The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-31
UNIQUE wEDDrsa soUvEx1R.
A Work Of Rare Beauty and Exquisite
Taste.

Boston Herald.
Marriage Is undoubtedly the most i'm
portant epoch in persons life, and the
event is always made memorable, but it re-
manned for Mr.. George E. Phelan, of Cam
bridgeport, to conceive and execute O we'd
ding souvenir, which for beauty and orig
inality has never been approached, and
which i. would be difficult. if not impos-
sible to surpass. 1t commentaries the
marriage of his sister, Miss Virginia Lee
Phelan, to Rev. George A. Tewksbury,
now of Seattle, WASH, which occurred
May %, 1889. and is the develo pment of q
novel and beautiful idea.
The wedding took place at the Prospect
Street Congregational church. and was q
brilliant affair, well worthy of the hand
some souvenir gotten up under the direc-
ton of young Mr.. Phelan, who displays in
the production much ingenuity and ex-
quisite taste. The souvenir is in the form
of large album, bound in dove-colored
calf-skin and fastened with a large plain
solid gold clasp. The inside of the covers
and fly leaves are finished in fine white
watered silk, producing rich and artistic
effect The leaves OF the book are made up
OF extra heavy cardboard of the finest
material, and the lettering throughout is of
clear and handsome type, Of font cast
especially for this work. The first pages
of the book are devoted to the invitation,
reception and Eat home" cards,
for the wedding, which are beau tifully
mounted on the leaves, and not inserted,
as Is the case in ordinary photograph al
buns. The next two pages show, respect
lively, the exterior and interior of the Pros
pect street church. where the wedding took
place, and excellent cabinet pictures of the
bride and groom follow. Next in order are
the pictures of Rev. David N. Beach. pastor
of the church, who was the officiating cler.
gyman at the ceremony, and Rev. George
F. Tewksbury. the father of the groom, who
assisted on that occasion. Photographs of
the brides parents occupy the next two
pages, and those of the bridesmaids, Miss
Edith M. Hardy and Victoria Phelan, fol-
low. Pictures of the ushers at the wedding
are next seen. and by an ingenious ar
rangement of the binding OF the leaves in
this portion of the book the head ushers
occupy positions at either end of the four
assistants, who are arranged on four dis
tinct leaves, which open in such manner
as to show them in group. The ushers
were Messrs. James D. Robertson and
George E. Phelan, head ushers; assistants,
Messrs. H. NJ. Tufts, G. +. Tarbell, William
G. Henry and Allyne L. Merrill. An ex-
cellant exterior view of the brides home
on Pearl street. Cambridgeport, follows the
ushers' pictures, and the next nine pages
are devoted to list of the wedding guests,
$50 in number. The enumeration of the
wedding gifts, 100 in number. occupy sue
ceeding pages, and then follow excerpts
from the Boston and local press,
containing glowing accounts of the we'd
ding and reception. The final pages con-
tain poem by Miss e. r. Lufkin, which
was read at a reception to the bride and
groom which was given at the home of the
former in honor of her betrothal. From
the above hasty description but faint
idea of the beauty of this souvenir can be
CLEANED. Certain IL is, however, that
nothing Of the kind was ever conceived be-
fore or could be more tastefuliy carried
out. lis complete in every detail. and is
triumph of the printers and binders art.
All the lettering is of gold and the leaves
are finished in the same material. Two of
these books were produced, one being pre-
scented to Mrs. Tewksbury and the other to
Mrs. Phelan, the title page of both con-
tanning dedicatory lines appropriate to
each of the recipients