Evening star., 1938-04-17

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Hughes Pruden. pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Washington.
Mr.. Louis Potter, organist, played
the wedding music.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother. Mr. William Harrison
Baker of Washington. She wore a
on period lines. with rounded train,
and with double puffed sleeves fitting
tightly from her elbows to points
over her wrists. The neckline of the
gown was V-shaped and the skirt
fell from closely-fitted bodice that
Joined the skirt in a point in the
front. Her veil Of illusion was draped
from a plated coronet, which was
trimmed with V-shaped inset of
mother of pearl in an orange blossom
design. Her only ornament was
string of pearls, gift from the bride
groom, She carried a tiny white
handkerchief edged in lace, which be-
lonsed to her mother. Her shower
bouquet was of white bridal roses and
maiden-hair fern, with center of
gardenias and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Chester A. Newell of Hampton,
Va, sister of the bride. acted as
matron of honor. She wore an apricot
marqulsette dress over a crisp taffeta
slip of the same shade The dress
had short puffed sleeves, square neck
line and was trimmed in matching
grosgrain ribbon. Her apricot picture
hat was trimmed in tiny flowers
around the crown and she carried an
arm bouquet of good luck roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Vera
Flynn OF New York, Miss Maurine
Gatewood of Midwest. Wyo.: Miss Bess
Brewster of Muskogee, Okla; Miss
Dorothy Wright of Thermopolis, Wyo.;
Mrs. R. M. Randolph of Jackson,
Miss, and Miss Margaret Anne Horner
OF Memphis, Tenn. Their gowns were
fashloned on the same lines as the
matron OF honor's and all Wore pic
ture hats, The colors of their dresses
were French blue, iris and canary VEL
low. Each carried chiffon muff COW
cred with old-fashioned flowers, from
Which fell shower of satin ribbons,
and wore silver name bracelets given
by the bride
Mrs. Baker, the brides mother.
wore Chantilly lace dress of peri
Wlnkle blue with a short bolero
jacket, scalloped around the small
nigh collar. She wore a corsage of
pink rosebuds and lilies of the valley,
Mrs. Talbot, mother of the bride
groom. wore navy blue Chantilly
lace and chiffon dress with a bolero
cape, and small hat of powder blue
with navy mesh veil Her corsage was
OF gardenias and lilies of the valley.
Mr. Waldo E. Hasley of Corpus
Christi. Tex, attended the bridegroom
as best man. The ushers were Mr..
Leslie Dickson of Houston. Tex, and
Mr.. Robert FIlley of San Marino
Calf. Mr.. Haisley and Mr.. Dickson
are Kappa Alpha Fraternity brothers
OF Mr. Talbot.
A reception was held Immediately
following the ceremony Coffee and
tea were poured by Mrs Katherine
Nichols OF Tyler. Tex, and Mrs. w. l.
Sanders of Jacksonville. Fla. Assist
ing in the reception and serving were
Miss Jane Costello of Houston. Tex;
Miss Marion Leech of Washington,
Miss Olive Winslow of Muscatine,
Iowa; Miss Adelaide Walton of Nor
santown, North Carolina, and Mrs.
Emmaline Samuel of Pryor, Okla.
After the reception the couple left
on a motor trip to Charleston, S. c.,
and Miami Beach. Fla The bride
chose as her travelling costume a
three-piece light wool suit with
large gray wolf collar. Her straw
sailor hat matched the roseberry
shade Of her suit. as did her shoes
and bag. She wore gray kid gloves
and a corsage of gardenias and lilies
Of the valley
Preceding the rehearsal Friday eve
ming members of the bridal party
were entertained by the brides
mother at dinner, and after the
rehearsal the bridegroom's parents en-
tertained the party at the Shoreham
Hotel.
The bride was graduated from Vir-
ginia Intermont College, Bristol, Va,
where she was president of her class.
She is descended from several families
long prominent in the history of Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Talbot was graduated
from Rice Institute and, after obtain
ing master of arts degree at the
University of Texas, he became as
sociated with the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. in washington. Upon
their return to Washington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Talbot will live at Colonial VIII
laRe. Arlington. Va.