The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05

Seen i'll Olu Bplp0any C1urcn occurred at noon
on Thursday, when the marriage of Miss Bessie
Rutherford, daughter of Captain and Mrs.
Robert G.. Rutherford, and Mr. Richard
Whittingha n, of Philadelphia, was ccle-
brated The altar and chancel were decorated
with masses of Easter lilies, and several of
the deep window seats were filled with the
same lovely white blossoms banked in maiden
hair fern. The large auditorium was pretty
well filed with guests, representatives of
Army and official circles, with many we'll
known society people About one thousand
invitations had been given out, with some
three hundred to wedding reception at the
residence of the BRIDES parents. Thereception
was omitted on account of the recent death of
the BRIDES grandmother. The ushers were Mr.
William II. Whittingham, of Baltimore, and
Mr.. w. d. Griscom, MIR. o. p. Chamberlain,
and Mr.. George Tatnal, of Philadelphia. The
bridal party entered the church to the strains
of the Lohengrin wedding march. First came the
ushers In pairs, then the bridesmaids and the
maid of honor. The bride followed, leaning
on the arm of her father, Capt. Rutherford.
She wore traiin: gown of white satin, and
long veil OF tulle caught up with spray of
orange blossoms. The bodice was high and
the sleeves long. The front had a ruched
founce of handsomely embroidered chiffon
and was trimmed down the centre with a
garland Of lilies of the valley. At the throat
was chiffon jabot, and garland of lilies of
the valley outlined the basque. Orange
blossoms and lilies of the valley were
also worn in the BRIDES hair. The
maid of honor, Miss Young, a very beau
tiful girl, wore white faille gown yelled in
tulle, with Louis XIV coat and hat to
match. The bridesmaids each wore different
colors The first maid, Miss Rice, was all in
gray, with hat and gloves to match; Miss
Fanny Rice, in mauve; Miss Brennerman, in
yellow, and Miss Whttingham, in Nile-green.
All wore lurge hats to match their unique
costumes. The groom's father, the Rev. DR..
Whittingham, of Baltimore performed the
marriage ceremony. Capt. Rutherford gave
his daughter in marriage, and when the rings
were exchanged the bride and groom faced
each other, the maid of honor lifting the
BRIDES veil from off her face. During the
ceremony the bride held an ivory-bound
prayer book, and the responses during the
service were audible. At the conclusion of
the ceremony the grooms father kissed both
his children, whom he had just united in mar
riage. The souvenir gifts to the bridesmaids
were fleur. de-lis pins The BRIDES bouquet
was of lilies of the valley, but her attendants
carried Easter lilies. Mrs. Rutherford wore
an elegant brown silk reception dress with
gold braid trimmings. The bridal party and
near family friends repaired Immediately after
the ceremony to the residence of Capt. Ruther-
ford, where an elegant breakfast was served,
The house being profusely decorated with
palms and Easter lilies There were MANY
choice wedding gifts, including almost every
article of household silver, with brio a-brac,
vases, lamps, and other beautiful things
Among them was gift from the recently
deceased grandmother of rare china that had
been in the family for over two hundred
years. Among the choicest of the
tokens of goodwill were a dozen
gold-lined icecream spoons and knife
from Mr.. and Mrs. Feldpauche; a
gold bon-bon dish and tongs, from Mrs. j.
coffee-cups of Haviland china, from Mrs. II.
w. Whittingham; pair of gold-bowled bon
bon spoons, from Mrs. Warner; an elegant
case of two dozen silver forks, with chased
handles, from Captain and Mrs. r. w. Tyler;
a dainty pickle fork, from Miss Margaret
Mills with little round "luck stone' tied to
the handle; Messrs. Lansburgh, fine tall
Satsuma vase; Mrs. Tallmadge, pair of sill
yer and royal Worcester vases; Miss Lewis
=. Hayden, a gold berry spoon; Miss Fanny
Barry, cutrglass bouquet-holder; Mrs. John
vase; Miss Flint, Limoges cracker-jar;
Major and Mrs. Dunwoody, Japanese rose
jar; Miss Gedney, fine linen set of doylies
of drawn work; Miss Nelson, an aged aunt
delicately embroidered cover her own handi-
work, that would have been credtable to
young worker; General and Mrs. Townsend,
pair Of solid silver salts, gold lined; Mrs.
Charles IL. Harrison, pair of butter knives
Mrs. Gen. Allen Rutherford, set of oyster
forks The groom's present was card-case
and pocketbook In while embossed leather,
with silver trimmings. Colonel and Mrs.
Staples gave very elegant pair of gold bon
bon spoons; Dr. Brewer, q gold berry
spoon. The young men in the Office
of the M. W., P. w. and B. R. r.,
where Mr.. Whittingham is employed, pre-
sented large, elegantly carved oak cabinet.
The venerable Miss Elizabeth Gale sent an
heirloom china dinner-plate that had been In
the Gale family for several generations. A
beautiful sheen muslin d-embroidered
bureau scarf was given by Miss X. L. Ray;
Miss Genevieve Williams, coffee-spoons; a
solid silver meat fork, by Miss Gedney, of
Nyack, N. Y; Royal Worcester pitcher,
umbrella shade, from Major and Mrs. r. G.
Parker; pair of fine etchings, from Miss
Anne Harrison, of Baltimore a pair of gold
sugar-sifting spoons, from Miss Eva Alex
ander, of Baltimore; microscope framed
In ivory and turquoise, from Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Meneelv, of Baltimore, with
many other pretty and useful gifts.
Among the guests were Maj, Bates, Mrs An
drews, Captain and Mrs. Haycock Major and
Mrs Tucker, Mr.. Depew, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Staples, Mrs Cultivate, Mrs. Wood, Miss
Peachy, Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Soul6, Mrs j. w.
Powell, Miss Sinsabaugh, Major, Mrs and
Miss Parker, Mrs. Ford Thompson, Mrs. SEN
ator Pugh. Major and Mrs. Middleton, Gen
eral and Mrs. Gibson, Colonel and Mrs Hay-
ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Wilton, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Taylor Armes, Mr.. and Mrs B. H.
Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. Magnus Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Maury. Miss Maury,
Major and Mrs. Hickford, the Hon. William
b. and Mrs. Webb, Miss Mary Fleurer, Com
mander and Mrs. Mcdonald, Colonel and
Mrs. Gibson, General and Mrs. Kelton,
Colonel and Mrs. Howard Coulter,
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