Evening star., 1941-08-30

wreath of orange blossoms and she
carried white orchids and steph-
anotis. Her only ornament was
her mothers antique diamond
brooch.
Awaiting the bride and her father
at the sanctuary steps were the
bridegroom and his best man, DR..
James B. Twyman, of Charlottes-
VILE. Va. The ushers included the
brides brother, Senor Rogelio E.
Alfaro; Mr.. Lothrop Luttrel, Mr..
Andrew B. Duvall. jr,, and Mr..
Charles r. Grant, jr., OF Washing
ton: Mr.. William Wallace OF Hunt
ington, w. Va; Mr.. Alfred Berkeley
of Roanoke, Va, and Mr.. Davlo A.
Harrison, Sd, of Hopewell, Va.
Sister-in-Law of Bride
Is Matron of Honor.
Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro. sister-in-
law of the bride, was her matron
of honor and the bridesmaids were
Miss Patricia Prochnik, daughter
of the former Austrian Minister and
Nine. Prochnik; Miss Nancy
Lawrence, Miss Billy Byrd West,
Miss Margaret Gordon and Miss
Aileen Harris. Their costumes were
similar, fashioned of taffeta with
long semi-fitted bodices with three
quarter length sleeves. and full long
skirts. Mrs. Alfaro was in char
treuse and the oters in lavender
each wearing wreath OF yellow
roses and carrying clusters OF yellow
roses.
The Turkish Ambassador, M.
Mehmet Munir Ertegun, gave his
best wishes to the bride and ex-
tended congratulations to Ensign
Maddux for himself and Nine.
Frtegun. who is motoring in the
West. The Norwegian Minister, M.
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgensuerne,
and the Yugoslav Minister and Nine.
Fotitch were among other European
diplomats and the English speaking
countries were represented by the
South African Minister and Mrs.
Close.
The Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de Castillo Najera, who are
close friends of DR.. and Sonora de
Alfaro of long standing, gave a
warm greeting to the hosts, thelr
daughter and her bridegroom. 9th
ers from the diplomatic corps IN
cluded the Ecuador Ambassador,
Senor Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro who
bears the same name as the hosts,
but is of different nationality; the
recently returned Venezuelan Am
bassador, Senor DR.. Don Diogenes
Escalante. who will be. joined to-
day by Sonora de Escalante ana
their daughter, Senorita Marie Te-
resa Escalente, arriving from Miami,
Fla: the Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Michels and their daugh-
ter, Senorita Cristina Michels; the
Cuban Ambassador, senior DR.,
Aurelio F. Concheso; the Bolivian
Minister and Sonora de Gauchalla,
the Honduras Minister and Sonora
de Caceres, the Costa Rican Minister
and Sonora de Fernandez, the Co
Iombian Charge d'AffaireS and
Sonora de Bargas and the Com
mercial Attache of that Embassy
and Sonora de Tono; the Minister
Counselor of the Cuban Embassy
and Sonora de Baron and the Coun-
selor and Sonora de Valdes Ro-
drigues.
Bridegr0OmS Mother
Assists Hosts in Receiving.
DR.. and Sonora de Alfaro re-
ceived the guests in their Wash
ington home. purchased several
years ago when the former retired
from official life, and were assisted
by the bridegroom's mother, Mrs.
Katharine Olivier MadduX, who lives
Just across the Potomac in Virginia.
Sonora de Alfaro wore a becoming
roWn of French blue chiffon trimmed
with the same shade and her small
close-ftting feather hat was pink
and had a short blue veil. Mrs. Mad
dux had an attractive costume OF
beige crepe with which she wore a
wide-brimmed picture nat OF black
straw and the corsage bouquets of
lavender orchids worn by Sonora
de Alfaro and Mrs. Maddux made
attractive contrasts to their cos
tunes.
Baskets filled with white blossoms
of the late summer were about the
rooms and on the bridal table in the
dining room low mounds of white
flowers and fern fanked the tall
wedding cake which occupied the
place of honor Similar mounds of
late white summer blooms with
fern, carrying out the green and
white color scheme of the wedding,
were OH the buffet table laid in the
garden.
Ensign and Mrs. Maddux are mo-
toring north for their wedding trip
which will be brief owing to the
short leave granted naval officers
during this emergency. Mrs. Mad
duX wore a travelling costume OF
aqua color crepe with a coat to
match and a wine color hat. They
will be back in Washington for q
few days before going to Norfolk
where Ensign MadduX's ship, the
U. S. S. Ranger, has its base.
Bride Made Debut
In Capital in 1889.
Mrs. MadduX was graduated from
Holton Arms School in 1899 and
was presented to Washington So
ciety at tea which her parents
gave for her December 16 of that
year, several Of her attendants al
the wedding were among the as
sistants at that fete. She is the
youngest member of her family, anC
although a native of Panama, she
is more familiar with Washington
where her father has been on duty
much of the time since her birth
She is the third of DR.. and Sc
nora de Alfaro's children to marry
Americans.
Ensign Maddux was graduated
from the University of Virginia il
1889 and later received his commits