Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

/ to his home in Springfield, where ne
will pass Christmas with Mrs,
BowIes. They will open their apart
ment at the Mayfiower early In
| January,
The Solicitor General and Mrs. Will
liam De Witt Mitchell have with them
| for the holiday season their sons, Mr..
William Mitchell of the Harvard Law
School and Mr.. Bancroft Mitchell OF
Princeton, rs.
Gen. John ]. Pershing and his son.
Mr.. f. Warren Pershing, left last
| evening to Join Gen. Pershing's sister.
Miss Pershing. at Lincoln. Nebr.,
where they will have Christmas fam
| lily reunion.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. T. @. Donaldson
| left Washington last night for the
I formers new command OF the "a
| Division, United States Army. with
! headquarters at Fort Sam Houston,
| Tex. Mrs. Donaldson will stop at
F! Fort Benning, Ga, TO visit their SON
in.law and daughter, Maj. and Mrs.
c. II. Rucker.
Mai. Gen. Donaldson was accom-
panied on his departure from the Cap
| ital by his aide. Lieut.. Andrew j..
Schriver.
Col, and Mrs. William A. Mccain
gave a dance last evening for their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Mccain, IN
compliment to Miss Theodoria Cata'
lani and Miss Caroline Wilcox. The
guests included debutantes of this sea-
son and members of the wedding party
of Miss Ellen Wise Crenshaw ana Mr..
John Monteith Gates, whose marriage
will take place tomorrow.
M. Ahmed, the recently appointed
attaehe of the Turkish embassy. mas
arrived in Washington, and has taken
an apartment at the Wardman fsfk
Hotel.
Miss Hilda Monica Ripley, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. X. j, Ripley oI
Seat Pleasant, Md, and Mr. hunter
Seaborn Bell of Atlanta, Ca. son OF
Mrs. r. G.. Bell and the late MIR. Ben
Of Dawson, Ga, are being married tnis
afternoon. The ceremony is being per-
formed at ; O'Clock in Addison Chapei,
at Seat Pleasant, the brides father:
the Rev. DIR. Ripley, who is rector OF
Addison parish, officiating. The ehapel
has a pretty arrangement OF ever
green's and white chrysanthemums,
and the short program of music pre-,
cedine the ceremony il being played
by the organist of the chapel
The bride is being given in marriage
nv her brother, Mr.. Robert Ripley, and
her costume is of white satin anu
Honiton lace, Her veil has been worn
at weddings in her family for more
than 100 years. and she is CARRYING a
bouquet of white roses and lilies Oh
the valley.
Miss Margery Ripley is maid of
honor for her sister and wears pale
green geogette crepe, a green VeiVet
hat, trimmed with silver ribbon, ana
carries pink roses, The bridesmaids
are Miss Liela Lynch and Miss Fran
ces Boykin, who have similar cos
tunes, the former In pink and the ial-
ter in orchid Miss Lynch carrying
pink roses and blue delphinium, ana
Miss Boykin carrying yellow roses.
Little Miss b. savage and little MISS
E, Crew are flower girls, wearing
dainty frocks of georgette, one In pink
and the other in blue. and they are
carrying baskets filed with roses, and
each wears Dutch hat of lace.
Mr.. John Ottey of Atlanta IL best
man and the ushers include Mr..
| Charles Berry and Mr.. Noel Ripley
of Maryland.
A reception will follow In the rec
| tory at Seat Pleasant. Md, when Mrs.
Ripley, mother of the bride, will re-
ceive with the wedding party. Her
gown is of blue georgette crepe.
Later Mr.. Bell and his bride viii
start on a wedding trip, the latter
travelling in tan georgette crepe trim
med with velvet and brown coat
with beaver fur collar. They will make