The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-26

Bronssard of New Orleans. Miss Daunis
Of Navasota. Miss Taylor. Mas Tina Clave-
land. Miss Root, MISS Jcannette Jones'
Miss Enie Jones. Miss Mary Ella Taylor.
Miss Henke. Miss Lula Bfyar, Mss Marion
Roberts. Mas Delgado. Miss Marietta Del
fado. Miss Nelia Cochran. Miss Bessie
King. Miss Mathilde Lorenzin n, Mss Bots.
Miss Drewfy, Miss Mamie Lubbock Miss
Jthns. Miss Amy knight, Mas Wities,
| Messrs. r.. ID. Yoakum. r. W. Scot. +.
Fitzhugh. X. - Lltham. Eugese Hudson.
George Kidd. Jr., l.. j. parKs, De. J.
a. Kyle. y. \. Davieson. Levy, x. =.
Josey. Crawford. Artlnir Williams. n. @,
Kittrell. Jr.. H.. w Garrow. era Word.
Abbott Cockrell. j. l.. Hudson, w. D..
Cleveland. Jr.. o. c.. Draw, Jr., Alfred
Drew. Eugene Mitchell. Auot.n Miller
Fa,jo. Charles Hervey. T. II. rranklin,
Louis Bryan. Frank Crawford, Game,
Curth, Or. Short.
One Il the most beautiful marriages ever
Wednesday evening at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. S, H. Goldman, when the
lovely Miss Evelyn Goldman became tho
wife of Mr.. John w. Lester OF New Or
leans.
Miss Goldman was not only well known
and very popular on her WI account,
but enjoys the distinction of being the
daughter of a prominent capitalist and
hignly honored citizen, Mr.. S. l.. Gohl-
man.
The groom Is the son of d family equal
ly prominent in Georgia. the State OF his
nativity, and is II young man OF sterling
worth, occupying "a position of trust and
responsibility seldom attained by a man
of his years. He is cashier of the %consoli-
dated Offices OF the New York Life lnsur-
ance company for the State of Louisiana,
with headquarters in New Orleans.
The weather was inanspicious, but with
in the home all was brightness and beauty.
AS the guests arrived they were cor
daily received by Mrs. II. B. E~asterwood
Of Hearne and Mrs. j. f.. Lester. sisters
OF the bride, assisted by Mrs. Sam l.. Gohl-
man, Jr. On entering the parlor a scene
of bewildering beauty met the eye. The
floor Of the parlor and dining room ad-
joining were carpeted in pure white. and
graceful palms and feathery ferns were
mlssed in the corners and placed with
charming effect against the white draper
les of the doors and windows The man
tells were twined with ivy and beautifled
by jardenieres of blooming plants. and
bowls of beautiful bride and bridesmaid
roses filled the rooms with fragrance.
The altar was arranged directly in front
OF a tall mirror, from the top of whfcE
was suspended a bower of ferns and roses
and upon this were perched three white
doves. The stand of the mirror was bank
ed with roses and before it was spread a
rug OF leccy whiteness, while graceful
palms were grouped on each side.
At the appointed hour the sweet tones
of piano and violin poured forth the beau.
tifnl strains of Mendelssohn's weddinl
march, which heralded the approach o
the brida procession. The march was
led nv lfttlp EIhpr. and Jyurl 7 ovtor popb
ews of the bride and groom. clad in blacl
velvet Louis XIV suits, with facings o
white satin and trimmings OF gold fringe
They wore wigs of long golden curls an,
black velvet hats trimmed with gold braiS
and sweeping white plumes. As they en-
tered they stretched the ribbons, thu,
corning an aisle down which their fol
lowers We're to pass. Into this snow.
vista entered the first bridesmaid an
groomsman, Miss Libbie Dun and Mr.. w
w. WhomasS second bridesmaid an,
groomsman, Miss Katherine Browne an
. Mr.. John V. Tackaberry. These We're fol
lowed by the maid of honor, Miss MIL
Dumble. and DR.. w. II Goldman. a brothe
of the bride, who oficiated as best mar
n Next came the fairy-like little flower cir
Linntc Dunn. bearing n basket of exqui
q. site roses, and then the bride and groom
- The Flower Song was sweetly played du.
ing the ceremony, which was performed b
Rev. Seth Ward Of Shearn Methods
church. and was very beautiful and i'm
pressive.
After the congratulations the guests "a
passed into the dining room, where til
usual merriment over the cutting of til
bride cake was INDUCED in. This roof
was all in white and green, and the tab
was an object of well-deserved admiratiol
1t was spread with a snowy white damas
cloth, which was traversed diagonally
a broad satin ribbon ending in a bow
the corners. In the center was a tray mi
rcr, bordered with hair fern, ar
from this sprang a tall crystal vase file
with white roses, hyacinths and dam
sprays of green, On one corner of I'll
table was n miniature lake beautiful
bordered with green. and upon the clea
calm surface rested a graceful swan. {
the opposite diagonal corner was a clu
IT, ter of roses and ferns tied with a viii
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