The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-09
"vIOLET WEDDING"
The Newkirk-JOh NuptialS
Last Night Largely Attended
and the Affair Hand
s0mely Managed.

One OF the prettiest weddings, OF
the many pretty weddings Of Sedalia,
took place last night at the Broadway
Presbyterian church, the parties be-
ing Miss Alice, the youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Newkirk, the
former the well known president OF
the First National Bank and one Of
the oldest and most prominent citi-
zens of Sedalia, and w. Minton Johns
the Junior member Of the firm of S.
P. Johns and Son, lumber dealers.
Both bride and groom have been
reared in this city and their friends
are numbered by the score, hence The
Broadway Presbyterian church where
the ceremony was performed, was
filed last night to witness tine nuptial
ceremony.
The chancel and altar were banked
with cape jessamines and ropes OF
wisteria were go intermingled with
them that the effect was beautifully
suggestive of viole,s and heartssase.
Indeed the entire arrangement
Of the wedding was in
reference to the violet and this color
was carried out through al the dec
orations, both at the church and at
the family residence where the re-
ception YVES held. The space reserved
for the special guests at the church
was outlined with violet ribbon and
violet ribbon tied the larger floral
pieces.
Prof. A. G. Robyn, the well
known organist of the Grand Avenue
Presbyterian church of St. Louis,
and whose fame as a composer is far
reaching, according TO a promise
made the groom sometime ago, was
present and before the arrival
of the wedding party, gave sew
eral organ selections and as the
bridal party entered rendered
Memberships wedding march.
The ushers who had carefully and
skillfully performed their duties in
seating the guests, many of whom
were in full dress, preceded the bri-
dial party, Messrs. George Mackey
and L. l.. Ilgenfritz, passing up the
north aisle to the alter, Messrs. E. w.
Lamy and H. r. Scott up the south
aisle. They were followed by the
groomsmen. Messrs E. w. Baer. Wal
ter B. Shirk, of Kansas City, c. Al
bert Newkirk and George w. Meme
fee. These in turn were followed by
the bridesmaids, Misses May Hawkins,
Kate Van Dyne, Bessie Shirk
and Mamie Mackey. The bride
then entered accompanied by her
maid of honor, Miss Nellie Simpson of
Kansas City and as they reached the
altar, on either side of which the
ushers, groomsman and bridesmaids
had taken their places, they were met
by the groom and his gentleman of
honor, Mr.. S. P. Johns Jr., and
after taking their places, the
was performed by the pas
tor of the church, Rev. j. K. Ste.
phenson. The ceremony was performed
with the ring service and was both
and beautiful. After the
Rev. Stephenson, in tender
and touching words invoked the di.
vine blessing upon the newly welded
couple after which to the sweet strains
of Lohengrin, the bridal party
left the church and were driven to
the Newkirk mansion, where a re.
ception to nearly 200 guests was held.
The bride wore an elegant pearl
white princesse gown, the front made
of armure silk, the bottom trimmed
with deep flounce Of the silk fin
ished with milliner's folds and the
train of striped brocade. The cor
sage was V shaped, edged with a
deep fall of Brussels point, demi-
sleeves with butterfly puts at the top, |
Brussels net veil held to the hair by |
pearl pins, suede gloves, slippers of
white satin with gauze butterfly bows,
and hand boquet of nephitos and
brides roses.
The maid of honor and
the bridesmaids wore exactly |
similar gowns made of violet crepe |
du chem, with full skirts, round
waists cut V and edged with violets,
broad girdles Of violets and hand
boquets of cape jessamines.
The large reception room at the
Newkirk residence was beautifully
decorated with flowers, one OF the
being banked with tube
and brides roses, the other with
jacque and mermet.
The refreshment room held 'one
large table in the center, which was
decorated with ropes of wisteria reach.
ing from the four corners to the chan