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SOCIETY NOTES
LIFE'S MAZY WHIRL
Three Lenten weddings enlivened the
monotony somewhat this week, with
out them the social wheels would have
ceased to revolve. Thus far Hymen
has not announced any similar events
for next week so there is likely to be
absolute stagnation.
At an engagement dinner recently
given In New York occurred a pretty
little ceremony which might well be
taken for an example. After the mother
feta. She wore the veil and the point
lace kerchief worn by her mother, who
was Miss Mary Cook of Hillsdale,
Michigan, on her wedding day, and
carried bride roses. Mrs. Harwood's
house was most beautifully decorated
for the nuptials by Mrs. W. C. Wilson,
Miss Joy Webster and Miss Blanche
Garten. A curtain of asparagus ferns
formed a background for si bower of
palms where the ceremony was per-
MRS. WILLIAM H. RAYMOND,
Who was, until Wednesday, Miss Mabel
Chapin of Minden, Nebraska.
of the bride had formally announced
the engagement of her daughter and
the favored young man, the future
father-in-law rose and presented the
young lady with a silver door key, the
key to his home, saying that he want
ed her to feel perfectly at home in his
domicile, and hoped that she would
cross the threshold often and unbidden.
The key was hung from a silver chain
with a silver ball at one end. The ball
was to be drawn through the belt that
the bride might wear her household
keys upon the chain.
May blessings be upon the heads of
those who were courageous enough to
bring to us the musical artists Zeisler,
Hofmann, Nordlca and others whom
we have heard this season, and we not
only were, but still are to be, blessed;
for are there not still Kubelik and
Paderewskl coming? and who knows
what other stars will be announced ere
the season closes?
Coronation red avIII be a fashionable
color of the spring time. American
women are regal as any princesses of
the blood whether gowned In royal ap
parel or not.
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The marriage of Miss Helen Cook
Harwood to Mr. Clarence Melville
Chase of Boston, was celebrated Tues
day at three In the afternoon, at the
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Na
than Sylvester Harwood, 161S L street.
The house would not accommodate the
very large number of friends of Mrs.
and Miss Harwood In the city, so the
Invitations were confined to the mem
bers of Delta Gamma, the bride's so
rority, and the close friends of the
bride's father, the late Mr. N. S. Har
wood. A quartette of stringed Instru
ments played the wedding music. Rev
erend Lewis Gregory read the service,
and the bride's uncle, Mr. D. W. Cook
of Beatrice, gave her In marriage. The
bride was unattended save by her sis
ter. Miss Dorrance Harwood, who held
her bouquet. Miss Harwood's wedding
gown was of white silk mull over taf-
formed, and hundreds of white carna
tions were in the drawing room. Scores
of green candles In crystal sticks il
lumined the room. The sitting room
was adorned with palms and red roses.
The room In which the presents were
displayed, which, by the waj. were
very numerous and very handsome,
was decorated with red carnations.
The dining room was exquisite. White
candles sunk in the table centrepiece
of dainty, fragrant frisia blooms, il
lumined thexroom, all contrasting with
the feathery, ferns which were on the
table, the chandelier and the draper
ies. Mrs. W. C. Wilson and Miss Joy
Webster poured coffee and served sal
ads, frozen pudding, cakes and con
fections. Miss Garten was mistress of
ceremonies. Mrs. Chase was one of
Lincoln's most cultured and esteemed
young ladies. She is an alumna of the
state university and a member of
Delta Gamma sorority. She has been
for several years secretary of the as
sociation of collegiate alumnae. Mr.
Chase is a son of the director of music
at Hillsdale college, and is a pianist
of note with a brilliant future. In Bos
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Chase left on the
six o'clock train for Boston. They will
sail for Germany in June and will re
turn in October. Just before the bride
went upstairs to don her traveling
gown the Delta Gammas present sang
the following verses:
O Delta Gamma brldeling.
Cheer up, cheer up, tonight;
For you are fully wedded
To a husband we all like;
And when you go to Boston
New friends will hold you dear
But they will never love you
As the Delta Gammas here.
Many Delta Gammas to the altar march
ing eo.
While their sisters keep on knitting with
their faces full of-woe,
And still they keep on hoping that they'll
sometime get'a beau;
But the men, 'go marchhig on.
