The Washington times., 1928-06-11
CHARMING FETE
MARKS Sill YER
WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Tiller Celebrate Twenty
fifth Anniversary

HUI anniversary
Entertaining in celebration OF
their twenty-fifth wedding ami
versary, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Hance Tiller were hosts at a re-
ception yesterday. their house in
Mt. Pleasant Street being thronged
with guests from o'clock in the
afternoon until in the evening
The original note OF the invita-
tons was repeated at the recep-
ton, which was marked by I'M
formality and charm. Phrased in
the style OF business correspond
ence, the invitations were typed
on letterhead stationery, headed
''The TllIers, twenty-five years
at the same old stand" In one
corner was the admOnition,
watch for our golden wedding
announcement and In the other,
Matrimonial advice free" The
screed was signed Theodore Til
Ter, party of the first part, and
Leona Patterson Tiiler, party OF
the second part-oR VICE
VERSA"
White House Roses
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiller received in
the drawing room, which was
fragrant with flowers sent them
In honor OF the anniversary, q
great cluster of pink roses from
the White House Conservatives
having place of honor. Mrs.
Tiller wore her bridal gown, q
princess robe OF lace, which was
as becoming to her today as
twenty-five years ago. with the
tulle veil and chaplet of orange
blossoms she had worn on her
wedding day. Mr.. Tiller's mother
received with them.
Refreshments were served in
the dining room from table,
which had as q centerpiece sill
yer ship. with d miniature bride
and bridegroom for further dec
Grafton. There was an overflow
into the pleasant back yard of
the Tiller home Mrs. Tiller re-
fuses to call 1t a garden where
tables were set out under the
trees and where during the after.
noon and evening Theodore Tiller,
jr., put on several performances
OF the engaging puppet shows
which he has brought to such a
stale of artistic perfection. He
has his own Httle theater in the
back yard.
Gifts Of Silver
kilograms OF congratulation
were showered upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Tiller and they received many
handsome gifts--notabIy silver
goblets from the '5Press Club
gang" silver, service plates and q
great silver bowl from the Ma
fionaI League Of American PEN
women and the local branch, Of
which Mrs. Tiller was once presi-
dent A picturesque gift was a
pair OF wee silver liqueur glasses,
engraved with 4 good luck mes
sage in japanese. the gift of the
Charge d,Affaires OF Japan and
Nine. Sawads. Little Miss JAG
queline DuPuy had contributed a
clever apotheosis OF the Tiller
family, showing the carriage in
which they had set forth on their
wedding journey, the silver auto
mobile in which they were now
riding and the golden aeroplane
On which they would take a
flyer on their fiftieth anniversary.
Guests at the reception, mum.
bering several hundred. included
diplomats. groups from official
and resident society and many
representatives OF the newspaper
profession, with which Mr.. Tiller
has been associated for many
years.
In the company yesterday were
two men who had been grooms-
men at the marriage of Theodore
TtlIer and Leona Patterson rs
years ago in Georgia Ralph a.
Graves and Will H. Krause, now
residents Of Washington.
Those assisting. with few ex-
ceptions. were the wives Of Wash
ington newspaper writer's. the list
including: Mrs. Uric Bell. Mrs.
Arthur Henning. Miss Ruth Jones,
Mrs. Graham B. Nicol, Mrs. J.
Fred Essary, Mrs. Hal Smith,
Mrs. Arthur Condor, Mrs. Carter
Field, Mrs. William A. DuPuy,
Mrs. William Wolff Smith. Mrs.
Hobart Brooks. Mrs. Theodore
Pickett. Mrs. Charles p. Keyser,
Mrs. James w. Orme, and Mrs.
Donald Craig.
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The minister of Siam, Lieut..
Gen. Phya Vijitavongs, and MEM
bers of his legation staff, together
with his son, a cadet at West
Point, and his young daughter,
Pamala, who is also spending her
vacation from school with her
distinguished father, were the
members OF a weekend house
party at the summer home of
Major and Mrs. Samuel Burleigh
Milton, at ''Seyton." on the Chesa-
peake Bay, in Calvert County, Md