The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
MISS UHL's BRIDAL.
Daughter of Our Ambassador TO Ger
many Becomes Mrs. Thompson.
BIZ Cdhls to the United Press.

BERLIN, Dec. 9, 1s96-The civil mar
riage of Miss Lucy Follett Uhl, daughter
of United States Ambassador, to Mr.
Guy " Thompson, of Yale University,
took place before the Civil Registrar in
Gethinerstrasse at T1:30 o'clock today
Only the couple, with Mr.. j. B. Jackson
Secretary of the American Embassy, were
present.
The religious ceremony was celebrated
at the residence OF the brides father
United States Ambassador Edwin f. Uhl,
. ThiergartenstrasZe at seven O'clock p
NJ. 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 United States Consulate in Berlin.
The salon, the dining room, the library
and the small reception room were hand
sonnely decorated with flowers, palms. the
Yale flag in flowers. etc.
The ceremony was performed in the
small reception room, where had been
erected a platform encircled by a rail-
ing decorated with flowers. An orches-
ira was stationed in the alcoye of the
library
Punctually at the appointed hour the
door from the private apartments leading
into the dining room Were thrown open
and the bridal party emerged Just be-
fore the bridal party appeared Mrs. Uhl.
mother of the bride, was escorted by her
young son, Marshall Mortimer Uhl, to the
function room. Mrs. Uhl wore a white
and gold brocade train dress, trimmed
with ermine and ostrich feathers. She
wore a large diamond ornament in her
hair. and a necklace Of sapphires and
pearls.
The bridal party consisted of four
usherS, who walked in front and drew
pink ribbons from the dining room
through the salon to the wedding room.
The guests formed up behind the line
of ribbon and made an aisle. The four
ushers were Mr.. Thomas Ewing Moore,
l. 49, H.
of Yale University; Mr. w. H. Robert
son, of Washington, and Mr.. Robert
Chiffon, of Washington.
The maid of honor was Miss Alice
Edwina Uhl. sister of the bride. She wore
pink silk decollete dress. veiled with
pink tulle and trimmed with pink roses
and short pink tulle veil, and carried
a bouquet of pink roses in her hand.
little flower girl The page, dressed in
pink satin, was Mr.. H. G. Squiers' three
and one-half years old son Bard.
The flower girl, who was dressed in a
pink silk costume, was Herr Won Temp
skis daughter Marie, three and one half
years old Then came the bride on the
arm of her father. She wore white satin
dress with a long train, trimmed with
white point lace and orange blossoms.
She carried a bouquet of lilies of the val
ley.
At thealtar the bridal party was met
by the groom and his best man, Mr.. David
E. Uhl. of Grand Rapids. eldest son Of
the Ambassador.
There were forty invited guests. AT
eight o'clock 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 Mabel Goodsell Of New York. Miss
Dooley and Miss Boise of Berlin, sat in
the centre of the room at a separate ta-
BILE under bell of pink flowers suspend
ed from the chandelier. The rest of the
guests sat at small tables.
The band of the Alexander Guards Regi-
ment played In front of the Ambassador 5
residence from eight to nine o'clock. They
were sent by the officers of the regiment
in honor of the bride.
At $3.50 p. M. a reception. to which the
entire diplomatic corps We're invited. was
held by Mrs. Uhl in honor of the newly
married couple
Baron Marschall Won Bieherstein, Sec
petary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
the baroness, the Under Secretary, Baron
vcn Rotenhan, and Baroness Won Rotten
han, and the Ambassadors and their wives
were present.
A breakfast viii be given by Mrs. T. B.
Jackson tomorrow morning, after which
the bridal couple win leave Berlin for a
short wedding trip. Their destination IS a
secret
On December 80 Mrs Uhl win hold re-
ception in honor of the returned bridal
couple fer the American colony in Berlin.