Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-06-23
A DOUBLE WEDDINe

4 Brilliant AHhir at tho Residence of Mr..
james A. Garfield. Mentor. Ohio.
MENTOR, ONO, June IA large number
of guests, including many well known peo-
pie from the cities of Cleveland, CHICAGO.
Cincinnati, Buffalo, New Yorlr, Boston and
Washington, assembled this afternoon at
the pleasant country home of Mrs.
James A. Garfield, near Mentor, Ohio,
to witness the double marriage of Mr.. Harry
Garfield and Miss Belle Mason, of Cleve.
land, Ohio, and Mr.. J. Stanley Brown. of
Washington, D. O., and Miss Mary Garfield.
The hour fixed for the wedding
was p. M, and soon after a
special train arrived from Cleveland,
bringing more than q hundred invited
guests, who were conveyed in carriages from
the railway station to the Garfield residence,
whore about fifty relatives and friends Of
tho Garfield and Mason families had already
assembled.
The house was beautifully decorated with
palms, potted plants and cut flowers, and its
atmosphere was fragrant with the perfume
of roses, syringa and white carnations. At
the appointed hour Mrs. Garfield and Mrs.
Mason, with the members of their families,
in the spacious library, and to the orches-
ira music of the wedding march" from
Lohngrin, the first bridal party entered
the room. It consisted of Mr.. Harry Gar
field and his bride accomanied by Miss
May Mason, Of Cleveland; Helen Howell, OF
Chicago, and Miss Southworth, of Cleve-
land as bridesmaids, and Mr.. J. r. Garfield,
Mr.. Bentley Warren, of Boston, ana Mr..
Frank Baldwin, of Cleveland, as grooms-
men. Miss May Mason acted in the capac-
ity Of maid of honor to the bride, and Mr..
James r. Garfield as best man to the groom.
Miss Bell Mason, the bride, was dressed in
white silk, trimmed with valenciennes lace.
wore white tulle veil and carried
bouquet of white roses. The en-
powered bay window and the marriage
service according to the Presbyterian
Davis, who ia now pastor of the Union
church at Worcester, Mass, but who was at
one time pastor of the Euclid avenue Pres
byterian chu oh in Cleveland, of which Miss
Garfield and Miss Mason are members.
The orchestra which had been playing
very softly during the service, then broke
the half silence again with the loud joyous
strains of the wedding march, and the second
bridal party entered the library. 1t con-
sisted of Mr.. J.. Stanley Brown and his
bride Miss Mary Garfield, accom-
panied by Miss Mable Kittridge, of New
York; Miss Minnie Garfield, of Cleveland;
Miss Sally Foster, of Cincinnati, and Miss
Ellen Window, Of New York, as BRIDES
maids, and Mr.. L. j. Hatch, Of Chicago;
Mr.. j. ]. Ohickering, of Washington; Mr..
Irving Garfield, of Mentor; Mr.. Charles
Jewell. Of Buffalo, and Mr.. Percival Far
quhar, of New York city,as groomsmen. Mr..
L. ]. Hatch was the groom's best man, and
Miss May Mason acted as maid Of honor.
Miss Mary Garfield, the bride, was dressed
in a charming but simple gown of white
crepe, laid in soft folds over white silk. She
wore no flowers. but carried June roses.
When the bride and groom had taken po-
sition in front of the low kneeling desk, the
marriage services was read by DR.. Davis, q
second time, to the accompaniment of very
faint music from the orchestra in the uppet
hall.
Nj. and Mrs. Harry Garfield will go to
northern New York for their honeymo On,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Brown, after a
short trip to the western states, will sail for
Europe.