The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-17
Sound of Wedding Bells IN Other
Cities Re- Echoed IN Washington
Senator Norris Daughter
Married in Wisconsin;
the Wadsworth TiIton
Wedding
By JEAN ELIOT

w or less concentrated on the
June weddings in Washington, there
have been nalf dozen in other
cities in which Neutrality-suspicious.
have had an especial interest.
There was a delegation" from
the Capital in Harrisburg yesterday
for the marriage Of Governor Fish
erss daughter, Miss Mary Miller
Fisher, to Henry Tatnall Brown,
jr Others went to New York to
witness the wedding of former Sem
ator and Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth's son. James jeremiah Wads-
worth, and Miss Harry Griggs Til
ton. Then. this morning, came
news of the wedding Of Senator
and Mrs. George w. Norris daugh-
ter, Miss Gertrude Dewitt Norris,
to Gordon B. Rath.
Details as to this wedding are a
bit meagre, but, although the Nor
rises register 'tof Nebraska" the
ceremony took place at their sum
mer home in the Waupaca chain OF
lakes in Wisconsin. Mr.. Rath is
q Washingtonian and he and his
bride will make their home here.
When in Washington the Norrises
make their home in Cleveland Park.
Wed Away From Capital
Then, there was the wedding on
June IA of Miss Hope Summers,
daughter of Representative and
Mrs. John w. Summers, to Robert
w. Witherell, Of Chicago, which
took place way out at Summerstead,
home of the Summers, near Walla
Walla, Wash. And, since spring,
there have been no less than two
weddings among what might be
called the Senatorial eligibles,"
although former Senator Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock is no longer in the
Upper House.
He chose for his second wife
Miss Martha Harris, of Memphis,
Tenn, and their wedding was in
had earlier been married to Cen
eraT Rosalie Jones, the ceremony
taking place down on Long Island.
Paris Weddings VS.. Paris Divorces
1t may be remembered that Miss
Marion Parker, daughter of the
late Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Will
lam III. Parker and member of an
old Washington family. went to
Paris for her marriage to John A.
Embry, of the foreign service of the
Z AGDdI AOIuI1CICGs III Wdl0
in the French capital, too, that
lovely Miss Adeline Oxnard, daugh-
ttr of Mrs. Henry T. Oxnard, Of
Washington and Upperyille. Va,
was married to Count d'Etremesini.
And Miss Anna Gray Henry is sail
ing on Saturday for Paris. where
she is to be married to Pavel
Stransky sometime attache of the
Czechoslovak Legation at Washing
ton. He is at prestnt on duty in
the Foreign Office in Prague. The
romance of Mr.. Stransky and Miss
Henry. clergyman's daughter,
began when he was on duty in
Washington. Her father is the
Rev. John Bronough Henry. of East
Falls Church. Va.
Two More Weddings in Offing
Two other important weddings are
in the offing. On Saturday. s. Wor.
Ellington Frailey, son of Col. and
Mrs. Charles Frailey, is to be mar
ried to Miss Marjorie Human Ma
graw, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam M. F.. Magraw, of New York.
The ceremony will be in st. Peters
Church, Bay Shore, L. l., and some
of the Worthington Frailey clan
will go over from Washington for
the event.
Then on July will come the mar
riage Of Miss Matilda Houghton and
Chandler P. Anderson, jr., in Lon.
don. This has a double interest, as
Miss Houghton is the daughter of
Alanson B. Houghton, American am
bassador to Great Britain, and Mr..
Anderson the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler p. Anderson, of Washing
ton. Mr.. Houghton, who is now in
this country, is returning to London
before the wedding, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderson win go over for the
ceremony accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Harriet Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson is now in business
In New York, but until a year ago
he was secretary to Ambassador
Houghton, having started out to
his father.
At WadswOrth Wedding
Former Senator and Mrs. Wads-
worth. who have recently been at
their country home in the Genesee
Valley were in New York for the
wedding and so were Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart w. Symington, third, the
latter formerly Miss Evelyn Wads-
worth. Mr.. Symington was one
of the ushers. Others among the
wedding guests were Canon and Mrs.
Arson Phelps Stokes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Harper-Mrs. Harper is a
sister Of Senator Wadsworth-and
Miss Louise McLanahan.
The ceremony in the Central Pres.
byterian Church, New York, yester.
day was performed by tho Rev. DIR.
Dwight w Wvlies fhn nasfoy aS.
sisted by the Rev. DR.. William
Thayer, headmaster of st. Marks
School The altar was decorated
with palms, ferns, hydrangeas, del.
phiniums and peonies. A reception
was held in the Cosmopolitan Club.
The Misses Susanna d. and Maud
T. Tilton, sisters Of the bride, were
maids of honor. Miss Susanne Tilton
was presented at court in Bucking.
ham Palace a few weeks ago. The
other attendants were the Misses
Edyth c. Gilman, Eleanor Barry,
Edith Colby and Jane Hamilton
Brady, Mrs. Harris Fahnestock, jr.,
and Mrs. William Trotter Newbold.
Walter S. Hoyt was best man
and the ushers were Philip w. Bun.
nell, Charles Watson, George Craw-
ford I'd, Arson Phelps Stokes, Stew
art Symington Sd, brother-in-law
to the bridegroom; George HI.
Walker, Lawrence M. Noble and
William w. Robbins.
The bride wore a white satin
dress with a long court train
trimmed with old family lace. She
wore a tulle veil and carried a
bouquet Of madonna lilies.
The attendants wore dresss of
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