The Washington times., 1922-06-11
MISS HUGHES
BECOMES BRIDE
OF Mr.. WbDDELL
President and Members OF
Cabinet With Wives At
tend the Ceremony.
BRILLIANT GATHERING
Picturesque Bethlehem Chapel
Scene Of Beauty at Notable
Wedding.

Inc freSiueHt anu "Es. NahuhB
paid honor to the first Cabinet
bride of their Administration by
attending the marriage yesterday
Of Miss Catherine Hughes, daugh-
ter of the Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Hughes, to Chauncey Lock-
hart Waddell, Of New York. ii
Picturesque Setting. 4
The ceremony took place at 4
o'clock in picturesque Bethlehem
Chapel o.. the Cathedral OF sts, Peter
MA Paul. Since the chapel - email
the company there as necessarily
limited to relatives OF the bride and
bridegroom, a few intimate friends
and a group Of the officials with
whom the Secretary Of State is most
closely associated.
1t included, however. the Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge. mem
bers of tho Cabinet and chiefs Of
diplomatic missions. with their fam.
lilies. For the reception at the Pan
American Union, which followed the
service, several hundred guests as
semblod. Representatives Of prac-
ticaliy every nation Of the world were
present; and political difference for.
gotten, they met amicably to wish
one Amepfcan girl and her bride
groom happiness.
Bowered In Juno Roses.
To decorate Bethlehem Chapel.
under the shadow Of the cathedral
oaks, too lavishly would be like paint.
ing the lily. for 1t Is a gem Of Gothic
architecture. But clusters of hiies
were used on the altar, with lighted
tapers cleaning in between; and the
brides attendants in their pastel
tinted summer frocks, looked them
selves like giant posies.
Escorted by Col. Clarence Sheriff.
and Comdr. Edward Capehart. brave
in their uniforms, the President and
Mrs. Harding arrived at the chapel,
where the guests had assembled, and
were escorted to the places reserved
for them. The Vice President ind
Mrs. Coolidg were seated next TO
them and in the pews back Of them
were the Speaker of the House and
Mrs. Gillett, the justices of the Su-
preme Court and their wives cnd
members of the Cabinet and the
ladies Of their families.
On the other side OF the aisle,
back Of Mrs. Hughes and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin F. Waddell, parents of
the bridegroom, were the places re-
served for the diplomatic corps.
There one noted the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand, the
Spanish Ambassador and Nine. de
Diano. the Chilean Ambassador and
Nine. Matthew, the Russian Am.
bassador. Mr.. Bakhmeteff, with his
sister, Mime. Basaroff. the Peruvian
Ambassador and Nine. Pezet, the
Chilean Ambassador and Nine.
nuatDiCup thc <AhbVihiiS NhhbonoducE,
DIR. LeBreton, the Italian Ambassa.
dor, Senator Ricci; the Belgian Am
bassador, Barron de Cartier; the
Minister of Cuba and, Nine. de
Cespedes, the Minister Of Venezuela,
DR.. Dominica. the Serbian Minister
and Nine. Grouitch, the Swiss
Minister and Nine. Peter, the Charge
d'Affaires Of Austria and Nine.
Prochnik, the Charge d'Affaires OF
Panama, Mr.. Lefevre., and other
heads OF missions.
The Secretary OF the Treasury,
Mr.. Mellon, was accompanied by
his daughter. Miss Ailsa Mellon,
and others In the pews reserved for
Domestic officials" were the Sec.
retary Of War and Mrs. Weeks,
the fostmaster General and Mrs.
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