Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-25

Evans and Lieutenant stuart MILL
ken Rdvans In Coblenz last month.
Miss Evans went abroad to visit her
sister. Mrs. Henry l.. u. King. some
time ago. and this pretty romance
Is the result.
Mrs. II. l.. Evans sailed for Ger
many the first OF the year to attend
her daughters wedding. n detailed ac-
count Of which has just reached here.
The wedding took place at 1 O'Clock
In the beautifully decorated old church
~ the palace. Senior Chaplain Ed
mund II. Eas,erbrook performed the
ceremony. after which the bridal
couple passed under an arch Of sahres
Although this IL a common proceed
Ing in military weddings. 1t is the
FIRST time this has been done in the
\. 4. G..
Captain Henry l.. +. King, of the
Signal Corps. gave his sister-in-law
In marriage. The bride was attended
10y her sister az matron Of honor and
the little daughters OF Major and Mrs
Stanley l.. Jones as flower girls. She
wore a broCaded gown of white georg-
cite and brocaded satin. trimmed with
pearls. and tulle veil held In place
King wore a gown Of pink satin and
cream silk
The hest man was Lieutenant Ed
mund w. Searby OF the Sixth Field
Artillery Tho ushers were Lieu
tenants barrow Menoher Of the cav
airy. James V. Carroll. Sixth Field
Artillery; Wesley Z. Dcver. Sixth
Field Artillery: Francis A. March.
Srd. Sixth Field ARTILLERY: Willard A.
holbrook, Jr.. cavalry; George r.
Conrad. Fifth Infantry.
Following the ceremony n reception
Was held al the Cohlenzer hof. after
which Lieutenant and Mrs. Bevans
lett for a trip through France and
England.
Prior "a the wedding they were ex-
tensiNely entertained, among the af-
fairs being "A bachelor dinner given
Lieutenant Bevans by the Bachelors
club of the field artillery: a dinner
party given 10y Major and Mrs. Har-
Ney II. Higley at the Officers Club
ut Cublenz. and a pre-nuptial dinner
given by Captain and Mrs King.
Word 81 the engagement OF Miss
katharine Thompson 10 Lieutenant
Osborne Z. Wood came as a surprise
20 Wilmington society. for when she
went 10 visit MISS Louise Wood in
the Philippines. no one suspected that
a roma nee would ensue. Miss Thomp-
sons family will Of course. be unable
10. attend tho wedding for they could
not make the passage before April
?. when the ceremony VIII take place
al the home OF Governor Genera!
Leonard Wood in Manila. Immediately
after the ceremony Lieutenant Wood
and his bride viii sail for China. where
TINY will spend their honeymoon
Later they will return 70 Manila
where Lieutenant Wood is a member
~ his fathers stan. 10 remain over
a year. Lieutenant Wood is the son
~ Ma jor General Leonard Wood. flu
ture head Of the University Of Penn
sylvsnia and present governor Of the
Philippines, and Mrs Wood
Mr. and Mrs. John Kent Kane Of
Brookhollow. Radnor. Will entertain
this evening al a dinner 70 he follow
ed by dancing. in honor OF tn. birth
day anniversary Of their daughter.
Mics Florence Paul Kane.
M~. William X. du Pont and Miss
Paulina du Pont. who left the first
az the year for Europe are now in
Egypt. where they have joined Mr.
and Mrs. Rodney Sharp. Miss Ger
truds Brinckle. and Baron de Won.
Later the party Will go TO Italy fer
several months.
Next Tuesday afternoon Miss Mary
Rutherford jay. a landscape architect
OF note, will deliver an illustrat ted lee
7ure al the Ho;el du Pont. She will
show a choice collection Of slides Of
French, italian and Spanish gardens
which she visited on a recent trip 10
Europe. Some OF these charming gar
dens which she will describe are not
open 70 the public and the lecture will
he treat for garden lovers. She will
explain how certain Of these gardens
especially the Spanish courts. can be
modified for American homes. The
Wilmington Garden Club indorses
Miss jay very heartily, as she stands
high ia the National Garden Club
While abroad Miss Jay worked with
Mise Morgan in reconstruction work
IN France and she will show a few
pictures ~ tina work although most
OF her slides will show the lovely con
rinenial gardens. Tickets for the lee
ture are now on sale at the hotel.
Considerable informal entertaining
~ being done for the boys and girls
who are home from school for the
Easter vacation. Last night Felix du
Pont, Jr.. who is home from St. Pauls
school. gave a buffet supper for Is
boys and girls and this afternoon is
taking party Of his friends 70 wit
ness a hockey match In Philadelphia
This evening Glenn Hopes, the son
81 Mrs. Macmillan Hopes, will give a
supper before the dancing class. Miss
Carolyn Pennington is home for the
weekend from Holtos Arms School
Washington. and has as her guests
Miss Ella Barbour Of Detroit, Mich.
and Miss Mary Sampson OF Youngs.
town, Ohio. Mrs Robert Pennington
gave luncheon for them today N
the Country Club. Miss Henrietts
Hopes and Miss Emily Won Lear are
also home from Holton Arms for tn,
weekend. and Misses Mary Tatnal
Warner and Elizabeth and Josephin,
Wales are also home for a vacation
A group Of Wilmington girls are
home from the Baldwin School fol
spring vacation. among them Misse.
Mary Bacchus. Mary b. du Pont
Constance du Pont, Maybelle Cop.
page, Betty Meade.
Daniel q. Hastings. Jr.. is home just