The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-15
CHRISTY WEDS
H|SOWNNAVY
GIRL MODEL

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-The model
whose face and figure became known
on both eides of the Atlantic through
the war poster paintings by Howard
Chandler Christy became his, bride
at the Broadway Tabernacle, Broad
way and Fifty-sixth street, yester-
day afternoon. She was Mrs. Nancy
Nay Palmer. Of the Hotel Marie An-
toinette. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev William A. Kirk
wood, assistant pastor, in the chapel
Of the church, and was witnessed by
eight close friends Of the couple.
The simple wedding was the out
come OF q romance Of long standing.
Mrs Palmer had posed for some of
Mr.. Christy's best war posters, among
them being TAmericans All" and
flight or Buy Bonds"
She Is the model IN his latest Red
Cross poster which will be display
ed during the forthcoming drive OF
this humanitarian organization in the
fa1I.
Meet In Their Home Town.
Mr.. christy first met Mrs Palmer
about eight years ago in GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, his home town. where, struck
by her rare beauty. he Immediately
engaged her as a model
s Miss Consuelo Flowerton was
Bridesmaid and Commander Baugh--
man, U. S. N. OF the Imperator, was
best man.
The bride wore a dress of blue and
gray georgette crepe The skirt was
draped with an overthrow OF the
same material. She wore q French
pink and blue hat, trimmed with a
pink ostrich.
She Is q strilZingiy pretty woman,
dark ana about five feet seven inches
tail.
The wedding guests were Mr.. and
Hrs. Harry Leyser and the Misses
Grace and June Leyser, Miss Margaret
Sutton, OF GAINESVILLE, and Edward
Reynolds. for thirty years conductor
on the Baltimore and Ohio, an old
friend OF the Christy family. His
train passes through GAINESVILLE, and
he has had both the bride and bride
groom as passengers times innumeP-
able.
TA6usand Islands Trip.
After the ceremony the couple left
for Alexandria Bay, the Thousand Is
lands, where they will spend a two
week honeymoon. Mr. Christy ex-
planned that rush of work, did not
permit him to take an extensive hon
eymoon trip right now. but that he
would make time in the near future.
American:
Il am married to the prettiest wom-
an in America"
what do you think?'' he asked
Commander Baughman, the best man.
I'm say sou smiled the naval com
lAsnder.
Mrs. christy did not talk beyond
saying that she was "the happiest
woman in the country"
~ IL ~ II
frst wife, who was Miss Mabelle ]
,Thom 2son. of washington, d. c.. last
spring. He married her on his return |
from service after the Spanish-Ameri-l
c6n war. II is said she was the first
-ChristY" girl They have one child. |
= girl, Natalie, seventeen,
=. Divorced First wife.
The cause of the divorce was never
divulged, but the first intimation came
from Mrs Christy, who said that she |
would not live in GAINESVILLE, where |
Christy had built 1.-The Barracks" a |
studio-home on the farm where he |
was born.
: Mrs. christy. at the time the differ
ences arose, said she craved the life of
excitement in New York rather thar
the simple and medieval" life Of
GAINESVILLE. From time TO time re- |
ports had II that the Christys were |
reeonciled, but IN truth they drifted |
further and further away.
The divorce was granted in June |
Of this year at GAINESVILLE to Mr.. |
Christy on the ground "willful alb
senee for a period of three years"
AEabelIe Thompson Christy became the
wife of Leslie Garfield Ferguson. a
New York lawyer, soon after the di-
vOFce.
The newlAErs.' Christy was widowed
about ten years ago. Before her mar
riaxe she was Miss Nancy Mae Coone /
and was born in Amsterdam. N. Y.
She gave her age at the marriage Ii /
cense bureau yesterday as twenty
eight. while Mr. Christy gave his as
forty-seven.