The Washington times., 1919-05-30
Decoration Day Quiet SOciayNews of the Diplomats of Official
= SOciety-Weddings and Engagements

Farm, near Rockville. Nd. Their
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Edison, who
Is at the Homeopathic Hospital un-
dergoing q slight operation, is inn
proving rapidly,
BeIj-Pierce NuptiaIa.
The marriage Of Miss Fay Eliza
beth Pierce. daughter Of Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, and Lieut..
Kari Hiding Bell, United States avia-
tion service, will take place Friday.
June s, at $3.50 o'clock, in An~Souls'
Church. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the brides father, and she
will be escorted by Rear Admiral
James NJ. Flint. Medical Corps, L. S.
n. Mrs. Pierce will attend her daugh-
ter as matron OF honor and the brides
maids will include Miss Elm J. Bei
and Miss Frida H. Bell. of Hartford.
Conn, sisters Of the bridegroom: Miss
BoyEelle Callihan of Hot Springs.
Ark; Miss Louise Lloyd Lowber and
Miss Lee II. Ferguson, Of Albuquerque,
n. NJ, and Miss Josephine NJ. Jonas,
OF this city.
Perry Close, OF Hartford, Conn.
Will act as best man and the list of
in the parsonage will follow for the
bridal party. The brides sotority. the
Phi Mu, will give a luncheon in her
honor tomorrow in the home Of Miss
Katherine Moran. The bridegroom
will entertain the bridal party at dim
ner Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. president
of the District of Columbia Division.
United Daughters of Confederacy. has
extended invitations to the presidents
and members Of all local Southern or
ganizations to attend the birthday
celebration Of Jefferson Davis on
June 3 at o'clock at the Confederate
Memorial Home.
g. w, U. EXereises
George Washington University will
hold exercises on Monday. Dune ?,
at Ave minutes before noon, which
will be commemorative Of its stu
dents who have made the great sacri-
fee in the recent war and also Of the
centennial OF the birth Of the poet
Of democracy" Walt Whitman.
The university authorities have de-
cided that the date mentioned is more
convenient than would be Memorial
Day with Its numerous demands
through the connection OF many of
the alumni with patriotic organiza-
tions.
The exercises will consist OF brief
eulogies Of the students killed in the
war, and OF the presentation of
number of the flags of the university
by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, OF this
city. former president general Of the
Daughters of the Revolution and
member OF the newly created Uni |
Versity Council, who has made a gen. |
erous donation for their purchase,
The address on Whitman will be !
delivered by Langdon Z. Mitchell, OF |
poet and playwright, |
author OF Becky Sharp" and THE |
New York Idea" and other we'll
known plays. Mr.. Mitchell is a son |
of the late DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, the |
novelist. He is known to the stu !
dents of George Washington Uni |
VeTsity, having recently been a |
speaker at one OF the chapels'
The exercises will be held in the |
grounds of the university in the rear |
of the Arts and Sciences building, at |
2023 G street, IL the weather is fair, |
il not they will be held in the as
sembly hall in that building. 1t is /
expected that all the trustees, council |
ors, faculty, students, alumni, and |
friends of the university will attend. !
A special invitation Is extended 10 !
the organization OF veterans Of the |
late war as we'll as of the Spanish |
and civil wars, to the members of |
the D. A. R., s. A. r. and S. of r., |
and to the admirers OF Whitman gen
orally.