The Washington times., 1923-10-12
w Weddirgs in Other
/ Cities Interest
| CAPITAL
BY JEAN ELIOT.


cities in which Washingtonians
are keenly interested-notably the
marriage yesterday Of Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, famous flyer and
assistant chief Of the air service,
/ to Miss Elizabeth Turnbull Miller,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Trowbridge Miller, which was
solen1nized in the Crosse Pointe
Presbyterian Church in Detroit.
Mics Miller was unattended, but
Joseph Davies, Of Washington,
was the generals best man. and
Group Capt. M. G. Christie, of the
British embassy, was one OF the
uShers.
The others were William Larned,
ed New York, Frederick Almer, Sid
ney T. Miller, jr.. Wing Comman-
der NJ. G.. Christie, Of the British
embassy at Washington; Colonel
. Fechet, also OF Washington, and
Eherbourne Becker, Of New York.
There was q reception for the
families and intimate friends at
the Crosse Pointe home OF the
brides parents.
General Mitchell and his bride
then left for San Francisco. They
will san October % for Hawaii,
where General Mitchell will IN"
spect aerial defenses. Then they
will 20 to the Philippines, and at
Manila. General Mitchell will leave
the inspection party with Mrs.
Mitchell and join q big game hunt
ing expedition in India, en- route
70 the States. On their return they
will visit japan and China.
The wedding was the culm1na-
ton of q friendship which started
at Selfridge Field. Mt. Clemens,
Mich, where General Mitchell
formerly was stationed.
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MOREOVER the international
AVA romance, with a courtship by
cable, which has just been re-
vealed is Of exceeding interest
here since the bridegroom, Svend
Langkjoer, was formerly counselor
Of the Danish legation in Wash
ington. The bride was Miss Mar
guerite Baralevsky, former Vas
sar student and member of a
well-known Russian family, and
the wedding took place in Paris
on Saturday.
Both until recently, lived in
New York. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Valerian E.
Greaves, Of 452 Riverside Drive.
Before her marriage last spring
70 Mr.. Greaves, a Russian, who
tg now q New York lawyer, Mrs.
Greaves was Nine. Alexander
Tschpline, wife Of the associate
minister Of justice in Car Nicho-
A h. - H.
Bolshevist uprising she and her
Petrograd disguised as peasants.
through Siberia, suffering many
refuge in Japan, whence they
came to New York. In 1921 Miss
Baraiersky entered VasSar.
At dance at the Plaza Hotel
last Christmas week Mr.. Langk-
5oer met Miss Baralevsky. They
met again a month later at a
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Nicchia
ct Mountain Lakes. N. J. When
Miss Baralevsky went to France
with relatives at their chateau at
Poitiers, Mr.. LangkJoer kept the
cables busy as he carried on his
long distance courtship from this
side of the Atlantic. He finally
determined that cablegrams were
an unsatisfactory medium of COM
in an affair of this
kind and proceeded to Poitiers.
A cablegram which Mrs. Greaves
received early in September an
nounced that the Danish envoy
had succeeded in his quest. The
cable was from Miss Baralevsky
and asked her mothers consent
90 her engagement. Mrs. Gresves'
answer was to make a hurried
visit to France to give her con-
sent in person and to be present
ut the recent civil and church
Just before the japanese earth.
quake Mr.. Langkjoer was ap-
pointed Danish minister to Japan.
The disaster, however, has altered
these arrangements, and he will
temporarily be assigned to the
Danish embassy in Berlin as
THEN Gen. and Mrs. Goodloe,
Edgar, Of Detroit. one time
residents Of Washington, have is
sued Improvements of the mar
rtage of heir daughter, Katherine,
70 William Byron, 3rd, of Haeers-
town, Md, which took place on Oc.
tober in Trinity Church, Boston.
Mr. ana Mrs. Byron are spending
this week with General and Mrs.
Edgar In their Detroit home and
VIII go to Wyoming in a few days
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