The Washington times., 1925-05-11
MISS ABBY MORRISON
TO WED NEW YORKER

Washington society is much in
'terested in the wedding Of Miss
Abby Putnam Morrison, of New
York, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. David Mitchell Morrison, and
William Wood Kicker, of New York
and Cleveland, which will take place
Wednesday in New York. =
Miss Morrison has frequently
visited here as the guest of Miss
Alice Hartman on Connecticut ave-
nue.. She spent the winter here
the year of the arms conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman are
also among friends in Washington
of the bride4elect's family.
The wedding will take place ut the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church,
and will be witnessed only py a few
relatives and close friends Follow
ing it. there will be small recep-
tion at the home of the brides sis
ter; Mrs. William j. Tingue, 81
East Seventy-fourth street, and the
following day the bridal couple will
sail to pass the summer in Europe.
Miss Morrison made her debut as
a singer two years ago, and has
been heard frequently in recitals.
She made a concert tour with Ben
jamino Gigli, of the Metropolitan
Opera, last season. She appeared
in several operas of the repertory
presented by the San Carlo Opera
at the Jolson Theater last fall. She
plans to continue her career as q
singer.
Miss Morrison was enlisted dur.
ing the war as a first class radio
stationed in New York, and in
spected the radio equipment of trans
ports and naval vessels as they
Visited that port.
Mr.. Kicker was lieutenant colonel
in the army and served in France.
He formerly made his home in
Cleveland. but has been living in
New York for several years where
he is engaged in the construction
business. He Is a graduate of Cor
nell University and is a member
of the University. Cornell and En-
gineers Clubs of New York and the
Army and Navy Club of Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kicker will go di-
rectly to England and will visit
the Honorable Mrs. Graham Murray
in London. Later they will go 10
Paris, where she has an engagement
to sing.
The retiring secretary of the Swiss
legation, Doctor Ernest Brenner,
will sail from New York aboard the
Aquitania Wednesday, May 20, and
will have a short vacation in his
Swiss home before being assigned
to another post.
Baron Plessen of the German
Embassy has as his guest his sis
ter Baroness Plessen.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond have as their guest Miss
Lillian Woodward of New York,
who will be with Them for a week
or two.
Mrs Terry B. Thompson, wife Of
Lieutenant Commander Thompson,
who, with her small son, has been
spending the winter with her aunt,
Mrs. Edward Douglas White, widow
of Chief Justice White, will leave
Washington shortly for New York
to sail for Europe, where she will
rass the summer. Mrs. Thompson
will take her son with her.
Miss Madeleine CouZens, daugh-
| ter of Senator and Mrs. James
Couzens, has gone to their home IN
Detroit. She will be joined there
early in June by her parents and
her two younger :" ers.
Commodore 4u. f.. .dley Wood re-
tired, and Mrs. Wood have had as
| their guests for a wek in their
apartment at Stoneleigh Court,
their son and -daughter-in-law, Lieu
| tenant Commantier and Mrs. Wood,
and their three children, who are
enroute from California to their
new station in Porto Rico.
II
Daniel Moody, attorney general
of Texas, is at the Willard where
he will remain several days.