Evening star., 1937-02-23
Mrs. George Butler OF Baltimore and
Mr.. Mendon Foye Of Philadelphia.


Mr.. Mendon Foye Of Philadelphia.
Wedding Of Miss Ijams
And Mr.. Coleman in Baltimore.
A WEDDING of interest to Wash
"A ingtonianS was that OF Miss E.
Virginia Ijams, daughter of Col. and
Mrs. George E. Ijams OF Baltimore,
to Mr.. Tracy c. Coleman, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Coleman of Takoma
Park, D. c., which took place Satur-
day at the Starr Methodist Protestant
Church in Baltimore.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. r. Y Nicholson at Z o'clock. be-
fore a large gathering OF relatives and
friends. Mr.. Joseph Stup played
selections on the organ before and
during the ceremony The altar was
banked with palms with Easter lilies on
either side.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was attired in long, close
fitting gown of white satin. with q
train, a standing collar and long,
tight sleeves with pointed cuffs over
the hands. Her long veil OF tulle,
with a shoulder length veil over 1t,
fell from a cap arrangement trimmed
with orange blossoms. 1t was worn
by the brides mother on her wedding
day. She carried shower bouquet
of gardenias and lilies Of the valley
and wore a diamond pin, a gift OF the
bridegroom, at the neckline OF her
dress.
Mrs. George Ijams, jr., was the
matron of honor, wearing long dress
of lilac net, trimmed with the same
shade of velvet ribbon, and net cape
to match. She carried cream roses
and lilac sweet peas and wore a net
cap.
Miss Peggy Langrall was the maid
OF honor and Miss Virginia Seitz and
Miss Annette Challis were brides
maids, while Miss Barbara Ann 1Jams,
sister Of the bride, was junior brides
maid. All wore dresses Of net made
like that of the matron of honor.
Miss Langrall was in torquolse and
carried bouquet of cream roses with
a pinkish tint and torquoise sweet
peas. The bridesmaids wore peach
net and carried bouquets of talisman
roses and various shades of sweet peas,
and the junior bridesmaid was at
tired in peach net made with short
puffed sleeves and Peggy collar Her
bouquet was made up OF Spring
flowers in various colors. AL wore
caps to match their gowns.
Mr.. Thomas Coleman of Washing
ton was the best man and the ushers
were Mr.. George Ijams, jr, and Mr'
Glen Litsinger of Baltimore; Mr.. Ber-
nard Thomas of Frederick, Md; Mr..
Kenneth Caskey and Mr.. Henry Stauf-
fer of Washington.
Immediately following the ceremony
small reception was held for the
bridal party and the immediate fami-
lies at the home of the brides parents,
1901 Carlisle street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coleman left later on a trip to the
South, the latter wearing three
piece suit of rose tweed, the topcoat
of which had a beige fox collar. She
wore a tllrban to match the suit, and
brown accessories Upon their re-
turn they will live at 85l1 George ave-
nue., Silver Spring, Md.
Out-of-town guests included Mr..
and Mrs. William B. Wilson of Flush
ing. Long Island; Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Addison Campbell of Schenectady,
N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Breining,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Sterling of
Washington.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Coleman gradu-
ated from the University Of Maryland
in 1885, Mr.. Coleman heading his
class as president all four years, while
Mrs. Coleman was an honor student.
Mr.. Coleman is an engineer with the
Treasury Department.