The Washington herald., 1918-03-28

leave washington next week for a
weekend visit to the virginia Mill
tary Institute. Mrs. Arthur Lee will
chaperone the party. Miss Bromwell
will also go to Orange. N. j., to be
a guest at q house party.
One of the surprise weddings of
the WARRIOR only few Of Miss
Ethel Mary Crocker's friends knew
OF her return to this country a short
while ago from France-took place
She became the bride of
Comte Andre de Limur of the French
Flying Corps. at the home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Crocker. No. 420 Park avenue. New
York. The ceremony was performed
yesterday afternoon by Mgr. Mi
chael ]. Lavelle. of st. Patrick's
Cathedral.
Miss crocker had only one at
tendant. her sister, Miss Helen
Crocker. Her cousin. Stanislaus
Poniatowski. who also belongs to
the French Flying Corps, and was
recently decorated with the Croix
de Guerre, was Andres best man.
The brides cousin. Charles Temple
ton Crocker, OF the naval censor
ship bureau, and Lieut.. Winthrop
w. Aldrich, who is related to her
by marriage, served as ushers.
1t Is quite fitting that Stanislaus
Poniatowski should be one of the
wedding party. Through him the
comte met the charming girl who
is his bride. Both young men are
in the same service, and the comte
has been stationed in Lorraine.
About a year ago Miss0 Crocker
went to France to do war RELIEF
work and made her home with her
aunt, the Princess Andre Poniatow-
ski, at Paris. 1t was there that she
met the comte, while attending to
the reconstruction of the village OF
Vitrimont.
The comte, who arrived from
France a few days ago, has a
months leave of absence. Miss
Crocker's brother. william II.
Crocker, jr., is with the army in
France. Her family has long been
Identified with San Francisco.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the couple departed for Cali
fornia. They will remain there for
few days visiting friends before
leaving for France. They will make
their nome at IaTls.
The engagement OF Miss Janetta
Alexander, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Alexander. of New York
and Tuxedo, to Capt. Arnold Whit
ridge. son of the late Frederick W.
Whitridge and Mrs. Whitridge. OF
New York. has been announced. Capt.
whitridge Is In France at the front.
a. oil ohFOad
working with the Y. w. c. A. Miss
during the Roosevelt administration.
She IS a sister OF Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, jr.
The marriage Of Miss Josephine
Tunstall Smith, of Baltimore, to Lee
Barroll, whose engagement was an
nounced a fortnight ago. will take
place on Saturday in Old st. Paufs
Church in Baltimore. The ceremony
will be performed at 4 o'clock and
will be followed by a reception for
the members of the two families only
in the apartment at the Preston In
the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Tunstall
Smith. The bride will be attended
by her sister. Miss Louise Tunstall
Smith. and Miss Amanda McNear. of
San Francisco. The bride-elect is a
near relative OF Miss Margaret
who will be married next
to Mr.. Sylvanus Stokes,
U. S. n. r. She is also a niece of
Lord Fairfax and is relative of
Mrs. Volney Chase, of this city. The
is in training at Fort
Monroe, Va.
Raymond Fosdick. chairman OF the
on training camp activi-
ties. will be the guest OF honor at the
Club tomorrow after
noon. He will give a talk at 4 o'clock
and tea will follow at o'clock.
Mrs. Richard H. Townsend and
and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry
are in New York and are stopping at
the Plaza Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Washington
Ray have sent out invitations for the
of their daughter. Miss Lii
lian Antoinette Ray. to Joseph West
on Wednesday after
noon. April II. at 4:3O o'clock in Holy
Trinity Church. Georgetown. There
will be a reception at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Ray, 1892 Thirty-first
street, Immediately after the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Leisenring and Miss Temple will
be the hostesses at the Arts Club din
ner tonight at which L. NJ. Leisenring
will be the chairman. and the subject
of discussion will be Architecture as
a Social Factor" There will be dane
ing. At the Sunday night entertain
ment George Julian Zolnay will give
an illustrated lecture on Art and the
World Crisis"
The United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy have completed the en-
dowment of a second ward in the
Red Cross Hospital. at Neuilly,
France. known as the American
Military Hospital, No. l. Ten days
ago came the news of the endow-
ment by this organization of one
entire ward. That seemed a splen-
did and wonderful accomplishment,
but there seems to be no limit to the
work they intend to do.
The first was endowed by funds
received from the U. d. C. members