The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-30
HATTIE BLAINEs WEDDING.
1t Will Take Place in Washington
Today. Ys

A Description of the Wedding Dress-Some
of the Elegant Gifts the Bride Will
Guest.
Today will mark the wedding OF Miss
Hattie Blaine, daughter of the late Hon.
James ca Blaine. and Hon. Truxton
Beale, at the family mansion in Wash
ington. The wedding will bring togeth-
er all the intimate friends of the bride
and groom and their families. Every
thing seems to be Transporting to make
the event one of the happiest which has
ever taken taken place in the household
of the bride. She has received almost
as many presents as are usually show
cred on royalty, and of quite as elabo-
rate a character. She has received pres
ents from people she has never seen her
self, but who were friends and admirers
of her father Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps
present is set of eight solid silver can
delabra, made after most elaborate
antique pattern. Mr.. and:Mrs. How
land have given her a silver-mounted
travelling bag, and from Mr.. Coolidge OF
OF Boston she has received diam ond
butterfly, of great value. There is blue
enamelled watch from her future sister
in-law, Mrs. John r. Mclean, set with
sapphires and diamonds; tiara, from
Mrs. Hit, of meralds. pearls and dla-
monds and large diamond star from
the bridegroom's mother. Among the
glittering collection there are several
simple gifts from old neighbors OF the
family in Augusta, and all are equally
treasured.
The invitations to the wedding cerem-
ony are entirely verbal, Miss Blaine
asking her particular friends, as she
meets them from day to day, and the
groom doing the same with his. Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartoris has been invited
by Mrs. Blaine with a few other especial
ly distinguished people, and chiefly
among those who came to the house
during the lifetime of MIR. Blaine. To-
day, the drawing room where the cerem-
ony will take place, will be decked with
white lilac, because it is the favorlte
spring flower of the bride, and roses be-
cause no bridal scene could be complete
without them.
The wedding dress has come from New
York. 1t is rather simply and girllshly
made, of heavy white corded silk. The
bodice is high-necked and has soft col
lar of silk. A bertha effect of deep
Duchesse lace, with the ends crossing in
front, below the waist line, has one side
caught with rosette of chiffon and the
other ny bunch of orange blossoms
Down the sides of the skirt are festooned
fiounces of the lace. These superb Ouch
esse flounces are the gift of the BRIDES
aunt, Miss Abigail Dodge. The wedding
will be just as simple and devoid OF dis
play as possible to make it. The bride
will have no attendants, although the
babies of the family Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Damrosch's two-year-old daughter,
Mrs. Emmons Blaine's four-year-old son.
and the Two Coppinger boys, will add
picturesque touch to the family gath
ering. All the family will lay aside
their mourning for the occasion, and the
bride will practically lay off hers en-
tirely, as her going-away gown and her
other gowns in her trosseau are in
mauves, greys and white.
The wedding journey will be to the
country place of Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps,
on the Hudson, and later Mr.. and Mrs.
Beale will go to California.