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made with long satin trains com
bined with trains of brown tulle.
Coronets of gold leaves rested on
their dark hair, and they carried
shower bouquets of Ward roses with
streamers adorned with sweetheart
roses. The best man was Maj. Theo-
dore Barnes, U. s. A, brother of the
bridegroom and the ushers were his
brother officers in the army, Mai.
Charles Helmick, U. S. A: Maj. Har-
old Rayner. u. S. A.: Maj. Frank
Reilly, u S. A; Maj. Alvin Sande-
ford, U. 8. A, and Maj. Charles
George, U. S. A. Mrs. Droop re-
cetved the guests at the large re-
ception at Rauscher's which followed
In a charming gown of black satin,
the decollete bodice deliberately or
namented with jet. Major Barnes
and his bride will be at home after
February /, at the Altamont. Among
the out-of-town guests was Mrs
howard Longstreth, of Philadelphia,
sister OF Mr.. Droop.
The Beach-Barber ceremony
was performed at o'clock by Rt.
Rev. Alfred Warren Harding,
bishop of Washington. in the pres
ence OF a large company Of friends
and relatives and was followed by an
informal reception for the bridal
party and immediate family.
Owing to the beauty OF the
chapel. which lends itself SO well to
a wedding. the decorations were
very simple, few cut flowers be-
ing used on the altar. =
The bride, who was given in mar
rtage by her father, wore a lovely
wedding gown of ivory satin made
on straight lines and trimmed in
rare old lace that was used on her
srandmother's wedding dress. The
lace was used as a drapery on one
side OF the skirt, caught up with a
sprig of orange blossoms, and to
form the sleeves and foundation Of
the bodice which was partially
draped In the satin and was finish
ed with ,deep girdle Of the satin.
The tulle veil, which fell over ner
race, hung to the end of the long
court train, and was made with a
crown of rose point lace. The train
was trimmed with the old family
lace. She carried a shower bouquet
or orchids and lilies of the valley.
Miss Katharine Beach, the brides
sister, who was the maid-of- honor,
wore a dainty gown, fashioned OF
nesh colored chiffon. made very
simply, the only trimming being a
soft girdle of the chiffon in shades
OF pink and orchid. She wore a
picture hat of flesh colored tulle
and carried orchids.
The bridesmaids, who were Miss
Sidney Burleson. Miss Elizabeth
Beach, sister of the bride; Miss
Mary Pearre. and Miss Alice Bar
Der, sister of the bridegroom, were
crossed alike in gowns OF blue
chiffon fashioned like the maid of
honor's- They wore large hats of
oiue tulle and also carried orchids.
Maurice Barber, brother or the
bridegroom. was the best man and
the ushers included Maxwell BesselI.
OF Chicago; Arthur G. King, of Nor
folk; Nathan +. George. of New
York: John Cutter. of Boston;
George F. Hamilton and George
Lake. both of Washington.
Among the Out-Of-town guests
VINO wore here for the wedding
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Fair
IaN. aunt and uncle of the bride, of
Richmond, and Miss Fairfax. who
are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Beach;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. \. Barber. parents
OF the bridegroom, and their son,
william Barber, of Toledo, Ohio;
Mrs. Ferree Brinton, of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Patchin,
aunt and uncle of the bride, and
Miss Patchin. of New York
The marriage last week of James
Carroll Biddle and Mary Lena
Gaines caused quite furry of ex-
citement. didn't it? You see, Mr..
Biddle had been a Trappist monk
for twenty years. He is of THE
Biddle family, of Philadelphia. and
Is the son OF the former United
states Minister to Ecuador. The
bride is a sister of Mrs. E. T.
Gaines-Smith, who is spending the
winter at the Grafton; she often
spends the winter here. The Gaines
pedigree is long and aristocratic.
i heard the other day from a War
renton person that they always
speak of Mr.. BiddIe as The Gar
den OF Allah" Don't you love it?
While talking of marriages: 1
heard the other day that Marian
Drain has broken off her engage
ment- / heard it when 1 saw her
at the party Mrs. a. A. Cedarwald
gave last week. There were so
that day. friends of her daughter,
Mrs. Martin Stonestreet, formerly
Esther Whiting. There were Marie
Peary. the Garland girls, Pat Morris
all that crowd Of young matrons.
Esther left Friday to rejoin her
husband, Lieut.. Stonestree:, in Cali
fornia- The party was a bridge
party and was followed by a tea, to
which additional guests were asked
to bid farewell to Mrs. z. Z. Whit
ing and her daughter, Frances Eve
leth Whiting. Mrs. Whiting left
that evening for Asheville, n. c.,
and Frances left yesterday. Maj
Whiting has been there for some
weeks now. They are going to live
there indefinitely.
Esther has the cutest little baby
Martin, jr., about months old
who was the center of interest at
that party. and a magnificent boy
he is-and so good! He Just al
lowed US all to handle him and
make a fuss over him, and never
whimpered. Which brings to my
mind an awful thing I did several
weeks ago. l read in the vital sta
tistics that Fred c. and Marie Hicks
had a son n-or perhaps it was
daughter. / Immediately jumped to
the conclusion that it was Repro
sentative and Mrs. Frederick c,
Hicks, and rewrote il to that effect.
But, bless your heart. it wasn't
they at all. but some Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Carlyle Hicks, of 534 Fourth
street southeast, who were the
lucky couple. 1 never heard of them
before. I really feel very badly
that / made such q mistake