The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-27
A Wedding With Rare Chrysanthe-
NUNS and Costly Presents.
THANKSGIVING 0BSERvANCES.
Theatre Parties Came to Providence-A
Comicai Incident - An Old Fashioned
Couple Who Wanted to go to Church
and What They Said About 1t.

10 William III. Snow OF this place. Inc
Rev. 5. G. NJ. Orpen of ST. Andrews
church, ofliciated. The maid Of honor
was Miss Minnie Gee sister of the bride.
The wedding was attended only by mem
bers of the Gee and Snow families, and
relatives. The parlors where the cere-
mony occurred were beautifully deco
rated, with chrysanthemums and roses;
the bay window, where the bride and
groom stood during the ceremony, was
transform d into bower; from the
lighted chandeliers festoons OF green vines
and ropes OF roses led TO the corners OF the
room: the mantles and fire places were
banked with flowers, and along the base
of the side walls pottcd chrysanthemums
were used, these being pale yellow, which
was the predominating hue throughout
the floral decorations.
The dinning-room, where the wedding
breakfast was served, was exquisitely dec
GRATED, nothing but chrysanthemums hav-
ing been utilized. In the centre of the
table was lovely Venetian glass Ia BILE
mirror, on which rested an epergne which
was the centre decoration for the elaborate
idea carried out bv the professional florist
who had the rooms in charge. From this
centre ran to each plate a graduated trail
ing vine of the smallest kinds of chrysan-
themums: from the chandelier were fes-
toons OF the flowers descending to the four
corners of the table. AT intervals on the
side walls were boquets of these blossoms
fastened with French lovers knot de-
sign in cream ribbon.
Miss Minnie Gee the maid of honor, was
costumed in gown of white SILK made in
colonial style with full bodice, short
sleeve and neck partly exposed she car
ried an immense bouquet OF Lillian Bird
crysanthemums. The bride was very
lovely one, having always been called one
of the most beautiful young women in the
Valley. She wore indigo silk gown, en-
train, trimmed with hand embroidered
white chiffon she carried "a bouquet Of
pale yellow roses. A pretty incident fol-
lowing the ceremony was the presentation
10 the bride OF prayer book, in rare and
beautiful binding by Rev. Mr.. Orpen, the
marriage certificate being written on a
page lett for the purpose at the front of
the volume.
The wedding gifts were unusually hand
some, the following being "A list of them
with the donors; Upright piano, James
Gee; several pieces OF artistic furniture,
Mrs. James Gee; SET silver table spoons,
Miss NJ. V. Snow marble mantle clock,
Mr. aud Mrs. Walter Knight of Auburn,
X. L.; japanese door portiere, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. III. Donohue; silver and Dresden china
table lamp, Mr. and Mrs Fred Whitford,
Providence; set silver tea spoons, Mrs.
Gilbert Woolsey sixteenth century parlor
chairs Miss Woolsey and Mr.. Will King;
set of dinner portieres, elaborately
painted, and a white fur rug, Miss Rawson,
the artist of Providence; china and
antique silver lamp, Andrew Morton, Esq,
New York city; n quartered oak book
case, with English blue silk curtains
and n white enamel and gold chair,
DIR. Fred Sweet of Bisbee, Arizona !;
A carving set, in oxodized and antique
silver, Miss Lillias, and Mr.. II. A. 5.
Roach; oyster ladle in silver, Misses
Emma anu Annie Johnson; butter dish in
silver, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles SNOW, New
Haven, Conn. n lovely tray cloth and
dozen d'oys, of white damask, exquis-
itcly hand worked, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ill.
Campbell; IA set of salts, and salt spoons,
in silver and gold, Mr.. w. h. Smith sill
yer pie X i e, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ellis,
Providen1e cut crystal table mirror, Capt.
and Mrs. John Simpson, "A. 81 A., at Phila-
delpLit, Pa. Bernhardt stool in yellow
YER cake basket Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison, Pawtucket pair souvenier
spoons of Newport, Mr. and Mrs.
PieIs)n, Newport Il. l., elder down satin
quilt, from friends in Pawtucket: pair
velour portieres from a Philadelphia
friend; set silver fruit knives, Miss
Remington, Pascoag; lovely. quartered
oak table with bric-a-brac shelves, Mr..
and Mrs. :. w. Hines; bonbon basket in
dresden china, Miss Hattie Andrews;
silver berry spoon, Mrs. Ward, Boston,
Mass. silver jelly spoon, Mr.. and Mrs.
McCusker, Arkwright. The bride also
received lovely silver neck chain of
silver heart pendant, having finely en-
graved monogram on IL, the gift of Mr..
Rawson OF Providence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snow left on the $50 train
on the New York and New England road
for brief tour. Mrs. Shows travelling
.xt HAL al
.ailor made, with coat 10 match, trimmed
in brown sable fur, her nat being dark
aud light shade of green velvet, with black
jet crown over light green silk.
There were n number of family theatre
parties going from here To the plays at the
theatres in Providence on Thanksgiving
day Among others VINO saw Blue
Jeans" at the Providence, was Capt.
Hugh Duffy of the National Base Ball
Association, with his bride, and "a party
of friends. Capt. Duffy will probably re-
main here until he goes into training the
first of April.
A comical incident occurred at the matt
nee performance of Blue Jeans at the
Providence Opera House, Thursday, as the
"Risng sun Roarers," the brass band Of
the drama, marched playing upon the
stage a little girl of perhaps five years,
i'm the an 'cnce, leaned forward and lis
tened attentively till the selection ended
Wncn Slle Salu, MulhIEd, lnHl iHc DdIu
up TO Hope; | know il by the pieces and
the drum major man"
Thursday fornoon there drove into this
place an elderly man and woman, seated
in farmers wagon drawn by lop-eared.
trcmulous-lipped old white horse IL there
is any pathetic object i'm this pugnaceous
sphere, it is an old white horse; one of
them can look more detected and forlorn
than drove OF any other color. Over the
wagon seat was thrown "a faded bu ffalo
robe. and covering the laps of the occu-
pants Of the carriage was "a home-brewed
bed-auilt. The old horse plunked along,
and the driver and his companion said
nothing, but looked very solemn. The
team was stopped before shop door
where some men stood around. The old
said
" Has the mectin' bells rpng yit ?"
Haven't heard any," said one man,
while another asked
what church do you expect TO at
tendg"
Most any that's going to have meetin',"
said the old lady briskly.
IL was told the old compile that IL was
doubtful il there would he any service
during the day, rs the fashion had changed
i'm that respect some years since, in favor
Of no services i'm the churches on holidays.
Then the old lady took the ends Of her