Evening star., 1927-04-18
Golden Wedding Day of
IXr. and Mrs. RiXpy April 25.

Rear Admiral ana mrs. presley
Marion Rixey viii celebrate their
fiftieth wedding anniversary the after
noon of Monday, April %, at o'clock
at their colonial home at RiXey sta
tinn. Va. At the same time Admiral
RiXey's nephew and niece, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles j. TiXey, jr, wlh cele
brata their silver wedding anniversary
and Will be with them at RiXey sta
ton.
The "at-home" Will be informal, but
ropleto with interest. Mrs. RiEey was
formerly Miss Earlena English, her
marriage to DR.. RiXey taking place
at the Portsmouth tN. H.) Navy Yard
at the time her father, Admiral Earl
English, was stationed there, the cere-
mony being performed In the comman-
dants house. That was April 25, 1877,
and DR. RiXey'S best man was DR..
]. G. Boyd, who, with Mrs Boyd, will
assist them at the celebration. Two
of Mrs Rixey's bridesmaids. Mrs Ben
son. wife of Admiral William S. Ben
son, and Mrs. Henry B. Brown, widow
Of Associate Justice Brown, will also
he with her.
Others assisting at the "at-home"
will include Mrs. James L. Freeman,
. Mrs. Roland Cotton Smith, Mrs. Rob
el't Johnston and Mrs. Phillips.
. DR.. RiXey was formerly from Cul-
peper. Va, and was for many years
White House physician, serving Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
Welt rs family physician. For some
wears he and Mrs. Rixey have spent
~..tt!pir time at their lovely Virginia
-shplne.
retiring president of George
Washington University and Mrs. VIII
liam Mather Lewis will give a large
tea this afternoon from 4:30 to Z
o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel for
their daughter, Miss Sally Durand
Lewis, who is here for the holidays
from her studies at Hollins College.
! Miss Lewis was TO have been deb
utante next season, but DR.. and Mrs.
Lewis Wih be in Easton, Pa, where
the former has accepted the presi
dency of Lafayette College.
Assisting Miss Lewis will be Mile
Adele Narela, daughter of the Minis
ter Of Uruguay and Nine. Varela;
I Miss Barbara Hight, Miss Helen Cliff
ford, Miss Florence Marlatt, Miss
I Louise Turpin, Miss Olive Sherley,
Miss Sallie Hews Phillips, Miss Ruth
: Miller Green, Miss Louise Fitzhugh
I and Miss Audrey Brenager of Winston
/ Salem, N. c., and Miss Harriet Pine
!. of Baltimore.
4 Miss Lewis will wear a graceful
gown of pale green chiffon shaded
\ TO darker shades, the skirt made
/: straight with folds of the several
: shades of green formed the contrast
and the waist having pointed draper
les of the shaded chiffon The only
ornament is a single gold rose to
: mark the waistline and she win carry
an oId-fashioned bouquet.
4 Mrs. #. Herman Gade, wife of the
: Norwegian Minister to Brazil, on a
special mission TO the United States.
entertained at luncheon today in the
+ presidential dining room of the May
! flower, having as her guests Mrs.
(. Thomas +. Bayard, Mrs. Herbert
I Pierce. Miss Martha Goldman, Mrs. F.
I; T. harrington, Mrs. Charles f.
/. Hughes, wife of Admiral Hughes, II.
I S. N; Mrs. George r. Scriven, wife of
Brig. Gen. Scriven; Mrs. Frank G
Let's, Nine Ekengren, Mrs. FIRE.
z mont, Mrs. Mitchell Carroll. Mrs. Ju-
Mus w. MacMurray and Miss Grace
e. Burton.
Miss Alice King Gade, who is spend
ing the Easter holidays in Boston, viii