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Cheer up, cheer up, Delta Gamma, etc
The marriage of Miss Mabel Hunt
ington Chapin to Mr. William Henry
'Raymond was celebrated Wednesday
at half after six o'clock at the home of
the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Eugene Chapin in Minden, Ne
braska. Reverend Doctor Leavltt,
of West Point, uncle of the bride,
olllciated. Miss Eleanor Raymond
sang the Lohengrin wedding music
as the bridal party descended
the stairs and entered the drawing
room. The bridesmaids. Misses John
son, of Holdrege, Wright, of Lincoln.
McGrew, of Bloomington, Alexander,
and little Misses Alice Carey McGrew,
of Lincoln, and Rogers of Minden,
stretched garlands of pink and white
carnations making an aisle through
which the procession, consisting of the
maid of honor. Miss McPheely, a
cousin of the bride. Master Robert
Chapin, the bride's brother, who car
ried the ring in the heart of a Calla
lily, and Miss Chapin on the arm of
her father, passed to the Improvised
altar where they were met by the
groom and his best man, Mr. Isaac
Raymond. When they had reached the
altar the maids joined hands and with
their garlands of llowers formed a
circle around the bridal party, making
indeed a charming picture. The bride Is
petite and pretty, and she was alto
gether lovely in her wedding gown of
white crepe meteor, made entrain and
trimmed with real lace and chiffon.
Her veil was fastened with a diamond
crescent, the gift of the groom, ami
sh tarried a shower bouquet of lilies
of the valley. The maid of honor wore
a gown of pink crepe de chine ami car
ried pink roses. Half of the maids
were dressed In white and half in pink,
and the ring bearer was in white. The
decorations were entirely pink and
white with .smilax. The balustrade in
the hall was entwined with
smilax caught with bows of
pink and white chiffon. Smilax
curtained the doorway and fes
toons of It and ribbons from which
depended a shower of pink and white
carnations, were above the heads of the
bridal party during the ceremony and
congratulations. Festoons of pink and
satin and lace; Mrs. I. M. Raymond
wore light blue silk poplin appliqued
with light blue silk; Miss Raymond's
gown was of white crepe meteor with
garnitures of rare old lace. Many
of the guests were handsomely gowned.
The presents, consisting of almost an
unlimited amount of cut glass, many
pieces of furniture, silver and brie a
brae, were notably handsome.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond went south
for a wedding journey of indefinite
length. Upon their return they will
reside at 1225 C street. Their future
is full of promise. Lincoln guests at
the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. I. M.
Raymond, Miss Eleanor Raymond, Mr.
Isaac Raymond, Mr. Donald Raymond,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Yates, Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. George
H. Clarke, Mr. John B. Wright. Mr.
Earl McCreery; Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Raymond of Charles City, Iowa, and
General and Mrs. Plume of Newark.
New Jersey, joined the Lincoln party
and went in the special car to the
wedding.
Married Wednesday evening at ejgbt
o'clock, at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. E. L. Ewing, 134 South
Twenty-eighth street. Miss Maude
Ewing and Mr. Oscar H. Enslow. Rev
erend Fletcher L. Wharton of St.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal church per
formed the ceremony. Mendelssohn's
wedding march played by Miss Char
lotte Enslow. a sister of the bride
groom, announced the approach of the
bridal couple who descended the stairs
unattended and entering the drawing
room took their places in front of a
bank of palms for the ceremony. The
bride wore a dainty white gown of
wash chiffon, made entrain and car
ried bride roses. The house was beau
tifully decorated, the color scheme
throughout being pink and white, re
lieved with greens. Bridesmaid and
bride roses, perfect beauties, were in
bouquets in all of the rooms and a
large cluster of them was used as a
centrepiece on the dining table. Smilax
was artistically festooned on the
snowy draperies, formed portieres in
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white chiffon formed a pretty nook In
the hall in which punch was served.
The dining table had pink roses for
a center piece, was lighted by pink
candles in silver candelabra, and gar
lands of smilax extended from the
corners of the table to the chandelierl
A buffet supper was served. About
seventy-five guests were present. Mrs.
Chapin, mother of the bride, wore a
toiletjof pink silke, trimmed with white
the wide doorways, and was entwined
In the balustrade of the staircase.
Ferns and roses adorned the round
tables on which a luncheon was
served after the ceremony. The bride
received many lovely gifts. Those who
witnessed the marriage were Reverend
and Mrs. F. L. Wharton, Messieurs
and Mesdames T. B. Clawson, L. J.
Dunn, E. M. Jenkins, A. Eiche, A. W.
Miller, H. E. Farquar, Mrs. M. A.