Connecticut western news., 1890-05-21
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 WALTER DAMRoscH. were of the sim
 plest ch al a c ter. The bride was attired in plain robe of white silk. It is said to be one of the cost Hest of Worth's creations and was design ed to reveal the graceful figure of Miss Blaine.
 The bride and groom were made man and wife beneath a gorgeous floral bell hung from the ceiling of the beautiful drawing room. The conventional best man and bridesmaid were conspicuous by their ab- sence. The house was veritable bower of roses and other flowers.
 The Distinguished Guests Present.
 After the. ceremony was performed MT. and Mrs. Damrosch were warmly congrat- ulated by the president and Mrs. Harrison, vice president and Mrs. Morton, members of the cabinet and other dignitaries and friends present. A sumptuous and ex- tremely palatable wedding breakfast fol lowed. Among the five hundred guests present, in addition to those already men, tioned, were ex-Senator and Mrs. Platt, MT. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew and Speaker Husted, of New York; ex-Senator and Mrs. Davis, MT. and Mrs Andrew Car negie, MT. and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins and Joseph Medill, of Chicago; MT. and Mrs. Russell Harrison and MT. and Mrs. Mckee, Assistant Secretary Wharton, Senator and Mrs. Hale, Senator and Mrs. Frye, Si- Julian Pauncefote, the British minister, and Mrs. Pauncefote, Theodore Roustan, the French minister; Count Arco Valley the German minister; Chevalier Schmit Won Tavera, the Austrian minister; Minis ter Romero, of Mexico, and Charles de Struve, the Russian minister.
 The Young Peoples Plans.
 After the reception MT. and Mrs Dam rosch went to Baltimore, where they will spend the first week of their honeymoon at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Emmons Blaine. The 23d inst they anticipate starting on European tour with MT. and Mrs. Carnegie On their return they will occupy the beautiful Madison avenue resi- dence in New York presented to them by Secretary Blaine.
 The Story of the Courtship.
 Miss Blaine and MT. Damrosch first met at a dinner given by MT. Carnegie at Kill garston in Scotland, where he had leased 6 magnificent estate for the season. On the coaching trip the next year the young peo- pie were seated side by side throughout the trip from London to Cluny castle. At this grand old castle the courtship proper began, and in the walks across the heath covered moors and in aimless wanderings through the moonlit gardens, where every bush could tell 8 tale of love and every stone 8 tradition of romantic interest, the old story was told again.
 Long Headed Mrs. Hale. Last summer, while Secretary Blaine and his family were at Bar Harbor, before even the first faint rumor of Miss Blaine s engagement had been whispered, she and Mr. Damrosch were among other guests of Senator and Mrs. Hale at their residence in Ellsworth.
 With that keen perception which wo- man brings to bear upon hearts which Mas | ter Cupid has been shooting at, Mrs. Hale made discovery, and on the occasion of | the first dinner arranged that the lovers should be together. On the following day MT. Damrosch sought his hostess, and, com plimenting her upon the success of the pre- vious evenings entertainment, began to dilate upon his own enjoyment of the occa- | sion, which had given him so agreeable a companion as Miss Blaine, whereupon Mrs. Hale laughed heartily, and in response to his inquiry as to how she had guessed his | little secret, said that his choice was so very apparent it would have been downright 1 cruelty to arrange the grouping otherwise. It was, therefore, to Senator and Mrs. Hale 1 that their attachment for each other was first communicated and that their engage ment was first announced.
 1 The Wedding Gifts.
 The wedding gifts, which are numerous l and elegant, are said to vie in magnifcance with those received by Nellie Grant when she changed her name to Sartoris. The | secretary of state's gift to his daughter was l substantial one, the same being com modious brown stone house on Madison avenue, New York city. The members oi l the diplomatic corps are represented by a solid silver tea service, containing six pieces-tea urn, sugar bowl, cream jug bowl and samovar for heating water. Tc supplement it, Congressman and Mrs. R. R. Hitt of Illinois, who are the most inti mate friends of the bride in this city, sent all the small pieces of silver that can possi | blv be used on the modern table. There are twelve dozen pieces in all, and $1 ,OO( would hardly be the market price of this elegant present.
 T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Boston, sent g | pearl pendant to the bride in which the | pearl is as large as woman's thumb nail l It has crest of diamonds about it. An other rich present is from MT. and Mrs John Mclean a solid silver salad bowl Senator and Mrs. Stanford gave case con taining solid gold carving knives and forks odd spoons, consisting in all of thirty pieces. The carving knives have hilts al l ornamental as sword hilts of smoked ivory with the letters ''M. I. B." raised in gold The blades are of gold. The president ane Mrs. Harrison, vice president and Mrs Morton md Mr. and Mrs Andrew Carnegi' also sent elegant and expensive gifts