The Washington herald., 1920-08-01

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CAPERs-KEYsER WEDDING
WILL BE SEPTEMBER =.
1t was with interest, too, that
Washington heard last week of the
announcement made by Mrs. John
G. Capers of her daughter, Char
lottee Palmer Capers' engagement
to Maj. Ralph Slower Keyser, u. S.
Marine Corps, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Eugene keyser. of Virginia.
The wedding will take place at
the home of the bride, 1885 r street,
on September 2. and will be veN
quiet, as the family is in mourning.
Mrs. Frederic IN. Towers, sister of
the bride-to-be, will be matron of
honor and Maj. William f. Bevan,
L. s. Marine Corps. will be Maj.
Keyser's best man. Maj. keyser
served with distinction in the A.
T.. +. from February, 1918 to
August. 1919. as a major in the
Fifth Marines, as a member of the
general staff of the Second DiVi-
sion. and is now at Quantico. Va,
where he and his bride will re-
side after they return from their
wedding trip.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
INTEREST ID, c. SOCIETY.
Another engagement of great in
tercst last week was that Of Miss
Edith Stratton Vance. of Port wash
ington. l.. l.. and Llewellyn Dudley
NicolsOn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George EleweIlyn NIcOlson, who
reside at their old home in Cooks
Row in Georgetown, 3013 Q street.
The bride-to-be, l believe, is now
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nicolson. The
| latter, you know, is Mr.. Nicol-
sons second wife: was formerly
Miss GIovie Gordon. daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs William A. Gordon, and
sister of Blake and Erskine Gordon
/ also of an old Georgetown family.
| and also long residents of Cooks
Row. named after the original own
/ Of the row, the rich, old Washing
/ ton banker who lived years ago in
/ Cooks mansion at the corner of
/ Thirtieth and Q streets, u tine mag
nificent place which was converted
about ten years ago into an apart
J mont house known as Hammond
| Courts Mr.. Nicolson, ST., is one Of
the officials of the Chesapeake and
| Ohio Canal.
| Another wedding of local interest
to take place in the near future is
that of Miss Anne Elizabeth Robert
son, daughter of Mrs. Frank T. Rob-
| ertson, of Kansas City, Mo, and
Lieut.. Ralph B. Bagby, whose home
is also in Missouri. but who is sta
tf1 N-h
he is attached to the Aviation Corps
another officer from there to be
married-thc third that has come
to my mind today
BRIDE-TO-BE LEAVES
FOR KANSAS CITY HOME.
Miss Robertson, who has made
her home IN Washington for the
| past two years. and who was Joined
here by her mother last winter. left
last week for her home in the Mid
die West to complete the prepara-
tons for her wedding and to attend
the numerous parties which are be-
ing planned in her honor.
1t seems a pity for anyone with
friends in two cities to have to be
married in just one and her friends
here who can't go out for the we'd
ding are most disappointed. I am
| fortunate enough to be among those
going for l am to be her matrOn of
| honor. Her sister. Miss Frank Ro-
| bertson, who visited in Washington
last year when she attended GOuCher
College in Baltimore. will be the
maid Of honor and there will be four
bridesmaids, including l believe, the
sister OF the bridegroom, Mary
l ] "a vic
Mis- Robertson has decided upon
the general features of the costumes
tor her attendants, though she will
wait until reaching Kansas City
to decide the minor details. Each
frOCk. which will either be of gold
or turquoise blue. will have a wide
ribbon girdle, tieing in a huge bow
at the right side. back. and ending
in a long streamer which will just
trail on the floor. 1t will be a
church wedding followed by a recep-
tion at one of the hotels there and
each attendant will wear a large
black hat, probably of panne velvet
INTENDED GROOM HONoRED
IN ACTIONS OVERSEAS.
The bride, whose father was. be.
fore his death, a well-known rail-
/
they made their home in Helena
Mont. will be given in marriage b.
Iher uncle. Samuel b. Robertson. of
Kansas City Lieut.. Bagby viii
have among his ushcrs a number OF
laviators stationed at fields neaI
Washington. who will no doubt fee
very much at home a the reCep;
ltiOn, for, | understand. the decora-
tions will abound in things aero
nautical, but that is to be a sur
prise.
Lieut.. Bagby. who distinguished
himself overseas. where he took
part in i've major offensives, re.
ceived. during the recent war, the
ID. S. G., the Croix de Guerre and
the Belgian Order of the Crown, as
we'll as numerous citations. He was
among those who took part in and
completed the transContinental
aerial race last fall, and left this
week for Camp Perry, Ohio. where
he will be among those who will
take part in the worlds first aerial
shooting match there.
Before the war, Lieut.. Bagby was
lengaged in mechanical engineering
Having graduated in the course at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
inOloGy.
! Washington will. no doubt, see
much of the young couple after
their marriage, for they will make
their home at Langley Field, which
is not far away, I'm glad to say
The brides parents were both origi-
nally from Virginia, and Mrs Rob
ertson was a Miss Pendleton, a rela-