The Washington times., 1931-05-02
Miss Lamont
Is Cabinet
Bride
President and Mrs. Hoover
to Attend Smart Wedding
of Gertrude Lamont and
Charles {. SaItzman Today
BY ANNE PATTEN

BY ANNE PATTEN
The first Cabinet bride" Of
the Hoover administration, Miss
Gertrude Lamont, daughter Of
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont,
viii plight her nuptial vows
with Charles Eskridge SaltZ-
man, son Of Major Gen. and
Mrs. Charles Mckay Saltzman
Of Washington, at the residence
Of her parents on Kalorama
Road this afternoon at 4
o'clock.
In honor of the slim young
bride, one Of the bellies Of Off
cial circles in washington since
her debut last year, the PreSi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover are plan
ming to attend the nuptial rites.
And Allan Hoover, the young.
est son Of the President and
Mrs. Hoover, is to be included
among the ushers. Miss La
mont scored a social coup in
securing young Allan, the
American Prince Charming of
the administration, for her
bridal party. Allan came down
from Harvard, where he is a
student in the business school
Of administration, yesterday to
attend Mr.. Saltzman's bachelor
dinner.
!. NOtabIes to Attend
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr., wife
Of the eldest son Of the White
House, is planning to attend,
and so also will the entire dele
cation of Cabinet members and
their wives in Washington. The
ceremony itself will be wit
messed only by a small company,
chiefly official, but some five
or six hundred additional guests
from diplomatic and residential
society have been invited for
the reception Immediately tol-
lowing the tieing Of the nup-
tial knot.
The young couple will ex-
change their bridal VOWS in the
drawing room of the Lamont
residence before an improvised
altar Of flowers and palms.
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, of
the Washington Cathedral, will
officiate, Secretary Lamont
will give his daughter in mar
riage. She will be attended by
her sister, Mrs. Chauncey Bel
KNAPP, of New York, as matron
Of honor, and will have Miss
Elizabeth Duncan, Of Baltimore,
rs maid of honor. The brides.
maids will be Mrs. Henry Cole,
Of New York, Miss Harriet
BeardSley, of Utica, and Miss
Jane Trowbridge and Miss
Helen Ewing, both Of Lake
Forest, Ill.
VIII Be Best Man
Lieutenant Standish, of Bos-
ton, is to be best man for Mr..
Saltzman, who himself was
formerly an Army man and an
aide at the White House at the
time he met Miss Lamont. Be-
side Allen Hoover (but for the
the bride the star Of the show p
and Chauncey Belknap, brother
in-law Of the bride. the ushers
will be Lieut.. Charles Henry
Barth, jr., of West Point: DR..
Roger Olaf Egeberg, Of Ann
Arbor, Mich: Hazard Eskridge,
Of Baltimore; Edgar William
GarhiSch, Lisgar Merrill and
Virgil Richmond Pogue, of
New York; James Rogers End,
Of AuSahle Forks, N. Y; Rich
ard William Dickinson Jewett,
Of Washington; Capt. Albert
Carl Lieber, jr., and Lieut.. Miles
Reber, both Of Fort Humphrey.
Va.
A heavy ivory satin. guiltless
Of trimming, has been chosen
by Miss Lamont fer her bridal
gown. The dress Is made with
the smart cowl line of the
present mode, long closely fit
ting sleeves, and a court train.
Her veil Of tulle will be worn
banded tightly to her head and
held by clusters OF orange bios
SONS. She will carry sheaf
of. Gala lilies.
Blue VIII PredOminate
Flowered chiffon frocks with
blue predominating will be worn
by the brides attendants.
Their costumes will be COM
pleted by picturesque Vatican
hats Of blue straw 'Alth velvet
ribbons. The maid and matron
Of honor will wear Sashes and
hat ribbons of deep blue velvet
and the bridesmaids the same
In American beauty velvet. All
will carry rubrum lilies and
delphiniun.
Mrs. Lamont will wear for
ceremony and reception a gown
Of blue lace and Mrs. Saltzman,
mother Of the bridegroom, pow
der blue chiffon and lace and
O corsage Of pink rosebuds.
Following the reception the
newly welded pair will leave for
their honeymoon, destination a
secret, the bride wearing q
travelling costume Of a blue
wool suit, blue straw hat and
blue accessories. Upon the con-
cluSion Of their wedding trip the
couple will live in New York,
where Mr.. Saltzman Is in bust
ness. They are to be VII
layers" their future home being