The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-23
BRILLIANT WEDDING.
4 Native OF Memphis Harries q
Fashionable Belle OF Waco, Tex.

A Native OF Memphis Harries q
Fashionable Belle OF Waco, Tex.
Mr.. Robert II. Bsker was bern and
reared In Memphis. A few years ago
he located at Waco, Tex, and by hon
est industry, enterprise, intelligence
and populsr manners he has become
a prosperous merchant, occupying the
front rank in social and business cir
cles. Tickets announcing the mar
rage OF Mr.. Baker we're issued two
weeks ago and Maj. M. Burke and
wife, stepiather and mother OF Mr..
Bsker, have Just returned from the
wedding, and judging from the Waco
papers il was most brilliant mar
rage. The WEc) Day rays: "All the
roads in Waco led to the First Baptist
Church this afternoon. 1t was an out
pouring Of the bsst people Of the city
to see an estimable young couple as
sum the no lest VOWS aud wish them
God speed On the voyage OF m rried
life. The occasion was the marriage
OF Mr.. Robert Holmes Baker, Of the
firm OF Young & Baker, and Mis- Nell
lie, daughter of Mrs. j S. Faulkner,
oil OF this city. The exceptionally
high personal and social standing OF
bride and groom had invested
the event with more than or
binary interest, and by 8 O'Clock,
the hour fixed for The ceremony, every
ssat ia the spacious and beautiful
church was occupied. The folio wing
young men acted az u7hers: Messre.
l.. W. Bsgby, W. V. Fort, X G. Pat
ton, i A Marshall end X. III, Down.
man, courteously indicating guests 10
seas, Near the altar sat the RevI.
Dr. B. II. Carroll, pastor of the church,
and DR.. =. A. King, pasiot Of the Aus
tin Street Presbyterian Church. II
was a bril- liant gathering and a bill
liant tcene ia The few minutes Of
waiting the arrival of the brida party.
In q section reserved Tor them sat
fourteen young ladies' known rs the
"Worshipful Company Of Cocks" an
organization noted in local society cir.
cles for tue elegance and refinement Of
It's occasional entertainments. The
fair bride made the fftt enth member
Of the organ ,tion, and her fdends
were present TO bid her bon voyage.
Among oher guests were Maj. NJ.
Burke end vile, Ct Memphis, step
father and mother OF the groom and
Mrs. Faulkner, mother OF the bride.
Just after 8 O'Clock the organ struck
up the wedding march and the
bridal party walked down the broad
aisle, preceded by the Eve gentlemen
friends and usheTs above named. The
bride wore ta'ty travelling costume,
which Il her to perfection, while the
groom was alfred in neat dark bust
ness suit. The Rev. DR.. Carroll per-
formed the ceremony, while the Rev.
DR.. King offered the closing invoca-
cation. The ceremony WIS very i'm
pressive, and while 1t lasted the bridal
pair were the exposures OF tousand
pairs Of eyes. There was no time for
congratulations. The married couple,
with friends end relatives, left the
church Immediately and were driven
to the Missouri Pacific depot, where
the last good-byes were said and the
train was soon speeding norihward,
Mr.. and Ms. Baker go first to St.
Louis, Chicago and Memphis, thence
TO New Orleans and home by the way
OF Galveston, being absent from Waco
perhaps q month. At the home Of
the bride this morning could be seen
an array OF bridal presents, list OF
which, II published, would fill
this column. They were evil
dences Of the friendship ex-
isling toward the young couple
and came from friends here and in
other States They were at once use
ful and beautiful, covering the entire
field of utility aud ornament, from an
elaborate chamber suit Of furniture
down to timple vase. As souvenirs
OF today's happy event cur Young
friends will no doubt k ep and pIize
them through life. Aud now, with
the young couple welded and gone,
there is but little more to be said.
The Day esteems them too highly to
indu O. In the commonplace, stereo'
typed expressions 30 often used in
connection with such events The
long and short OF il is that MIR. Baker,
one Of tho manifest, worthiest young
men We have eve known, has won o
swee', gentle and lovely biide-lovely
in person, In mind and in heart
They are young and all the world /;
before them. Each is worthy OF the
other, and their natures and tastes arr
congenial. They will find, as Others
have found, that welded lie has its
cares and its responsibilities, for a life
without these, to discipline the char
acter and test true manhood and wo'
manhood, is not worth living. But
they will find, too, that in married life
there msy be more OF happine thar
OF sorrow, more Of sunshine than O
cloud, and il The wishes OF their nu
merous friends and their own aspira
tons are fulfilled (ss The Day trusts
and believes will DO ths easel ther
these young peope should be very
happy, now and always. GOOD bye
and a safe return to home and friends
and happiness
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