The Washington times., 1925-12-05
SOCIETY BELLE
TO BE BRIDE
OFN.Y. MAN
Miss Gertrude Groscenor
Will Wed in Church of
the Covenant

Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenar, to Paxton
Blair, Of New York, today Is an
event of great interest in Washing
ton, where Miss Grosvenor's family
have widespread affiliations. and
will bring together a company IN
which official, diplomatic and rest
dent society will mingle in happy
| proportions.
The ceremony will be at o'clock
in the Church Of the Covenant, with
the pastor, the Reverend Doctor
Charles Wood, officiating. Tne
church Is decorated throughout with
smilax and great white chrysanthe-
NUNS and during the service the
bride will stand under an arch OF
smilax and chrysanthemums.
Miss Grosvenor will /be given IN
marriage by her father and VIII
have her sister, Miss Mabel eros
venor, as maid OF honor. The
bridesmaids are Miss Betty Billings.
OF Amherst, Mass; Miss Mary
Healy and Miss Eleanor Healy, OF
Pottstown, Pa; Miss ElizaDetn
Hoogland, Of Brooklyn, N. r. Miss
Mary Louise Johnson, OF Wasnlns-
ton. and Miss Elsie Carolyn Grts.
venor. another sister of the bride.
Russell stiles, of New York, Is
best man for Mr.. Blair, and the
group OF ushers includes G. Forrest
Butterworth, jr., John Collins, John
Jay McCloy and Jerome Swinford,
Of New York; John B. Heyl, OF
Philadelphia; Wilfred Puttkammer.
Of Chicago; Kenneth Bonner, OF
Princeton, N. j., and Melville Bell
Grosvenor, of Washington, brother
Of the bride.
The Brides Gown
The maid of honor is wearing a
charming gown Of orchid and green
chiffon and the other attendants
are to be .goWned alike in orchid
tinted chiffon. All win wear hats
EOf silver lace and will carry
bouquets of orchid tinted flowers.
The brides costume, which Is OF
the Shakespearean period, bears the
Paris hallmark. It is fashioned of
ivory satin juliette, and tulle and
she is wearing a tulle veil with a
panel Of lovely pointe d'Alencon
lace which was worn by her grand
mother, the late Mrs. Alexander
Graham Bell, at her wedding in
1877. A delicate touch Of color viii
be contributed by a bridal bouquet
Of yellow roses and snapdragonsl
After the ceremony there will be
reception at the home OF Doctor
and Mrs. Grosvenor, 1928 Eight
eenth street.
Chief Justice to Receive
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft and
Henry p. Taft, Of New York, cous'
ms Of the bride, will receive with
Doctor and Mrs. Grosvenor and the
wedding party and others in the
receiving line will be Mr.. Blair's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Pax
| ton Blair, of New York; Miss eros
venor's grandparents, Doctor and
Mrs. Edwin A. Grosvenor. of Am
herst, Mass, and Miss Alma Krut-
tschnitt, of New York, aunt Of the
bridegroom.
Mrs. Grosvenor, mother OF the
bride, is wearing a brown velvet
gown of q smart and graceful
model, with hat to match, and
Mr.. Blair's mother is to be gowned
in gray georgette over silver metal
cloth, with silver trimming her
hat. Mrs. Edwin A. Grosvenor's
costume is Of dove gray charmeuse.
| After a honeymoon abroad Mr..
Blair and his bride will live in
New York and will be at home after
| February l at 4 East Eightyzeighth
street.
Miss Grosvenor made her debut
in Washington three years ago. She
is a graduate of Mount Vernon
Seminary, and during the last two
winters has studied painting in
New York at the Art Students
League, of which she is q member.
In 1923, with friends, she went
around the world, spending several
months in. Japan and India. She
has also Travelled extensively in
Europe and America.
Family History
Miss Grosvenor's father, Doctor
Gilbert Grosvenor, is the president
of the National Geographic Society
and editor of the National Geo.
graphic Magazine. Her mother is
an eX-president of the Twentieth
Century Club, of Washington. and
for many years served on the
Board of Children's Guardians of
Washington. On her mothers side
she is a granddaughter of the late
Doctor Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor of the telephone, and the
late Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell. On
her fathers side she is the grand
daughter of Doctor Edwin A. Gros-
venor, LID, of Amherst, Mass,
professor emeritus at Amherst Col
lege and for many years national
president of Phi Beta Kappa, and
through her grandmother, Mrs. Ed
win A. Grosvenor, she is second
cousin of Chief Justice William
Howard Taft and of Henry I, Taft.
of New York. She is grand
niece of Charles J. Bell, president