, 1888-06-15
A DOUBLE WEDDING.
Marriage of Harry and Miss
Mary Garfield.
The Former to Miss Belle
Mason of Cleveland,
And the Latter to James Stan.
ley Brown.

MENTOR, June IA large number of
guests assembled this afternoon at the
pleasant country home of Mrs. James A.
Garfield, near Mentor o., to witness the
marriage of Harry Garfield and Miss
Belle Mason of Cleveland, and j. Stanley
Brown of Washington, D. O., and Miss
Mary Garfield. The house was beauti-
fully decorated with palms, potted plants
and cut flowers, and the large bay win
dow in the library where the wedding par
ties were to stand during the ceremony
was canopied with roses and smilax, and
lined with palms and semi-tropical plants
so as to form an alcove of soft greenery.
In front of this recess and partly under
a canopy of roses and smilax, stood a low
kneeling desk, over which had been
thrown a piece of Egyptian drapery COW
cred with delicate white. and gold IN
broidery. Here and there on low book
cases stood large vases filled with red or
lupine, and over the marble bust of Gen.
Garfield, In the northeastern corner of the
room, had been draped the flag of Will
over the banquet table on the occasion of
ohC hCCtiuS u thdO Siooo III fbSullEtOu
on the eve of Gen. Garfeld's Inaugural
ton and which was sent by DR.. Root to
Mrs. Garfield to be used at the wedding
OF her children. Roses decorated also
the portrait of Miss Mason's father, the
late Jas. Mason of Cleveland.
At the appointed hour Mrs. Garfield
and Mrs. Mason with members of their
families and a large company of guests as
sembled in the spacious library, and to the
orchestral music OF the Wedding March"
from Lohengrin, the first bridal party en-
tered the room.
1t consisted of Harry Garfield and his
bride, accompanied by Miss May Mason
of Cleveland, Miss Helen Newell of Chi
cage and Miss Southworth of Cleveland
as bridesmaids, and James r. Garfield,
Bentley Warren of Boston and Frank
Baldwin of Cleveland as groomsmen.
Miss May Mason acted in the capacity
of maid of honor to the bride and James
r. Garfield as best man to the groom.
The party took places in front of the
empowered bay window, and the marriage
ceremony according to the Presbyterian
form was read by Rev. DR.. VIM. V. w.
Davis, who is now pastor of the Union
church at Worcester, Mass. but who was
at one time pastor of Euclid avenue
Presbyterian church in Cleveland.
At the conclusion OF the ceremony the
bridal party took positions in the south
ern end Of the ROOM, and the second
party entered, consisting of j. Stanley
Brown and his bride, Miss Mary Garfield.
accompanied by Miss Mabel Kittridge of
New York, Miss Minnie Garfield of Cleve-
land, Miss Sallie Foster of Cincinnati,
and Miss Ellen Windol of New York, as
bridesmaids, and L. j. Hatch OF Chicago,
j. j. Chickering of Washington, Irving
Garfield of Mentor, Chas. Jewett of Buff
falo, and Percival Farquahar of New
York as groomsmen. L. j. Hatch was
the groom's best man, and Miss May
Mason acted as maid of honor.
When the bride and groom had taken
positions the marriage service was read by
DR.. Davis a second time to the accompani-
ment of very faint music from the or
chestra in the upper hall.
AT the conclusion of the ceremony both
bridal parties stationed themselves in
front of the alcove and the newly welded
young people received the congratulations
of their friends, while the orchestra
played Mendelssohn' Wedding March"
AT 6 o'clock supper was served in the
lower rooms, all the guests being seated at
tables beautifully decorated with flowers
and lighted lamps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Garfield will go to
northern New York for their honeymoon,
while Nh. and Mrs Stanley Brown, after
a short trip to the western states, will sail
for Europe.
Among the well known people who
were present at the ceremony were ex-
President and Mrs. Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. L. James of New York, Prof. Il.
M. Gallandet, Mrs. Gallandet and Miss
Gallandet of Washington, D. G.