The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-08
ON A WOODED ISLAND,
An ODD WEDDING PERFORMED ON
A SMALL ISLAND.


q Horseshoe About the Pair-Hs a He.
brew. She a Quakeress-The Weddipo
March From 'Lohengrin" Chanted.
On the wooded inland in Jackson
park, Chicago, at O'Clock the otbe,
evening, was celebrated the most unioue
wedding ceremony ever performed in
the city of Chicago. Thirty bridesmaids.
robed in pure white, chanted the words
which bound Miss Boutine Butler to
Walter S. Lieber.
y Both parties are highly connected in
the east, and the peculiar ceremony was
written by friends, with the assistance
of the bride, who is a Quakeress. The
groom is wealthy Philadelphia mer-
chant and is of the Jewish faith Mrs
Lieber is also from Philadelphia and
has been attending the Chicago Kinder
garten association course for several
months During that time she lived at
the House of Gertrude, $50 Forty-sev-
enth street.
The difference in faith of the counle
had long been the cause of preventing
their marriage, but love conquered, with
a compromise, at last AS no rabbi
would unite them, and as there is no
marriage ceremony among the Quakers,
it was decided some months ago to have
a ceremony never before performed. and
i'll order to keep the matter as quiet as
possible it was thought that Chicago
would be preferable to the home of the
contracting parties Monday the bride
groom went to Chicago, while the bride
remained at the House of Gertrude.
where the greater number of her brides
maids, classmates in the kindergarten.
work and live.
All the arrangements had been made
upon one of the picturesque peninsulas
which project from the wooded island.
and the party gathered just before sun
down. There had been rehearsals of the
ceremony, and there was no delay. The
80 bridesmaids, clad in white, formed
a horseshoe about the principals and
chanted the wedding march from Lo-
hengrin. AS their voices foated out over
the water the bride and groom stepped
to the center, and circle was formed
about them by the chanting brides
maids. There the couple pledged allie
glance in the form written by the bride.
When the gods of romance were ap.
peased, Justice of the Peace Gideon E.
Clark of Hyde Park, who was present,
satisfied the demands of the law by ask
ing question or two and pronouncing
them man and wife.
After the knot was thus tied another
song was sung, and one of the ladies ut
tered few words in prayer Then the
twenty-third Psalm was chanted.
Before the company parted one of the
brides school friends spoke a few words
OF tender regard for her and her hus-
band, and all then proceeded to the
House of Gertrude. Every window in
the building was brilliantly illumi-
mated, and as the members of the wed
ding party mounted the stairs they were
showered with flowers, and the strains
of a wedding march began in the music
room.
Led by the newly welded couple, the
company marched through the apart
ments, which were decorated with ferns
and flowers Of every hue, and after max
ing this circuit the leaders took seats of
honor prepared for them, while their
friends and ardent admirers sang with
vigor and with clapping of hands their
rallying cry:
GER .R-T-R- U-D-E-E-EP'
To this salute Mr.. and Mrs. Lieber
returned the ChaHtauqua wave Then,
at the tap of a bell, there came the wed
ding cake, and i'll addition to this were
30 marriage loaves, especially prepared
for the 80 bridesmaids. Refreshments
were then served, and before every
course there was toast. The bride, the |
groom and the rest of the party were
each separately honored. Every toast
was followed by the war cry of the Sis
terhood of the House of Gertrude Aft
er the festivities Mr.. and Mrs. Lieber
took a cable car to the depot, where
they boarded train for Detroit. They !
will live i'll new home in Philadelphia.
The bride is distant relative of the |
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