Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-20
Cabinet Members Attending
Military Wedding Today.

The Secretary of War and Mrs
Dwight F. Davis will be among the
members of the cabinet attending the
wedding this afternoon of Miss Eliza
beth Christine Fries, daughter of Mai
Gen. and Mrs. Amos Alfred Fries
TO Lieut.. Frederic Allison Henney
Corps of Engineers, United State
Army. Among others in the distin
guished company which will include
diplomats. members of the Senate and
lower House and smart residential
society, will be the secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Wilbur, Mrs. Hoover
wife of the Secretary of Commerce
the Secretary of Labor and Mrs
James J. Davis and the chief of staff
United States Army and Mrs. Charles
p. Summerall.
The ceremony will be performed at
4 o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel of
the Washington Cathedral. the Bishop
Of Washington, the Right Rev. James
i. Freeman. officiating. Two tall sill
yer vases filled with pink rosebuds
are placed on the altar, which will be
lighted with cathedral candles. and
Mr.. Edgar Priest. organist, will play
the wedding marches and the nuptial
music preceding and during the
services.
The wedding will be carried out in
strictly military order, members of the
29th Engineers. of which the bride
groom is a member, preceding the
wedding party down the aisle. bear
ing the national emblem and the regi-
mental flag of the goth Engineers
and standing at the steps of the
chancel during the services. After the
ceremony % officers of the bride
groom's regiment will form an arch
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couple will walk when leaving the
chapel.
The bride will walk to the altar with
her father, who will give her in mar
riage. Her bridal robe is unusually
lovely, fashioned Of white satin, with
a fitted bodice and a full skirt slightly
bouffant and made with a panel at
the front embroidered in a rose and
orange blossom design with pearls and
silver beads. A court train hangs
from the shoulders. the end of the
train being embroidered in the same
design as on the skirt. Her full tulle
veil will be held by a crown of rose
point lace and she will carry shower
bouquet Of roses and lilies Of the val
ley.
Miss Hester Bealle Baden will be
the maid Of honor and the bridesmaids
will be Miss Mary Elizabeth Brigham,
Miss Peggy Berry. Miss Katharine
Amory, Miss Fannie Dial, Miss Doro-
thy Johnson and Miss Alice Graham.
The attendants will wear costumes In
rainbow hues, fashioned Of taffeta over
cream chantilly lace, made bouffant,
with front panels OF the lace and the
skirts pointed about the hem line
and outlined with silver They will
wear hats of cream lace trimmed with
silver ribbon and ribbons to cor
respond with the color of their frocks
Miss Baden will be in orchid and the
other attendants in green. yellow and
blue. Miss Baden will carry an arm
bouquet of red roses and the brides
maids arm bouquets of pink roses and
maidenhair fern.
The two small sisters of the bride.
Barbara Fries and Carol Fries. will
be the flower girls, wearing dainty
frocks Of pink taffeta. pink poke bon
nets, and will carry silver baskets
filled with pink roses.
Mrs. Fries will wear a gown of sill
yer lace over gray, made along slight
~ draped lines.
Lieut.. L. Bingham will be the best
man and the ushers selected are
Lieut.. Fremont S. Tandy, Lieut..
Emerson Cummings, Lieut.. Emerson
= Itschner, Lieut.. Morrow Sorley,