Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Society Greets Many Brides
In the Early Autumn Period
Brilliant Weddings Mark the Season. Calendar
Central Presbyterian Church Scene of
Clarke-Harrison Marriage Yesterday.

Central Presbyterian Church was the
scene Of a pretty wedding last evening
at $50 o'clock, when Miss Margaret
Harrison, daughter of Mr.. Benjamin
Edward Harrison. became the bride OF
Mr.. Andrew Wilkerson Clarke of Alex
andria, Va. son OF Mr.. Charles C.
Clarke, the Rev. Samuel H. Taylor Of
ficiating.
The altar, lighted with cathedral
candles was banked with palms and
four large baskets OF yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and blue delphiniun. AS the
guests were assembling q program OF
organ numbers was given and Mr..
Harold Martin sang "An, Sweet Mystery
of Life" and Love Everlasting"
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She wore a gown of ivory
satin, fashioned on princess lines, with
a lace yoke and sleeves, and a long
three-panel train. Her tulle veil was
held by band of tulle twisted with
pearls.
Miss Alice v. Espy, maid Of honor
was in a gown of pale yellow chiffon
with long, floating skirt. with a short
train. The bridesmaids were Miss
Dorothy G. Collins and Mrs. Patricia
Dowlirg, and they wore frocks Of pow
der blue chiffon, fashioned like that OF
the maid Of honor.
Mr. Charles Franklin Clarke of Alex
andria was best man and the ushers
were Mr. Thomas Moncure of Alex
sndria, Mr. William r. Burns of Wash
ington, Mr. Willis H. Edmunds of Dan
vile. Va, and Mr.. Allen B. Harrison
of Washington. brother of the bride.
reception followed the ceremony
ct the home of the brides father, 1913
Otis place, when the receiving party
stood before a screen of palms, to re-
ceive the $50 guests. The couple were
assisted in receiving by the brides
aunt Mrs. Lula B. Hearin.
Later Mr.. Clarke and his bride left
for a wedding trip, the bride wearing
q dark brown ensemble coat, with a
beige fur collar. and accessories to
match. They will be at home upon
their return at 1901 Massachusetts,
avenue
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Edmund of Dan
vile, Mrs. Lulu B. Hearin of Little
Rock, Ark, and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Clarke of Petersburg, Va.
The marriage Of Miss Martha Nc
Gervey, daughter of Mrs. Charles Arm
strong McGervey Of West Hatton,
Mount Victoria, Md, to Mr.. Gerard
Vermilye Patrick of Elyrta, Ohio, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Loomis Patrick,
of Elyria, Ohio, took place yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, in the
Episcopal Church at Wayside, Md, the
Rev. Nelson P. Dame, Richmond, Va,
officiating
Tall cedars, laurel and ferns mingled
with pale yellow snapdragons and
gladioh in making pretty background
for the wedding and program of or
gan selections was given before the
ceremony The bride was given in mar
rage by her uncle, Mr.. Foster Marcus
Reeder. and wore a gown of old ivory
satin with long circular train, and her
ivory tulle veil fell from a cap of
by her grandmother. She carried an
old-fashioned bouquet of cream-colored
rose buds
Mrs Donald Linard of Cleveland was
matron of honor in a gown of golden
brown taffeta, fashioned on quaint old
lines, with a long full skirt and tiny
pulled sleeves. She had on a hat Of
taffeta and lace to match her gown
and carried an old-fashioned bouquet
Of zinnias in shades Of gold, yellow and
orange, in a holder with a frill OF
cream lace.
The other attendants were Mrs. Earle
Phillips Elmore of Onconta, NJ Y; Miss
Lulu Thomson Of Richmond, Va. Miss
Cornelia Patrick of Elyria, Ohio, and
Mrs. John Henry Snyder of Cleveland.
They wore frocks made like that of the
matron of honor, in shades of pale yell
low, gold. burnt orange and deep vel
low, respectively, with hats to CORES
pond with their frocks, and they carried
bouquets similar to that of Mrs. Linard.
Mr.. John Henry Snyder of Cleveland
was best man and the ushers were Mr..
Worth Fauver Mr.. George Calvert and
MIR. Richard Timms of Elyria, Ohio,
and Mr.. Rowland Patrick of Boston.
A reception followed the ceremony at
the home of the brides parents, West
Haddon, when the couple were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. McGervey
mother of the bride, who was in flow
cred metallic cloth, with a brown vel
Vet hat, and Mrs. Patrick, mother OF
the bridegroom, who was in ashes OF
roses chiffon and a black hat.
After the reception Mr. Patrick and
his bride left for wedding trip, the
bride wearing a black ensemble with
a hat to correspond. They will be al
home later in Cleveland.
The bridegroom graduated from Phil
fps Andover Academy and in 1925
from the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. The bride attended Gun
ston Hall and graduated from Toward
Haywood, Shippan Point, Conn, and
Lowthoroe School of Landscape Archi-
lecture at Groton, Mass
The out-of-town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Loomis Patrick
parents of the bridegroom; Mrs. Henry
3. Patrick of Boston; Mrs. William H
McGervey of xenia, Ohio; Mr.. anc
Mrs Walter H. Schaefer and Mrs. Wal
ter Huber of Philadelphia; Mr.. anc
Mrs. A. j. MacIntyre of Miami Beach
Fla. Miss Libby Mccormick Of Win.
chester; Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Forrest
of Chicago, and Mrs. Daniel Riordan
sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Riordan Of
New York.
A wedding with a rarely beautiful
and picturesque setting was that of {
Washington girl, Miss Margaret jamie
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jameson of 725 Massachusetts, avenuI
northeast, and Mr.. Kenneth C.. Nc
Carter, assistant landscape architect o
the National Park Service. The cere
mony was performed September 10, il
the Little Church in the Valley. in tn
famous Jackson Hole country in wy
oming
The bride was formerly employed b.
the National Park Service in Yellow