The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-07
Good Americans
Go to London
TO We'd
BY JEAN ELIOT

~ AMID C1VOTCCS, AOIOOAA
for weddings! At least that
the day just now as far as good
Americans sare concerned.
You may remember my stat
Helen LeSeure, granddaughter of
Uncle Joe" Cannon, and Dorsey
Richardson, one of the foreign
representatives of the Shipping
Board. had elected to be mar
ried in the British capital, and
now word comes that they have
Of their wedding.
Her parents, Mr.. /and Mrs.
Ernest X. LeSeure, of DanviIle,
ILL.,, are sailing tomorrow on the
Leviathan to join their daughter
who has been abroad for several
months with her aunt, Miss Helen
Cannon. They were in London
for the season, being both pre-
scented at the Court of St. James,
spent some months on the Ri
viera and have now returned To
London to prepare for the we'd
ding. Mr.. Richardson, who Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Levin Richardson, of Baltimore,
was formerly in the diplomatic
service and on duty at the State
Department. Miss LeSeure spent
last winter in Washington with
her grandfather, former Speaker
Cannon, and Miss Cannon.
Mrs. Elonzo Tyner's daughter,
Miss Mary Louise Tyner, chose
London as the scene Of her mar
Il - -
Senegalon, Holland. and it was
ton G. March, was married to
Miss Cora Virginia McEntee, the
news coming as a great surprise,
as no announcement Of the en-.
gagement was made until the
license was taken out.
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SURPRISE weddings, by the
way, seem to be quite the
thing just now and brides are
concerning themselves less and
less with orange blossoms, brides.
maids and ushers and all the
"fixin's." It was not until the
dav Of the wedding that tn" ne''s
leaked out that A. Mitchell
Palmer, sometime Attorn.s oeli-
eral, was to wed Mrs. John Booth
Burial, of Waterbury, Gonna
wedding which, by the way, will
bring a charming new hostess to
Washington, where Mr.. Palmer
and his bride propose to make
their home. And among the
younger set Opponents are be-
nay,afn0 an aniNAYnfn
Scarcely had we recovered from
the excitement caused by Miss
Emily Earl's runaway marriage
with Raymond H. Pilson, jr., when
Miss Elizabeth Wheeler slipped
away last week and was married
to William N. Sturtevant, son of
Charles L. Sturtevant. Miss Wheel
er, who is the daughter Of Mrs.
Kennedy Wheeler, is but seven
teen and was preparing to enter
Bryn Mawr College in the autumn.
but I suppose that plan will go
by the board now.
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A PROPOS Of weddings, they
also seem to have been cpl
demic in the fdmily Of Josephus
Daniels, former Secretary Of the
Navy, two Of his sons having been
married within the last week. The
first to take the plunge was DR..
Worth Bagley Daniels, whose mar
riage to Miss Josephine January.
a fellow medical student at Johns
Hopkins University, took place in
Baltimore on Labor Day. Then,
on Wednesday evening, Jonathan
Worth Daniels, third son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniels, was married to
Miss Elizabeth Bridgers. daughter
of Mrs. Annie Cain Bridgers, Of
Raleigh, N. c.
The wedding took place in Ra-
leigh. N. c., at 8 o'clock. in the
Edenton Street Methodist Church.
the Rev. w. w. Peele, perform
ing the ceremony.
The bride. who was escorted
and given in marriage by her
brother, Robert Bridgers. wore
bridal gown of white chiffon
satin, fashioned with a court
train. Her rose point lace veil.
three yards in length. was brought
from Venice by Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. and was caught at the
back of her hair with sprays of
orange blossoms She carried val
ley lilies and her jewels were
pearls.
Miss Anne Bridgers. sister of
the bride, was maid of honor.
She wore a French model Of
apple green and gold and carried
garden flowers.
The bridesmaids, Misses Sallie
Cameron, Virginia Register, Annie
Louise Manning and Norma Free.
man, wore peach chiffon crepe
frocks and carried garden flowers.
Josephus Daniels, jr., was best
man. The ushers were Frank
Daniels, George Daniels, OF Colds
boro; Sterling Manning, Ben
Dixon Macneil, Samuel s. Jack