Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

The marriage OF Miss Frances
Hawthorne Brady. daughter of Mrs.
Thomas Grayson Brady. to Maj Err
nest Harvey Van Fossan. son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Harvey Van Fossan
of Lisbon. Ohio. took place yesterday
at noon. The ceremony was performed
in the Church Of the Covenant, the
pastor. the Rev. DIR. Charles Woods,
officiating. and the bride and bride
groom and their attendants stood at
the rear of the church and held an
informal reception after the ceremony.
Large ferns. pink rambler roses and
delphinium were used to decorate
the church. and the bride entered to
the wedding chorus from 'Lohen-
grim" sung by the choir.
The bride was escorted by her broth
er, Capt. J. Camden Brady of Norfolk.
and wore gown of white bridal satin
trimmed with old family lace and or
ange blossoms. Her tulle veil, which
formed train. was held by tiara of
lace worn by her mother, and she car
ried Gala lilies.
Mrs. j. Camden Brady. sisterinlaw
of the bride, was matron of honor
and had a gown Of pink crepe chiffon,
made over pink satin. with which she
wore a large pink Neapolitan Straw
pink sweet peas. Miss Jean Van Eos
san was maid of honor for her sister
and was in lavender crepe chiffon
made over satin of the same shade,
trimmed with chiffon to match, and
she carried lavender sweet peas. Tho
brides other attendants included Mrs
Louis Montfort, Mrs. Amos Pagter.
formerly of Clarksburg. w. Va; Mrs.
Joseph Claffey. formerly of Parkers-
Tt.r
liken of this city, and Miss Alma Haw-
thorne Of Asheville, n. c. Their dress
es were made alike in pastel shades
Of taffeta and maline, and they wore
large Neapolitan straw hats trimmed
with maline to match their dresses,
and carried arm bouquets of garden
flowers. Little J. Camden Brady, jr..
was ring bearer.
Mr. Leslie A. Smith was best man.
and the u:shers included Mr.. Robert
Leland Van Fossan of New York, Mr..
Austin c. Waller. Mr.. John Barnes
Milliken. Mr.. Park Galleher and Mr..
Bruce E. Clarke, all of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady and Mr.. and
Mrs. Van FosSan stood with the wed
ding party to receive after the cere-
mony. Mrs. Brady's gown was of
black and white chiffon and her hat
matched her costume and she had a
corsage bouquet Of lavender sweet
peas. Mrs. Van Fossan was in beige
chiffon, with hat to match, and wore
corsage bouquet Of butterfly roses.
A wedding breakfast followed in the
home of the bride for only the mem
bers of the wedding party. and pink
roses and ferns were used in the
house.
Maj. and Mrs. Van Fossan left later
for a wedding trip, the bride travelling
in black fiat crepe lined with white
satin and black satin hat. They
will make their home at Wardman
Park Hotel on their return.
The bride was born in Clarksburg.
w. Va, and has made her home for
the past IS years in Washington. She
is well known in this city, having
held the position of assistant to the
director general Of railroads, the high
ministration during the entire war,
and has taken a prominent part in
the Red Cross. Since the war she
has been actively engaged in various
philanthropic work.
Maj. Van FosSan was born in Lisbon,
Ohio, and is a graduate of the Oberlin
College of 1909, and took his legal de-
gree at the Columbia University in
1918. He entered the World War in
April. 1917, serving in various camps.
and later in the Secretary of Wars
Office. He holds the commission of
major in the Judge Advocate General
Reserve. He was a member of the
War Department Claims Board and
chief council of the War Credits
board; he served with the special
Panama Canal Commission and later
as assistant counsel and director of
claims Of the United States Shipping
Board. The past two years he has
been practicing law in Washington,
and a few weeks ago was appointed
by President Coolidge a member of
the United States Board of Tax
Appeals.
Miss Theobelle stiles. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Wesley Stiles of
ST. Cloud, Mimi, was married yester-
day afternoon. TO Mr.. Allen Howard
Gardner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. G..
Gardner of Ulysses. Pa. The ceremony
took place In the home of Miss Flor.