Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-12
SOCIETY
The Vice President, MIR. Dawes, Guest
of Honor at Luncheon Today of
Mr.. Arthur S. Hennlng.

Henry Nav. Mr.. Black will be the
guest of Senator I. Coleman du Pont
at the Gridiron Clubs dinner this eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs James Brown Scott
are in Havana, Cuba. for short stay.
Double Wedding of the Misses
Blair This Afternoon.
The most important event on to-
days social calendar will be the dou-
BILE wedding this afternoon at O'Clock
of Miss Virginia Blair to Mr.. Robert
Clymer Brooke of Philadelphia and
Miss Ellen Blair to Mr.. Benjamin
Lowndes jackson, jr., Of Washington.
The ceremonies will be performed in
St. Johns Church, the Rev. Robert
Johnston, assisted by Canon William
l.. De NrieS, officiating, and small
reception for the families and out-or-
town guests will follow at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Montgomery Blair. pa
rents Of the sister brides, on sixteenth
street.
The church has a charming ar
rangement of white chrysanthemums
and green foliage, and the brides, each
having her own wedding party, VII
enter the church simultaneously, Nj IS
Virginia Blair escorted by her brother.
DR.. Montgomery Blair, jr., and her
party, proceeding down one aisle, and
Miss Ellen Blair. escorted by her
brother. Mr.. William Draper Blair,
and her attendants. another aisle.
Mr.. Montgomery Blair will meet his
daughters at the altar and give them
in marriage.
The brides will wear gowns fash
ioned alike of soft bridal satin, MADE
on straight lines in tunic erect. the
necklineS round and the sleeves long
and close fitting. The gowns Will be
worn over slips of rare old lace, helr-
looms Of the brides family, and where
the tunic is cut in the front of the
skirt the lace shows through. The
court trains are quite unusual, made
of stripes of the satin and tulle and
cluster of orange blossoms and gener-
ously caught here and there on the
train. They will wear tulle wells,
which will cover the face and will be
arranged in simple fashion, with clus.
tiers of orange blossoms. and they Will
carry shower bouquets of bride roses
and lilies of the valley.
Miss Virginia Blair will have Mrs.
Jarvis Coffin of New York as matron
of honor, and Miss Cornelia Brooke,
young sister of the bridegroom, Will
be flower girl. Miss Charlotte Mac
Dougall and Miss Helen McLanahan
will be the bridesmaids.
Miss Ellen Blair will have as her
attendants, Mrs. r. c. Hollyday. Jr..
her sister, as matron Of honor; Miss
maid of honor, and Miss Nancy Jack
son and Miss Mary Eula Mason,
bridesmaids.
The attendants of both brides will
all wear costumes alike, with the OK
ception of Miss Virginia Blair's flower
girl, who will wear a frock of light
blue chiffon, a poke bonnet of the
chiffon trimmed with silver ribbon,
and she will carry a silver basket of
pale yellow roses. The other members
Of the brides parties will wear gowns
Of electric blue chiffon velvet, made
with long, tght-ftting sleeves and full
skirts, faced with silver cloth, the
waist lines marked with blue and sill
yer flowers. They will wear hats Of
silver lace, with twist of blue velvet
ribbon about the crowns. and will carry
arm bouquets of yellow roses.
Mr.. Mackall Brooke will be best
man for his brother. and the ushers
will be Mr.. John Brooke, another
Blair Lee, Mr.. Stockton Gaines Of
Charleston. w. Va; Mr.. Ledyard
Hecksher, Mr.. Cooper Smith and Mr..
John Gibbon, all of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Jackson will have as his best
man Mr.. Richard Tasker Lowndes.
Sd, a cousin, and the ushers will be
Mr.. William Draper Blair, Mr..
Lowndes Lavender. Mr.. Andrew
Wylie, Mr.. David Mearns, Mr.. Man
ming Stead, Mr.. Bishop Hill and Mr..
Barry Hall of Middleburg.
Mrs. Blair, mother of the bride, will
wear a gown of dark blue brocaded
chiffon, embroidered in cut steel. the
slight drape on the left side Of the
skirt held by q heavy design of the
beads. She will wear a dark blue
crepe hat trimmed with a gray plume.
Among the out-of-town guests are
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brooke and Mr..
and Mrs. Maskell Ewing of Philadel-
phia, parents and grandparents of the
bridgegroom; Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brooke of Philadelphia, Princess Bon
compagni, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Draper,
Mrs. A. j. Draper of Charlotte, N. c.:
Mr.. Henry Station of New York and
Mr.. Otis Draper.
The Misses Sutherland, daughters of
the late Surg. Gen. Charles Suther-
land, have given up their apartment
at the Cordova and are in the Knowl-
ton. at 2227 Twentieth street, where
they have taken an apartment.
Mrs. Onward Belmont Hampton and
her children, who have been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Moore Payne, at the Hotel Gordon,
have returned to Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Radcliffe
have issued invitations for dinner
dance, which they will give in the
presidential suite at the Willard Mon
day night.
Miss Martha Cluverius, daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. w. T. Cluverius, will
arrive from Vassar College today. to
spend the Christmas holidays with her
grandmother, Mrs. w. T. Sampson,
on New Hampshire avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Neuhauser en-
tertained at dinner last evening, when
their guests included Senator and Mrs.
William H. King, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Amos A. Fries, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Sanders, Mr.. and Mrs. William Mather
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Kauff-
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa E. Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Miller, Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Hartman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Christopher H. Pope
Mr.. and Mrs. Neuhauser will enter.
tain at dinner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce E. Clark went
to New York Thursday and are among
the passengers sailing today aboard
the Homeric for a trip through south
ern France, Italy and Egypt.
Miss Elizabeth Hume's
Debut Party Yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins Hume enter