The evening world., 1893-11-21
SISTERS TO WEO BROTHERS.
John Roach's Granddaughters Wi
Marry Msssrs. Seward.
Fashionable Weddings Tonight In
All Souls Church.

col William Seward wears a particu-
larly beatiiiC smile to-day, all on ac-
| count of an event that will he celebrated
at $50 this evening at All Souls Frotes-
tant Episcopal Church.
At tina hour the popular Colonel of
the Ninth Regiment will receive two
new daughters from the hand OF Rev.
DIR. George +. Glover, who will unite In
marriage the Misses Mary Anice Roach
ard Sarah Elizabeth Roach to William
seward, ir., and Edward Townsend
Seward. Suns Of Col. Seward.
The double wedding will be attended
by a host Of relatives and friends. The
two brides are tail and graceful girls, of
the aubUTn-hruncttc type, and both
the daughters of the late William Henry
Roach. and L~randdaughters of Mrs. John
Roach, of - East s!HtyieiEhtn stree,
young ladies are orphans, their mother
having died two years ago.
The brides will be given away by their
with the two bridegrooms and their
brother. George Schermerhorn Seward,
await the arrival of the bridal parties in
the front pew at All Souls.
The brides will wear gowns of point
d'esprit lace on white satin, made plain
and with %traids, The maid o. honor; Miss
lImeline Roach, a sister Of the bride
and the bridesmaids, Misses Louise Sew
ard, sister Of the bridegroom; Julie
Mersein, Lille Belts, of Newburg. and
Eta Miller, viii wear white satin gowns,
demi-trdin, and pink ribbons in the hair.
The bridal procession will be led up
tho aisle of the church by the ushers,
Walter Beverly Crane, Walter II. Miller.
O. y, :. Neiners, AdJutant OF the Ninth
Emmie Roach will follow, alone, and
after her the four bridesmaids in
couples.
gethcr and without escort. At the chan
eel rail they will be joined by the walt
ing b~ridegroOms. Miss Sarah will be
given away to William Seward, T. tirst'
John Roach will surrender his other
sister, Miss Mary Anice, to Edward
Townsend Seward.
wedding supper at the home of the brides
grandmother, Mrs. loan Roach, at which
scventy-tive relatives ana friends Will ST
down. After that the young couples viii
have selected has been a secret so closely
guarded that the inconsIderatc younger
brothers and sisters have not been able
TO find out, although they ere just yearn'
ing to put up a job on EN- as Mr
George Schermerhorn Seward says witt
great ~frankness,
for parts unknown ON a wedding journey
They Mil make New York their home.
William Seward. jr,, is t~wenty-siX year:
old. He is in business with has father
Edward r. Seward is twenty-three anc
engaged in the importation and eXporta
tion Of silks and teas in Wall street.
There will bee nan friends from Chcs
ter and Philadrlphia, where the Roacf
family formerly lived. OF late the bride:
have lived much at the family country
seat In Duchess County. They hay,
usually had "A house in town during tn
Winter season, but domicIlei ,acm
selves in apartments at 6 East Forty
seventh street this year.
The Stewards are related to Gen. VIII
lam II. Seward, of Auburn. son of Lin
coins Secretary of State, the ancestor:
of both having come to America from
Wales 200 hundred years ago. Col. Sew
ard has lived en- famillc at > Yves
Thirty-secOnd street. This double wed
ding will make the first break in tn,
family circle,