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York City.
A reception after the ceremony
was held at Monterey Inn, where an
orchestra entertained while the
large number of guests were being
received and refreshments being
served.
Out-of- town guests attending the
wedding included Mrs. Carroll Dun
ham. grandmother of the bride; Mrs
John H. Ballantine, Mrs. Gertrude
l.. Sturgis and Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Cady of New York City; Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Paschal of New Rochelle,
N. Y, and Maj. Wijnant Johnston
of washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers left after the
reception for a wedding trip, the
bride wearing green and white
print dress with a green tweed coat
and brown accessories.
Miss Emerson and 1t. Mechling
Wed in Fort Myer Chapel.
The chapel at Fort Myer, Va, was
the scene of the wedding OF Miss
Emerson, who is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Merton Leslie Emerson OF
Alexandria and Braintree, Mass,
and 1t. Mechling, son OF MI. and
Mrs. Dean Graham Mechling OF
Charleston, w. Va.
White dress uniforms and shining
sabers of the Army and the Navy
gave additional brilliance to the late
afternoon scene as the wedding
guests and the bridal party arrived
for the s 80 o'clock ceremony. Early
autumn flowers in brilliant hues and
rubrum lilies against banks OF ferns
and palms made a lovely setting in
the chapel, where candlelight shed
q warm glow over the colorful scene
and reflected Pickering sparks OF
light in the shiny buttons and gold
braid of officers Of military and
naval service. Chaplain Llnsley
officiated and the Episcopal service
was used.
Miss Muriel Simpson
Is Maid of Honor.
The bride, who was given in mar
riaee bv her father. was clad in an
ivory satin portrait gown, with rutfies
of cream lace edging the square
reckline and the sleeves which
ended in points over the wrists. ana
a full skirt ending in long train.
A heart shaped cap of illusion edged
with lace held her full-length illu-
sion veil and she carried a bouquet
of white orchids and Stephanotls.
Miss Muriel Ann Simpson of New
York was the brides maid of honor
and she wore bronze tissue taffeta
fashioned with a long basque. low,
round neckline, shirred elbow
length sleeves and shirred midrlf
extending into a full bouffant skirt.
She carried a bouquet OF rubrum
lilies and wore a headdress of the
same flowers. Miss Simpson was a
classmate of the bride at National
Park Seminary.
The bridesmaids were Miss Alice
Beary, Miss Joan Hays, Miss Elsie
HYDE, Miss George Ann Smith and
Miss Ruth Nicholson of Washington
and Miss Betty Carney of Newport,
r. I. They we're costumed alike In
ereen-gold tissue taffeta made like
the dress of the maid of honor and
they also wore headdresses and car
ried bouquets of rubrum lilies.
Bride Is Descended
From Mayf1ower Ancestry.
Mr.. Ross Mechling was best man
for his brother, and the ushers were
Ensign Richard Reid, Ensign Cutler
Collins. Ensign David Benham, En-
sign John Burnham. Ensign Rich
ard Partisan and Ensign William
Nicholson of the United States Navy
The bride was born in Bralntree
Mass, and is descended from May
flower ancestry and the Ralph
Waldo Emerson family. She at
tended Thayer Academy, of which
her father is a trustee and which
was founded by Gen. Sylvanus
Thayer, sometimes called the father
of West Point Military Academy
She was graduated from National
Park Seminary and is member
of Theta Sigma Rho Sorority. In
1889 she made her debut at the an
nual Virginia cotillion held at the
Army and Navy Country Club, oi
which she is a member. She also
Is a member of the Army and Navy
Sorority Tau Omicron Phi.
1t. Mechling was born in Port
Arthur Tex. and attended the Uni
versity of Tulsa. He was graduated
from the United States Naval Acad-
emv at Annapolis and after teach
ing at the Academy for while
transferred to the United States
Army and was commissioned a lieu
tenant in the Coast Artillery Corps
He is now stationed at Fortress Mon
roe, Va.
Large Reception Held
At Cosmos Club.
Following the traditional custom
of the military and naval services
the bridegroom and his bride left the
chapel under the arched swords OF
the officers, and the bridal party ano
wedding guests gathered at the Cos
mos Club, where a large reception
was held and where the wedding
cake was cut by the bride with the
saber of the bridegroom. Rubrum
lilies and the deep colors of early
autumn flowers made an attractive
setting for the after wedding party
Out-of town guests attending the
wedding were Mrs. Edwin Leslie
Emerson, grandmother of the bride;
Miss Lora Emerson, Miss Louise
Emerson and Mrs. James Thomson
of Braintree, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin Thomas and Mr.. C. M. Emer-
son of New York and Mr.. and Mrs
Dean Graham Mechling, parents o1
the bridegroom, of Charleston, w
Va.
1t. and Mrs. Mechling will make
their home at Fortress Monroe.
Miss Florence Fleming Weds
MIR. Chester Crawford.
The marriage of Miss Florenc'
Annabel Fleming, daughter Of Mrs