St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-18
PURELY MATCH
Nuptials Of Miss Margaret Is
abella Blaine and Walter
DamroSch.
CroWning Event of a Brilliant
Social Season at Wash
ington.
President and Mrs. Harrison,
Cabinet Officers and Diplo-
mats the Guests.
Some Striking Costumes and
Bushels Of Gold and Sill
YER Presents.

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WASHINGTON, May 17.-Margaret Isa-
bella Blaine, eldest daughter of the
secretary of state, was married at
O'clock this afternoon, at the residence
of her father. in this city, to Walter
DamrOsch, of New Yerk. The affair
was the crownng event Of brilliant
social season, rendered the more inter-
esting from the privacy which sur
rounded it. Public curiosity had been
whetted for some time by announce
mentS about the coming ceremony. al
ways guarded and never complete. The
secrecy, which served only to increase
the interest in the event, was due in
great measure to the Affections which
have fallen upon the family of the sec
retary of state during the past winter.
The engagement Of Miss Blaine was
announced some months ago, but the
marriage has been postponed because Of
the comparatively recent death OF Mrs.
COppinger. her sister, and later of her
brother, Walker Blame. 1t was the
wish of the secretary of state that the
ceremony should be postponed only so
long as was necessary; but he strongly
wished that the marriage should
Be Entirely Private
and that the witnesses should be con-
fiDad to the immediate members of the
families of the contracting parties. The
official position of Mr.. Blaine rendered
it impossible, however, to maintain this
strict privacy, especially as Mr.. Dam
rosch was anxious that the German
minister at Washington should be pres
ent So invitations were extended to
all of the members of the diplomatic
corps and to a few personal friends of
the Blaine and Damrosch families. The
general interest which surrounded the
marriage was evidenced before noon
to-day by the gathering of the curious
in front of the Blaine mansion on La
fayette square. There was no crOWding
and no dlsrespect was intended by the
assemblage which gathered on the
broad walk opposite the house and
watched with interest for the arriving
guests. The windows of the great
house we're closely curtained and the
glow of many gas jets ditfuSed through
them dimly a soft, mellow light. Shortly
after noon the guests began to arrive.
They were welcomed by Mr. and Mrs.
Emmons Blaine and then by the Stcre-
Jary of state and his wife. The decora-
tions for the event had been of mod
est but effective character. Tall, grace
full palms filed the hooks and corners
and clustered about the bottom of the
stairway. On the second floor, in the
long drawing room extending across the
front of the house, a
Bower of NOdding Palms
and blossoming rOse-plants had been
arranged with the oval mirror for
background. The mirror was framed
in thick fringe of maidenhair ferns
and masses of maTguerlteS. the brides
name-foWer. The mantel was banked
with growing ferns and from it dropped
a pendulOuS fringe OF asparagus vines.
On either stood brass tables on which
were huge jars of la France roses. In
the corners Of the drawing room we're
clumps of palms and on all the tables
and brackets were bowls of snOwballs
and syringas. In all OF the rooms there
were masses of spring flowers. Mrs.
Blaine preferred these simple decOra-
tions. SO there were pots of sweet
honeysuckles, jars of snOwballs and
wistama, low dishes of violets and
pansies, and mingled with them all
were graceful soft green ferns. A white
satin ribbon stretched across the draw
ing room, dividing it midway. On the
other side OF this ribbon, and in
the library beyond, was the space
reserved for the guests. AS l
O'Clock drew near they came in
great numbers, and it was soon
evident that had the wedding been less
"priyate" room could never have been
found for those invited. The president
and Mrs. Harrison drove over from the
executive mansion a few minutes be-
fore l o'clock, and when they appeared
in the reception room they quickly be-
came, for the moment, the center of at
traction. Mrs. Mckee was also present
as a member OF the executive party. All
of the cabinet members except the at
torney-general were present. The men,
bers Of the diplomatic crops came not
as they WoulG have come to a public
function, in brilliant uniforms, but ar
rayed in somber and impressive black.
Only the
Coreans Were in Colors.
The assemblage not only filled the
drawing-room and library but over
flowed into the haIl when l O'clock ar
rived. But the bridal party did not ap-
pear at the appointed hour. What
bridal party ever did? 1t was nearly
half past / When the minister, Rev. q.
w. Douglass, the rector of st. Johns
Episcopal church, took his position at
the end OF the drawing room.
A few minutes later Miss Blaine en-
tered the room on the arm of her father.
With her came her bridesmaid, Miss Har-
riet Blaine. The groom's only attendant
was Mr.. Frank Roosevelt, of New
York. Miss Blaine's little nephews,
sons Of Col. COppinger, walked one be-
fore and one behind the bridal party.
Mrs. Blaine followed the wedding
party, and wore heliotrope satin
gown; Mrs. Emmons Blaine, her we'd
ding gown OF white satin. Mrs. En-
mons Blaine carried a bunch Of lilies of
the valley, bordered with heliOtrope.
In addition to those mentioned, there
were within the ribboned enclosure the
grOom's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Damrosch, the groOm'S two unmarried
sisters, his married sister, Mrs. Wiss-
man, and his aunt, Miss Van Hamburg,
of New York. OF the BRIDES family,
there were EmmOns Blaine, James G.
Blaine Jr. and Miss Abigail Dodge. The
BRIDES costume was of dead white silk,
Lbe skirt covered with folds of white
mousselaine de sole, which fell III a
demi-train. The edge of the skirt was
finished with embroidery in white cord
appliqued in leaf pattern. The bodice
was of the silk with full vest of nous
seIaine de sole, the vest shape defined
by stripe of embroidery which con-
tinued around the edge of the bodice
til it met in the back. There was
full rufle of mohsselaine around
The neck. The long tulle veil was
Fastened to Her Coiffure.
which was worn low, with tiny gold