The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
Nuptials Of Edward Pond and
Miss Isabelle Grant Last
Evening.
ARTISTIC HOME DECORATIONS
Rare Old Laces and Silver for the
Bride-Gowns Worn by the
Bridal Party.

Ob. IuhS tIlc plttly lltti0 cnufCn Oh
Van Ness avenue, was crowded last even
ing by a fashionable audience assembled
to witness the nuptials of Miss Isabelle
Grant, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Watson Grant, and Edward Pond, son of
ex-Mayor and Mrs. Pond.
Long before the hour announced for the
ceremony, $50 o'clock. the invited guests
began to arrive and much praise Is due to
the ushers for the happy manner in which
they discharged their arduous duties. st.
Luke's lends itself readily to decorators,
though the cozey little edifice requires but
little in the way of floral arrayment. Pot
ted palms only were used to decorate the
church and daffodils made most artistic
altar decoration.
Promptly at the hour announced the
strains of the wedding march announced
the arrival of the bridal party. First came
the ushers, Messrs. Phillip Thornton,
Henry Wilson, Charles f. Grant, Samuel
Pond. Charles Furquaharson and Alpheus
Clement. Directly behind them, and pre-
ceding the bride, who entered leaning on
the arm of her father. walked the maid of
honor, Miss Fanny Grant The groom,
accompanied by his best man, Albion
White, met his bride at the altar, where
the Rev. DR.. Brewer of San Mateo, assisted
by Rev. w. w. Moreland, rector of st.
Lukes, united the happy young couple.
After the ceremony the bridal party, rel
atives and limited number of invited
guests repaired to the residence of the
brides parents. 2017 Lyons street, where
an informal reception was held.
AT the home the decorations were SIM
pie, but extremely artistic. That skiilful
decorator, Miss Mary Bates, had entire
charge OF the arrangements, and tlie re-
suits were more than pleasing. In the
drawing-rooms acacia-tilled vases and
bowls scented the rooms with the sweet
breath of spring fields. In the basement,
where the supper was served, great palm
leaves skil1fully concealed the walls and
converted the many corners into SEEM
ingly enchanted arbors.
Multi-colored lanterns in all varieties OF
shapes, some swinging from the ceiling,
shed soft light over the pretty scene.
The toilets of the ladies were all ex-
tremely handsome. The bride-a dainty
and petite brunette-looked extremely well
in her elegant white satin gown. The
jupe, exquisite in its rich sim plicity, was
made perfectly plain in the prevailing
flowing STYLE The corsage was trimmed
with a most superb bertha of rare old lace
that had done similar duty on the gowns
of the brides grandmother and mother.
The two long ends fell almost to the hem
of the jupe, and the many little flounces of
the "set'' almost completely hid the full
elbow sleeve.
The bridal veil was fastened to the colt
fure by diamond pin, the gift of the
groom.
Miss Fanny Grant, the maid of honor,
wore gown of yellow satin. The yoke
was made dancing length and the corsage
and elbow sleeves were draped with chif-
fon. Miss Grant carried bouquet of daf-
fodiIs.
Mrs. Grant, mother of the bride, wore a
handsome gown of black brocaded silk,
trimmed with point.
Mrs. Pond, the mother of the groom. was
attired in an elegant gown of pale pink
brocade. The. full yoke was made per-
fectly plain and bertha of duchesse lace
ornamented the bodice.
Miss Mcneil, aunt of the groom, wore a
very elegant gown of white satin. The
skirt was full and flowing in the prevailing
picturesque style. The bodice was covered
with soft folds of null and knots of cerise
velvet at the throat and belt lent dash of
color to the exquisite gown. Miss Shep-
ard, cousin of the groom, wore dainty
gown of light blue dresden silk brocaded
with pale pink rosebuds and trimmed with
pearl passementerle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pond received many costly
and elegant presents. The gift of the
brides parents consisted OF several pieces
of rare old plate, that had been handed
down from mother and daughter for the
past six generations. Mr.. and Mrs Pond
presented the young couple with a coin
plate silver service of exquisite design and
delicate workmanship.