Evening star., 1925-07-07
Graham-Shai'pe Wedding
Late Afternoon Event Today.

| Graham-Shaipe Wedding
Late Afternoon Event To-day.
! The marriage of Miss Gussie Leon.
ard Sharpe, daughter OF Mrs. N B.
Sharpe Of this city. TO Mr.. Adam Nc
! Caskey Graham of Washington, son
of the late Mr.. Austin NJ. Graham Of
/ Pittsburgh, win take place today at s
o'clock pm, the ceremony to be per-
formed in the Central Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. William Cumming
pastor of the Mount Washington
Church, in Baltimore, officiating. Pink
and cream roses and larkspur, with
| baskets of gladioli, will be used in the
church against a background of palms
and ferns, and Mrs. May H. Wilbur
organist of the church, will play the
wedding music. and during the cere.-
mony Mrs. Thomas A. Newton will
sing.
The bride will wear white corded
chiffon over fat crepe and lace made
with a basque waist and full cir
cular skirt with a wide white satin
girdle finished in front with a fiat
bow. Her picture hat will be of white
horsehair bmid and will be trimmed
with white tulle, which ties under her
chin, and a large single rose On one
side of the brim. She will carry bride
roses with shower Of lilies of the
valley.
Miss Ethel Gray Sharpe will be maid
of honor for her sister and will be in
cream-color silk lace made over Nile
green georgette crepe and fashioned
like the gown of the bride, a sash of
Nile green ribbon caught with clusters
of pastel French flowers Her hat will
also be like that of the bride. but
! made Of pink tinted horsehair braid
and trimmed with a wreath of pastel
flowers, and pink-color tulle will tie
under her chin. She will carry an
arm bouquet of butterfly roses. The
bridesmaids will include Miss Adele
Allison of this city and Miss Vera
Hickman Of Oakland, Fla. and they
will wear similar costumes to that of
! the maid of honor, the former in or
child chiffon and the latter in canary
yellow chiffon, their hats correspond
ing with their frocks. Little Miss Bar
bara Warthen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald H. Warthen of Kensing.
ton. Md. will be flower girl and will
have a dainty frock of pink chiffon
and will carry a basket of rose petals
to scatter in the path of the bride.
Mr., James Roberts of Alexandria
will be the best man and the ushers
will be Mr.. James Harding of Alex.
andria, DR.. Shannon Butts. Mr.. Frank
Butler and Mr.. Albert Colvin New
kirk of Washington.
A reception will follow in the home
of the brides mother. at 1923 Four
teenth street, when Mrs. Sharpe viii
receive with the wedding party. She
will wear black chiffon and a hat of
black maline trimmed with orchid
flowers and she will wear a corsage
bouquet of orchids and roses
Later in the evening Mr.. Graham
and his bride will start on their
honeymoon, the latter wearing an en-
semble suit of navy blue fat crepe
trimmed with gray and a small gray
hat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad H. Syme left
on Thursday for New York and
sailed Saturday for a short stay in
Europe.
Miss Christine Kraemer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave r. Kraemer,
is spending the months of July and
August at Camp Wabasso. Bradford,
n. H.
Mrs. Arthur Hale has gone to
Narrangansett Pier and is at the
Green Inn for the early season.
Mrs. John c. Poor has gone to
Narrangansett Pier and opened her
cottage on the Cliffs.
Miss Anne Beers will sail Thurs