIR. Charles Wood. pastor
of the Church of the Covenant, Of
hciated.
The bride entered the room on the
arm of Capt. Fred McCutcheOn. OF
Pittsburgh, and her mother gave heI
away. She made a charming picture
in quaint Old-fashioned gown on
Eighteenth Century lines, of ivory
satin embroidered in pearls. and made
with very long train. She carried
a shower bouquet OF orchids and
lilies. and her tulle veil was held in
place by orange blossoms.
Mrs. Blaine Elkins was her matTor
of honor and only attendant in a
picturesque beTuffled little gown OF
the 1S3O period-white batiste with
bands of blue and mauye changeable
taffeta. There was a quaint little
jacket of the taffeta. and a shirred
poke bonnet of it too, garlanded will
. rOsebuds in pastel shades. Hel
bouquet was OF fOrget-me-nots and