The Washington herald., 1918-04-14
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engagement. Engagements involv-
ing men lin the service are no;
long nowadays.
Look at Rebekah Collier IT'S only
about three weeks since her engage
ment 10 Capt. Pitt Scott, u. s. N,
was announced by her mother. Mrs.
De Witt Talnage. and now she's to
be married tomorrow; and already
their apartment at the Altamont has
about as many wedding guests from
New York. Pittsburgh, and Philadel-
phia as it can accommodate. and
, others are coming who will have to
do the best they can at the hotels,
The ceremony is to be performed
tomorrow afternoon. in Mrs. Tai
IMAGES apartment, in the presence
of only small company of rela-
tives and intimate friends. with the
Rev. Dr. Ciur!es Wood officiating
But il will be followed by large
reception.
Miss Collier is to have but one at
tendant-MTs. Blaine BeaIe who viii
serve as her matron of honor. Capt.
Scott will have Capt Ridley Nc
Lean as his best man. and Maj. Gen.
George Barnett and Capt Roscoe
Bulmer will serve as ushers. Dur
ing the short period that has elapsed
since the announcement of the en-
gagement Miss Collier and Capt.
Scott have been pretty continuously
entertained. both in Washington and
in Baltimore. where his brother-in-
law and sister. Capt. and Mrs. Ridge
ley. are stationed. As Mrs. Talmage
and Miss Collier have all sorts of
New York. Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh connections good many out
of-town guests are expected for the
wedding. Among those who have
already arrived are Mrs. John Lind
say McCutcheon. of New York: Mrs
T. C. McCutCheon and Capt Fred
McCut cheon. L.. s. N A., and MI
and Mrs William Boyd. of Pitts
burgh. who are Mrs. Talmage's >
guests at the Altamont. Mrs. Tai
mage expects to turn over her apart
ment 10 her daughter and Capt.
Scott on their return from their we'd
ding trip. and will herself spend
some weeks in New York.
And look at those two hurry-up
New York weddings Fredericka Pc
terson's. and Katherine Culver's. both
girls who have visited a good deal in
Washington. and both of them menu
bers OF Edith GraCie's wedding party
when she married Dunbar Adams last
December-one of the most brilliant
weddings of the winter. Washington
has always had a certain proprietary
interest in Katherine Culver as the
granddaughter of former Senator
William \. Clark. Her marriage to
Rodney Williams took place yester-
day in the Chantry of St Thomas
Church at Fifth avenue and Fifty
third street. New York. And Freder-
ika Peterson, whose cn2a cement to
Lieut.. Theodore Darlington Jessup OF
the S5th infantry. stationed at Camp
I pton. was only announced last Sun
day. and no date set married her
soldier man on Tuesday after he had
received urgent orders" Lieut. Jes-
sup is son of Mr. aud Mrs. Henry
Wynans Jessup-the latter formerly
Miss Mary StotesbuTy. Of Philadelphia
and the ceremony was performed al
the Brick Church in the presence OF
Just family" with matron Of
honor and a best man. to help out,
by the Rev. DIR. William =. Merrill.
Weddings follow close on the heels
Of engagements nowadays. And
honeymoOns are bries
Two of our Easter brides are back
from their wedding trips Capt. and
Mrs. John Gregory Hopc-the latter
formerly Miss Anne Hopkins-are es-
tablished I'm their home in Chevy
Chase. Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes
jr.. are for the moment with Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock, the brides
mother. but Mr.. Stokes expects to go
tomorrow to Baltimore. where he is
at present stationed. Lieut. and Mrs
or Madame-Marquisan (Frances
Moore that was) are expected at any
moment. The powers that be.
whether they be British. American or
French, seem to be unanimous in the
theory that a weeks leave is a lib
eral allowance to get married in.
They tell an absurd story Of Dun
bar Adams. 1t seems he was not able
to get leave until just in time to start
down to WASHINGTON for his wedding
and had no opportunity to make the