The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-26
IRVING -SILLIMAN NUPTIALS ARE TO BE HELD TONIGHT Y. w. c. A. Will Move to New Home on Thurs
 day. SEASIDE OUTING
 CLUB IS CLOSED Red Cross Rooms in Warner Institute to Close
 Mondays.

the wedding that is to take place in the Stratford Congregational church this evening when Miss Marjorie Silliman, daughter or Mir and Mrs. Charles H. Silliman of Stratford is to be married to Harvey c. Irving, son of George Irving of East Wash ington avenue. Simplicity character lZes the arrangements and the cere- mony is to be performed by Rev. R. c. Whitehead, pastor of the church. The decorative scheme in the church will be green and white attractively arranged by Horan & Son of this city.
 Miss Si1liman will make a very charming bride and will wear a we'd ding gown of heavy white satin with garnitures of Duchess lace. The skirt is draped and the long court train is cut square at the end Her veil of tulle has the coronation front of Duchess lace and the cap part is caught on her head with orange bIoss- oms. She will carry a bouquet of bride roses with a shower of narcis- sus. She will be given in marriage by her father.
 Her attendants will be Mrs. We'll ington Walker as maid of honor. who will wear g. frock of pale orchid satin made with the new hustle siI- houtte. She will carry Ophelia roses. The maid of honor will be Miss Arlene Curtis, whose gown is of pale green satin which has a. girdle like that of the matron of honor of the new honey colored velvet ribbon. Her, bouquet will also be of Ophelia roses. Miss Marion Hunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Hunt of Strat- ford, will be the flower girl,
 MT Irving will be attended by John Curtis Hawley as his best man and his ushers are to be Arthur Comley, Ralph Toucey, Dudley Morris and Frank Irving of New York city. On Thursday evening MT. Irving enter tained them at his bachelor dinner.
 Previous to the ceremony Mrs. Eli mer Beardsley, organist at the South Congregational church, will play a se- lected progam and also the process sional and recessional for the we'd ding party.
 After the ceremony there will be a reception at the Silliman home to which 125 guests have been bidden Mrs. Waters of this city will serve the wedding supper and the decorations | in the house are in pink and green. Afr and Mrs. Irving are to leave early in the evening on a wedding trip and 1 when they return will reside in the Irving home on East Washington ave- nue.
 Miss Silliman, who is a graduate of Wheaton Seminary, near Boston, Mass, has been active in charitable and philanthropic work since leaving school. MT. Irving, who is a grad uate of the Worcester School of Tech nology, is with the Automatic Ma chine company of this city. He is secretary of the Sea Side and Wea- togue Country club.
 The Seaside Outing Club on Seaview avenue, has announced that owing to a, lack of fuel it has been compelled to close it's doors temporarily. As soon as conditions better themselves the club will be open again for the accommodation of it's members. Conforming to the fuel conservation | orders the Red Cross rooms in the | Warner Institute on Lafayette street will not be open on Monday after noon or any of the succeeding Mon | days that have been declared holidays | That is this closing plan will be ad- i hered to until further notice. The rooms will also be closed on Tuesday evenings.
 About fifty of the district leaders 1 and workers of last years fnancia i campaign, together with members o: | the board of directors of the Bridge, port Protective Association met yes
 terday afternoon with Mrs. Walter Wilmot at her pleasant home o1 | Stratford avenue. It was intended to make a house to house canvas agair
 this year but after discussion it wa:
 felt that the end desired could b,
 attained just as we'll by a circular let
 ter enclosing a report of last year.
 work. Miss Kathryn Hewitt, super
 intendent of the home on Myrtle } avenue, spoke about the new hom'
 into which the association has moved
 recently and described the greatly in
 creased facilities this house offered
 over the one from which the associa , tion moved. After the business hal been disposed of there was a socia hour. Tea was served with Mrs C B. Doremus presiding at the urns an, ! the members of the board assisted il
 the dining room.
 ' The girls of the grade school club l will have charge of the vesper ser 5 vice at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoo f at the Y. w. c. A, 10S7 Broad street
 They will give a costume play, t'Lt
 tie Brothers of the Flag" which il
 lustrates the contribution that thos , from other countries have made t our American life and ideals. Thi will probably be the last service hel in tha :Es1ead street rooms, as it is ex
 pected that the association will nov
 on Thursday to it's new quarters a
 263 Golden Hill street
 . There will be a luncheon for boar d and committee members at 1 o'cloc