The Washington times., 1894-09-26
Welded AMID GOLDEN ROD.
Miss Edith Nj. Little, Daughter OF the
Pastor OF Assembly's Church, United
to Dr. CharIes 1. BIS.

One OF the most exquisitely appointed we'd
dings Of the autumn season was That OF MISS
Edith Mitchell Little, daughter OF Rev. Dr George
o. Little, pastor of Assemblys Presbyterian
Church ,and DR. Charles Lincoln Bliss, OF Beirut,
Syria, VINO were united in marriage at Assem-
bly's Church last night al o'clock, the bride 5
father performing the ceremony.
Rev. Arthur NJ. Little, Ph. D., brother OF the
bride, played the wedding chorus from Lohen-
grin the bridal party entered the church. led
by twelve young ladies singing he chorus AS
they reached the front of the pulpit they formed
either side of the aisle. and with punches oil
golden rod formed an arch, under which the rest
OF the party passed. First came the ushers'
preceding the bride and her father, who were
followed by the maid of honor The groom and
his attendant met the party at the altar where
DR.. Little took his place as officiating clergy
man. Neber's grand march was played as
occasional
The bride was dressed in white satin, made en-
train, with pearl bodice, wore Bride roses and
carried bunch of the same tied with white
satin ribbon The maid of honor, Miss Alice w.
Griggs nj lvorytOn, Conn, wore golden crepe
and carried ouquet Of white carnations, tied
with orange ribbon.
Sylvester ; Bliss OF New York city, brother OF
the groom. acted as groomsman- The twelve
young ladies who sang the chorus were Misses
NJ nnie and Flos.ie Keene Ella Lyman, y ena
Wells, Nellie stetson, Blanche Campbell, Stella
Tucker, Nellie Brown, Lou McEllresh, and Ella
Jennie and Gertrude Davis. They were dressed
in white IN golden ribbons, and carried large
punches OF golden rcd The ushcrs were orton
NJ Little OF Duluth, MINI, brother OF the bride;
f. Il Schaunier, Of Cleveland, Ohio; DR.. r ".
Hastings, of Boston; Joseph q. Histings, Of
Warren. Mass j. {. Bucher, of Princeton Uni
versty, and W. Irving Campbell, of ashington.
The church was handsomely decorated with
palms and golden rod, and the church parlors
were almost banked in with the same brilliant
flowers.
After the ceremony the young couple received
several hundreds of their friends in the rooms
below, where congratulations and good wishes
were sbowered upon them Refreshments were
served 10 all who wished. and shortly alter
o'clock the bridal party, twenty-five in number,
sat down TO tho wedding supper. The room
was Lit with wax lights with golden shades, and
the table decorations were all of yellow.
Several hundred presents we're r ceived by
Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss, but they had all been packed
up and shipped away, so were not on exhibition
Among them, however, was a solid silver
service, consisting Of berry dish, cream pitcher
sugar bowl and tongs, presented by the officers
OF Assembly S Church The trustees of the col
lege at Beirut gave check for S3UO ana other
large sums of money came from many friends
of both the contracting parties.
Mr. and Mrs Bliss lett last night at 1l:30 for
New York, and will sail on the Paris for Europe
a II clock this morning They will proceed at
once TO Beirut The groom, Dir Charles Lin
coin 81 SIS, occupies the chair of anatomy in the
Protestant College at Beirut lie is a naive
of West Springfield, Mass, and is d son of Rev.
DR.. Isaac Bliss, who was for forty years a mis-
sionary at Constantinople.
Among those present We're Dr. and Mrs Byron
Sunderland, Rev. j. l. French, Mr. and MIS-. o.
B. brown, Mr. and Mrs Charles Lyman, Mr. and
Mrs l. holtzlauder, Mr. and Mrs Thomas p
King, Mr.. and Mrs. /. C. Williamson, Mr. and
Mrs j. II. Purdy, George Provost, =. q. NJ. Pro-
vost, l. A. Whitaker, Mr.. and Mrs A. l.. Sturte-
want, Mr. and Mrs c. l. Sturtevant, Gen and
Mrs Ellis Spear, Mr.. and Mrs T. T. Keene, J. c.
Strout, Judge and Mrs l. G. kimball and their
daughters, Warren Young, Mr.. and Mrs W. NJ.
Boyd, Mr. and Mrs j. ~ Foster, Mr. and Mrs
]. w. Beatty, Misses Norma, Sarah and Louise
Began, Nr. and Mrs f. II. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs
G. B. CIittenden, Mr.. and Mrs X. A. Clum, Mr..
and Mrs F. p Davis, Mrs. NJ. s. Delano, Mr. and
Mrs. C. B Dicky. Mr. and Mrs. G. f. Dunster, Mr.
and Mrs NJ. Freeman,Mr and Mrs. j f. n ingalls,,
Mrs anna Just, Miss Jennie Kimball, Mrs Mary
Lamson, Mr.. and Mrs II. W. Lease, Mrs. Cora
Lord, Mr. and Mrs W s. Macarthur, Mr. and
Mrs. A. NJ McBath, Mrs. NJ. c. Rice, Mrs arab
L. Shane, Miss Nellie Skidmore, Mrs. NJ r. Stet-
son, Mrs. Elvina Stockton, Mrs. A. NJ Swayne,
Mr. and Mrs W. a. Tyler, Mrs E c. Van Week,
Mrs. Emma Wells, Mrs A. Z Whitaker, Mr.. and
Mrs F. l. Willis, Mr.. and Mrs Harry Wykoff,
Mr. and Mrs Jethro Mitchell, and Mrs. E. E.
Dwight, of Toledo Ohio.
Mr. Aloysius Poore and Miss Anna Dorsey
were married yesterday afternoon at clock
at Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown. After
the wedding the bridal couple left for North
ern trip
Mr. Leonard Armstrong Bradley and Miss
Elizabeth T. II. Bootes will be married this
evening in the rectory of St. Aloysius' Church at
o'clock.