Evening star., 1939-10-14
Miss Offutt
Married to
Mr.. Drury
Wedding Breakfast
Takes Place at
Mayfower

Miss Mildred Loretta Offutt and
Mr.. Paul Horkan Drury were mar
ried this morning in St. Matthews
Cathedral of the new Archdiocese
of Washington. The wedding took
place at IL o'clock, Msgr. Edward
F. Buckley off1ciated, assisted by
the Rev. Henry D. Collins of st.
AIMS Church. The marriage of
Miss Offutt and Mr.. Drury is of
more than usual interest in resi-
dent circles of the National Capital,
where their families long have been
prominent. The bride Is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Ernest
Offutt and Mr.. Drury is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury.
White chrysanthemums with
palms and fern formed an effective
background and white chrysanthe-
NUNS and lighted candles were on
the altar. Miss Katharine Weber
played the wedding music and ac-
companied Mr.. John j. Mcmahon,
who sang.
Mr.. Of1utt escorted his daughter
to the sanctuary. She wore a gown
of ivory satin fashioned on princess
lines, having long train and leg
o mutton sleeves. Her long veil
was held by cap of rare old Irish
lace, an heirloom, and she carried
a shower bouquet of orchids and
lilies of the valley. Her only orna-
ment was bracelet of diamonds
and sapphires, the gift of the
bridegroom.
Mrs. James Gibbons Conroy, sister
OF the bride, was matron of honor
and another sister, Miss Lucy Offutt
was maid of honor. They were
dressed alike in redingotes of soft
rose color faille silk over light blue
dresses OF the same material, their
close-fitting turbans were of blue
velvet and they carried talisman
roses and pink pom -pons.
The brides other attendents were
her sister, Miss Anne Marie Offutt.
and her cousins, Mrs. Francis
D'Ouville and Miss Cornelia Offutt,
and Miss Frances Starner. Their
dresses were like those of the other
attendants and their close fitting
turbans were of pink velvet. They
carried pink pom-pons and Joanna
Hill roses.
Mr.. Victor Hugo Hermann of
| Washington was best man and the
ushers were Mr. Lamar Brown, Mr..
John Kent, Mr.. Richard Ely, Mr..
Paul Borden and Mr.. William E.
Offutt, jr., brother Of the bride, all
of Washington, and Mr.. Harrington
Slaughter of Saranac. N Y.
The wedding breakfast and recep-
ton were held in the Chinese room
Of the Mayf1ower. where Mr.. and Mrs
Offutt received the guests, the latter
wearing plum color matelaSse with
lame bodice and velvet hat to
match, with a corsage bouquet of
orchids. They were assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. Drury, parents of the
bridegroom, Mrs. Drury wearing a
black lace gown with a bodice of
f1esh-color chiffon. her hat and
accessories matching. and her corsage
bouquet was of orchids. The brides
table was decorated with white roses,
| gypsophelia and fern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drury will leave
| later in the day for a wedding trip
the bride wearing a travelling cos
tune of beige tweed with brown hat
| and accessories and a corsage bou-
quet of orchids. They will 20 to
New York and Florida and visit In
Mexico City. and are not expected
to return until Thanksgiving, when
they will take an apartment in
Washington. Mrs. Drury is a men,
ber of an old Maryland family,
her ancestors having come to Amer
lea before the Revolution, and she
was educated by the Sisters of
Notre Dame. Mr.. Drury attended
schools here and the University of
Pennsylvania.
| Guests from out of town included
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Forrer OF Rich
mond, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry
Wacker of Philadelphia. Mrs. Rob-
ert Mcpherson and Miss Betty Nc
Pherson of Laurel Springs, Md;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. P. Hawkins
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Walsh and
Miss Eileen Walsh of New York
City. and Mr.. and Mrs. William H
Burland, the Misses Margaret, Lo-
retta and Mary Burland and Mr..
William H. Burland, jr., of New
Haven, Conn.