Evening star., 1935-04-28

QUANTlCO, va, April IA
wedding of considerable interest took
place at 8 o'clock last evening in the
Oficer's Club, when Miss Betsy Ann
Steele, daughter of Maj. Franklin
Topping Steele u S. M. c., and Mrs
Steele, became the bride of First
Lieut. Walter Asmuth, jr., u. S. M. c.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Asmuth
Of Washington. The ceremony was
performed by Rev August F.. Hohl,
chaplain, u. S. N, officiating in the
presence of a large company OF Of
ficers and their wives and many
guests from out of town. The we'd
ding march and the music for the
reception and ball Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony was played by
the post Marine Corps Orchestra, led
by Chief Marine Gunner Horace Tai
bot. u. S. NJ C. The ceremony was
performed in the ball room OF the
club. the walls of which were banked
with dogwood and laurel, which
changed the auStere Colonial back
ground into a bower of Spring BIOS
SONS and shining green foliage, max
ing an exquisite setting for the lovely
gowns and the colorful uniforms OF
the wedding party.
The bride was escorted to the altar
through an archway of crossed
swords, and given in marriage by her
father. Her gown was an heirloom
on her fathers side of the family.
1t is a deep ivory satin, with tight
fitting bodice, fionces Of duchesse
lace in tiers. on the skirt. a hustle
of satin flowing into a long train in
the back. The long veil of roSepoint
lace, also an heirloom, combined with
tulle, was caught into cap. She wore
a locket which belonged to her great
great grandmother on her mothers
side of the family and carried
shower bouquet of gardenlas, white
sweet peas and lilies of the valley.
An unusual feature of the bridal bou-
ouet was its being made so that at
the end of the ceremony, 1t came
apart, forming nine corsage bouquets
one for each attendant and corsage
bouquet for the brides travelling cos
tune.
Mrs. H. Ewing Wall was the matron
of honor and Miss Nancy Brown OF
Radnor, Pa, a cousin of the bride,
was the maid of honor. They wore
ivory color net gowns. with hyacinth
blue sashes and sandals to match.
They carried bouquets OF Johanna
Hill roses tied with ribbons to match
their sashes. The brides other at
tendants were Miss Mary Elizabeth
Price, Miss Elizabeth Barber, Miss
Mary Miller Kress, Mrs. E. N. Muir
raw, Miss Alice Chichester OF Fred
ericksburg. Va, and Miss Martha Good
of Bronxville, N. Y. They all wore
gowns of ivory silk net in pastel COL
ors. with sashes and sandals to match.
Lieut.. Asmuth chose Lieut.. Alpha L..
Bowser, U. S. NJ c., who is stationed
at Ouantico, as his best man, and the
ushers were Lieut.. E. N. Murray,
Lieut.. ]. c. Bigler. Lieut.. G. H. Cloud,
Lieut.. John S. Letcher, Lieut.. L. M.
Heinrichs. Lieut.. q. g. Ralph E..
Fielding. U. S. NJ, and Lieut.. q. g.
H E. Gillespie. U. S. N.
Miss Steele is a graduate Of War
renton Country School. Lieut.. Asmuth
is a graduate of the class Of 1882 at
the United States Naval Academy.
The reception which followed also
was held at the club, when the couple
was assisted in receiving by the brides
mother, Mrs. Steele, who was becom-
ingly gowned in midnight blue flow
cred chiffon, wearing a cluster of gar
denias. They also were assisted by
the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. As
muth, who wore lovely gown Of sea-
green lace, with bouquet Of gardenias
at her shoulder. The bride, accord
ing to custom, cut the wedding cake
with the bridegroom's sword.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. r. M. Bissel of Pennington,
Conn; Mr.. and Mrs. Carl T. Keller
of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Trues-
dale Of Greenwich. Conn; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edmund Brown and Mr.. Mac
Lean Brown of Radnor, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving p. Corse and their daugh-
ters, Miss Diana Corse and Miss An
gela Corse, of Bar B. c. Ranch, Wyo-
ming: Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Morley
Of Chestnut Hill, Pa; Mrs. Thomas
Summers of Germantown, Pa, and DR..
and Mrs Elser of Kent Conn.
Following the reception Lieut.. and
Mrs. Asmuth left by motor for New
York City, where they will remain for
a few days before returning to Guam
tico to make their home. Mrs. As
muth's going-away costume was a be-
coming powder blue with a navy blue
coat, hat. shoes and accessories. She
wore a cluster of gardenias, sweet peas
and lilies of the valley, which had
formed the center of the bridal
bouquet.
Miss Mary Miller Kress was hostess
Tuesday at luncheon and shower,
given in honor Of the bride, in the
quarters of Miss Kress' parents, Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. Clarence KresS, U.