The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-30
PLEDGED AT THE ALTAR.
Brilliant Wedding Of Mr.. T. NJ. Gun
ningham, JT., and Miss Lila
Woodbridge.


Christ Church the Scene Of an Event
Long to Be Remembered-The Cum
ninRham- VIZ odbridge Nuptials Cele-
brated in the Presence of a Throng
of Poople-The Church a Bower of
Flowers and Palms.
At $50 o'clock last night Christ Church
was brilliant with lights, and flowers, and
feathery palms, and pretty women in
dainty evening gowns-all in honor of the
marriage of Miss Lila Clifford Wood
bridge to Mr.. T. Mayhem Cunning
ham, Jr.
The chancel looked as if fairy fingers
had been at work, converting its bare and
severely religious aspect into bower of
beauty. And when the spaces between
the palms and flowers were filed with the
graceful forms of the pretty bridesmaids,
the whole made picture well worth see
ing
The church was crowded, nearly half
of the middle aisle being reserved for the
families of the bride and groom. While
one could admire the exquisite mingling
of harmonious colors in the different toll
cites, it would be impossible to describe
them in limited space.
The music was special feature of the
wedding. While the guests were arriv-
ing, Miss Coburn, the orPanist, played
Rubensteins Melodie in +, and de Koen's
80, Promise Me- And during the
ceremony, the soft, sweet notes of THE
Angels Serenade," with violin obliQato
by Mr.. Leon, fingered on the air, filling
one with sadness in spite of the joyful
occasiOn-the sadness that Jean Paul
says lies in all music, because it speaks
of things that in all our life we find not,
and never shall find
At the stroke of the half hour, the
organ pealed forth the wedding march
from Lohengrin, and the ushers, Messrs.
j. Randolph Anderson, Wylly Wood
bridge, Arthur Whitehead, John Cars
well, William Henry Schley, Will
lam Hartridge, c. A. L. Cunning
ham and Julian Hartridge, marched
up the side aisle, and took their position
in the back of the chancel just as the
bridesmaids, led by the maid of honor,
Miss Lima Woodbridge, entered from both
sides of the chancel, and walked down
the middle aisle, two by two, to meet the
bride.
AS they reached the ribbon, little Miss
Sarah Cunningham and Miss Bessie
Shotter stepped forward and held the
ribbons apart for the bridal party to pass
through, which they did, the bridesmaids,
still led by the maid of honor, coming first,
followed by tiny Miss Mildred Cunning
ham, sister of the bride, who was her
second maid of honor, and who i'm
mediately preceded the bride, who en-
tered leaning on the arm of her father,
Mr.. L. M. Cunningham. The groom and
his best man, Mr.. Richard Cunningham,
We're in the chancel waiting, and as the
bride approached the former stepped
forward and led her to the altar.
The little maid of honor, who wore
fascinating Kate Greenway gown of white
satin, occupied a most important position,
as she carried the ivory prayer book and
presented it to the rector, Mr.. White.
who, after reading the ceremony, from it,
gave it to the bride, Miss Mildred, in the
meanwhile, holding the BRIDES bouquet
and fan The bridesmaids were Miss
jamie Cunningham, Miss Virginia Gun
bingham, the Misses du Bignon, Miss
Thomas, Miss Kate Brigham, Miss Love,
from Chicago and Miss Cohen, from Au-
gusta, and were dressed in pink crepe
gowns, trimmed with white satin ribbon,
and carried white chryansthemums tied
with broad pink satin ribbon.
The bride wore beautiful gown of
| embroidered white silk, en- traIne,
| trimmed with magnificent round point
| lace, tulle veil, and the regulation wreath
| of orange blossoms, and carried a large
| bouquet of Niphetos buds. AS soon as
| the ceremony was over, the bride and
| groom led the way down the aisle to
the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, followed by the maid of honor
| and the best man, and after them the
bridesmaids and ushers.
Mrs. I. NJ. Cunningham, the mother of
| the bride, was dressed in superb black
MORE trimmed with white satin and Jet :;
Mrs. G. A. L. Cunningham, in a very
artistic lilac brocade; Mrs. c.. A. L. La
mar, long black silk; Mrs. Cunningham,
| grandmother of the groom, in handsome
| black satin; Mrs. f. G. duBignon, pink
satin and white lace; Mrs. II. G. Cunning
| ham, black velvet; Mrs Malone, pale
| blue trimmed with lilac; Mrs Huger
black lace trimmed with canary color
and Mrs. r. S. Anderson, black bengaline
silk trimmed with white chiffon and
| royal purple velvet.
| Immediately after the wedding there
! was reception at the home of MIR and
! Mrs. I. M. Cunningham on South Broad
/ street. The house was beautifully dec
! grated with trailing vines of bamboo and
| chrySanthemumS, and conspicuous on a
| table Just in front of large mirror was a
magnificent basket of orchids, roses and
| lilies of the valley, a present to the bride
| from Mr. and Mrs Richard Somers
| Hayes After the reception the bride and
! groom took the 9 o'clock train for the
! north. On their return they will reside
on State street, and it is a subject of con-
| graduation that so charming a girl is not
to be taken away from our city, as from
her childhood Miss Woodbridge has en-
deared herself to old and young, by
her beautiful manners, her graceful tact.
and her bright, happy disposition Mr..
T. M. Cunningham, Jr., is promising
young lawyer, being member of the firm
| of Lawton g. Cunningham, and has
already made quite name for himself.