The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29


pier auspices than that of Miss Carrie Haywood
Bacon, daughter of Mr.. S. H. Bacon, of this
city, and Mr.. James Sidney Skinner, of Tex,
Wednesday evening. The ceremony took place
in st. Andrews Church, Rev. DR.. Perry ofllciat-
ing. The pretty little church was filled with
invited guests, and almost as many were out
side looking through the open windows The
roomy chancel was decked with evergreens at
either end, and the columns wreathed with
ropes of smilax. Promptly at o'clock the Or
ganist played the opening chords of Mendels-
sohns Wedding March, and the bridal party
moved up the aisle, while the rector, the groom,
aud his best man, Mr.. Boyer Gonzales, of
Texas, entered the chancel There were six
ushers six bridesmaids, and maid of honor.
The procession was led by the ushcrs walking
two and two, followed by the bridesmaids;
next came the maid of honor, Miss Annie Ba-
con, sister of the bride, who Immediately pre-
ceded. The bride was accompanied by her
father. Arriving at the chancel, the groom met
her, while the attendants grouped themselves
in pairs on either hand, making a very pretty
picture. The bridesmaids wore three colors-
white, heliotrope, and pink. The maid of
honor was in canary. color. All carried bou
gowns except the maid of honor whose bou-
quet was of Marechal Neil roses Miss Flor
ence Oliver and Miss Simons were the maids
in white gowns, carrying punches of white
Laura Stockbridge were in lilac crepe, carrying
pale-lilac sweet peas: Miss May White and
Miss Annie Cross wore pink crepe gowns, and
held the pink blossoms of this sweetest of old
fashioned flowers. The ushers were Mr.. How
ard Bacon, the brother of the bride; Mr.. George
C. Wedderburn, Mr.. w. w. Willoughby, Mr..
Will Stockbridge, Mr.. John A. Murray, and
Mr.. Charles Sloan of Galveston, Texas. The
bride, in her creamy robe and cloud of envelop
ing tulle, with coronet of orange blossoms,
completed one of the handsomest bridal
groups of the season. The varied, deli
cate colors worn made as pretty
look upon upon. The bride is tall and stately, and
her wedding gown of white falle was made
slightly 'V'' at the throat, the sleeves long and
edged with Duchesse point: the pointed bodice
was edged with fringe of lilies of the valley
and orange blossoms, and both bodice and
tablier were draped with finest mousseline de
sole, with knots of lilies of the valley scattered
here and there; over all flowed the misty veil,
held in place with orange blossoms. At the
close of the impressive service the maid of
honor gracefully lifted the veil from her sisters
face. The bride carried no flowers, but in her
hand she held a white prayerbook, from which
DIR. Berry read the marriage service. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the invited guests fol-
lowed the bridal party to the residence Of Mr. and
Mrs. Bacon, 141S street Mr. and Mrs.
Skinner stood in the front bay window, beside
the BRIDES mother, Mrs. Bacon, to receive the
guests. Mrs. Bacon wore a gown of figured
lilac China silk. The ushels and maids were
indefatgable in rendering social assistance in
the drawingrooms. The decorations were
In the balcony back of the drawing
room band of musicians played all
the most popular airs in opera or ballad music.
In the dining-roOm a table was spread with
ices iellies, creams, and bonbons and in the
centre an immense bridal cake adorned with
wreath of roses. The cake was cut at O'Clock,
and each bridesmaid took piece, hoping to find
the magic ring of fortune in her slice. At 10
the bride stole away to put on her travelling
dress, and the happy pair started on trip to
Niagara, Saratoga, and other resorts, expecting
to be absent few weeks, when, after returning
for short sojourn here, they will go to San
Antonio, Tex, the home OF MI skinner. who
is associated with his father, Mr. j. G. Skinner,
as large cotton dealers. 1t was while on visit
to relatives in San Antonio that Miss Bacon
first met Mr.. Skinner The gifts to the bridal
couple were numerous, rich, and beautiful, cov-
ering all possible needs of refined housekeep-
ing There was a whole service of
silver, with not only the coffee and
tea set, but six solid silver covered
dishes and a soup tureen to match. This
superb set came from her parents and members
of the household. A fine ormolu clock of ala
baster and gold was from an uncle, silver
water pitcher and salver from her grandmother,
Mrs. Langston. The groom's mother, Mrs.
Skinner, gave an elegant bedroom set 1t
were impossible to name all the beautiful and
useful things given, but there were three after
dinner coffee sets of exquisite designs in china,
gOlQ spoons Dy tne dozen TO naUcn Tue cups IN
dainty designs gold-bowled ice cam spoons,
several gold soup spoons of elegant repousse
workmanship, silver fruit knives with pearl
handles, silver backed toilet sets, silver placques
mounted on velvet, etchings and engravings,
gold pie knives, bonbon dishes, crumb pans in
silver with silver scrapers, and lovely vases of
choicest designs and rarest makes There was
an unusual number of relatives present, Mr..
and Mrs. Bacon each had a mother present,
Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Langston. The groom's
mother, Mrs. j. ID. Skinner, his sisters Mrs
Girardeau, his aunt, from Staunton, Va; Mr..
and Mrs Walter Gresham, from Galveston, Tex:
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Bush, of Wilmington, Del. ;
from Germantown, Pa, Misses Emily and Tillie
Robinson; from Philadelphia, Miss Emily Silver,
Mr.. Allen I. Langston, brother Of Mrs Bacon,
and Mr., Lemuel Ely; from Baltimore, Mr.
Shriyer, Mr.. Dawes, Mr.. Lee Bolton, and Miss
lsaaes. Among other guests were Mr.. and Mrs
W. W. Burdette, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simons,
the Misses Simons, the Misses Stock bridge, Mr.
johnson, Mr.. John A. Bacon and wife, Miss N
Campbell, Mr.. Campbell, Mrs Oliver and the
Misses Oliver, Mrs Virginia Weddeburn, Mr.
Mrs. Dobson, Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson Dr.
Perry, Mr. and Miss Byns, Miss Florence Crog-
ran, the Misses Rusk, the Misses Noble, Miss
Lothrop, Miss Lowdermilk, DR.. Sydney Hol-
lingsworth, Mr.. Harry Clapp, Mr.. Chapman, Mr..
w. T. Bingham, Mr. Brown, and Mr.. Field.
There we've a thousand invitations out and the
large attendance attests Mrs Skinners wide
popularity
At the Church of the Covenant, on Wednes-
day, at $3.50 p. M. Miss Elizabeth Cherrll Bonde,
daughter of DIR. John X. Bonde, was married to
DIR. Hermann Hoffman Biney, of Philadel-
Dhia. The church was handsomely trimmed