The Washington times., 1929-04-29
MISS CROSBY
MARRIED
TODAY
WEEDS Ralph Miller, Of
Foreign Service; Cere-
mony at View Tree

The marriage Of Miss Seleste
Crosby, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
oscar t. Crosby. and Ralph Miller.
D., of the United States Foreign Serv.
ice. was solemnized today at noon
at View Tree, the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Crosby, near Warrenton,
Va. The company In attendance
at the ceremony and the break
fast afterward was small, but II
included friends of the Crosbys
from Washington, New York ana
Warrenton.
Mr.. Miller is the son of Mrs.
Ralph e. Miller, of New York,
and a grandson of the Rev. George
Miller. who fought in the Union
Army and who held for so years
important posts in the Methodist
Church. A graduate Of Harvard,
1925. Mr.. Miller has been in the
Foreign Service for a year and
has just been appointed to his
first foreign post, Buenos Aires.
A member of a globe.trotting
family, Miss Crosby is well fitted
for the role OF q diplomats wife
as she has lived much abroad and
speaks several languages fluently.
Mr.. Crosby. who was Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury under
william Gibbs McAdoo, served
with the Relief Commission in
Belgium during the war and after
ward was president of the Inter
allied Council for War Purchases
and Finances with headquarters
in Paris and London. Miss Crosby
Joined her father in Paris a week
after the signing Of the Armistice.
Earlier she had taken q trip
around the world with her family.
Mrs. Crosby, who was Miss
Jeanne Bouligny. is from New
Orleans, her. colonial ancestors
having come with O'Reilly to take
over Louisiana from the French
for Spain. Today's bride made
her debut in Washington as did
her two charming sisters, Miriam,
now Countess Mario Caricciolo de
Melito, and Juliette, now Mrs.
Arthur Hornblow, jr., Of Beverly
Hills. Calf.
Maid Of Honor
Miss Crosby was given in mar
riage by her father and her only
attendant was Princess Eliza beth
de Ligne. The Rev. George Miller
performed the ceremony. The
best man was George L. Degener,
jr., Of New York, and the group
of ushers included Giraud Foster.
H. Allister Morris and Miles
Vernon, of New York; James
Lowe and Mannix Walker, OF
Washington, and Lieut.. Tilman
Bunch, U. S. N.
The brides gown was Of ivory
satin made on medieval lines with
the long train cut in one with the
skirt. She wore ytulle veil
becomingly arranged and carried
sheaf of Gala lilies. The maid
of honor's frock was of pale blue
crepe, simply fashioned, and her
bouquet was Of salmon colored
roses and larkspur.
Mrs. Crosby had chosen citron
green ensemble for the wedding
and the bridegroom's mother,
who was present at the cere-
mony, wore a black and white
costume of beautiful old lace.
Mr.. Miller and his bride flew
from warrenton to Long Island
on the first lap Of their honey
moon, motoring back to Wash
ington to remain a few days
before sailing on May 1S for
South America. The costume
chosen by the bride for this
modern mode Of travel was an
onrn~ohIn - kafmn S1of arann opd
beige and brown wool in a pin
check design. With this she will
wear a close fitting hat Of brown
felt and brown Oxford ties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Pierre de
Malglaive. of Greenwich, Conn.,,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jean Tillier,
of Port Washington, Long
Island, were guests at the Con.
gressional Country Club over the
weekend. Mr.. de Malglaive Is
general superintendent Of the
French Line III America and a
director Of the French Chamber
Of Commerce in the United States,
and Mr.. Tillier is secretary
general Of the French Line.
Robert Silvercruys, who has
been serving as counselor of the
Belgian Embassy, started today
for San Francisco, whence he
will sail for China, having been
transferred to the Belgian lega-
ton in Picking.
X 4
Miss n. r. Jennings and Miss
s. E. Denton, of ,Brookline, Mani
toba, are at the Grace Dodge Hotel
for an extended visit.