Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-27
LESTER -C0WDRY.
Brilliant Wedding at the Beautiful Home
of lIr. 3. =. Marvin.

Brilliant Wedding at the Beautiful Home
of Mr. 8. =. Marvin.
The.beautiful home OF Mr.. and Mrs 8. s. Mar
win was the scene, last evening. OF q brilliant
| wedding that united their niece. Miss S'.rie
| Louise Cowdr y with Mr.. Henry Martyr La .er. q
prominent merchant of New York city. The
ceremony was strictly private, only the imme-
diate families of the bride and groom and n
limited few intimate friends being present. but
all the appointments were as perfect as II the
vast assemblage of wealth and fashion that
called later TO extend congratulations were
witnesses. The lovely drawing room in. its
cool, fresh dressing of pure white crash was by
Messrs. J. R. & A. Murdoch transformed into a
delightful bower Of white and green, and
it was under a lovely canopy of roses and maid
n hair ferns that the bridal VOWS were taken.
The dining room in which the many guests to
Tie reception and the bridal party were feasted
by Caterer Hagan. was radiantly beautiful
with an abundance of lovely pink roses ar
ranged by the same skillful artists who also
placed in doorway window seat and on the
stalrlandings luxurlant foliage plants, where
the luxurious hanging and draPings OF the
magnificent rooms and halls. To the merry
wedding march by Toerges Orchestra the
bridal party tripped down the wide stairway
and entered in the following order:
The tiny pages Masters Lathrope and Thomas
Cowdry, brothers of the bride, outlining with
white satin rlDDOn the Dr1ual paSSa&0Way from
the door to the window as they walked. Fol-
loving them, the best man Mr.. Richard Col
burn, and in order the ushers Messrs. Walter
Marvin. F. A. Cowdry. Clarence Bonnett and
floral bower in which the ceremony was per-
formed they were quickly reinforced
by the maid of honor, Miss Caroline D.
Edith Bonnett, Ethel Achinson, Anna Bar
nard White and Edith Jones as bridemaids
The groom and bride entered together and
lovely white gown of brocaded armure,
trimmed elaborately with point duchess. and
exposing her arms of marble whiteness
and ,IsS neck st..pps Of perfect ro1ndnessd G,ameSd
pendant. the gift of the groom. who
in his manly beauty by her side gave the re-
sponses in such clear, decisive tone OF voice.
The maid of honor was attired in white crepe
duchene and carried la France roses. The
bridemaids were sweetly pretty in simple little
empire gowns of white muslin. with daisies and
ceremony was performed by Rev c.
bride assisted by Rev Dr. Holmes. of the
she maid Of honoI laid back the wedding veil
that screened the girlish beauty of the young
bride and placed in her hand the bouquet OF
bride roses that she had held while the we'd
ding circlet was slipped on the slender finger,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester were in readiness to
receive the congratulations of their attendants
and the reception guests who, by that time
were arriving anu VINO represented Inc pIOul-
nent families of both cities and the East End.
The bride, though quite young, has in her
five years residence with her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin established herself so
thoroughly In the hearts of her large circle Of
friends that it was almost with dlsfavor they
viewed the handsome, manly gentleman last
evening who had succeeded in winning her for
his own, as that meant the loss of
leading social light and social favorite. for he
on a late train carried her of TO grace his home
IN New York City, her own former home. The
New Y ork guests who attended the wedding
were DIR. and Mrs. Lindsey. Mrs, and Miss Les
ter Mr. and Mrs. Norman White, Miss White.
Miss Jones and Messrs. Cowdry and Collburn.