Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-05

Weddings, weddings, weddings, past and
future! Any number OF them are looming
up for the coming weeks, and number are
already events OF the past. Several OF more
than ordinary interest that are to occur
shortly are made mention of to-day.
One of the most interesting and fashion
able will be celebrated on the 10th OF the
month in the pretty little Presbyterian
Church in Edgeworth, when Miss Lille,
the only daughter of Colonel Robert P.
Nevin, will wed Mr.. Thomas Anderson
Standish, young gentleman both by birth
and ability worthy 10 claim her.
The marriage will be the happy consum-
nation of a courtship began some years
ago, when the bride-elect was tiny tot in
short irocks. For from the period Is years
ago, when Mr.. W. S. Standish moved into
Edgeworth from the north and prominently
identified himself and his interests with
Pittsburg, his son, Mr.. Thomas, has been
paving devoted attentions to Miss Lille.
And he has proven, by the successful man.
ner in which he did ''speak for himself"
that the advice given the ambassador of his
famous ancestor, Miles Standish, by Pris-
ella, the Puritan maiden, was not necessary
IL his case.
Miss Nevin is, as before stated, the only
daughter of Colonel Robert P. Nevin, the old
est representative of the Nevin family, nota-
bic since it entered the State over hun
dred years ago, for its intellectual and
brainy men and talented and cultured la
dies. She is a sister to a Quartet of brother
composer, is one, each of whom have already
attained high eminence in their chosen pro-
fessions, and are noted for their marked
musical ability. Colonel John I Neyin,
deceased. of army record and editorial
fame, was cousin of the young lady,
and Mr.. Theodore w. Nevin is a cousin
as is also Miss Ada Nevin, his sister, who writes
over the nom de plume of miss Nothing"
MIR. Standish is everything desirable as hus-
band, as he has been as lover. Of unimpeach-
able family, direct descendant of the famous
Miles Standish, handsome, intelligent and
clever, he is a prime favorite with all his as
socIates and high position in both the COM
mercial and social worlds will always be at his
command.
The wedding festivities will be conducted on
an elaborate scale invitations having been is
sued to 800 guests for the reception at the beau
tful home aDd 600 for the church ceremonies.
The bridal party is to be a large one as it com.
prises a number of the young friends of the
bridal pair. Miss Jennie Stearns of Chicago,
will be the maid of honor, and the bridemaids
chosen are Miss Irene McVay, Miss Mollie
Chaplin, Miss Grace Ogden, Miss Ethel Stan
dish. Miss DOT Kremer of Carlisle, Pa, and
Miss Anderson, of New Cumberland, W. Va.
The ushers will be MIR. Arthur Nevin, Mr. AL
King. Mr.. Harry Richardson. Mr.. Robert Tot
ten and Mr.. Fred Irwin. MIR. Standish is to
or ma n r Ir Mr.
Ethelbert Nevin will preside at the organ,
playing wedding march which he has written
for the occasion.
The Wakefield Lowry Wedding.
A very charming East End maiden will alb
iure her name on the evening of the 18th, when
Miss Annie Regis Lowry becomes Mrs. James
Alfred Wakefield, at the residence of her
mother, Mrs Josephine Denholm, in the East
End. And with the union will go the best
wishes of host of young people who have
known the interesting couple long enough to
become thoroughly in love with them and to
JOIN the long line of older and more mature
admirers that watch with interest the details
of the coming wedding. The young lady is
considered one of the most attractive and
fascinating to be found in the aristocratic East
End, where attractive and fascinating maidens
are commonly supposed to abound.
The groom elect is of very old and we'll
known family IN BlItSDurg, and is a graduate
of the Meadville class of 'SS. During his COL
legiate course he distinguished himself as de-
batter and fraternity man, and since his ad-
mission TO the Allegheny County Bar, at which
he now practices, he has continued to dis
tinguish himself, and has attained as one of
the older practitioners expressed it, ian alarm
ingly large practice for SO young man." Quite
a large reception Will succeed the wedding
ceremony, after which the usual wedding trip
will be taken.
The Temperance EvnngeIisI's Daughter
Calvary Episcopal Church round whose
name fingers the memory of SO many pretty
and important weddings will be honored
"Wednesday evening by the nuptlal service of
Miss Frances Josephine Murphy and MI.
Charles SnUwdon Holmes. The childhood and
girlhood of the brlde-elect have both been
spent in Pittsburg. with the exception, perhaps,
of college days, and as result she may claim
an almost unlimited circle of acquaintance
and friends that have been attracted to her by
her sweet, winning disposition and peculiar
grace and charm in conversation. Miss Murphy
is a daughter of the famous Francis Murphy.
whose own wedding notice is yet fresh in the
minds of the public, and the presence of his
bride at the wedding will Undue the occasion
with an extra amount of interest
Mr.. Holmes is one Of the proprietors of the
Monongahela House and SO well known both
in business and social circles as to need no in
uooucuon. vi commanding presence, and
possessed of an unusual supply of manly
beauty he unites with the outward graces tact
and geEtleness that insures him recognition
and remembrance from the lowest to the high
est Mr. Holmes will bid farewell to bachelor
existence with an elegantly appointed dinner
at the Monongahela House Tuesday evening.
The Jones' Dilwerth NuptiaIs,
On the evening of the 2Sd inst, in the East
Liberty Presbyterian Church. Miss Daisy Dill
worth and Mr. W. l. Jones will plight their
troth. 1t will be remembered the engagement
was announced late last spring and interest re-
garding the coming event has been steadily in
creasing in the ultra circles of which the two
families are considered a part.
Miss Susie Dilworth, young debutante of
great beauty will attend her sister to the altar
and with the execution of ushers and best man.
will be the only attendant A small and In
formal reception will be given at the residence
of the brides mother after the ceremony at the
church. Miss Dilworth is a daughter of the
late +. A. DilwOrth and MIR. Jones is a son of
the late Thomas NJ. Jones and of the firm of
Jones Laughlins.
he Wins a Beauty,
Avoiding tomorrow evening will deliver
into the keeping of Mr. Edward II. Brainard
Miss Laura Adelaide Boyle, of Highland av-
enue, East End considered one of the prettiest
girls in that locality. The appointments of the
wedding are to be unusually handsome and the
presents, judging from several purchased dur
ing the past week and not yet delivered, are to
be OF the same order. THoRNE BRANCH.
AMERICANS AT PARIS.
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