The Washington herald., 1918-02-13

whose wedding to Lieut.. Robert E
Pollock will take place on Saturday
in Austin, Texas. Miss Messick and
her mother, Mrs. Charles Marbury
had expected to leave Washington
last Sunday, but their departure
was delayed until tomorrow. They
had planned to make . short stop
in New Orleans on the way to Aus
tin. but will go straight to Texas
now.
Miss Eustasia Hardesty and Miss
Mary Hill presided at the tea table
which was adorned with a profu-
sion OF spring flowers. The guests
included the debutantes OF the sea-
son.
The marriage of Miss Nellie Claire
Howard, daughter OF Samuel Howard.
OF Washington. to Andrew s. White.
OF Syracuse. N. Y, took place at noon
yesterday in the chapel of the
Franciscan Monastery at Brooklahd,
D. c. Owing to the recent death of
the brides mother the ceremony was
simple and only members of the i'm
mediate families were present. This
fact and the fact that Father Godfrey
Hunt, vice commissary of the mon
astery. Is a close friend of the How
ard family. prompted the selection
OF this rather unusual setting for the
wedding.
In the absence of her father. who
Is detained in the South by business,
Miss Howard was given in marriage
by her brother. Austin Howard She
was attended by Miss Gladys Dent.
of New York. as maid OF honor, and
Bronson Howard, another brother OF
the bride. was best man for Mr..
White. Theodore Howard sang 70
Promise Me" Immediately preceding
the ceremony and George Herbert
Wells played the wedding marches.
The Rev. Father George T. Smyth.
rector Of st. Anne's, oficiated.
The bride wore a charming gown
of cloth of silver. made with a tunic
cut in scallops over a petticoat OF
tulle and silver lace, ruffled with
fine valenciennes lace and garnished
with wee clusters OF orange blossoms.
The bodice was built of tulle and
lace. with a high girdle of the silver
cloth. closing under a huge rosette.
and the long sleeves were of tulle.
The gown was made short, the only
train being formed by the voluminous
tulle veil with its picot edge of silver.
The veil was arranged in fan shape
and held in place by a circlet of
orange blossoms. The bride carried a
shower of white orchids and lilies
Of the valley.
Miss Dents costume was Of yellow
tulle. shading to rose. made on a
bouffant model and trimmed with
rose passementerie. She wore a be-
coming hat OF pale Pink tulle. un-
trimmed save for narrow bands Of
grosgrain ribbon. pink, blue and gold
which encircled the crown and formed
streamers. Her flowers were pink and
mauve orchids
The bridal party entered the chapel,
where the preliminary service was
read. through the monastery. After
the fashion in vogue in France, they
went into the sacriSty for the cere~
mony proper, as Mr.. white is a nom
Catholic.
The wedding was followed by an in
formal breakfast at the Willard for
the bridal party. and in the afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. White left town for an
extended wedding trip. They viii
spend several months, at Pinehurst,
going to Syracuse, where Mr.. White
makes his home. He is a brother OF
Horace white. one-time governor of
New York. and a nephew of Andrew
ID. White, first president OF Cornell
University. and once ambassador to
Germany and to Russia.
The brides travelling costume was a
one-piece dress of blue serge with COL
lar OF embroidered organdie aud
quaint scarf Of cretonne. With this
she wears a small hat Of quilted satin.
with a coronet brim piped in peacock
blue, and a moleskin coat.
Mrs. Henry P. Dawson. wife OF the
head OF the Red Cross War Council.
has given up her home at 12 West
Fifty-first street, New York, for use
by the Young Woman's Christian As
sociation as a hostess house Such al
terations as were necessary have been
made and the housewarming will take
place this afternoon, when there will
be a reception in the hostess house.
Already many reservations have
been made by women whose relatives
are with some military unit in New
York or its immediate vicinity. The
first guest OF the hostess house will
be woman whose son, a soldier In
the Camp Upton division, is now in a
hospital here.
About twenty guests can be accom-
modated in the house at present, but
it is believed that. when the conven-
ienee Of such a stopping place is gen.
orally recognized, arrangements will
have to be made to care for more Wis