Evening journal., 1893-06-01


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Wedding.
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The month of roses comes at last, and |
Hymen is ringing in a crop of weddings. |
Brides and bridesmaids, frocks and |
howers are now uppermost in the minds |
Of those invited to take part in the |
festive affairs There have been a num- /
Der of very pretty weddings throughout |
April and May but the really fashion |
abe weddings are to come this month /
'and the stock of best men, ushers. par
sons and churches will be taxed to the |
uttermost.
A wedding much talked about among
the newspapers as one Of the most nota
bic is that Of Miss Mabel Lloyd Fisher of
Dover, granddaughter of Honorable
George P. Fisher ex justice of the Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia
TO Henry Ridgely, Jr. grandson Of eX
United States Senator Ridgely, also Of
Dover, which took place in Christ
Church, in that town, to day.
An unique wedding will be lone which
is to be solemnized farther down the
state in about two weeks.
The bride elect is an extremely pretty
giil--a brown beauty land il is said her
gown is a marvel of taste and elegance 4
The ceremony is to be performed at
o'clock in the morning, and an hour
before the time set for the ceremony,
there will be a special service during
which the wedding ring will be blessed
by the rector. After the wedding
breakfast the bride and groom will 90
on a trip West The groom is rising
young lawyer from a city in bordering
state.
There will be strawberry festivals
galore thr Jughout the city this evening.
They are a favOrite form of entertain
msnt with the Wilmington people, and
not undeservedly So for the pretty girls
in their pretty frocks and smart little
aprons, fitting about with dishes of the
crimson fruit and ices among the we'll
dressed throngs, make as pleasant a
scene as one would wish TO see.
The festivals will be as follows:
Eden Hall, Tenth street above Orange .......
Christian Endeavor Society of 81 Paurs NJ.
n. Church.
New Second Baptist Church, Ninth and
Young women of the church
Second Baptist Church, Fourth and French
streets,.......l y Oung women OF the church.
Presby teran Chapel, Elsmere .....
..... Young women OF the church
Pencader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow. .....
..-" Young women of the church
The choirs of the different Episcopal
churches of this city. will meet in st.
Andrews church on Friday evening at
S o'clock
The purpose Of the meeting is to re
hearse music, to be rendered at the pre-
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on Tuesday evening next, in that church.
The women of Kingswood NJ. E.
Church will hold festival, beginning
this evening and continuing this week.
This viii be the last entertainment
before commencing the plastering Of the
auditorium.
Miss Maria Breatley, Of Philadelphia,
is the guest Of Miss Nellie Robb on
GDpin avenue.
Howard Pyle, the artist, has taken
possession Of Delamore, the Bayard
homestead, where he will live during the
absence of the ambassador to the Court
of st. James, who will sail for England
on Saturday
Chief Justice Lore and family have
removed to their country residence near
Bellevue.
Wilmingtonans 10 Gotham are E.
Cars, at the Broadway Central Hotel j.
B Clarkson Hoffman House; l.. p.
Mitchell, Hotel Savoy.
benjamin Biggs Smith and Baldwin
Springer win address the pupils of Wal
..t
Cuba, Christiana hundred this after
neon.
Miss Lille Hackett will start to dal
for Long Branch, where she viii remaii
for the summer.
Miss Mary McHugh is visiting friend
in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Hess of Fair Hill
Nd, were guests of their daughter, Mrs
Benjamin D. Bowen, on West street, las
evening. To-day they went to Yves
Chester, Pa, to see fast horse, belong
ing to their son. Heister Hess, th
Elkton, Nd, lawyer, trot in the race
there.
The young women Of Pencader Presby
terian Church at Glasgow, Pencader huT
dred, will hold strawberry and ic
cream festival this and TO morrow ever
ings.
Miss Mary E sharpess and Charles
Reed, both of this city, we're marie
last evening by Rev. John ID g. Ham.
at Asbury NJ. +. parsonage, No. 22
Walnut street.
On Monday. john X. Temple, OF nes
Brandywme Springs, WIS 90 years of ag
On that day there was a reunion at h
home Of children and grandchildren.
W. d. Bishop and G. L. Peary, whee
men of Newark, were guests of We
Chester friends on Decoration Day.
Herbert Mullin, of this city has r,
turned from visit TO West Chester.
Miss Laura Woodward, of We