The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30

G. Thayer Of st. Marks School. Miss
Katharine b. Bliss win DO her sisters
only attendant and Henry B. Schwab
will act as his brothers best man. A
small reception will follow at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss, 6 East Eighty
seventh street. Capt. Schwab and his
bride will sail April II for China.
The marriage Of MISS Rose Saiton-
stall Peabody, daughter OF the Rev
DR.. apd Mrs. Endicott Peabody OF Gro
/ ton. Mass, to DR.. William Barclay
Parsons. Jr.. son OF Col. Will
lam Barclay Parsons and Mrs. Parsons
OF this city. took place a week ago
yesterday in the school chapel at Gro
ton. The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the brides father The
bride. who was given away by her I'M
Gle. John E. Peabody, was attended by
her sisters, the Misses Elizabeth, Mar
gerry and Dorothy Peabody, Miss Ger
aldine Lawrence of Boston and Miss
Isabelle Carter of Richmond. Va.
| Schuyler l.. Parsons, cousin of the
bridegroom, acted rs best man, and
! the ushers were Rudolph Weld. DR..
! Parsons's brother-in-law; G. Peabody
Gardner and George West OF Boston.
, DR.. Fordyce B. st. John. DIR. A. r. Ste
vens, DIR. Roderick erase and Henry
Forster OF New York.
! Both DR.. Parsons and his bride were
active in overseas war work. They
returned in February from France
where they had been since May. 1917.
DR.. Parsons went to France with the
! Presbyterian Hospital unit and served
with the British until May. 1913. when
he was appointed ono OF the original
STAFF of surgeons OF United States Mo-
bile Hospital No. 2. which was at
tached to the First Army in the Marine
and the Argonne. and went into Ger
many with the Army OF Occupation.
Mrs. Peabody was the American Red
| Cross representative assigned to the
same unit, and both were included In
the-sk lions tcs<; garage under fife.FS-
ceived by the mobile hospital from
Gen. Pershlng. The engagement OF
the young couple was announced In
June, 1916. but they postponed their
marriage until they were released
from service in France. II was ex-
pected that Col. Parsons would be
present at his sons wedding. but he is
still waiting with his regiment. the
Eleventh Engineers, for embarkatior
at Bordeaux.
| DIR. and Mrs. Parsons are passing a
part of their honeymoon ut White Sui
Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
One OF the weddings last week of In
terest here was that OF Miss Elizabeth
J. Davy, daughter OF Mrs. Burton
Hodges Davy. to Walter j. Salmon OF
this city, which took place Wednesday
at the home of the brides mother, 241
oxford street Rochester. The Rev.
Don q. Hustled performed the mar
riage ceremony in the presence OF a
small number OF relatives and Intimate
7 friends. The bride, who was given
! away by her brother. James B. Davy.
wore a gown OF soft white satin
trimmed with crystals. and her only
ornament was string Of pearls, the
gift OF the bridegroom. Little Lois
Salmon acted as flower girl and Walter
Salmon was the ring bearer,
The bride rs a granddaughter OF tho
late John NJ. Davy OF the Court of APP
peals Of New York. She was gradu-
ated from Wells College In 1918 and
last autumn won q fellowship in the
School OF Philanthropy, In this city.
Mr.. Salmon is an amateur sportsman