The herald., 1895-04-03
IN SOCIAL LIFE

One OF the most brilliant anu beautlfui
weddings OF the season was that OF Mr..
j. r. Hamilton and Miss Jennie kempton,
which took pl ICE last evening at o'clock
in lmmanuel Church, corner Tenth and
Pearl streets The decorations were most
artistic and effective. Clusters OF Gala
lilies and their leaves were bound with
white ribbons to the pillars which support
the gallery. Around the railing OF the
gallery smlaX was festooned, with which
the dainty white blossoms of bridal
wreath were mingled.
The choir railing was adorned in the
same manner, and at intervals were clus-
ters of white marguerites and carnations.
Along the front edge of the pulpit plat
form was a hedge of callas and fan palm
branches, behind which tue orchestra
was almost concealed, and up either side
of each aisle wide white satin ribbon sep
aratcd from the rest the fc ur front rows
OF pews. In these pews the nearest friends
and relatives of the bridal party were
seated
At 7:30 Mr.. Mason, the or anist of the
church, took his place and played Saint
Saens Nuptial Benediction, and the b
fiat nocturne, by Chaplin. Immediately
afterward Mr.. Harley E. Hamilton and a
picked orchestra entered the pulpit plat
form and played the intermezzo from
Cavalleria Rusticana, and Song of the
Evening Star, from Tannhauser. In this
orchestra were Misses Helen Fuller
and Edna Foy. first violins; Miss
5smes, james, viols s;'0nS Mis-, eh BierlGh celo as;
Miss McCreery, double bass; Mr.. McQuil-
Ian, flute; Miss Matilda Loeb, cornet, and
Mrs. Larrabee, who presided at the small
organ. AT the conclusion of the exquisite
Evening Star, in which Mr.. Hamilton
played the solo delightfully."-, the double
guartette who acted as bridal choir, took
their places; they were Mesdames Mo-
dini-Wood, and Orr HARRISON, soprano;
Mrs. P. Johnson, mezzo soprano;
Mesdames Minnie Hance, Owens and
James Scarborough, alto: Messrs. Modini-
Wood and j. M. Shawhan, tenor; Mr.. H.
S. Williams and DR.. Semler, bass.
:, This rare choir sang the Wedding
trance of the bridal party so magnif-
Gently that the attention was almost dis
tracted from the bride.
The ushers, Messrs. James Martin,
John I. Griffith, Percy Hoyle, E. K.
Kellam, J. D. Stubbs and L. W. Loomis,
VINO had been fully occupied during the
rendition OF the musical programme seat
ing the hundreds of guests, met the
bridal party at the door and escorted
them to the pulpit.
The bridesmaids were Misses Jennie
Dorsey, Trace Cole, Adele Wedemeyer,
Emma Niblock, Mamie Mullins, and
Edna Belts. The maid of honor, Anna
Mullins. preceded the bride, who entered
alone, and was followed by her father
and mother. AT the pulpit they were
met by the groom, his best man, Warren
Kleckner, and Mr. Chichester, who read
the service.
During the impressive ceremony Mr..
Mason played Cali Me Thine Own very
softly on the organ. and as the bridal
no ond loff tho rbtrroh
was a burst of the Mendlessohn wedding
march from all the musicians, who were
also personal friends OF Miss Kempton'
Immediately after the ceremony an in
formal reception was held in the home of
the brides parents, corner of Tenth and
Olive streets. when the entire bridal
party, including brides maids. ushers,
and all the musical friends who had taken
part in the services, proffered their con-
gratulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton.
Every seat in the body of the church
was filled, and among the hundreds pres
ent were the following:
Major and Mrs. Wedemeyer, Mrs. Null
lin of New York. Mr.. Seward Cole,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick I. Griffith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Griffith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thilo Becker, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
cone, Mr.. and Mrs. Danskin, Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Wigmore, Mr.. and Mrs.
horace f1lnCe, Mr. ana MIS-. Lewis GrOff,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Bond Francisco, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh W. Vail, Mr.. and Mrs Mathews,
Mr.. and Ms. W. J.. McCloskey, Dr. and
Mrs. S. s. Salisbury, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fred Solano, Judge and Mrs. McKibbey, Mr..
and Mrs. Often, Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller, Mr..
and Mrs. Platter Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Os-
good, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogilvie DR.. and Mrs.
West Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. O'Melveny,
Mesdames Dorsey, Cash, Chas. j. Ellis,
Chichester. Bartlett, Mullins, Shoemaker,
J. and T. Peck, J. ]. Mellus, Howard,
Misses Kate and Charlotte Fuller,
Kurtz, Blanche Rogers, Kent, Kregelo,
Menefee, Olga and Genevieve Mark,
Wharton. Higginbotham, Braly, Jennie
and Bessie Bonsall, Bessie and Kate Ellis,
Marian Patterson, Mary Gray, Frances
Widney, Chandler, Anna Cash. Ethel
Mullins, Nina Jevne, Spruance. Hender-
son, Berger; Messrs. Charles Henderson,
Wigmore, Dick Bundrum, Jack Jevne,
Jack Austin. M. L. Graft, Roland Bishop,
Spruance, Boyle Workman, Otto Gott.
schalk, DR.. Jauch, Jhdge Clark, Colonel
Bentzoni and DR.. Robert Dorsey.