Evening star., 1925-12-06
OF far more than local interest was

OF far more than local interest was
the wedding at o'clock yesterday
afternoon in the Church of the Cove
nant of Miss Gertrude Hubbard
.Grosvenor, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Gilbert GroSVe3Or to Mir. Paxton Blair
of New York. Long before the ar
rival Of le 0-eidinG party the church
was filled with IN unusually distin-
Euished company embra cling members
.of the Supreme Court body, diplo-
mats and many from other branches
of social life and from resident So
ciety
The Rev Or. Wood, rector of the
Church, performed the ceremony, DIR,
GroSVenor eSCoIting the bride To the
altar where the wedding party stood
beneath an arch Of White Chrysan-
themumS and smilaX. THESE same
splendid autumn flowers were used To
mark The ends of the pews occupied
by the family and species guests and
were otherwise disposed in the
church
The bride wore a Lanvin gown
especially des'@red for her from the
Shakesp-5rean period and fashioned
after to robes OF Juliet. The heavy
satin feE into full, plain skirt from
long basque waist of the satin and
the full sleeves Of tulle We're held at
the wrist with satin bands. The train
ing tu,le vel. which showed a panel
of point alen"or lace worn by her
grandmother, Mrs. Alexander Graham
Bell, 1T the iutter'S wedding in 1877.
Her ,Ouquet was OF roses and lilies
OF t.ie valley tied with wide sash of
satin rib on.
Miss Mabel Grosvenor. w'o was
maid of honor for her sister. wore
charming costume of orchid and green
chiffon. and the bridesmaids, Miss
Betty Billings of Amherst Mass; Miss
Mary Healy of Pottstown, Pa; Miss
Eleanor Healy of Pottstown. Pa; Miss
Elizabeth Hoagland OF Brooklyn, y. Y:
Miss Mary Louise Johnson Of Wash
ington, u. &. and Miss Carolyn Gros-
the bride wore chiffon gowns of
orchid chiffon with silver lace hats
fashioned after the graceful lines of
that Of the maid OF honor.
NIr RUSSELL Stiles of New York was
best man for Mr.. Blair and the
ushers were Mr.. G.. Forrest Butter
worth, jr.; Mr.. John Collins and Mr.
John Jay McCloy of New York, Mr..
John =. Beyl of Philadelphia, Mr..
Wilfred Puttkammer of Chicago, Mr..
Kenneth Bonner Of princeton. y. >.
Mir. Jerome Swinford Of New York
and Mr.. Melville Bell Grosvenor OF
Washington. brother of the bride.
Immediately following the wedding
there was q reception at the home OF
the bride 5 parents. 1923 Eighteenth
street, when those receiving included
the bride md bridegroom. the parents
of the bride and the parents of the
bridegroom. Mir. and Mrs. Joseph i.
Blair, the grandparents of the bride.
DR. and Mrs. Edwin A. Grosvenor of
Amherst, Mass; Chief Justice and
Mrs. Taft, and Mr.. Henry w. Taft of
New York. cousins of the bride; Miss
Alma kruttschnitt of New York, aunt
of the bridegroom, and the wedding
party.
Mrs. Grosvenor wore a gown of
light graz charnleuSe with a hat of
silver lace and Mrs. Blair, mother of
the bridegroom. gray georgette over
silver metal cloth.
Mr. Blair and his bride left Wash
ingtor following the reception and
viii 50 n sail for Europe where they
viii re main for several weeks, return
ing by February l to make their home
at ( East Eighty-eighth street. New
York
Miss Grosvenor made her debut in
Washington three years ago. She is
a graduate Of Mount Vernon Semi
nary and during the past two Winters
has studied painting in New York at
the Art Students League. of which
friends, she went around the world,
spending several months in Japan and
India She has also travelled exten-
sively in Europe and America.
Miss Grosvenor's father, DR.. Gilbert
Glosvenor. is the president of the Ma
tional Geographic Society and editor
Of the National Geographic Magazine.
Her mother is an eX-preSident of the
Twentieth Century Club Of Washing
ton and for many years served on the
Board of Childrens Guardians of
Washington. On her mothers side
she is a granddaughter of the late
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone. and the late Mrs.
Mabel Hubbard Bell. On her fathers
eide she is the granddaughter of DIR.
Edwin A. Grosvenor, LII. D., of Am
herst, Mass. professor emeritus at
Amherst College and for many years
national president of Phi Beta Kappa,
and through her grandmother, Mrs.
Edwin A. Grosvenor, she Is second
cousin of Chief Justice William How
ard Taft and of Mr.. Henry w. Taft
Of New York. She is a grandniece Of
Mr.. Charles j. Bell, president of the
American Security & Trust Co, and
Mrs. Bell.
She is also the niece of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Prescott Grosvenor of 128 East
Sixty-first street, New York City. Mr..
Edwin Grosvenor, who was formerly
special assistant to the Attorney Gen