Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-15
A DOUBLE WEDDING.
Mr.. Harry Garfield and Miss Belle Mason
Mr.. J. 5. Brown and Miss
Nary Garfield.

MENTOR, O., June IA large number
of guests, including many well known
people from the cities OF Cleveland, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Buffalo, New York, Bos-
ton and Washington Assem- bled this after
noon at the pleasant country home of Mrs.
James A Garfield, near Mentor, o., to wit
ness the double marriage of Mr.. Harry
Garfield and Miss Belle Mason, of Cleve-
land o., and Mr.. j. Stanley Brown, OF
| Washington, ID. c., and Miss Mary Gar
| field. The hour fixed for the wedding
was at p. N. and soon after
a special train arrived from Cleve-
land bringing more than hundred
invited guests, who were conveyed in car
riages from the railway station to the Gar
field homestead where about fifty rela tives
and friends of the Garfield and Mason
families had already assembled. The house
was beautifully decorated with palms,
potted plants and cut flowers and its at
lnosphere 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 and the large company
of guests assembled in the spa
cious library and to the Or
w
from Lohengrin, the first bridal party en-
tered the room, consisting of Mr.. Harry
Garfield and his bride, accompanied by
Miss May Mason, of Cleveland; Miss
Helen Newall, of Chicago, and Miss South
worth, OF Cleveland, as bridesmaids, and
Mr. James 4. Garfield, Mr.. Bentley War
rem, of Boston, and Mr.. Frank Baldwin, of
Cleveland, as groomsmen. Miss May Ma
son acted in the capacity Of maid of honor
to the bride, and Mr.. James Il. Garfield as
best man to the groom. Miss Belle
Mason, the bride, was dressed in
white poulte de sole silk, trim
med with valenciennes lace, wore a
white tulle veil and carried a bouquet of
white roses. The party took places in
front of the sun-bOwered bay window and
the marriage service according to the
Presbyterian form was read by the 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 the
Euclid avenue Presbyterian church in
Cleveland, of which Miss Garfield and
Mss Mason are members. The orchestra,
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 consisted of Mr.. J. Stanley Brown and
his bride, Miss Mary Garfield, accompanied
by MISS Mabel hlttf1Qge, OF New OK,
Miss Minnie Garfield. of Cleveland, Miss
Sally Foster, of Cincinnati, and Miss Ellen
Window of New York. as bridesmaids,
and Mr.. L. j. Hatch, of Chicago, Mr. J. J.
Chickering, OF Washington, Mr.. irving
Garfield. OF Mentor, Mr.. Charles Jewell. of
Buffalo, and Mr.. Percival Farquhar, of
New York city, as groomsman. Mr.. l.. j..
Hatch was tie groom's best man and Miss
May Mason acted as maid of honor. Miss
Mary Garfield, the bride was
dressed in charming but sim
pie gown of white crepe laid in
soft folds over white silk. She wore no
veil but carried June roses. When the
bride and groom had taken positions in
front OF the low kneeling desk the mar
rage service was read by DR.. Davis q
second time to the accompaniment of very
faint music from the orchestra in the
upper hall
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Garfield will 90 to
northern New York for fheir honeymoon
while Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown after a
short trip to the western states viii sail
for Europe. Among the well-known peo-
pie who were present at the wedding cere-
monies today were Elk President K. B.
Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, OF Fremont, o.,
MIR and Mrs Thomas l.. James, OF New
York.