Evening star., 1925-04-19

The marriage of Miss Frances
Clarke Allen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII w. Allen, and Lieut.. Ray
mond II. Coombs, L. S. A., son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Coombs of Grass Val
ley, Calf, took place last night at
O'Clock at Calvary Methodist Church.
Frank A. Tyler of SALON., Va, uncle
of the bride, assisted by DR.. James
Shera Montgomery.
The church was decorated with
palms, rambler roses and apple bios
SONS. Preceding the ceremony Mrs.
Tom Connally of Texas sang II Love
You Truly" and Because" accom-
panied by Mrs. James Shera Mont
gomery.
The bride. who was given in marriage
by her father. wore d straightline
gown of white panne satin, draped on
the left side and trimmed with pearls
and crystal ornaments. Her train of
white satin hung from the shoulders
and was edged with orange blossoms.
She carried shower bouquet of
bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Mary Louise Allen. sister of
The bride, was maid of honor and
wore a straightline gown of coral
georgette beaded in crystal beads. She
carried an arm bouquet of yellow
roses. The bridesmaids, Miss Tallulah
Holloway of Marlin, Tex; Miss Mary
Tyler of Winchester, Va; Miss Doro-
thy Leach and Miss Julia Sergeant of
this city, wore dresses of vaida lace
over pastel shades of green. yellow,
orchid and pink crepe satin. They
carried arm bouquets of orchids and
pink sweet peas.
Little Miss Nancy Lee Ridgely of
a
dainty dress of ruffled blue georgette
She carried the ring in an Easter
lily.
Lieut.. Coombs' best man was Lieut.
Bernard Lubbermann, u S A, and
the ushers were Lieut.. UZal G. Ent,
Lieut.. Marcus Stokes, Lieut.. Vonna
Burger and Lieut.. Russell Mabie
A reception followed the ceremony
at the home of the bride, 1926 Thir-
teenth street northwest. when Mrs.
Allen, mother of the bride, who as
sisted. wore a gown of f1owered wis
taria georgette.
Lieut. and Mrs. Coombs left for a
motor trip through New York State
and New England, the latter wearing
an ensemble suit of rose crepe, with
hat to match
Guests from other cities included:
Mrs. Amanda G. Banks, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. p. Forsyth and Mr.. and Mrs. s. b.
Dorsey of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs.
w. h. Talbot, Ellicott City: Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas II. yelling and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Banks, Sykesville Md;
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey and Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Clark, Clarkesville,
Md: Mrs. John T. Ridgely. Baltimore,
and Mrs. and Mrs. L. Campbell, Rock
vile, Md.
The marriage of Miss Virginia Lind
sey Sylvester, daughter of Mrs. Rich
ard William Sylvester, to DR.. Charles
Richard Bugg took place last evening
at 1880 o'clock in st. Adams Church,
Rev. DR.. Warner officiating, assisted
by DIR. c. I. La Roche. The church
had a charming arrangement of smi-
lax and rambler roses, and at the
home of the brides mother, where a
small reception was held following the
ceremony, were quantities of Spring
blossoms.
The bride wore an embroidered Chi
nese robe of soft white crepe, the rose
design being carried in seed pearls. A
court train hung from the shoulders
and her veil of duchess lace was ar
ranged about her face in cap effect
with orange blossoms. She carried a
shower bouquet of bride roses and
lilies of the valley.
MIS-. fGlCIdIu Lee sylvester was Ino
matron of honor and wore a gown of
coral chiffon, fashioned along straight
lines, with a flare skirt and a cascade
of tulips to match the gown falling
from the waist line at one side. Her
hat was of horsehair braid trimmed
with coral and peach tulle, and she
carried a shower bouquet of coral
SweetpeaS.
The other attendants were Miss Vir-
ginia Bugg of Farmville, Va; Mrs. L..
NJ. Sylvester of Fort Benning, Ga;
Miss Frances Pepper and Miss Nancy
Taylor. They all wore costumes sim
liar to that of the matron of honor,
only in different colors. Miss Bugg
wore coral chiffon trimmed with pas
tel green flowers, and carried coral
color sweetpeas. Mrs. Sylvester was
in orchid shade. with a bouquet of
sweetpeaS to match; Miss Pepper in
green chiffon trimmed with coral flow
ers, and Miss Taylor in yellow chiffon
with green flowers, and bouquet of
sweetpeas in shaded coral.
Miss Anne Brooke Peterson was
flower girl and wore pink chiffon and
carried basket of Spring flowers.
The ribbon bearers were Miss Mar
garet Virginia Holmes and Miss Janet
Bessey. Miss Holmes wearing blue
chiffon and Miss Bessey appearing in
a frock of pink chiffon.
DIR. A S. Root of Raleigh, n. c.,
was best man. and the ushers were
DR. Charles w. Wainwright of Balti-
more, Mr.. Fl. r. Crockett of Lynch
burg, Va; DIR. J. A. Shackelford of