Show A VERY SWELL AFFAIR cardinal gibbens ties the silken coords A brief given So ecial to THE D G march 27 the elvernon nuptials in delphia was the farat marraine marra iee of a foreign ambassador to take place in this country but two other ministers have american wives lie mero of mexico and mendonca of brazil the preach ambassador ambas sabor is considered tha handsomest man in washington although he has reached his apar s d ia more than a acore ecore of jears older than hia bride it i understood that he bad no email difficulty in winning the consent of mr elverson to acia daughters so arriaer arr iaea aa the philadelphia publisher objected strenuously to the idea of a foreigner for a son in baw M Pate notre has spent his lie in the diplomatic service of france as secretary of the legation at athena whan jules ferry afterwards prime minister of france waa minister there he was then made secretary at teheran persia and later went to china and the argentine Ho public in the bame capacity Gran dually rising upward in the diplomatic service he became mm bater to china later to norway and sweden and still later was appointed gOTera or of Mo rocca he came to the united aa minister biary in 1892 and last spring waa made it ia understood that no dot was required with the brides hand hia official residence ia the mansion formerly occupied by the late arthial Art mial porter and which has been magnificently famished in the required by european diplomatic custom the american bride ol 01 today is a petite blande 21 2 1 years of ana with deep eat blue eyes and fairest hair and is exceedingly accomplished it is said that tho ambassadors attention waa first attracted to her by the purity of her french she fa a liny musician and biats the haip with much her acquaintance in washington in somewhat limited aa she has spent only a part of two seasons there and is not especially ally fond ot society her fathe made a large fortune publishing the story paper known as saturday night and tha childrens paper known as golden days A few years ago he boight the philadelphia inquirer and revived it from a comatose condition to one of the most enterprising lica eions in the quaker city some years ago mr elverson built one of the finest houses in washington just outside the limits of georgetown surrounded by a large park and has ebent a consider able portion of bis time there living quietly but elegantly and entering a choice circle of friends GOT A philadelphia march 27 ona more american belle baa for eien husband the marriage of elean or louise elverson only daughter of james publisher of the philadelphia inquirer golden days and saturday night and M jules Pete notre ambassador from france to the united states was solemnized at high noon today at the archiepiscopal residence kyan addon ing the cathedra lon Ritten boue esnare the wedding was by special dispenza lion aba bride being a protestant and the groom a member of tho roman catholic church cardinal gibbons who had made the journey from balti more specially for tha occasion officiated assisted by archbishop ryan and vary dr elcock those present were confined to the family of the bride the members of the french embassy and a few intimate frienda of the groom bir julian dean of the diplomatic carpa acted as chief witness for aba distinguished groom immediately attar the ceremony the bridal party left for by apeci il train and will spend tha honey moon at the elvernon Elve raon mansion in that city |