Evening star., 1946-11-24
Miriam Scott
Becomes Bride
OfC0n1a,7avder
Wears Lace Veil
Of Grandmother

of Miss Miriam Douglas Scott to
1t. Comdr. Vadym v. Utgoff, u. s. N,
lis of more than usual interest In
Washington where the brides family
has been prominent socially for
many generations.
The ceremony was performed In
the Church of the Epiphany where
the brides parents were married
some years ago. She Is the daughter
of Mrs. Russell Ellis Sard and the
late Mr.. Thomas Alexander Scott,
Mrs. 6ard being the former Miss
Rebekaf Wilmer.
The Rev. Dr. Charles w. Sheerin.
rector Of the church, officiated and
Mr.. Adolf Torovsky arranged the
program of music. The brides
cousin, the Rev. Richard II. Wilmer,
jr., was unable to assist in the cere-
mony as he is doing postgraduate
work at Cambridge University in
England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sard leased their
charming home on Thirty first street
to the Hungarian Minister and Mrs.
Aadar Szegedy-Maszak for a year
and are staying in their home near
South Norwalk, Conn. However, the
Minister and Mrs. Szegedy- -Maszak
insisted that the family come back
to their home for the wedding and
the diplomat and his wife went to
New York and will not be back
until the middle of the week. Mr..
and Mrs. Sard will return to their
Connecticut home tomorrow for the
remainder of the winter.
The reception was held In the
charming home overlooking Rock
Greek after which 1t. and Mrs.
Utgof started on their wedding trip
to Bermuda. They will live in An
napolis where the former is taking
postgraduate course at the Naval
Academy.
Mr.. Sard escorted the bride and
gave her in marriage. Her wedding
gown was beautiful in its simplicity.
Made of heavy ivory satin without
trimming, the bodice was nodded to
her figure, and the full skirt with a
long circular train fell from a low
waistline. Her very rare and ex-
quisite rose point lace veil was
caught at the back of her head by
bands of orange blossoms. The veil.
5 yards long, was a part of the
extensive collection of the late Mrs,
Joseph E. Thropp, grandmother Of
the bride, for whom she was named.
Mrs. Thropp, long a leader in WASH
ington society, willed the veil to her
granddaughter. The simplicity of
the gown only enhanced the beauty
Iof the lace. About her neck she
wore q string of pearls and she
carried Sheaf of Gala lilies.
Miss Jane Cary Randolph Of Mill
wood, Va, was maid of honor, and
the brides other attendants were
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilmer
Scott; Miss Valeska Utgoff, sister
of the bridegroom; Miss Lydia Sher-
wood, Mrs. George Schneider, ir.,
and Mrs. Cornelius Roy Agnew.
They were dressed in aqua groS-
grain. taffeta, fashioned with very
full skirts and fitted bodices, and
they carried bois de rose chrysan-
themums matching those in their.
tall headdresses.
Comdr. Utgof had as his best
man Lit. Comdr. Neal Almgren, and
his brothers, 1t. Victor Utgoff, q.
s. ~, and Mr.. vladimir Utgoff.
served as ushers with 1t. Comdr.
Robert Wagner, Comdr. James j.
Richardson and Mr.. Wilmer Scott.
Holding q small court Of her own
during the reception was the brides
grandmother, Mrs. William Holland
Wilmer, widow Of the famous spe-
cialist and founder Of the Wilmer
Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital. \
Con1dr. Utgoff is son Of Baron
ess Leda Won Wrangell and the late
Comdr. Victor Utgoff OF the Imper-
ial Russian Navy. He was born at
Sevastopol and came to this country
when his parents fed the revolution
against the Czar of Russia. Comdr.
Utgoff was educated in New York
and Connecticut schools and was
graduated from the Naval Academy
In Annapolis with the class Of 1889.
He did several years sea duty before
being assigned to Pensacola for
flight training. He received his
wings In August, 1912. His bride
served with the Red Cross during
! the war.