The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-04
GRUBB--SOPWITH.
The International Wedding a Social
Sensation in London.

LONDON, Nov. 8, 1S91.-General E.
Burd Grub, Minister of the United
States to Spain, and Miss Violet Sop
with, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Sop.
with of Lismore, Scotland, one of the
land, were married today. The cere-
mony took place in st. Stephens, South
KenSington. @pa
The Rev. j. P. Waldo, vicar of St.
Stephens, assisted by the Rev. John
Coulson, uncle of the bride, and the Rev.
Thomas Lane Bridges, cousin of the
bride, ofliciated at the wedding cere-
monies. The best man WAS Mr.. j. q.
Groome, the polo expert, and the brides
maias were the six sisters OF the bride
Misses Rosamond, Lillian. Daisy, Ger
trude, Olive and Irls-Miss Madge
Mestiter, a cousin Of the bride, and Miss
Edie Grubb, the daughter of the BRIDE
groom by a former marriage.
1t was, SO far as the ladies' dresses were
concerned, a white aud pink wedding, all
the tollettes being made by court milf
ners, Mines. RizouI. Higginson and Pic
ton. Tine bride wore soft white silk. with
point lace draperies caught up with
orange blossoms and lace butrerfi, eS. The
bridesmaids were dressed in rose pink
silk, with sashes from shoulder to Shout
der and lace wells arranged with dia-
monds.
Al half past two p. m. the clergy. ac-
companied by the choir singing, 1.-The
Voice That Breatned in Eden" went i'll
procession to the entrance OF the church,
where they received the bride leaning on
the arm of her father, and then preceded
her to the chancel followed by her brides
maids. At the gate of the chancel, over
which two palms formed an arcn, they
found the General with his best man
waiting.
The bride smiled as she met her in
tended aud had some pleasant words for
the friends around her. The choral SER
vice then began, consisting of hymus,
chants, etc. The marriage ceremony was
then performed by the rector, the father
giving the bride ava
During the information of the Deus
mfseratur the couple proceeded to the
altar, where the ceremony Mas COM
pleted. Their responses were audible
throughout tns church. At the close
they djourned 70 the vestry, accom-
panied by the nearest relatives, and
signed the register. A procession vas
then formed down the aisle aud escorted
the newly married pair to the door to
the music of tue march i'll ''Lohengrin"
from the organ.
The six Philadelphia troopers who acted
as ushers wore the uniform of the City
Troop-white, scarlet and silver. with
high ~jackboots aud silver helmets, sur
mounted by bearskin crests. The troop
ers were the object of mucn attention II
excited considerable comment of "a ~flatter-
ing nature.
After the wedding ceremonies the new
ly married pair left London for the South
Coast, en- route for the continent, and this
evening a most brilliant and well attended
reception, at which nearly all of the
guests mentioned were present., was held
at NJ. so Cromwell road, the town resi-
deuce of the brides father.
There were many distinguished guests
at the wedding. and kilograms of con-
or tuiations were received by the BRIDE
groom from President Benjamin Harri-
sou, Vice President Levi P. Morton, MIR.
James &. Blaine. Secretary of State of
the United States, and from all the United
States ministers in Europe.