The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Enter the Easter
Bride; Interesting
Weddings ON Carpet
q o s s Up Concerning
Plans for Marriage
of Miss Hughes.

WEDDrNGs7 To be sure. There
are several this week. and all
interesting in their several ways.
The first OF the Easter brides win
be Mrs. Katherine Compton Berry.
who is to be married tomorrow
to DIR. Buckner Randolph. A sim
pie wedding. with only a few
friends present. but an event OF
considerable Importance neverthe-
less.
Miss Vivian Gordon Brown,
daughter OF Mrs. Geary Brown.
has also selected Easter Monday
for hcr wedding day and will be
married tomorrow afternoon to
Ensign Gerald Desmond Libke.
The marriage of Miss Maxwell
Durant Church, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Melville Church, to Law
renee Dilworth Blair. is set for
Tuesday. the time noon. and the
place st. Thomas Church. And
on Saturday there will be two
important weddings, the marriage
of Miss Margheritta Tillman to
DR.. William Calhoun Stirling, Jr..
OF Winston. Salem, in st. Thomas
Church. and the marriage of Miss
Ruth Larner to Abner Chambers
Oliphant, OF New Jersey, in the
New York Avnue Presbyterian
Church. Miss Tillman is the
daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. Ed
win II. Tillman. and Miss Larner.
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John b. Larner. Both will have
several, bridal attendants and both
will have numerous parties given
for them during the present week.
GO far no announcement has
been made as to the plans for
the marriage of Miss Katherine
Hughes, daughter Of the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Hughes, to
Chauncey Lockhart Waddell, of
New York. except that 1t is to take
place In Washington in June.
Miss Hughes has been in New
York a fortnight. doing a bit OF
shopping, presume. as well as
visiting and possibly looking about
for a suitable house or apartment
for Mr.. waddell and his bride,
you know. are to live in New York.
However. she is now at home and
presumably plans for the wedding
viii be definitely outlined before
long. ..
Although Cabinet weddings were
of frequent occurrence in the last
administrs .on. II has been some
years since there was a marriage
in the family OF Secretary of
State. While the late John Hay
held that portfolio, both his
daughters became brides, Miss
Helen Hay marrying Payne Whit
ney, Of New York, and the mar
riage of the second daughter. Miss
Alice Hay, to James w. Wads-
worth, jr., now Senator from New
York. taking place in the same
year, 1909, but instead of in
Washington, at the summer home
of the Secretary and Mrs. Hay at
Newberry, H. H, on Lake Sun
apee.
When the late Philander c.
Knox was Secretary Of State his
only daughter. Miss Rebecca
Knox, was married to James r.
Tindle, of Pennsylvania, at the
Knox estate at Valley Forge,
many men and women from Of
ficiaI life attending.
Miss Edith Root was married
20 Lieutenant, now Major, Ulysses
g. Grant. Sd. while her father,
Elihu Root, OF New York, was
Secretary of State, the marriage
taking place in the home Of her
parents, the Morton House. now
the home OF the late Levi p. Nor
tons daughter, Mrs. William Cor
coran Eustis. on Rhode Island
avenue. Members Of the diplo-
matte corps. ambassadors, minis
ters, and lesser lights all make
much of such an event, and II the
bride-elect permits, there will be
many social engagements for her
and many gifts, too, from all
parts of the world
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