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at the embassy. in honor of
Bishop Eugene Julien of
Arras. France, and other distin nguished
Catholic clergymen who came to at
tend Cardinal Gibbons golden jubilee.
Returning Soon to America.
Capt. Andre Tardieu, commissioner
Of Franco-American war relations and
high commissioner OF France in. the
United States, who since last June
has been a member of the French
cabinet, will return to America
shortly.
The Italian ambassador and Countess
di Cellere entertained informally at
luncheon yesterday In honor of State
Senator Cotillo of the New York
legislature. who recently returned
from Italy, where he went for the
committee on public information.
Engineer Camille ceriuti, head OF
the Italian military mission in this
country. entertained at dinner at the
! Metropolitan Club last evening in
honor of Prof. Bastianelli. the distin-
guished Italian surgeon of the Uni
versity of Rome. Prof. Bastianelli
| came to this country for the meeting
guests were Count Lovatelli, new na-
val attache of the embassy, and DR..
Faloria, medical attache.
The guests from out of town who
will come to Washington tomorrow to
attend the marriage of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Mrs.
1 Adds Birdsey Browne. and Lieut.. Wal.
ter Mayher Boyden, U. S. A, will in.
clude Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Boyden of
Plymouth. Mass, parents of the BRIDE
groom; Miss Mayher of East Hamp-
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gin, Capt. and Mrs. Paul Gould and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Yeoman of New
York and Mrs. Brooke Baker of Up
perville. Va.
Because of the order closing the
churches, the ceremony will take place
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Evans
Browne, at Edgemoor, instead of ST.
Margarets Church, as was originally
planned. 1t will be followed by a
breakfast, at which only the relatives
and few intimate friends will be
present.
Mrs. Alexander Britton Browne,
sister-in-law of the bride. will be the
matron of honor, and the other at
tendants include Mrs. Sherbourne
Prescott and Miss Avis Hughes of
New York and Miss Maxwell Church
of this city.
Miss Adelaide Jones of Pittsburgh
and Miss Elizabeth Lennon of Mid
dleburg, Va, who were to have been
in the wedding party, were compelled
to withdraw on account of the epi-
demic.
Lieut.. Wells Blanchard. L. S. A.. of
Concord, Mass. will act as best man
for Lieut.. Boyden. and the ushers will
be Lieut.. Lynde Seldom. U. S. A. and
Mr.. Sherbourne Prescott of New York.
Lieut. Cushing Hamlen, L. S. A., and
Mr.. William Prescott of Boston.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Boyden will be at
home after November 15 at the Dres-
den. 49,
Mr.. Thomas F. Logan will so to
New York today to join Mrs. Logan,
who is staying at the Ritz-Carlton.
Mrs Mrs. J James H: c: osd o has re rented her her
and Mrs: Harry L. Bailey.
Mrs. Ord and her daughter. Miss
Vida Ruth Ord. will spend the winter
with the formers son-in-law and
daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Edward
Scramm, in ST. Louis. at the resi-
dence, o10O Clemens avenue.
Corp. James Ord. Mrs, Ord's SON,
is in France. in the aviation section
of the Signal Corps.
Mrs. Henry Clay Browning and Mrs.
Charles J. Williamson are spending
several weeks at Hot Springs, Va,
taking the cure.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
f. johnson was the scene of one of
the most interesting weddings of the
season yesterday afternoon at 4:30
O'Clock. when their daughter, Miss
Nellie Johnson, became the bride Of
Lieut. Commander c. c. Todd, ir., L. S.
N, son of Rear Admiral c. c. Todd,
U. S. N, retired, and Mrs. Todd.
Owing to war conditions and the
short time between the announcement
of the engagement and the wedding
day. the ceremony was very quiet, the
guests including only members of the
two families.
a floral decoration of unusual
beauty adorned the various rooms.
Quantities of palms and autumn
foliage formed an effective back
ground for the masses of pink roses
which banked the mantels and were
arranged in vases on the tables. The
bay window in the drawing room was
converted into. bower with white
chrysanthemums. palms and ferns,
and it was here that the ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Edward l..
Buckley. the couple standing beneath
a cluster of American flags.
The charming young BRIDE who was
escorted by her father. wore smart
with an overdrapery of chiffon of the
same shade, trimmed with exquisite
point lace and oriental embroidery.
Her picture hat of blue velvet was
trimmed with uncurled ostrich feath-
ers and she wore a corsage bouquet of
ment was a diamond and platinum bar
pin. the gift OF the bridegroom
There were no attendants. A buffet
supper for the guests. present at the
ceremony followed.
Mrs. Johnson. mother of the bride.
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fon elaborately embroidered and
mounted over satin Of the same shade
Mrs. Todd. mother of the bridegroom,
wore a black embroidered net gown
over black satin. with a large black
hat and a scarf of superb white lace
niece of Mr.. Johnson. and widely
known for her war relief work, was
also present.
Lieut.. Commander Todd and his
bride left later for their wedding trip,
the latter wearing a tailored costume
of midnight blue serge. with a small
blue turban trimmed with a band of
tiny fiat feathers
The bride of yesterday made her
debut in Washington two seasons
prominent part in social life, al
though devoting much of her time to
war relief work.
The bridegroom. who recently re-
turned from eighteen months duty
in foreign waters. has just received
his promotion in rank and wore his
extra stripe for the first time at his
wedding.
He comes Of most distinguished an
cestry, being. related to Judge
Thomas Todd of the United States
Supreme Court, who married the
youngest sister of Dolly Madison, the
ceremony taking place at the White
House, and Andrew J. James, a dis
tin0ujshed 1avyer of KenfucIv