The Washington times., 1918-05-25

night. Colonel and Mrs. Downey will
entertain fourteen guests at dinner
tonight, taking them later to the
dance at the Chevy Chase Club. Mrs
Downey expects to remain in town
all summer to be with the colonel
whose duties will keep him here.
Judge and Mrs. Warwick Hough, OF
st. Louis, are in Washington for a
weeks visit. and are stopping at the
| Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Rosenwald have
| gone to New York, and are stopping
at the st. Regis Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcclellan
Ritter are also at the St. Regis for q
| short visit
Wsds Army Captain.
Miss Dorothy Margaret Mills
daughter OF Harrington Mills. and
Capt. Laurence Alexander Slaughter
jr- L. S. R., will be married this
afternoon at o'clock, the ceremony
taking place at the Grafton Hotel, the
hcme Of the bride. The wedding will
be followed by a reception.
The Rev. Father John NJ Cooper.
Of st. Matthew'S Church, will officiate,
and the bride will be given in MAR
riage by her father. She will be at
tended by an interesting wedding
party. Her sister, Miss Florence
/ Mills, will be maid OF honor. and the
list OF bridesmaids includes Miss Flea
nor Mills, another sister OF the bride:
Miss Dorothy Bertholf, Miss Ruth
Briggs, and Miss Bernice Rigby. of
Washington; Miss Louise Cauldwell,
Of Philadelphia, and Miss Mary Dick
sen. OF New York.
There will also be two small flower
girls, Miss MaybeIle Rose and Miss
Katherine Selby. S. J. Henry, Of
Washington, will be best man for
Captain Slaughter. The ushers Will
be Capt. Theodore Barnes, Captain
O'Brien, lieut.. Charles Smith, Lieu
tenant RUpp, U. S. N, and Ensign Her
, bert French.
In White and Fink.
The long drawing room. where
the ceremony will take place, is
decorated with white peonies, with
the usual complement of palms and
trailing greens, and in the smaller
drawing room, where the reception
will be held, quantities OF pink
peOnies are being used. A string
orchestra will play the wedding
music.
The pink OF the decorations will
be repeated in the costumes OF the
bridesmaids, who will wear dainty
frocks OF pink taffeta and georgette
crepe. They are made with tucked
underskirts Of the georgette, taffeta
Overskirts, and cross-over bodices OF
taffeta, faced with lavender. The
bodice drapery forms a sash which
ties in a smart bow at the back, and
this, too. is faced with lavender.
The maid Of honor's frock is Of the
same delicate shade OF pink, and Is
fashioned entirely OF taffeta. All the
maids will wear becoming hats OF
white tappe straw, faced with pink.
trimmed with pink roses and adorned
with a tulle scarf which passes under
the chin. They will carry pink roses
and larkspur tied with lavender rib
bon.
The flower girls will wear white
organdy frocks, trimmed with bands
Of pink orEandy embroidered in Law
ender. Their poke bonnets are OF
tulle, faced with pink, aud they will
carry baskets OF roses and larkspur.
Brides Gown White Satin.
The bride will be gowned In white
bridal satin, made with a panel front
end a court train falling from the
shoulders. The underskirt. which
shows at the sides, is of lovely point
lace veiled with ruffles Of tulle. The
train is OF satin. with inserts OF tulle
and trimmed with clusters of orange
blossoms. Her bouquet IS of Bride
roses and lIlies-of-the-valIey, and her