The Washington times., 1929-02-09
NEWS OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Blair-NasOn Wedding Today; Ceremony
In st. John 8 This Afternoon

The marriage of Miss Vir-
ginia Mason and DR.. Mont
gomery Blair, jr., is taking
place this afternoon at 4
O'Clock in St. John s Church,
with Canon William L. De-
Vries officiating. The cere-
mony will be followed by a
reception at the residence of
the brides cousin, Mrs.
James F. Curtis, with whom
she has been making her
home.
, The wedding, which will
be attended by a large COM
pany from the diplomatic,
official and resident groups,
is an event of exceptional
interest, for both the bride
and the bridegroom are
dyed-in-the-wool Washing
tonians and both are excep-
tionally popular.
Washingtonians Both
Although DR.. Blair is now
resident physician of the Chill
dren's Hospital in Boston after
graduating from the Harvard
Medical School, he grew up in
the Capital. The son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, he is a
grandson of Montgomery Blair,
who was Postmaster General,
and one of his distinguished
forebears was Francis P. Blair,
who was in Andrew Jackson's
famous Kitchen Cabinet" His
mother, the former Miss Edith
Draper, is half sister of Prin-
cess NJ arg aret Boncompagni,
both being daughters of the late
William F. Draper, once United
States Ambassador to Italy.
Miss Mason is the daughter of
Mrs. Charles F. Mason and the
late Brigadier General Mason, who
was in the Medical Corps, u. s. A.
He was at one time in command
of the Walter Reed Hospital and
during the war served as chief
sanitarian of the A. e. F. She
was presented to society in Wash
tngton several years ago by her
grandmother, Mrs. Frank P.
Mitchell.
Bridesmaids
At her wedding today Miss
Mason is having as matron Of
honor her sister, Mrs. William
Draper Blair, Of New York. and
Mr.. Blair, a brother of DR.. Blair, is
best man. Mr.. Blair and Miss
Mary Eula Mason were married in
st. Johns nearly three years ago.
The bridesmaids are Miss Laura
Towne, Miss Elizabeth Ives, Miss
Eleanor Hard, all OF Washington
and Miss May Bremen of Boston.
Lieut.. Charles Mason u. S. A., will
Gsve his sister in marriage.
Four enchanting children are
also in the wedding party, Miss
Pauline Curtis, Miss Margaret Gar
rett, Miss Edith Hollyday, niece Of
the bridegroom, and the brides
cousin, john r. Merriam, jr. The
little girls are wearing miniature
copies of the bridesmaids frocks
and hats, and will strew rose petals
before the bride. The page has
an authentic Eton suit, with =
very correct top hat to complete
his regalia.
All the brides attendants will
be gowned alike in robes de style
Of peach-colored MORE, with the
full skirts cut long on the sides.
The bodices are finished with old
fashioned fichus given a modern
touch by Chanel ties on shoulder.
Their hats Of peach straw are small
models in the new French poke
shape. and are untrimmed save
for ban6s of velvet and small
tailored bows. They viii carry
bouquets of rapture roses-shad-
ing from pale yellow to rose-and
lbovardia.
Mrs. Curtis eldest daughter,
Miss Laura Elizabeth Curtis, was
to have been in the wedding party,
but was unable to leave school,
Robe de Style
The bride has also chosen q
robe de style. It is fashioned Of
heavy ivory satin, with full,
graceful skirt cut to form fine.
yard train. The bodice is close
fitting and at the low waist line
As a girdls of seed pearls from
which long pearl tassels hang to
ths hemline. The sleeves are
long and close, with points over
the hands. There is a yoke of
tulle,. with q bit of lovely old fam
lily lace for garniture, and Miss
Mason, who is tall and fair, will
wear a veil of the same beautiful
rose point lace-an heirloom
mounted on tulle. Her white satin
slippers have charming old paste
buckles, She will carry white
orchids, gardenias and lilies OF
the valley.
The group Of ushers includes
woodbury. Blair, Sd, brother of
the bridegroom: Cleveland Per-
kins, George Garrett and Ralph
Hills, of Washington; DR.. Ben
danain Tenney and DR.. Reginald
Smtthwick, of Boston; DR., Lynn
Fennimore Cooper, of Baltimore;
DR.. Lawrence Dunn, of Savannah,
and Arthur Stull, of New York.
The familiar wedding marches
have been chosen and q pro-
gram of organ music will pre-
ceds the ceremony.
The church is decorated with
palms, ferns, quantities of trail
ing Southern smilax and Easter
lilies. At Mrs. Curtis house,
where the reception will be held,
lilies, forsythia and spring flowers
have been used, with many color
fully shaded lamps.