Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-30
Charles Voorhees, Wedding.
A BRILLIANT SOCIETY EVENT AT md
ANA'S CAPITAL

"nen MISS rannle belle NaJen became
the wife Of Mr.. Charles Stewart VoOr-
hees, and certainly there Was never a
more beautiful bride. The wedding
took place at the Second Presbyterian
church, OF which Miss Vajen is mem
Der, at Z o'clock, i'll the presence of Il
brilliant assemblage of guests from
this city and abroad. 1t was the larg-
est wedding since the church had
been redecorated and furnished, and
that, with the beautiful arrangement
of palms, ferns, vines and poncettas,
which completely hid the pulpit, made
a fitting surrounding for the occasion.
The groomsmen were Mr.. William
Duff Haynie, of Washington, Mr..
William c. Ball, Mr. II. G. Thompson
and Rev. J. ID. Stanley of Terre Haute,
Mr.. Joseph X. Sharp, Jr., Mr.. Charles
T. Vajen, and the ushers, Mr.. james
b. Curtis and Mr.. William f. Kurtz,
escorted the guests to their seats, those
of the family being separated from the
others by rope of green and chysan-
themums. Mr. r. A. Newland presided
at the organ.
When the hour arrived for the cere-
mony the ushers entered the east aisle,
ard proceeded to the door to the left OF
the pulpit, which was thrown open.
The bridesmaids then entered, and
two by two, walked down the aisle to
the front of the church, where they
met the bride and her father, and the
maid of honor, Miss Carrie Vajen, the
brides sister, whom they preceded to
the altar in the meantime. The
groomsmen separated as the bridal
party came up, four walking to the left
and four to the right of the pulpit.
At the altar the groom and his best
man, MIR. Reese H. voorhees,, awaited
them. Rev. James Mcleod, pastor of
the church, performed the solemn rite
in an impressive manner, with the Civ
ing and receiving of the ring.
The brides dress was of very rich
white brocaded satin matlasse, trimmed
with duchesse lace, and had
front of net, embroidered in silk and
pearls. The corsage was cut V-shaped,
and the train was square and of mod
est length. Her veil was artistically
adjusted and fell to the bottom of the
dress. In ier hand she carried a
prayer-beok, and her jewels were dia-
monds, q butterfly pendant of these
stones, with opa!s and rubies, being the
gift of the groom. The maid of honor
wore dress of white silk, with dra-
peries of net embroidered i'm vines of
daisies. The bridesmaids were Miss
Halle Voorhees,, of Washington, sister
of the groom; Miss Josephine Peters,
of Louisville; Miss Anna Strong, of
Terra Haute; Miss Annie Porter, Miss
Julia Sharpe and Miss Florence NAL
colt. Each wore dress of white
silk, covered with draperies of en-
broidered net. The corsages were all
decOlette, long mousquetaire gloves of
dove-gray undressed kid. Each wore
a wreath of white chrysanthemums
and carried a bouquet, with rope of
the same flowers, which hung to the
floor. On table near the altar was
bouquet and rope of roses OF the
same design, which the maid of honor
handed to the bride at the conclusion
of the ceremony Miss Annie Wilson
, of Washington and Miss Anna Sharpe
of this city were of the party, part
ners for the ushers. Miss Wilson wore
an exquisite dress of pink satin and
velvet, and elaborately embroidered
silver brocade with pink pearl trim
ming, and Miss Sharpe a white silk,
combined with gold-threaded tulle,
and trimmed with gold-embroidered
bands.
Mr.. voorhees, is the oldest son of the
Hon. ID. w. Voorhees,. and is now the
Delegate in Congress from Washing
ton Territory. He has won for his
bride one of this city's most beautiful,
popular and accomplished young la
dies. She is the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Vajen, one OF the
Oldest and wealthiest families here,
and society regrets the removal of
Miss Vajen from its midst. Among
the guests from out of town were: Mr..
and Mrs. Williams of Detroit, Mrs.
George ID. Newhall of Cincinnati, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Griffith of Cincinnati, Mrs. j. E. Beall
of Washington, Mrs. Dunbar of Green
castle, Mrs. Swiggett of Cambridge
City, Mrs. Duell of Chicago, Mr.. Alb
bert Larkin, Mr.. Brent of Cincinnati,
Mr.. McRea, Mr.. Weyth, Col. Thomas
Nelson OF Terra Haunte, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Pettibone, Mrs NJ. Eddy of Chi
cago, Mrs. Nellie Peters of Louisville,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Crawford of
Danville, ILL.,, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Shipley, Mr.. Frank Spencer, Mr.. Chas.
Andrews of Lafayette, Gen. Darr
and daughter of San Francisco, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Rogers, of Toronto,
Canada.
The wedding was followed By large
reception at the family residence, No.
12S, North Meridian street. The spa
cious home was filled with friends to
extend congratulations, and here be-
fore dinner the bridal party were given
dinner. The bridal table was deco
rated with roses and garlands OF them
were suspended from the chandelier.
The groom's gifts to the bridemaids
were lace pins, a design Of three for
get-me-nots in blue enamel and hav-
ing in the center a tiny diamond. The
| groomsman received scarf-pin, a