The Washington times., 1924-03-10
JEAN ELIOT'S GOSSIP OF SOCIETY,"
Miss Eleanor Lane
WedS Consular
Officer.

picturesque old Falls church, Falls
Church, Va, this afternoon when
Miss Eleanor Lane, daughter of
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Rufus H. Lane,
Is married to Francis Holmes Styles,
for the little church is gay with
yellow daffodills combined with
quantities Of Southern smilax.
The ceremony will be performed
OF $50 o'clock by the Rev. DR.. Vic
tor G. Mills, of Grace church, Balti-
more, who will be assisted by the
Rev r. A. Castleman, rector of
Falls church. And Immediately
aftefward there will be a small re-
ceptton at Greenhill. the home of
General and Mrs. Lane near Falls
Church.
The bride, who will be given in
marriage by her father, will be at
tended by her two sisters, Miss |
Betty Lane and Miss Mary Warfield
Lane, and by Miss Elizabeth Styles,
sister of the bridegroom. Mr.. Styles |
will have his cousin, Warren Birge. |
as best man, and the ushers will |
be Morgan Birge, Rufus II. Lane, !
Charles Fadley, Midshipman James |
Mills Lane. Hasel Dick, of tire Con.
sular Service; Earl L. Mattingly. of
Lexington. Va, and Hunter Null
ford. who came from Harvard Uni |
versity, where he is taking a special |
course, for the wedding.
The springtime colors Of the deco.
rations will be repeated in the gowns |
of the bridesmaids. Miss Mary War. |
field Lane is wearing pale yellow, |
Miss Styles deeper yellow Miss
Betty Lane almond green, and all
are carrying armsfull of daffodils |
Their gowns are Of chiffon, fash |
Toned alike, with full skirts cut in
petal scallops and untrimmed
bodices. They are wearing picture
hats Of georgette to match their
frocks.
Miss Lanes bridal gown is of
ivory white chiffon taffeta yelled in
tulle and trimmed with duchesse
lace. Her tulle veil falls from
becoming coronet of duchesse lace.
and she will carry a bouquet Of
white lilacs and lilies of the valley.
Mr.. Styles, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel II. Styles, of
Falls Church.. is in the consular
service and will take his bride to
his new post. Loanda, in Angola,
Portuguese Africa. They will sail
on March IL and will visit Spain
and Portugal en- route. The brides
travelling costume is of navy blue
Roshanara crepe combined with
lighter blue and with II she will
wear small blue hat trimmed in
osprey and dust-colored top coat.
The brides grandfather. L. r.
Lane. came from his home in
GAINESVILLE. Ohio, for the wedding
and other guests from out of town
are James r. Mills. of Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin S. Mills, of
Evanston. Ill.,, Thoburn Mills. Mrs
Margaret Busbane. DIR and Mrs
w II. McMaster, of Alliance, Ohio;
Mrs Ben Exley and Miss Jessie
Exley, of Wheeling, w. Va: DR.. and
Mrs. Frederick Lane and Miss Eliza
beth Lane, Of Cambridge. Ohio. and
Mrs. Victor G. Mills, of Baltimore.
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Congregational Ladies
Plan Benefit Bridge
Mrs. Thomas II. Harrison and
Mrs Henry D. Flood are in charge
OF arrangements for the bridge
and nah jong party to be given
at Rauscher's on Wednesday after.
} noon, March 10. at 2:3O O'Clock
under Congressional auspices for
the benefit of the Monticello pur-
chase fund. They are assisted by
committee which includes Mrs.
Joseph Robinson, Mrs. Y. II. Cara
way, Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes,
Mrs George Wharton Pepper, Mrs.
Selden P. Spencer, Mrs. Tasker
Oddie. Mrs. Otis Bland, Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. John w. Price, Mrs
Charles w. Keene, Mrs. Lucien
Carr, jr., Mrs. Milton Elliott, Mrs
Leslie Garrett, Mrs. Horace Smithey
and Miss Augustan Conrad
Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Oscar Underwood, Mrs Claude
Swanson, Mrs. William E. Borah,
Mrs. John w. Harreld, Mrs. Pat
Harrison, Mrs. Carter Glass, Mrs.
Andreius A. Jones, Mrs. E. Hart
Fem. Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs
Stephen r. Elkins. Mrs Breckin-
ridge Long. Mrs. ]. Borden Harri-
man, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs. J.
Charles LinthicunI, Mrs. Samuel
J Winslow, Mrs. Andrew j. Montague,
Mrs. Percy Quin, Mrs. Oscar Port
ner, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs. George
d. Hope.
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Miss Rebecca Dial. chairman Of
: the Drama Group for the District
: of Columbia branch Of the League
of American Pen Women, and her.
self a dramatist or considerable sue.
cess, has announced as speaker to.
night. Ralph Graves, who will adj
dress the members Of the League of
American Pen Woman at 8 o'clock
at the local club house, 1928 H
street. His subject will be Sub.
uniting a Manuscript" An especial.
ly interesting feature of the pro-
gram will be the announcement of
the prize awards for the one-act
play contest, conducted by the Dis
trict branch of the organization,
under Miss Dial as chairman. and
through Mrs. Harriet Hawley Loeb
err, president of the local body.
Count and Countess Costantini
|; have left Paris for the Riviera and
will be guests Of her mother, Mrs.
Herman Frasch, at her villa, Cap
Ferrat, before proceeding to Flor.
ence for a months sojourn.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fleming en-.
tertained six guests at dinner la st
night at the Paradis.