Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13


of the brides parents at "a Rosemont
avenue, Alexandria. for the members
of the two families and the wedding
| party. Mrs. Adams, mother of the
bride, will be in pink georgette crepe,
with which she will wear a black hat
and a corsage bouquet of pink roses.
Mrs WoOdfin. mother of the bride
| groom, will wear white crepe and hat
and a corsage bouquet of butterfly
roses.
Mr.. Woodf1n and his bride will
leave later in the day for a wedding
trip and will make their home in Bal
| timore
! Among the out of town guests will
| be Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Borton Wood
| fin, parents Of the bridegroom, of Ash
| land: Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph X. r. Lar
son of Norfolk, Mrs J. w Jeffries and
| Miss Camilla Jeffries of Warrenton,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Hayden of
| Manassas, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Millican
OF Washington and Miss Elizabeth
| johnson of Charlottesville
A wedding of unusual interest in
| Washington took place in Honolulu
| tuesday, May "a. when Miss Ruth
| Burt, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Will
liam II. Burt, L. S. A., of Fort Shafter
! became the bride of Lieut.. Robert
Iappan Chaplin, u. s. A., of Fort Ka-
mehamaha. The ceremony was per-
formed in the evening in st. Andrews
Cathedral. the Right Rev. John d. La
Mothe, Bishop Of Honolulu, officiating
Inc cathedral was effectively dec
GRATED with lilies and palms. and a
| program of nuptial music was Dlayed
preceding and during the ceremony.
The bride walked to the altar with
ner rather, who gave her in marriage.
| IIer bridal robe was of ivory satin.
made on straight lines The bodice of
| SOFT folds of the satin was caught with
ran gathers at the left side and
| bloused by girdle of pearls and dull
white beads A court train of satin
hung from the shoulders and her Veil
OF real lace, arranged in a cap effect
ana relieved on either side by SPRAYS
OF orange blossoms fell over the train
ana was caught by another spray of
orange blossoms.
The uShers, who led tho bridal
procession wearing full dress uni
forms, were Maj. Henry Wingate.
Lieut.. William A. WeddelI, Lieut..
sanford A. Goodwin, Lieut.. Albert
~. Miller, Lieut.. Howard J. John
Lieut.. Elmer j.. Count, jr., and Lieut..
James f. Terrence, jr. Lieut.. Slator
Miller was the best man.
Miss Josephine Blanchard. daugh-
Ter of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Robert
NJ. blanchard, was the maid of honor.
me bridesmaids We're Miss Helen
W essen. daughter of Lieut.. Col. and
mrs, CHARLES NJ Wessen of Mary
land; Miss Harriet Todd daughter of
MISS Harriet Todd, daughter of
Brig General and Mrs. Henry d
Todd, jr. Miss Virginia WalthaI.
daughter of Mai. and Mrs. Hugh l..
Walthan of New York Miss Mar
garet Wolf, daughter of Brig. Gen.
ana Mrs Paul A. Wolf: Miss Mar
guerlte Webster, daughter of Chap
lam and Mrs. j. Burt Webster. and
Miss Sally McClosky, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Manus McClosky
A reception was held at the home
OF the brides parents following the
ceremony. Assisting Mrs. Burt at
the reception were Mrs. Edward NJ.
Lewis, Mrs. William A. Smith, Mrs.
Calvin de Witt. Mrs Francis r.
Chambers. Mrs. Oliver L. Sanding,
Jr.; Mrs. Robert NJ. Blanchard, Mrs.
Thomas w. Brown, Mrs. James A.
Channon and Mrs. James r. Tor
renee, jr. The table where the bride
cut the cake with her husbands
saber was arranged with pink gladioli
in a pale shade and with gar
denias and lilies.
Before leaving for stay on the
other side of the island, the bride
threw her bouquet. 1t was caught
by Miss Harriet Todd. The following
day the couple sailed for San Fran
cisco Ell route to Washington, ID. G.,
where they will be at home at the
bridegroom home. 1922 Thirty-first
street northwest. from the end of
June to the middle of August At
that time they will proceed to
Fort Monroe, which is Lieut..
Chaplin's new station. Mrs. Chaplin
received her education at Miss Ham
Inns School in San Francisco, and
at Smith College. Lieut. Chaplin
is a graduate of Princeton of the
class of 1916, and is the son Of the
late Herman White Chaplin. lawyer
ana author, of Boston and Wash
ngton.
Mrs. Chaplin Is well known in
| Washington. where her father was re-
Gently on duty with the general staff.
| The marriage of Miss Alice Garrett
Morrison, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
| Hugh A. Morrison, to Mr.. Willis c.
| Melvin of Baltimore, Md, son of Mr..
William Melvin of Havre dc Grace,
took place Saturday evening at the
| iloJHe Oh lne bT1ue parents. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev
r. Y. Nicholson, assisted by the Rev.
e. T. Leech, grandfather of the bride
| The bride was given in marriage by
/ her father, and she wore a gown Of
white taffeta, a veil of old family lace
and carried a shower bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Mary Barbara Freese of Pitts
burgh was the maid of honor, wear
ing gown of delphinium blue taffeta
and carrying butterfly roses and del
| phinium.
! The color scheme was carried out
in the floral decorations with palms
and tall standards of flowers banked
about the altar. Four small nieces of
the bride, Doris, Marjory, Mildred and
! Nellie Grace Harlan, held white rib
bOns forming an aisle to the altar.
They wore dainty frocks OF organdy in
rainbow hues.
Mr.. Edwin Melvin of Havre de
Grace, brother of the bridegroom, was
| the best man.
Among the out-of-town guests were
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Melvin, MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Miller and Miss Ruth
Miller of 1Iavre de Grace: Miss Mollie
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