Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-16
NUPTIALs Az MENTAR.
A DOUBLE MARRIAGE IN THE GAR
FIELD FAMILY YESTERDAY.

Mason of Cleveland and j. Stanley
Brown to Miss Mary Garfield-Elabo-
rate Decorations of the Family Man
sion.
MENTOR, o., June IA large number of
guests assembled this afternoon at the
pleasant country home of Mrs. james A.
Garfield, near Mentor, Ohio, to witness the
marriage OF Harry Garfield and Miss Belle
Mason OF Cleveland, and j. Stanley Brown
OF Washington, D. c., and Miss Mary Gar
field The house was beautifully decorated
with palms, potted plants and cut flowers.
A large bay window in the library where
the wedding parties were to stand during
the ceremony. was canopied with roses ana
smilax and lined with palms and semi
tropical plants. so as to form an alcove of
soft greenery. In front of this recess, an
partly under the canopy of roses and
smilax stood a low kneeling desk over
which had been thrown a piece of Egyptian
drapery covered with delicate white and
gold embroideries. Here and there on low
book casesstood large vases filled with red
or white peonies and spikes of dark blue
lupine, and over q marble bust of General
Garfield in the northeastern corner of the
room had been draped the
FLAG OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE,
class of 1855, which hung over the banquet
table on the occasion of the meeting OF
that class in Washington on the eve of Gen.
eral Garfield's inauguration. and which was
sent by DIR. 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 James Mason, of Cleveland.
At the appointed hour Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Mason, with the members OF their
| families, and large company of guests as
sembled in the spacious library, and to the
orche ,tral music of the wedding march
from 'Lohengrin" the
FIRST BRIDAL PARTY
entered the room. It consisted of Harry
Garfield and his bride. accompanied by
Miss May Mason of Cleveland, Miss Helena
Newell of Chicago. and Miss Southworth
Cleveland, as bridemaids, and James r
Garfield, Bentley Warren of Boston, and
Frank Baldwin, of Cleveland, as grooms
men. Miss May Mason acted in the capac-
ity of maid OF honor to the bride, and
James A. Garfield as best man to the
groom. The party took places in front of
the embowered bay window, and the mar
riage service, according to the Presbyterian
| form, was read by Rev. DIR. Wm. v. W.
Davis, who is now pastor of Union Church
at Worcester, Massachusetts,, but who was
at one time pastor of Euclid Avenue Pres
byterian Church in Cleveland. At the con-
clusion Of the ceremony the bridal party
took positions at the southern end of the
room, and
THE SECOND PARTY
entered consisting OF j. Stanley Brown and
his bride, Miss Mary Garfield, accompanied
by Miss Mable Kittridge, of New York,
| Miss Minnie Garfield. Of Cleveland, Miss
Sallie Foster, of Cincinnati and Miss Ellen
Window, of New York, as bridemaids and
L. ]. Hatch, OF Chicago, j. ]. Chickering, of
Washington, Irving Garfield, of Mentor,
Chas. Jewett, of Buffalo, and Percival
Farqnahar, of New York City, as grooms-
men. L. j. Hatch was the groom's best
man and Miss Nav Mason acted as maid
OF honor. When the bride and groom had
taken positions the marriage service was
read by DR.. Davis second time to the ac-
compartment OF very faint music from the
orchestra in the upper hall. At the
CONCLUSION OF THE CEREMONY
bridal parties stationed themselves in front
of the alcoye and the newly welded young
people received the congratulations OF their
/ friends while the orchestra played Mendels-
sohn' .stWedding March," At O'Clock
supper was served in the lower rooms, all
the guests being seated at tables beauti
| fully decorated with flowers and lighted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Garfield will go to
northern New York for their honeymoon
while Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Brown, after a
short trip to the Western States. will sail
FOR Europe. Among well kn.wn people
VINO were present at the ceremony were
/ Ex-P President Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas L. James, of New York,
/ Prof. e. n. Gallandet. Mrs. GaIlandet and
Miss Gallandet. of Washington, D. 9.