The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-09
Marrying a Prince.
From the Lady's Plctorlal.]

A FrancO-Amerlcdn marriage that has been much talked about recently in fashionable circles, that of Miss Der tha Sperry of Stockton, Cal, to Prince Andre Poniatowski, was solemnized doubly this morning at the Roman Catholic church of St. Pierre de Chaillot toward noon, and at o'clock at the American church in the Avenue de rAlma. Miss Sperry is younger sister of Mrs. W. H. Crocker, whose husband is wealthy banker of San Francisco, while the bridegroom is the youngest son of Prince Poniatowski, luminary of the rapid world during the halcyon days of the Second Empire. Prince Andre went out to California some years ago, where he has been engaged in sundry enterprises, and where he made the acquaintance of Miss Sperry, now Princess Poniatowski. There is an- other Princess Poniatowski, who lives in Paris. She is the sister of the groom, and her Christian name is Catherine; but this lady was not present at the wedding ceremony. Miss Sperry was conducted to the alter by her mother, Mrs. Sperry, who gave her daughter away. The bride is handsome, is tall, dark, and has large brown eyes, and her l,1 k1,1 Nryir1 I1a wore a very long trained robe of ivory satin, trimmed deeply around the front and sides with rare lace. The train was enframed by a bouillonne of chiffon set upon the edge. The corsage, trimmed lightly with chiffon and lace, had broad epaulets of the latter trimming, cover ing the shoulders and tops of the volum- inous sleeves. A little orange blossom, placed here and there at the neck and | waist, and figuring in a narrow wreath upon the dark hair beneath a long veil of tulle, completed the bridal attire. Mrs Sperry wore handsome gown of steel-gray brocade, trimmed with beau- tiful lace upon the bodice. She carried | a dark sable cape upon her arm, and wore small jet bonnet, trimmed very prettily with violets, centred by high, black aigrette.
 Mrs. Crocker was gowned in an ele- gant dress of cautiously quaint shade of vieux rose velvet, slashed upon the | corsage and sleeves with ivory satin, | yelled with lace, each point outlined with a narrow row of dark fur. Her bonnet was a delicious combination of rose velvet, gold embroidery, mauve flowers and black aigrette, very chic and extremely becoming. The church was full, but not overcrowded, and here and there I noticed some handsome dresses. Mrs. Stewart Taylor wore golden brown velvet, henmed with deep brown fur, the corsage having front of some pretty cream material and lace. She wore double pelerine of sealskin, and a dainty bonnet trimmed with black feathers. A friend of the above named lady wore a princess gown of jade-green velvet, the skirt untrimmed, while the corsage had a picture collar and epaulets of ivory-satin, embroid- cred with spangles and edged with sa- ble-a most costly and handsome com
 bination. I am sorry to say have completely forgotten what the accom- panying bonnet was like. Miss Susan Whfttier-who will change her name
 to that of Princess Belosselsky de Bel
 oserk at the end of this nnonth-was
 charmingly costumed in a tailor gown
 of navy serge, opening over g pale blue
 silken blouse, the revers of the bolero
 being faced with black satin. Her hat
 was of the new soup-plate shape
 trimmed upon the front with a gigantic
 bow of black velvet, passed through 9
 double ring of cut steel, and at the
 back under the brim with two small
 clumps of white and rauve flowers
 Mime. Thouvenel looked extremely vel
 in a skirt of corncuckle blue satin, em.
 hroidered with deep blue spangles. and
 a corsage of similar cplored cloth, open
 ing over vest of cItron and white lace
 Her bonnet was q pretty arrangemen'
 of violcts, with white Mce and Magyal I aigrette. Miss Sibyl Eanderson, wht
 came with her mother, wore 2 skirt q
 black diamantfne, and " boleru .
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