St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-11
-LONpON'S SWELL WEOOING
ENcLAh6S SECR:TA9Y or STATE
MHR8iES A LITERARY W0MAN
AT ST. GEORGES CHURCH.


The Bishop of Rochester Ties the
Knot Binding Henry Herbert
Asquith to Miss MarIot Ten.
nant-Ihe Notable People OF
Great Britain Pr 'sent-Cos-
tames of the Leading Ladies'.
LONDON, May l0.-Henry Herbert
ASquith. Q. e., NJ. P, secretary Of state
for tn. home department., was married
today at the fashionable st. GEORGES
church, Hanover square, this city. to
Miss Margot Tenant. the young lady
who is said to have suggested 10 the
author the titular character in E. F.
Benson's ''Dodo." and who was one Of
the origiuaturs of the somewhat mys.
ferrous social body known as "SOulS."
The ceremony was performed by the
Bishop of Rochester. assisted by Rev.
Canon Scott Holland, of st. Paul's
cathedral, and Rev. Charles Anderson.
rector of ST. Georges. The bride was
attended by eight bridesmaids. Fol-
lowing the precedent of Lady Abingdon,
who was Miss Leigh. all tue brides
maids were little children, and no, the
least interesting of them was MIR. Glad
stones favorile little granddaughter,
Dorothy Drew, and the Dridegroom's
daughter. The other bridesmaids were:
Hon. Barbara Lister, Miss j. Goruon
Duff and Miss +. Tenant, the brides
niece; Miss l.. Wooding, the bride
groom's niece: Miss White. Hon. Miss
Manners and Miss Horusr. Members
OF The government occupied reserved
seats, as did also strong representa-
tion OF
MEMBERS OF TIE OPPOSITION.
Among 1hose present were Lord
The Ri. Hon. A. j. Baifuur, A.,
-Ar.and. Sir Henry James. Henry Fow.
Ter, Lord Russell. of kilow; the RI.
Hui. Leonard Courtney. Arnold Morley,
Prof. Briee, Thomas Burt, NJ. p;
MIR. Shaw-Lefevre, Lord Acton. Her
bert Gladstone, the Rt. Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, Sir John Hilbert. Lord
Ribb!esdaie. the Marquis of Bath. the
Earl CT Pembroke, the Earl of Kimberly,
secretary OF state tor foreign affairs;
the Earl OF Coventry. Sidney Buxton,
the Portuguese minister, and
number of other members of the
ladies present may be described as
magnificent, especially in the case of
Mrs. Tenant, The mother of the bride:
Countess Spencer; Lady Hayler, Lady
Constance Shaw-Lefevre and Lady
Randolph Churchill. The best man
was Mr.. Demonstration, q. g., NJ. T..
The choir entered the nave from the
yes,ry and met the brides procession.
The bride as becomingly atilred i'll a
dress OF
RICH WHITE SATIN,
II mined With orange blossom and
Venetian pointlace. The brides father.
Sir Charles Tenant, conducted the
bride 10 the altar. The Hon. Charles
Lister. the seyrn-year-uid son of Lord
Ribblr sdale, acted as the brides page.
The bride did pot carry bouquet, but
Instead she had a prayer book in her
hand. The costumes Ut the brides
maids consisted OF pinafore dresses of
white, accordion, plated mater. al, with
chiffon b Is OF Leghorn straw. trimmed
with feathers and roses. Each of the
little bridesmaids wore Louis XVI,
brooch, tie gilt of the bridegroom. and
they each carried spray of roses.
L lie professional hymn was "Oh,
Perfect Love" Il he scene inside the
clulch WIS one of great richness, the
briiiiancy of the variety of color being
enhanced by the white floral decorations
or the edihce. When the service had
already opened. there was tulnultuous
cheer from the crowds in the streets
about the church. announcing the ar
rival of MIR. and Mrs. Gladstone. Both
MIR. and Mrs. Gladstone signed the reg
l>ter. There was general cheering as