Evening star., 1942-09-03

the former Miss FranciSe Williams
Msgr. Edward L. Buckley of s
6 o'clock before an improvised al
! arranged in the garden of the new
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett at
. 2503 Thirtieth street. Alabaster
. vases, filled with the pink blossoms,
. marked the aisle from the house to
. the altar down which Mr.. Gar
rett escorted the bride. A string
orchestra played the wedding mu-
sic and also during the reception to
which a small number of additional
, guests were asked.
The bride wore a severely plain
gown of white satin, the gored
skirt slightly flaring from the hip
line and having a long train. The
, bodice had deep v neckline in
front and was built high in the
back and had short sleeves. Her
veil of exquisite lace, an heirloom
in her family, covered the train and
was arranged in cap effect and
caught with clusters of orange bios
SONS at each side of her head, She
wore single string of we'll
matched pearls and bracelet of
several strings of pearls and car
ried a bouquet of white orchids and
maidenhair fern.
Mrs. Charles Whitney Price was
matron of honor and Miss Barbara
j Iselin of Middleburg was maid of
honor. The brides other attend
ants were her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Mccullough Darlington; Miss Betty
!. van der Straten-Ponthoz, daughter
, of the Belgian Ambassador and
Countess van der Straten-Ponthoz;
I Miss Margaret Morgan of Balti-
more and Mrs. Randall H. Hagner
jr. They were dressed alike in
flesh color moire fashioned after
the same model as the brides gown,
: with only short trains. Their vel
vet hats and shoes were of light
brown and they carried very large
arm bouquets of gladioluses and
pompon chrysanthemums in har-
monizing colors.
Mr.. Rawls was best man for his
stepson and the ushers were En-
sign Harry Darlington III, brother
of the bride; Mr.. Robert H. Pitney
, of Mendham, N. j., cousin of the
bridegroom: Senor Don Miguel
Quirno-Lavalle, Commercial Coun-
selor of the Argentine Embassy; Mr..
Thomas Hilliard of Pittsburgh, Mr.
John Thomas of Baltimore and Mr.
Phillip Cole of New York.
Mr.. and, Mrs. Garrett were as
sisted at the reception by Mr.. and
Mrs. Rawls while the two grand
mothers, Mrs. Shields and Mrs Will
liams, held courts of their own near
the receiving line. Ensign John w.
Pitney, brother of the bridegroom,
and Mr. Mccullough Darlington,
brother of the bride, were unable to
be present owing to military orders.
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs.
Pitney left on their wedding trip,
the latter wearing black dress with
wide pale blue belt which matched
her felt hat. They will live at Is
Palmer Square in Princeton while
Mr.. Pitney completes his studies in
Princeton University, where he is a
member of the senior class. He is a
member of the Ivy Club and before
entering Princeton was graduated
from Milton Academy.
The bride attended Miss Porter's
School at Pennington, Conn, and
was presented to Washington society
In November, 1910, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Garrett. She is member of the
Junior League and was a debutante
in the i940-41 season in New York.
where her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert l.. Clarkson, gave a
dance for her in their Long Island
home.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarkson and their
sons, Mr.. Robert L. Clarkson, jr.; Mr.
Bayard Clarkson and Mr.. Peter
Clarkson, came from their New York
home for the wedding and others
here for the event were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Penn Snyder, Mrs.
James M. Schoonmaker, jr.; Mrs.
Thomas j. Hilliard, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ham and Mr.. ana Mrs.
Henry Bughman, jr. of Pittsburgh; /;
Mrs. Glendening Fraser of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Sidney Scott of Will
mington and Mr.. and Mrs. Craw-
ford Burton, Miss Lyttle Hull Mrs.
Edward S. Travers, Miss Eleanor
Travers, Mr.. Edward S. Travers, jr.;
Miss Mary Cecil and Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward P. Farley of New York.