Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-11
MARY H0WB's MARRIAGE.
4 Genuine Surprise for Her Brattieboro
Friends.

very quiet wedding which will without
doubt. create considerable stir iu musical circles
occurred last Monday evening at the home Of Mr.
aud Mrs CYRUS Wmsow Merrill, No 3, Hillhurn
aveuue The bride was the beautiful Miss Mary
Howe, the well-known concert and operate sing
cr Of Brattleboro Vt. and the groom Mr. william
j LAWN OF New York. equally well known to the
music loving public Miss Howe arrived in Cleve-
land on saturday November 81. and on the follow
ing Wednesday sang IN a star courSe concert. She
was the guest of Mrs Merrill ON Monday morn
Inn, Mr. Lawn arrived in the city and on the even
ing Of the same day they were married by Rev.
DR. H. G. Haydn. The bride wore plain gray
travelling gown The only witnesses IT the cere-
muny were Mr. and Mrs Nerrill SO carefully
was the secret kept that even Mrs Merrill 5 moth.
er did not know ct the wedding. Both Mr. and
Mrs LAWN arr well known to profess onal nus.
clans ON both sides the Atlantic
The above paragraph, copied from the
Cleveland, Ohio, Leader of last Sunday,
give the essential facts of an event of local
interest which created no little surprise
when first it became publicly known last
Sunday. Briefly told. the story is that
Miss Howe sang in Cleveland on the night
before Thanksgiving. She and her broth
cr Mr. Lucien Howe. were the guests
while in the city of their cousin. Mrs Mer-
rill They ate Thanksgiving dinner with
the Mcrrlls on Thursday. and then Mr..
Howe left to make certain business ar
rangpmcnts on his way home, where he ar
rived 10y the early train on Sunday morn
Ing. Nov. -. Mr.. LAWN appeared at Cleve-
land on Monday and the welding took
place on that day, as above described, the
minister of the Congregational church,
which the Merriils attend. officiating
Whether the wedding was a sudden ''in-
spiration." or whether Cupid had careful
Is preirranged his plans. deponent saith
not. In any case the secret was well kept
and the announcement was surprise to
Miss Howe's family and all her Brattle-
boro friends when it reached here in let
ter from the brides own hand on Friday
night. Mr. and Mrs. LAWN came to Brat
tleboro- on Saturday and remained until
Tuesday. when Mrs. LAWN left to fill CON
cert engagements at Greenfield. Northamp-
ton and Meriden. On the same day Mr..
LAWN left to sing at Hamilton, Ontario.
Since the groom has now been fully
adopted As a Brattleboro boy it will be in
tercsting to know that he was born in De
troit - years ago, and grew up in that
city. finding employment As a book keeper.
Always interested in music, he began to
feel at the age Of l. or 10. that profes-
sional career lay before him. and took up
the regular study of vocal music. After
time he went abroad, where he studied
year and a half i'm Italy under Signur Van
ucinni. a famous teacher at Florence This
WAS at about the time that Miss Howe was
studying in Germany. Mr.. LAWN and Miss
Howe first met at the Worcester festival
three years ago. where they both made
their American debut. They did not again
meet until last December They sang to-
gether at indianapolis last May, and it was
there, while on visit at the home of Miss
Howes sister, Mrs. Holloway. that their
engagement took place. Mr.. LAWN is rap
idly attaining rank as one of the best ten
Ors OF the country and he now holds a
leading position in New York city as tenor
in the famous choir of All Souls church.
which is the church of the late Rev. Dr.
ii. W. Bellows. Mr. LAWN is a young
man of excellent character. He undoubt-
eddy has bright future before him and it
is superfiuous to say that the entire Brat
tleboro community give cordial good wishes
and good will to him, as they always must
and will to his charming wife. Mrs. LAWN
is - years old, and the story of her mu-
steal career is too familiar to need repeti-
ton in Brattleboro.
1t is understood to be the purpose of
Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN, after completing the
engagements of the present season, TO go
abroad to study for the operate stage, and
in due time to debut in London and on the
continent.