The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-17
MISS BUSCH.
MARRIED TO A PROMINENT GER
MAN YESTERDAY.
Scenes of SpIendor which Cost the
Wealthy Brewer at Least One
Hundred Thousand Dollars.

OI. LOO10s Dec 10.-Au 1uISIud-
tional event. the most notable of its
kind socially that has ever taken
place in St. Louis, was celebrated at
o'clock this evening at the Church
Of the Messiah. corner OF Garr1SE
avenue and Locust street. 1t was the
marriage of Miss Clara Hazel Busch.
daughter of Adolphus Busch. the
brewer. and Paul Won Gontard, q
prominent citizen of Germany. The
beauty of the bride, the wealth of her
father. the station of the groom ard
the magnifcence Of the wedding ar
rangements made the affair one to be
remembered.
ahortly before Z O'clock the bridal
party arrived at the church in car
riages. They entered the sacred edi-
flee and proceeded up the aisle to the
strains of the r~edding march from
Lohengrin. The bridal procession was
headed by four ushers. Following
them came the groomsmen, Messrs.
Edward Pretorius. jr., Edward Faust,
Henry Koehler. jr., Charles G. Ortiz
vein. Henry Conrade and Fred Ortiz
VEIN Next came two little nephews
of the bride. Masters Adolphus and
Edward Magnus, Miss Lillian BuseG
sister. and Miss Lilly Schuller,s
niece.
Miss Hulda Lemp, Marie Saussen-
thaler. Alma Hahn. Alice Orthwein,
Fannie Conrade and Marie Elizabeth
Schneider. the bridesmaids, followed
and after them came Ado1phus Busch
with Dorothy Magnus and Captain
Hans Won Gontard. a brother of the
groom. who acted as best man, in full
regimentals of the German army
Mrs. Adolphus Busch on the arm Of
the groom preceded the maid of honor.
Miss Anatolex Busch. and, last of vi,
the bride, leaning upon the arm OF
her father.
Rev. DR.. Snyder. pastor of the
Church Of the Messiah, awaited the
party at the altar. Mr.. Adolphus
Busch gave away his daughter, and
the ceremony. which was according to
the ritual of the Unitarian church,
was short. The bride and groom ex-
changed rings. according to the old
German custom.
The church was beautifully decor
ated with a great quantity of flowers
and plants and was crowded to over
flowing during the ceremony The
music at the church was under the
direction of Professor Ernest Kroeger,
who presided at the organ. He was
assisted by a quartette and selec+
chorus.
From the church the party took
carriages for the Southern hotel.
where a magnificent supper and re-
ceptiol lasting two hours was helA
at the conclusion of which there was
a dance.
The entire second floor of the hotel
had been reserved for this function.
For a week a. corps Of decorative art
lists had been at work upon this part
of the hotel and had transformed it
into a, palace No expense was spared
in this work. There were twelve
main rooms. each apartment repre-
senting a different style. The grand
est Of all was the reception-room, In
which the couple received the cor-
gratulations of their friends. EverYS
thing was in white. The walls We
completely hidden from sight 3r
draperies of white touraine silk Ar
ranged in the corners and along the
walls were ferns and feathery palms.
The ceiling was mass of white tar
latan lace. from which was suspended
as thick as possible pure white lilies
of the valley, white water lilies, white
roses and white chrysanthemums
Over the place where the couple stood
was a canopy Of purest white flow
ers
Other rooms were finished in pink.
green. yellow and blue, while still
others were fitted up in the styles of
the countries of the Orient
When the festivities were at their
height the newly welded couple stole
away to the Planters hotel, where a.
bridal suite Of three rooms had been
reserved for them
Tomorrow the couple will leave for
a short "trip to Florida, returning In
time to spend the holidays at the
Busch mansion. After a short STAY
here Herr Won Gontard will take Eg
bride to their future home in Ger
many.
Thousands Of invitations we're IL.
sued to the many friends Of the Busch
family. and among those present were
many from Chicago. New York, Cal
weston. Tex. and elsewhere.
Apartments in several of the princi-
pal hotels had been reserved for the
use of guests out of town. 1t is esti-
mated that the wedding arrange
ments cost Mr.. Busch fully 800 900
The wedding gifts were numerous and
costly, aggregating in value about
$4,000
In addition is the estate in C1errnanv
valued at 100000. which was given To
the bride by her father as a wedding
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