The Washington herald., 1919-04-28

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Mrs. Rockwell C. Tenney. Of Cam
bridge, Mass. sister-in-law of the
bride, attended her as matron or
/ honor. and the maids OF honor were
Miss Pauline Harris, of Providence,
r. l.. and Miss Theodore Haynes.
of Springfield, Mass. They wore
beautiful gowns of rose pink satin, the
bodices and long bell sleeves Of chif-
fon OF the same shade girdied with
periwinkle blue chiffon. the long sash
ends falling at the back. Their large
picture hats of black lisere straw
were faced with periwinkle blue and
trimmed with pink roses. They car
rted clusters Of pink and blue spring
| flowers.
Miss Barbara Nevins. of Springfield.
Mass, the bridesmaid. wore an ex-
/ quisite pink chiffon gown with a
black picture hat trimmed with pink
roses. and her bouquet was similar
to the maids of honor.
Mr.. Rockwell C. Tenney acted as
best man and the ushers were Mr..
Sidney Lincoln, OF Boston. Mr.. jerome
Nevins. OF Springfield; Mr.. Frederick
Ford, of Detroit and Mr.. Charles
J Tenney
/ A seated breakfast for the wedding
] the bride followed at the home of the
brides parents. 1853 Columbia road.
! The rooms were deliberately decorted
with pink rambler roses and palms.
! Mr. and Mrs. Nevins left later for
their wedding trip. the latter wearing
a modish travelling costume of blue
/ tricolette with blue straw toque
| faced with henna chiffon. They will
! make their future home in Spring
( field
I Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell en-
/ tertained at dinner Saturday night at
/ the Cafe St Marks.
, Another beautiful wedding was
: added to the long list which have
! taken place in historic st. Johns
/ Church, Lafayette square. when Miss
, Roberta Brooke Russell. daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. John II. Russell. became
/ the bride of John Dryden Kuser, Of
Bernardsville. N j. The ceremony
took place at o'clock Saturday after
noon and was followed by an informal
reception at Rauscher's
Mr.. Kuser is the son of Col. and
Mrs. Anthonp Kuser Of Bernarls-
vile. and a grandson of the late Sem
ator Dryden. of New Jersey. He is
still in college, and after a brief honey
moon will return to Princeton Uni
versity to remain until his gradua-
tion in June. Meanwhile his little.
| bride. who has but recently cele-
brated her l7th birthday. will remain
with Col. and Mrs. Kuser at Bernards-
Vile. In July the young couple will
start on trip around the world.
{ Inhn'G giU m on "
decorated with palms and smilax for
! the wedding and Easter lilies were
! used on the altar and in the chancel.
! The ceremony was performed by the
/ TT. Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop OF
/ Washington. who officiated at the
/ marriage of the brides parents and
of Mrs. Russelrs three sisters. The
/ Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith. rec
, tor of the church. assisted.
The bride was given in marriage by
: her father. and entered the church on
his arm. She wore a trainless gown of
| white satin in the softest possible
| weave. with draped skirt full at the
| top and very narrow about the feet
! The long-waisted, curveless bodice
was high in the back and cut square
| in front, and the long bell-shaped
sleeves were of tulle. Her volumi-
nous tulle veil was turned UP at the
bottom for some yards. caught with
orange blossoms and allowed to form
! a court train.
II was arranged in original fash
ion. drawn over the face. about the
throat. and caught at the back with
a cluster of orange blossoms. After
the ceremony the veil was drawn back
from the face. forming a becoming
tulle cap. The little bride carried q
shower bouquet of white orchids and
lilies of the valley.
Miss Russell was attended by eight
bridesmaids. all debutantes of last
winter or girls still in the schoolroom,
and a flower girl her small cousin,
Miss Mary Claire Cottman. daughter
of Mrs. Warrington Cottman, of Bal
timore. The bevy of bridesmaids in
cluded Miss Anna Hamlin. Miss EIiz-
abeth Grinnell, Miss Olyve Graef. Miss
Leila Gordon. Miss Mildred BromwelI
and Miss Alys Emo. of Princeton, N
j.: Miss Mary Lorillard, of New York,
| and Miss Mary Cameron. OF Staten
| Island. n. Y.
| Their frocks were OF pale green chif-
fon. in straight and narrow model.
with tors much like the brides gown
and slightly draped skirts. A corsage
bouquet of apple blossoms marked
the low waist line, just as orange bios
/ SONS served the bride. Their hats were
| of LeShorn. faced in flesh coIored
Georgette. and trimmed with apple
blossoms. and they carried Ophelia
roses and white lilacs.
The little flower girl wore a slip
! Of peach blow crepe de chine, with
quaint Gotta Of old yellow lace, and
carried a gilt basket filled with Mrs.
I AnV
golden hair. and wore no hat
] Walter Chappell, of New York, was
best man for Mr.. Kuser, and the list
of ushers included John Kuser, cousin
OF the bridegroom: Alan Hartman,
Coster Schemerhorn. Anson Taylor,
Merrill Chaplin. Jarvis Cromwell, and
Meredith Pyne, all OF New York. and
John Harlan. Of Washington.
| At the reception Col. and Mrs Ku-
| ser. who reached Washington Fri
day. accompanied by the bridegroom ;
/ young sister, Miss Cynthia Kuser,
| with Col. and Mrs. Russell Mrs. Rus
| sell wore a gray chiffon gown, with a
becoming navy blue straw hat yelled
/ in tulle and trimmed about the crown
| with ostrich feather ornaments Mrs
| kuser's costume was of dark blue
crepe de chine. and with this she wore
| a large blue hat. Little Miss Cynthia
| kuser's trock was of pale yellow.
! The bridal party stood in the bay
| window of Rauscher's small ballroom
| to greet the guests and later Joined
( the dancers in the large ballroom. In
the evening Miss BromYell, one of
the attendants, entertained the we'd
| ding party and some of the out-of-
town guests at dinner.
When Mr.. Kuser and his bride left
! for their hrief honeymoon In tha