The Washington times., 1923-08-13
JEAN ELIOTS GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
Washington M an
W eds Girl
In Texas.

A wedding of interest to WASH
ington was that of Miss Isabel Nor
ton, daughter of Mrs. Albert LlV-
ingston Eldridge Morton, to Capt.
Herbert F. Featherstone August. ]
at Ell Paso, Tex. The Rev. FLOYD
Poe performed the ceremony in the
First Presbyterian Church.
The chucrh was decorated with
summer blossoms.
The ushecs we're Major Berkeley
T. Merchant, Major Stephen w.
Winfree, Capt. Jesse Beeson Hunt
and Lieut.. Otto L. Mcdaniel. Miss
Halle Morton was her sisters maid
Of honor. The bride entered with
her brother, Richard Albert Dun
lap Morton, by whom she was given
away. The bridegroom and his best
man, Capt. Eugene Regnier, enter
ed from the choir room.
Capt. and Mrs. Featherstone left
Immediately by motor for Mountain
Park, N. Mex, where they Will
occupy the Morton summer cot
tage for a few weeks. They will
make their home at Fort Bliss.
where Captain Featherstone is sta
toned as one of the aides to Major
General Howze.
The bride wore a tailored suit of
dark poiret twill, with a beige col
ored chiffon crepe blouse and beige
colored accessories. Her hat was a
French model. in dark blue. She
carried roses and lilies OF the val
ley.
Miss Morton wore a gown Of beige
color and brown crepe, with a hat
of the same color. She carried pink
roses and Texas bluebells. Mrs. AL
bert Livingston Eldridge Morton,
the brides mother, wore gown Of
Burgundy .colored canton crepe, with
a black lace-draped hat. She wore a
corsage of bluebells and pink rose
buds. Mrs. Mary Hines Gunsaulus,
Of Atlanta, who Is a house guest at
the Morton home, wore a white can
ton crepe frock made in cape eff
feet, and a corsage bouquet Of pink
rosebuds and heather.
The birdie and her mother and
brother and sister have made their
home in Ell Paso for the past three
years. The brides family is a
noted one in the South, as her
grandfather, Col. Jonathan Smith
Dawson, commanded the Forty-sixth
Tennessee Regiment during the civil
war. She is a descendant of one
of the signers of the Declaration OF
independence, John Morton. An.
other ancestor, Richard Dunlap, was
minister from the United States to
the Republic of Texas In the early
days. The bride attended the
Chevy Chase School for Girls in
Washington.
Captain Featherstone is the son
of Harry Featherstone, Of Wash.
ington. He received his education
in England.
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Chief Justice william Howard
Taft, who has been staying at the
Willard since his return from the
late Presidents funeral at Marion,
Ohio, has gone to his summer home
at Murray Bay, Canada.
f.
Major Henry c.. Pillsbury, u. s.
A., and Mrs. Pillsbury, who have
been at Vineyard Haven, Blue Hill
Me-, and in the various Adirondack
resorts for the past month. are at
the Hotel Aston in New York for
a few days before returning to
Washington.
s.
Justice Edward Terry Sanford,
who spent most Of the week at
the Hamilton Hotel, has left for his
home at Knoxville, Tenn.
&
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Baker of
Boston, have come to Washington
for the weekend, and are at the
Hamilton Hotel. They are accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Brigham.
Senator Edward l. Edwards, who
was at the Hamilton Hotel for sew
eral days, has left for his home in
New Jersey.
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