The Washington times., 1922-04-23
Miss Tillman WEEDS
Southerner;; Ceremony
I'm ST. Thomas Church
Reception Follows at
Home of Brides
Parents.
THE marriage last evening Of
Miss Margheritta Tfllman and

TiE marriage last evening OF
Miss Margheritta Tiilman and
DR.. William Calhoun Sterling.
jr., of Winston. Salem. N. c.. was
one Of the most interesting Of
the spring crop Of weddings.
The ceremony was performed
in st. Thomas Church at 8
o'clock by the rector, the Rev.
DIR. C. Ernest Smith. in the pres.
ence Of large assemblage Of
prominent washingtonians and
out-of-town guests. It was fol-
lowed by a small reception at
the home Of the brides parents.
Commander, and Mrs. Edwin H.
Tillman.
The church was decorated with
quantities of spring flowers.
Easter lilies and palms. A full
vested choir entered from the
back Of the church. singing %
Perfect Love-"
The bride. who was given in
marriage by her father. wore an
old-fashioned wedding gown Of
heavy brocaded silk. embroidered
in chrysanthemums. The bouf.
FAINT skirt was fashioned with
hoops on the sides and deep rose
point lace was used around the
bottom. The tight bodice was cut
into q point in the front. and
rose-point lace was used to form
inserts in the bodice and the
short sleeves. The neck, which
was cut high in the back and
low In the front. had q Medici
collar Of point lace. The long
court train which fell several
yards on the floor was Of the
silver cloth, and the tulle veil
arranged with q frili across the
back Of the hair and held In
place with q wreath Of orange
blossoms. was edged with q tiny
frfIl Of tulle. The bride carried
an armful Of Easter lilies.
Mrs. Lawrence Frazer. of Pei
ham Manor. sister of the bride,
was matron Of honor and wore q
becoming gown Of lavender can
ton crepe, made with a high
neck line and no sleeves. Panels
Of the Same material fell below
the hem Of the skirt and a girdle
Of silver cloth, combined with
chiffon embroidered in roses. fin
ished the costume.
She wore a veil Of lavendar chif.
fon bound about the head with .
silver ribbon. and carried q shower
bouquet Of spring flowers in
shades OF pink and yellow.
MISS ELENA CALDE RON.
Miss Anne Kondrup. Mrs.
Charles r. cramer. all Of this city.
and Mrs. A. Appleton Lane. 1r..
Of East Orange, N. J., were the
bridesmaids. and all wore Jenny
models of Russian gold crepe chif-
fon made alike. on the same lines
az the matron OF honor's costume.
Ostrich to match the frocks was
used to trim the sides Of the skirt.
They wore wells to match their
costume and carried the same
style bouquets as Mrs. Fraser.
Little Miss Frida Frazer, niece
Of the bride. was the flower girl.
and wore q dainty frock OF white
crepe chiffon trimmed at the neck.
hem and on the edge OF the
sleeves with flowers made Of the
same material. She carried q bas-
ket Of spring flowers.
Mr.. Lawrence Frazer was the
best man and the groomsmen
were Lieut.. H. T. Dickinson, U.
9. N. George Flemer, Henry stil.
we'll. Of New Rochelle. Roy Thomp-
son, Of New York, and John Kond-
rup.
During the evening DR.. Sterling
and his bride left for an exten.
sive wedding trip. she wearing a
travelling costume Of brick dust
homespun, with hat and wrap to
match. The gown and cape were
trimmed with tan and she wore
tan gloves and shoes.
DR.. and Mrs. Sterling will make
thatr hop,e In Winston calarn