Evening star., 1895-04-16
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Welded Amid flowers, Finery and
Friends.
Miss Mayo and Mr.. EIversOn, jr., Miss
Fendnn and Mr.. Wendell, Miss Cox
and Mr.. Whiting Married Today.


| quirer, by the Rev. DIR. Arthur Brooks, at
| the Church of the Incarnation. Col. Elver-
| son was attended by his best man, Mr..
| Lemuel Coffin Altemus of Philadelphia
The ushers were Mr.. c. Emory McAIichael,
| manager of the Philadelphia North Amer
| fcan; Edward w. Osborne, publisher
of the Cleveland Press, and Mr.. ]. Ambrose
| Butler, publisher Of the Buffalo Evening
| News There were no bridesmaids, but
Miss Mayo was attended by her sister, Miss
Deronda Mayo. as maid of honor. The cer-
| emony was after the usual Episcopal ritual
Miss Mayo was one Of the most beautiful
| brides Of the season. She wore an ivory
| white satin gown, en- train, eIaborately
| trimmed with point lace high neck and
| long sleeves. The bodice was full in 'front.'
| trimmed with strings of pearls. From the
| bodice long festoons of lace hung over the
skirt. The VEIL edged with point lace, fell
| back to the extreme end of the train. Miss
| Deronda Mayo wore gown of blue mousse
| line de sole over white silk skirt. The
| bride carried a large bouquet Of Easter
| lilies. The wedding party marched up the
| aisle to the wedding march from "Lohen-
| grim" and filed out to Mendelssohn's We'd
| ding March.
There were present large number Of the
| friends Of the contracting parties, includ-
| ing large delegation from Philadelphia.
| Mr.. Charles H Heustis, editor of the In
| quirer, and the prominent members Of the
editorial staff and business department Of
| Mr.. Elverson's newspaper.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast
was served at the Waldorf for the bridal
party. After a short tour the young couple
| will settle down to housekeeping at the res
idence the groom has fitted up on South
| 21st street, Philadelphia
Miss Mayo is well known for her remark
| able beauty and her unusually rich voice.
which has been trained by the best mast
erS. She Is q great social favorite in both
| New York and Philadelphia society.
Col. Elverson is one Of the youngest
newspaper managers In the country. He Is
| in the business control of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, which Is owned by his father. He
| is a prominent member of the American
Publishers Association, and is considered
| one of the brightest newspaper men in
America. He is a member of the staff of
| Gov. Hastings, a member of the Union
League and Clover Clubs of Philadelphia
and of several leading clubs in New York
and Washington.
| St. Johns Church was thronged at noon
today by the friends assembled to witness
| the marriage of Miss Marian Fendall,
| daughter Of the late Maj. Philip r. Fen
| dali. U. S. marine corps, to Mr.. Jacob Wen
| DELL jr.. of New York city. The chancel
| with palms and Easter flowers-lilies, jon
quils and narcissus. The ushers were Nor
| ton c. Nichols, George Blagden,jr, Rufus
| McDuffie, Arthur B. Nichols. Lloyd Mckim
Garrison and Charles ID. Wetmore of New
York city; Matthew Luce, jr., of Boston.
and Walter D. Davidge of this city. They
were kept busy until the arrival of the
bridal party in seating the guests. When
the bridal procession pasesd up the aisle to
the chancel it was headed by the ushers,
who were followed by the bridesmaids
walking in single file. Miss Gertrude Tired
| lex was first, followed by Miss Mary Ar
thur Fendall, both being cousins Of the
bride. Then came Miss Louise Kellogg of
Wflliamstown. Mass, Miss Kittie Taylor of
New York. Miss Mary Magrudec Of Annapo-
lis. and Miss Maud Davidge. Last of all
came the bride, escorted by her uncle, Mr..
Titus Salter Tredick Of Portsmouth, N. H.
AT the chancel gate they were met by the
groom and his best man, Mr.. Evert Jansen
Wendell of New York. who is his brother.
The betrothal service took place al the
gate, DR.. Mackay-Smith officiating, ard af-
ter the bridal party was grouped about the
altar Rev. Mr. Southgete of Annapolis,
Nd, finished the impressive service.
The bride was superbly gowned in white
satin. the skirt was entirely PLAIN and the
high-necked bodice girlishly trimmed in
chiffon and point lace. A yoke effect of The
gathered chiffon was outlined by deep fall
of point lace. which was continued over the
shoulders and stood out stifiiy on the high
puffed sleeves. A garland of orange bios
SONS crossed the shoulders. A diamond
star brooch was worn and the tulle veil
was held to the hair under gold band, on
which glittered in the front two diamond
mercury wings. These latter were the gift
Of the groom and the other ornaments
were family jewels. Her bouquet was Of
white vioets and lilies of the valley
The bridesmaids gowns were most ef-
fective. the first two were in pink and
White, the next two In green and white and
the third couple wore yellow and white.
The material Of their gowns was white silk
striped in satin of either of these colors.
The bodices were of plain satin, over which
were the daintiest blouse effects of tucked
white null. striped with narrow Valen-
ciennes lace. tabs of which also fell over
the puffed striped satin sleeves. Their hats
were of white Neapolitan straw, trimmed
with white ostrich tips and flowers to
hoi
brooches, the gift of the bride. They wore
wreaths of white enamel leaves, glstening
with pearls and diamonds. Their bouquets
were great punches Of white lilac. The
groom gave all the men of the bridal party
gold scarf pins in the shape of wedding
bell, which they wore Mr. Robert At
kinson of Boston. an intimate friend of
the groom, presided at the organ, playing
the Lohengrin and MendelsSohn marches
with soft-toned symphonies of his own
composition during the service and after
the bridal party had passed out of the
church A wedding breakfast followed at
the residence of the brides aunt, Miss
Mary Lee Fendall. 1919 New Hampshire
avenue. which was attended by the relatives
of the couple and the intimate friends of
the bride. The newly married coul lie re-
ceived the congratulations of the COM
panS standing in bower Of green ar
ranged in the bay window. From an, arch
of green hung curtains of asparagus, loop
ed back with punches of Easer lilies.
In the center hung wedding bell of
and a clapper Of violets. The brides pres
ents, in number about $50, superb. They
covered q large chamber on the second
floor, and consisted of silver, cut glass,
jewelry, pieces of inlaid and antique fur
niture, pictures, etc, each article among
the most valuable Of its kind. The brides
maids cake was a pretty feature of the
refreshment table, and had in it ring a
coin and thimble. There were also boxes
of wedding cake for the guests to carry
home. During the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Wendell left for New York, the bride wear
Ing stylish brown travelling dress. They
will sail for spain on May 4. and spend the
summer travelling in Europe. number of
relatives of the couple from Philadelphia,
New York and Boston were present at the
marriage.
At st. Pauis Church at / o'clock an as
semblage of friends was present at the i'm
pressive service which united Miss Frances
Cox and Mr.. Eben Eveleth Whiting The
chancel was brilliantly illuminated by the
lighted tapers, and jonquils filled the vases
On the altar. which. combined with the
pretty Easter decorations made a pleasing
effect. The ushers were James ColwelI.
James Emory, Lewis Finney and Dr. Sterl-
{np Ruffin Rev DIR HARDING