The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13

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roses and chrysanthemums by the hum
dreds, all tastefully festooned.
Long before noon the church was
crowded, and all anxiously awaited the
coming of the bridal party.
In the meantime, the musical pro-
gramme which was one of an exception
ally high order, il not the finest ever
rendered in a church, had begun. George
William Warren, the organist of St
Thomas church, presided at the organ.
The IN usic was under the direction Of
Nathan Franko and he had FraDko' S
orchestra and the Franko- Hegner
quartette of stringed instruments. The
quartette first rendered d selection. Then
Edouard De Reszke. the great basso of
the Italian Opera Company sang an aria
of Mendelssohn' s Elijah to organ accom-
paniment. Frans Ondricek the violinist,
who has just arrived from Europe to play
his first American engagement, followed
with the tEliegie'' by Laub, to organ
| accompaniment
| Then came the great treat of the
musical programme when Madame
Nordica and De Reszke sang duet,
'sThe Cruoifix," by Faure, also to organ
accompaniment.
| Madame Nordica earned much admira-
tion by her superb rendition Of the Ava
Maria" after Gounod which was made
even more effective with a violin
obligato, by Mr.. Franko and aocompani-
ment by the organ and full string
Largo was played by Mr.. Franko
with all the strings, harp and organ and
the choir sang, to organ accompaniment,
the bridal music from Webers 'Die
| Freischeutz.' - 4here were also organ
selections by Mr.. Warren.
| Promptly at noon Mr.. Almeric Paget,
the groom, accompanied by Gerald
PACED, his best man, came from the
yestry to the foot of the chancel steps,
where they awaited the arrival of the
bride. Almost Immediately afterward,
| Bishop Potter, the officiating clergyman,
attended by his assistant, DR.. John
Wesley Brown, appeared in the chancel
and made ready for the ceremony.
| a few minutes of impressive silence, a
| thousand or more anxious glances toward
the church entrance, and then peeled
forth the strains of the Priests march,
from Meyerbeer's Prophet. znThe bridal
procession had begun.
In the lead were the ushers. Next came
four girls, Miss Dorothy Barney, Miss
Katherine Barney, Miss Frances Bing-
ham and Miss Laura Whitney, all carry
| ing flowers. Then followed the brides
maids, Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, Miss
Emily Vanderbilt Sloan, Miss Beatrice
Bend, Miss Azuba Barney, Miss Susie
Dimock and Miss Edith Blake Brown.
The gowns of the bridesmaids, which
were Miss Whitney's gifts, though
uniform in design, were not in color.
They were rose, white, pale green,
all of MORE.
| Last came the bride. She walked with
her father leaning slightly upon his
arm. She presented a charming picture.
Her wedding gown is marvel OF
elegance and extreme simplicity. The
full trained skirt of ivory white satin
was perfectly plain, save for a cord which
run around the edge. There was not
even founce of lace on it, neither
embroidery, nor passementerle. The
waist was seamless and close fitting, and
with nothing to break it's symmetry, not
even a fa of lace The high corsage was
finished with stock collar of plated
satin. covered with point lace, which
finished in a rosette at either side. The
very full sleeves were pleated into the
arm hole and were finished from elbow to
wrist in gauntlet style with narrow
frill of lace at the waist. The only other
lace on the corsage fell over the putfs OF
the sleeves from the shoulders. This lace
was exquisitely fine with design of
roses and true lovers knots. A cluster
of orange blossoms was fastened at the
left side on the waist line. The veil was
a splendid piece of point lace which ex
tended almost to the end of the train.
As the bride and her father approached
the chancel rail the groom stepped for
ward to receive his bride. The two then
passed through a double line formed by
the attending party and took up their
positions ready for the ceremony. Mr..
Whitney stood at the side of the best
man. Bishop Potter Immediately began
the marriage ceremony, At its con-
clusion, Mr.. Whitney and the best man
went into the yestry, where the marriage
re gistry was singed. While this was go
ing on musical selections were rendered
by tho organ, orchestra and soloists.
After the usual formalities were attended
to. the party returned to.the chancel The
organist then played Mendelssohn's
wedding march and to it's enchanting
strains the tridal procession filed out OF
the edifice.
the Whitney mansion, Fifth street.
About one hundred of Miss Whitney's
nearest friends had been invited. The
breakfast was served in the large ball
room which had been transformed into
beautiful flower bower for the day.
mong those who participated in the
breakfast, in addition to the bridal party,
were President Cleveland, Secretary La
mont. Governor and Mrs. Morton, the
British Ambassador Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, Lord Westmeath and Lady Cole
brook.
The wedding gifts were numerous and
valued at hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland sent q
large two handled silver cup, and Secre-
tary Lamont beautiful painted fan.
MIR. Whitney presented his daughter with
the famous Whitney family jewels In
addition he gave her a magnificent neck
lace containing over $50 pearls and 200
diamonds Another beautiful necklace
composed or over soO green opals :, and
Bingham.
The bride and bridegroom twill go to
Minnesota for a short time and when
winter sets in will sail for the Riviera