Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-15
A NIGHT OF WEDDINGS.

Amateur Performances Of an operetta
| Dedication OF an Italian Church-A
German at the Concordia Club-Society
Gossip.
A LARGE number of Pittsburgers were in
attendance at the wedding OF Miss Elizabeth
| Copenhaver, of Washington, ID. e, 10 MY.
| William Ralston Crabbe, one of the faculty
OF the shadyside Academy, very popular
Pittsburger. The ceremony was announced
TO take place IN Washington, D. c., at 1880 p
NJ, yesterday, in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. Mr.. and Mrs. CrnbDe
arc TO be "at home" Tuesdays, Rtter Jsnu-
airy 8, at Anderson avenue, East End, Pitts
Durg The bride is highly cultured young
lady, and is retarded rs one o: the most de-
slraDle members of the literary and tray'
eled set in the Capital.
The first wedding to take place in the
new First Presbyterian Church. Allegheny,
was celebrated last night. 1t was that OF
Miss Leila Ada Boardman, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. JameE L. Boardman, and Mr. Will
lam B. Sawyer, of New York. This was yel-
low and white Wedding, chrysanthemums OF
those hues being used in the church decora-
tions and at the house, where the reception
was held after the church service. Although
the Presbyterian wedding service is rather
plain. the bridal party was so brilliant
as to make the whole ceremony
seem SO in sympathy. Little Sadie Board
man, little tot witE brown eyes
and dark fluffy hair ore a white frock,
daintfly set of with pink flowers, ana car
rfed big armful of flowers to strew in the
| path OF her sister, the bride. 1t was n very
pretty feature OF the ceremony, The bridal
| gown was OF white silk, while large white
| veil hung gracefully over the costume. Her
| mnid of honor was her sister Miss Ida,
| who wore yellow crepe gown, and carried
rha111
| were Miss Maze Templeton. who was in
| cream crepe de chine, and Miss
Care Caroline re- Hogan in Tf Thite silk The
son, and the ushers were Mr. John
Ingham, Mr.. George W. C. Johnston, Mr.
John Davies, Mr.. Harry G. Strouss Mr.. Will
| White and Mr.. George Hutchinson. Mrs.
Boardman, the mother of the bride, who is Il
| remarkably handsome and cultured woman,
! wore black satin trimmed with crepe OF a
delicate hue. with gloves TO match. Mrs.
| Anna Boardman, the brides aunt, was
| atttred in black silk, trimmed with hello
trope lace. Mrs. Walter Lindsay was cos
tuned in q cream silk. Mrs. DR.. J. G.
| Templeton, black satin and duchesse lace.
Mrs. Rev. Irons, brocaded hello
trope silk; Mrs. Robert s. Smith, black and
| old rose silk, set or with heavy jeG lace;
| Miss Marie Strouss. lavender crepe. All
| the gowns were made in the pretty evening
style, and the tout ensemble was essentially
| brilliant. Rev. David S. Kennedy performed
the marriage ceremony. The "Wedding
D.
| Myrtle Connor while the bridal party was
| on its way to the altar. and 'Lohengrin"
after the ceremony. After the wedding trip
| ME- and Mrs. Sawyer Will reside in Brook
| lyn, n. Y.
THE charming operetta, "The Doctor of
Alcantara," is to be given after the holi-
| days, by Miss Lizzie Malady and her pupils,
| for the benefit of the Rosalia Founding
Hospital, Cliff street. The cast for the
operetta has been chosen as follows: DR..
PardceLSus, DR.. Frank Murto; Don Pom, oso,
Mr.. Brennan; Senior Bdlh1say, Mr.. Joe Sheri-
| dan; Don Carlos, Mr. Meldon: Sdncho, Mr..
! Kennedy; Donna LucreziO, Miss zze Hall;
!,o6eIto, Miss Jennie Childs; Inez, Miss
puSs OF fhs eTeeTt Ga M BreH
nan and DR.. Murto. they having kindly
| volunteered their services.
THE new italian R. G. Church on Webs
ter avenue will be dedicated next Sunday
afternoon. 1t is the first Italian church to
be built in Pittsbury. The services will be
very impressive, the choral portion being
| unusually brilliant. Among those who will
sing are Miss Jennie ChiIds, Miss Lille
| Redrick. Miss Fitzgerald, Miss Lytle. Miss
| Ward, Miss Katie sheridan, Miss Lizzie Hall,
Miss Jessie Flecker, Miss Jennie McKeIvy,
| Mr.. Frank Meldon, Mr.. Robert Shaw, Mr..
Rineman, Mr. Mitchell, MI. Eckelson. etc.
THERE was a brilliant german at the
| Concordia Club last evening. 1t was the
| opening event of the kind of the season at
| the club, and was attended by the elite of
Hebrew society in numbers that quite filed
the large and handsome building. The
decorations were magnificent, and tie
toilettes OF the ladies ere simply wonders
of the modiste's art. -..
A VERY pretty wedding took place in
Allegheny last night. The bride was one OF
the most attractive of the season--a bru-
nette, whose rosy cheeks harmonized beau
tifully with the rich dark hair and dancing
brown eyes that are the distinguishing
| features OF the young girl. She was Miss
| BERTHE Katharine Shre;ner, daughter of Mr.
| John Schreiner, of Locust street,
| Allegheny, where the ceremony was
performed. The groom was q successful
young business man, of Wellsville, o..
Mr.. William G. Stevenson. The house was
decorated with palms and yellow and white
carnations, the air being heavy with the
searching but delicate fragrance OF these
fayorite blossoms. The bride wore n gown
Cf rich white corded silk, trimmed with
duchesse lace and veiled with several yards
of tulle. fastened to her coiffure with dla-
mond brooch, which, with q pendant and
ring, were the gift of the groom. She car
ried large bunch of white violets. Her at
tendants were Miss Ida and Miss Emma, her
SISTERS, VINO were attlreu IN yelloW crepe ue
chine, made In the Josephine mode. The
groom was attended by Charles McDon-
ough, of WeIlsville, and Clarence Maylone
both of whom acted the part OF best men.
This was u slight departure from the con-
ventional thing, but the bride and groom
preferred to wander from the beaten track
In the details of their wedding where they
could. Rev. j. G. Kennedy, of Welsville,
performed the ceremony. After the
vices there was n reception to the relatives
and close friends of the two families, and at
midnight the couple lott for trip of six
weeks through the West, which will end at
their future home in Wellsville
ME-. JOHN W. BEATTY delivered an in
teresting lecture on Irrespective" before
the pupils of the Pittsburg Art School yes
terday.