Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Emerson-Miller Wedding
Attractive in Simplicity
Beard-Hunt, Benson-Van Leer and Lowrey-Hilton
Marriage Ceremonies Draw Interest of
Capital Society Folk.

a famous Baltimore editor of century
or so ago.
Mr.. Van Leer is . graduate Of Central
High School and member of the 1928
class at Yale University, where he sang
In the glee club during his senior year.
After March Mr.. Van Leer and his
bride will be at home for q time at 1858
Ontario place.
An attractively planned wedding took
place yesterday at noon In Our Ladies
Chapel, at Gonzaga College, when Miss
jeanette Lowrey became the bride of
Mr.. Reeves r. Hilton. Father Gruen
oficiated. The bride was given in mar
rage by her father, Mr.. Charles H.
Lowrey, and wore a gown of powder
blue lace with accessories to match. She
carried ophelia roses.
Her matron Of honor and only at
tendant was Mrs. John Devlin, her
sister, who wore a gown Of rose beige
lace with accessories to match and
carried pale pink roses.
Mr.. John Devlin was best man for
Mr.. Hilton and Mr.. James Riley, Mr..
Lyman Driffel, Mr.. John Nolan anc
Mr.. Robert Gaenoe served as ushers.
Mrs. Charles H. Lowrey, mother OF
the bride, wore black lace and a corSage
bouquet Of sweet peas, and Mrs. Hilton,
mother of the groom, was in a gown
Of lowered crepe and also woe sweet
peas.
Following the ceremony there was a
wedding breakfast at the Dodge Hotel,
with covers laid for "a.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton left for
a brief wedding trip to New York.
They will be at home after February
% at 1925 Randolph street.
characterized by beautiful simplicity
was the wedding OF Miss Mary Claudia
Childs to Mr.. Alfred Clyde Britain,
which was solemnized at O'Clock,
January 81, in the newly acquired home
of the bride and groom at 1877 South
Walnut street in Clarendon, Va.
The double ring ceremony was read
by DR.. John e. Briggs, pastor OF the
Fifth Baptist Church in Washington,
in the presence OF q few close friends
and relatives.
The bride was lovely in her wedding
dress of tea rose crepe, artistically COM
bined with ecru silk lace, her hat har-
monizing in q shade OF rose tan baku
straw, with clusters of tiny varicolored
velvet flowers beneath the raised brim.
The gloves, handbag and shoes matched
perfectly the lighter tan shade OF the
hat and completed the ensemble. The
brides shoulder bouquet was composed
Of sweetheart roses and lilies Of the
valley.
The only attendants were the brides
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Carlisle Childs Of Clarendon, Va.
After the ceremony an informal re-
ception was held. The home, with its
new and artistic furnishings and beau
tiful decorations Of pink and yellow
roses. formed a perfect setting for the
wedding and reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Carlisle Childs Of
Douglas, Ca, formerly of Macon, Ga.
She is the sister Of First Lieut.. John
Walker Childs, now stationed at the
University Of Georgia, at Athens, and
Mr. Virgil Carlisle Childs, statistician
in the United States Department of
Agriculture at Washington, D. G. She
attended schools in Macon and Atlanta,
Ca, and later received her bachelor Of
At the time of her marriage she was
studying library science at George
Washington University in Washington.
The bridegroom Is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Britain Of Winterset, Iowa,
and the brother Of Mrs. Arthur Gale
Blakeley Of wichita, Kans.; Mrs. Ben
jamin Ellis Ferrier, Chicago, H.. Miss
May Britain of Des Moines, Iowa;
Mrs. Wallace Clair Carlson of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Mr.. Joseph Clarence
Britain Of Van Meter, Iowa. He re-
ceived his bachelor of science and
master of science degrees from Iowa
State College, AmeS, Iowa, and now
holds responsible position in the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, this city.
After February 10 Mr.. and Mrs Brit
tain viii be at home to their many
friends.
An event of unusual interest in the
past week was the wedding of Miss
Catherine winifred Palmer, daughter
of Mrs. Winfield Scott Palmer, to Mr..
Walter Leroy Mitchell. jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Mitchell of New Haven,
which took place on Thursday evening,
February IL, at All Souls Unitarian
Church.
Gowned in eggshell satin, with tulle
veil and carrying a shower bouquet of
cream-colored roses and lilies of the
valley, the bride entered the church on
the arm of her brother, Mr.. Arthur
Wheatley Palmer, who gave her in mar
rage at the altar. The ring ceremony
was performed by the Rev. DR.. u. @. B.
Pierce.
The brides maid Of honor was her
sister, Miss Mildred Palmer, who wore
lace gown of white and carried bou-
quet of pink roses. The brides mother
wore.a gown of black lace; the BRIDE
groom's mother was in orchid chiffon;
the bridegroom's sister, Miss Helen
Mitchell, who came from Battle Greek
for the ceremony, wore blue pan velvet,
and Mrs. Arthur Wheatley Palmer's
gown was Of turqoise blue satin.
The bridegroom had as his best man
Mr.. Paul Austin Crouch of New York
City, and his ushers were Mr.. Robert
Kimberly Mitchell of Southbury, Conn;
Mr.. Alfred Mccormack of New York
City, Mr.. Simon Newcomb Whitney of