The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10
AMBASSADOR UHL' s
DAUGHTER WEEDS
Guy V. Thompson of: Yale
Leads Her to the
Altar.
Private Ceremony at the Berlin
Residence of the Brides
Father.
Congratulations From President Cleve.
land and Dignitaries of
Europe.

marriage of Miss Lucy Toilet Uhl, daugh-
ter OF United States ambassador Uhl, to
Guy V. Thompson of Yale University
took place before the Civil Registrar in
Gethiner strasse at IL: 80 o'clock to-day.
The marriage was celebrated at the resi-
dence OF the brides father, United States
ambassador Edwin f. Uhl, 76 Thiergarten
strasse, at Z o'clock this evening. The
ceremony was strictly private function,
attended only by the family OF the bride,
the nearest relatives and the staffs of
the United States Embassy and the
Consulate in Berlin. The salon, the din
ing-room, the library and the small recep-
tion-room were handsomely decorated
with flowers and plants and the Yale flag
in flowers.
The ceremony was performed in the
small ption-room, where had peen
erected small platform encircled by q
railing decorated with flowers. An or
chestra was stationed in the alcove OF the
library.
Punctually at the appointed hour the
doors from the private apartments lead
ing into the diniug-room were thrown
open and the bridal party emerged. 1t
front and drew pink ribbons from the
dining-room through the saloon to the
wedding room. The guests formed be-
hind the line OF ribbon and made an
aisle.
The four ushers were Thomas Ewing
Moore of Washington, Frederick L. Chase
of Yale University, w. II. Robertson of
Washington and Robert III. Chiffon of
Washington.
The maid Of honor was Miss Alice Ed
wilma Uhl. sister of the bride. She wore
pink silk decollete dress, yelled W it'll pink
tulle and trimmed with pink roses and
short pink tulle veil, and carried bou-
quet OF pink roses.
Then followed one little page and one
little flower girl. Next came the bride,
leaning on the arm of her father. She
wore white satin dress, with long
train trimmed with white point lace and
orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet
of lilies of the valley.
At the altar the bridal party was met by
the groom and his "best man." David E.
Uhl of Grand Rapids, eldest son of the
En- bassador. All the gentlemen of the
bridal party wore buttonhole bouquets of
lilies of the valley. At the close OF the
ceremony the orchestra played Men
delssohn's Wedding March,"
There were forty invited guests. At 8
P NJ. supper was served in the dining-room.
The bridal party, consisting of the bride,
groom, best man, four ushers and Miss
Rutter, Miss Uhl, Miss Mabe Goodsell of
New York, Miss Dooley and Miss Boise OF
Berlin, sat in the center Of the room at
separate table under bell of pink flow
ers suspended from the chandeliers. The
rest of the guests sat at small tables.
The band of the Alexander Guards Regi-
ment played in front OF the ambassadors
residence from to o'clock. 1t was sent
by officers of the regiment in honor of the
bride.
The bridal table was decorated with
white lilies. The decorations were ar
ranged by Thomas E. Moore, United States
Consul at Weimar. President Cleveland
and the members of his Cabinet wired
their congratulations, and cablegrams
from other friends in America were arriv-
ing almost every minute.
Fifty persons sat down to dinner. Be-
sides the mem bers of the family and the
stats of the embassy and consulate were:
Messrs. Jones. Trowbridge and Magee and
Major Won TIE mpski, all with their wives;
Miss Altman of Grand Rapids, Mich, S.
s. Morse, United States Consul-GeneraI at
Paris, and Mrs. Morse. The first arrivals
reached the Uhl residence at 6:30 P. NJ.
They were Secretaries Jackson and Squiers
and their families. Mrs. Squiers wore a
beautiful pink satin costume.
At the conclusion of the supper j. B.
Jackson, secretary of the United States
Embassy, proposed a toast to the newly
married couple. and United States Consul
de Kay then proposed the health of Mrs.
Uhl, both of which toasts were enthusi-
astically received.
At $50 o'clock a reception, to which the
entire diplomatic corps were invited, was
given by Mrs. Uhl in honor of the newly
married couple. Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein, Secretary OF State for Foreign
Affairs, was unable to attend the recep-
ton, having been summoned to Potsdam
by the Emperor. Baroness Won Bieber-
stein, Baron Won Rotenau, Under Secre-
tary of Foreign Affairs and Baroness Won
Rotenau and most OF the diplomatists
were. present to tender their congratula-