The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-21
WEDDING BELLS
ARE RINGING
MERELY
Notables Are to Attend
Vanderbilt Cecil
Marriage.
By JEAN ELIOT.

horizon as perhaps the most
~ interesting feature of the Tit
tie season." eclipsing even such
events as springtime entertaining at
!. the White House-the promised
garden parties, the dinner for the
Speaker, and even such picturesque
fetes as the Easter Monday egg
rolling in the White House grounds
today. The honor Of being the first
of the Easter brides is divided be-
tween Miss Anne Bryan, daughter
Of Rear Admiral and Mrs. b. c.
Bryan, who is being married this
afternoon to Lieut.. Raymond &c
cleston Seviera Williamson, u. S. A.,
and Miss Donna Otey' Berry, whose
marriage to H. Theton Ball Glenn
emit, of Philadelphia, took place at
10 o'clock. She is the daughter Of
Mrs. Buckner McGill Randolph.
The marriage of DR.. and Mrs.
Samuel S. Adams pretty daughter,
Miss Ida Adams, and Claudius
Henry Mastin Roberts is set for
Saturday afternoon, and from now
on until June there will be no week
without it's grist of important wed
, dings. The most interesting-to
wit, of interest to the greatest num-
Der of people-remainS the Wander.
bilt-Cecil wedding on April 20 and
: the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Hanna
and Richard Porter Davidson on
May 8. Washingtonians feel dis.
tinctly cheated that the marriage of
Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt's only
daughter, Miss Cornelia Wander.
bilt, and the Hon. John Francis
; Amherst Cecil, until recently Sec
rotary of the British Embassy, is
to take place out of Washington,
, but have a sympathetic apprecia-
ton of the brides desire to be mar
ried from Biltmore House, the beau
p tifuf estate which her late father
: built so lovingly, which he willed
to her, and into possession Of which
she will come on her twenty-fifth
birthday. And apparently "all
Washington" is going to Biltmore
for the wedding.
/. British Ambassador to Be Guest
At Vanderbilt. Cecil Wedding.
The British Ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard. will attend the ceremony,
leaving Washington on April 81
and returning Immediately after
the wedding. And among the mem.
bers of the embassy staff who viii
be present are the Counselor and
Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton-they
have just returned from a holiday
in California-the Military .Attache
and Mrs. Graham Charlton, Capt,
F. l.. Tottenham. naval attache, and
G. Fl. Thompson. A. H. Hamilton
Gordon. Harold Fl. Sims, H. v.
Tenant and Leander Mccormick
Goodhart. All the bachelor attaches
are leaving on Friday to take part
In the pre-nuptial entertaining for
Miss Vanderbilt and the most Of
the other embassy people will go
down to Baltimore the last of this
week or the first Of next week"
The Spanish Ambassador and
q Nine. Riano are among the diplo.
mats who will attend the wedding
as are the Minister of Rumania
and Princess Bibesco. Prince and
Princess Bibesco are already in
Biltmore and will be guests Of
Mrs. Vanderbilt at Biltmore House
until after the wedding.
Others from Washington who will
attend the wedding are Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry White, Congressman
and Mrs. John Philip Hill, Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Purdy, Raymond T. Baker,
FoXhan Daingerfield, Winant Johns
ton and Miss Louise Ross Todd, who
Is to be one of the bridesmaids.
Miss Todd will return in time to
take part in the marriage of Miss
. Elizabeth Hanna and Richard Porter
Davidson on May 8; and, indeed,
most of the guests who are going
South for the Vanderbilt wedding
will be present when Miss Hanna
weds Mr.. Davidson.
Resignation as First Secretary
. Of British Embassy Is Noted
Until recently there have been
two first secretaries at the British
embassy, Mr.. Cecil-whose duties
would seem to have been Of an
honorary character as he has been
absent on leave much of the time
since he was appointed-and the
Hon. FL. w. Brooks. The resigna.
ton of Mr.. Cecil, however, leaves
Mr.. Brooks the sole encumbent. He
and the Hon. Mrs. Brooks have
been in Washington for some time
and make their home at 2132 Ban.
croft place. -.
With Miss Vanderbilt and Mr..
i, Cecil it seems to be a case Of an
international romance with reverse
English, for il the friends of the
young couple are, to be believed,
they are to live in this country,
making picturesque Biltmore House
their permanent home. They will,
of course, visit England and it
would not be surprising if they
spent part Of every year there, but
Miss Vanderbilt proposes to retain
her American citizenship and to
maintain as her home the big house
In which she was born, where she
. celebrated her eighteenth birthday
and Where che 1.ill ho M n r,.i..I