Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07

Misses Mamie and Phyllis Langhorne
with chiffon finish, and they will wear
white Gainesborough hats with white
ostrich feathers, and carry bouquets of
yellow chrysanthemums. The brides
maids costumes will be yellow taffeta
with chiffon waists and black Gaines
Borough hats and bouquets Of yellow
chrysanthemums. The groom and his
attendants will wear frock coats. pearl
gray gloves, white ties and bouton-
nieres of lilies of-the-valley.
Langdon Gibson, brother to the
groom, will act as best man. Richard
Harding Davis, Robert Howard Rus
sell. Juan Smith, Thomas McIlwaine
and Thomas Hastings, of New York
AlgernOn Craven, of London, England
Harry Langhorne, John T. Anderson
be the ushers.
The bridesmaids will be Misses May
Jones, Ellen Hobson, Bessie Martin,
Alys Conally, of Richmond; Misses
Sara Pemberton, of Philadelphia, and
Elizabeth Gibson, of New York, sister
of the groom.
The bridal souvenirs will be pearl
crescent pins to the bridesmaids and
pearl and gold horseshoe scarfpins to
the groomsmen. The brides gown
will be rich ivory satin en- train, with
high corsage of chiffon and satin
sleeves, the shoulders and sleeves being
gracefully festooned in Renaissance
lace of exquisite pattern. A cluster of
orange blossoms will adorn the left
shoulder. A tulle veil will be. fastened
to the head by a crescent Of diamonds
and her bouquet will be lilies-of-the-
valley and violets.
A wedding breakfast will be served
at the home of the brides parents on
Grace street. A company of one hun
dred guests will be seated, the bridal
party occupying circular table in the
will be palms, maidenhair ferns and
white chrysanthemums.
The young couple will sail on the
23d of November on the steamship Co
lumbia for Gibraltar and Egypt, a tour
of the Mediterranean, to Rome, Paris
and finally, about the LIST of March, to
London, where they will spend the
season, and return to New York in the
autumn.
Mr.. Gibsons fame as an illustrator
is widely known. His satire is keen
and his work wonderfully successful
and popular. He has drawn the true
American girl and the true American
wife He is the Du Maurier of Amer
lea. In his veins flows the blood of
the DeWolf, Levitt, Cuttings, Marston
and other New York families Of social
prominence, and Miss Langhorne rep
resents the old Virginia names of
Dabney, Lewis, Price, Walker, Keene
and many others. Everybody who
reads the high-class periodicals is
familiar with Gibson's name stuck
away in the corner of a picture here
and there. He has lavished most Of
his talent on the portraiture of the
American girl. So much life and
beauty has he put into his pictures
that his artist friends have thought
that somewhere in his life has been a
romance of which the heroine fur
nished him the superb bust and lovely
face which he has put into print
ed pages. There was consequently a
great demand for the lady's photo
graph when Gibson announced his en-
gagement. Great was the surprise
when they found that the lady chosen
for his bride was, although beautiful as
a poets dream, in no respect like the
crayoned creature of his fancy. Her
face has none of the peculiar Gibson
esque attractiveness. 1t is like Tenny-
sons conception of Maude. 'icily regu-
lar full of suggestions of high breed
ing and lofty ideals, and breathing a