Evening star., 1937-08-30
In the Hunt
Country
BY NINA CARTER TABB.


nn CHURCH, I'd, are on their
W. way to Bermuda today for
a q wedding trip, and the hunt
ing country is wishing them much Joy
as it talks Of their lovely wedding
that took place on Saturday after
noon at st. James Episcopal Church,
Warrenton. Va.
The church was beautifully decor
Ated in green and white and crowded
to overhowing with representative
members of society from North, South,
East and West. All seats were taken
and the side aisles were lined with
young girls and men, who stood lean
ing against the walls, the many colored
dainty frocks and large picture hats
OF the girls adding to the beauty of
the scene.
Just at S O'Clock the ushers started
ND the center aisle to the strains OF the
wedding march. They were ]. North
Fletcher and William WILDER, jr, Of
Warrenton; Jack Dove. Andrew Parker
and Charles McKenney Of Washing
ton and Jack Victor of New York, now
living in Washington. Next came the
matron Of honor, Mrs. Harrison Colket
of Philadelphia. sister Of the bride.
She was radiantly lovely, wearing a
pale pink taffeta gown. made with
long. full pleated skirt and puffed
sleeves. The tightly fitted bodice was
out low in front and back and "a wide
girdle laced up the back. She carried
. bouquet of pink roses. blue delphi
inium and lilies of the valley. with blue
the predominating color and wore a
crownless Mary Queen of Scots Cor
maybe Wallis Warfleld) cap Of pink
tafieta. Behind her the maid of honor,
Miss Jane WILDER Of Warrenton was
dazzlingly beautiful as she walked up
the aisle, wearing a costume like the
matron of honor's. Six girls from
many parts Of the country, each as
pretty as a picture, were the brides
maids. They were Miss Wilhelmine
Kerby Of Bedford Hills, N. Y; Miss
Anne Kenyon of Providence, R. L.;
Miss George Forbes of Huntington.
w. Va: Miss Margaret Brooke of
Cleveland. Ohio, and Miss Mary Tyler
Mccormick and Miss Cassie Parker,
both of Washington. Their gowns were
made like those of the matron and
maid Of honor, but we're Of blue tafieta.
They carried bouquets Of pink roses,
delphinium, lilies Of the valley and
gypsophelia, pink being the predomi-
mating color
THEN the bride entered on the arm
Of her father, Mr.. Edwin B. King,
who gave her in marriage. Emily
North King, popular and much loved
girl In Warrenton, where she has
grown up, was overwhelmingly beau
tiful as she came slowly, smiling up
the aisle She wore an ivory satin
gown, simply made with tight-fltting
bodice, long sleeves and long, full
train. Yards Of tulle veil fell over
the train and an exquisite long rose
point veil was caught to a rose point
lace coronet worn back from the face
The rose point veil has been in her
family for several generations and been
worn by all the brides Of her family.
She carried a shower bouquet Of roses
and lilies of the valley and was met
at the altar by the bridegroom and
his best man, Mr.. Eugene Myer, Sd, of
Washington.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Paul Bowden, rector of the
church, with Mr. T. w. Street playing
the wedding march. Upon leaving the
church a reception was held for five
or six hundred guests at Stuyvesant,
~ Kings residence in Warrenton,
WAre the bride and bridegroom re-
celeeN IN the garden with a vine-cov-
cred ssone archway as a background.
Receising with them were her mother
and father. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin B.
King. Nus King looked charming,
wearing fown of gray chiffon with
contrasting color Of brown, a corsage
of brown orchids and a brown hat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Church, parents
OF the bridegroom, came next in line.
Mrs. Church was stunning in a dark
blue taffeta gown and large blue pic
ture hat. Then came the bride and
bridegroom, and then the bridesmaids.
Mrs. Victor Froment and Mrs. Fred
erick Haserick of Warrenton, aunts of
the bride, and Miss Mallory Church
OF washington, aunt Of the bride
groom, also assisted in receiving the
guests. Refreshments were served to
the throng of people from the dining
room and spacious porches as dancing
began to the strains of Myer Davis
music on the lower floor Of the house.
For many hours every one made
merry, then the bride cut the cake
and danced with the bridegroom before
ascending the wide stairway banked
with Southern smylax, ferns and white
flowers, to stop on the first landing
10 throw her bouquet to the waiting
bridesmaids gathered in the hall
below.
This made most beautiful picture
and one long to be remembered
The bride leaned far over the bal
oony to toss her bouquet as she smiled
into the eager faces below. It fell
Into their midst as all made a grab
1or 1t. Miss Cassie Parker and Miss
Jane Wilber both had a hand on it.
30 Gerry Webb had to throw a coin
Tor them. Miss WILDER got the flowers.