The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-11
SECRETARY BAYARD's BRIDE.
Miss Clymer's Quiet Home Lite-Her
Distinguished Ancestry.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.-Miss Mary VIII
ling Clymer, Secretary Bayard's bride,
is above the average hight aud rather dark,
although her friends declare that in oon-
versation her eyes so fash with intellectual
fire that one forgets everything relating to
her personal appearance. She is not what
one would term beautiful. and her features
are about the order that is called pretty.
Neither is she very young, having passed
her 26th birthday.
1t was first intended that the ceremony
should be held at st. Johns Episcopal
church, in which so many fashionable
brides have promised to love, honor and
obey their lords and masters. Bishop Leon
ard was to conduct the church service, but
the disposition of both the bride and her
mother is so retiring that they decided, at
almost the last minute, to have the cere-
mony at the old family home, at 1917 H
street, Bishop Leonard to perform the cere-
monY. No sooner had this decision been
reached than carpenters and workmen were
set to work to repair certain rather promi-
nent evidences of age that marked the front
of the house.
Although of the very best set in Wash
ington they did not go out much. Neither
of them were willing to give up this quiet
life for the social whirl, and, in conse-
quence, their visiting list was restricted,
although solely by their own inclinations.
The wedding was Of the very quietest, few
if any invitations being sent outside the
circle of relatives and most intimate friends
Secretary Bayard has rented his Wash
ington home and thoroughly renovated his
lovely "Delamere Place. at Wilmington,
Del, for the reception of his bride.
From family point of view, Mrs. Bay
nrA 20 hA ftn.
set." Her father was the late DR.. George
Clymer, distinguished for long and honor
able service as surgeon in the United States
navy. The famous George Clymer Of
Pennsylvania, whose revolutionary record
is in the text book of American freedom,
and who was among the first to sign the
declaration of Independence, and take arms
against the British, was the great-grand-
father Of Miss Clymer. From her maternal
side, Miss Clymer is the granddaughter Of
the late Rear Admiral Shubrick, one Of the
most distinguished officers of the American
navy. The house in which the marriage
took place is jusG off the corner Of L.afay-
cite square, in the most aristocratic Of
Washington neighborhoods. 1t is near the
residence of w. W. Corcoran, the million
aire philanthropist, and across the street
from the historic Decatur mansion, where
the hero of the war with the 1ripolitan
pirates died, after his famous duel with
Capt. Bowen. From the dainty, lace
curtained window of the brides room,
where most of her girlhood was spent,
can be seen the porticoes of the white
house and the big, bronze, cannon-guarded,
equestrian statue Of jackson. Curiosities
from all parts of the world cover the rooms
of the Clymer house, and above one of the
three big book cases in the llblAry Is pair
| OF mammoth moose horns. Other trophies
| of q similar nature line the walls, while an
| old print of Mazatlan harbor hangs over
the door. The parlors are distinctly differ
| ent and are furnished as nearly as any
American parlors are ever furnished in one
style, after the Louis XIV. modes.
When ex-Secretary and Mrs. Bayard
| reach their home in Wilmington, the
friends of MIR. Bayard will give them a
| rousing reception. The ex-Secretary has
arranged handsome Office in the center of
Wilmington's business district, and will
devote most of his time to the practice OF
his profession. Mr.. BaYard's family,
which consists of four girls-Misses
Mamie, Florence, Louise and Nellie-and
two sons, seem delighted with their fathers
wedding. Miss Florence Bayard, who has,
since her mothers death, presided over the
lares aud penates of the household, has for
long time been an intimate friend Of Miss
Clymer and is glad to welcome her young
stepmother. Thomas Bayard, Jr., gradu-
ates from Yale this year, and his younger
brother Is in preparatory school.