The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-10
AnderSOn---PerkinS Nup-
tialS at Boston.
Society and Wealth of Many
Cities Represented.
Elaborate Breakfast After Ceremony
at the Perkins Home.


mony, the character of which placed it
In rank as the grandest this city has ever
seen and which in point of wealth rep
resented also was first among the great
sidings of the century in this country.
was that whereby Mr.. Larz Anderson. a
we'll known member of the United States
diplomatic corps at Rome, Italy, and
Miss Isabelle Perkins of this city. heiress
TO sl7, 00O 600, became husband and wife.
The bride Is the daughter of Captain
and Mrs. George III. Perkins. Captain
Perkins Is now a retired officer of the
United States navy. Mrs. Perkins Is "a
cousin of the wife of Congressman
Charles +. SpraQue, they being grand.
daughters of millionaire Weld, whose
millions they inherited.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
John Cuckson In the Arlington Street
church at noon. Among those present
were some of the most wealthy and
prominent members OF society in nearly
every large city OF the United States,
while those who participated in the cere-
mony as best man, maid OF honor, brides
maids. and ushers represented wealth and
social prominence consistent beyond pos
sibility OF question with the demands Of
the occasion.
Elaborate Decorations.
The historic auditorium, with its an
Client columns under the skilled hands of
florists and designers of highest repute,
presented IA most beautiful appearance
Potted plants. majestic ferns and massive
banks OF cut flowers Of every description
were used III profusion. The bridal bell
was one of the largest, ii not the largest,
ever constructed In Boston. 1t was conf
posed OF hundreds and hundreds Of bridal
roses fringed with lilies of the valley and
small white buds 1t was suspended
from tho ceiling by strands Of broad
white satin sash ribbon. Each column of
the church was wound with asparagus
and domousa vine, and great ropes Of
long stemmed roses, trained on aspara-
gus vines, were suspended between tho
pillars and across the altar in endless pro-
fusion and with great heaps of roses the
front of the chancel resembled dense
garden. The reserved space comprising
over two-thirds OF the church was marked
of by wide satin ribbons which at each
pew were knotted to hold in place q
cluster Of white roses.
Bridal Party Enters.
When the hour for the performance Of
the ceremony arrived, the organ broke
into the strains of Mendelssohn Is Wedding
March and tho bridal party entered
Preceded by ushers and bridesmaids and
the maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son, sister of ths groom, Miss Perkins
arm OF her father. Two lads dressed as
sixteenth century pages, entered as the
brides train bearers. As the bride
neared the head of the broad center aisle
MIR. Anderson, who was accompanied by
Charles Francis Adams, 2d, as best man,
advanced and meeting Miss Perkins be-
meath the floral bell they stood together
before the clergyman.
The words OF the Episcopal ceremony
were spoken with solemn impressiyeness
and the man and woman were pronounced
husband and wife.
A Wedding Breakfast
Immediately after tho ceremony the
bridal party proceeded TO the Perkins
home on Commonwealth avenue, where
the wedding breakfast was served upon a
temporary balcony, which had been built
i'm the rear Of the mansion. III the decora.
tions I'm the church were beautiful. those
at the house were surprisingly so If that
could be possible. The breakfast tables in
point of floral decCrltions were simple.
Tall. slender vases fashioned like Greek
lecythi held long stemmed roses, and Ill
les of the valley were heaped in shallow
vessels.
In rear room adjoining this balcony,
an orchestra discoursed swC6i music. dur
ing the breakfast, following which re-
ception was held and later the coupe de-
parted for New York. en- route for Europe
| and the far east.
The bridesmaids were Miss Eleanor
| Gray Miss Susan Dalton, Miss Theodore
Knight and Miss Bessie Seabury. The
| gowns of the bride and the bridesmaids
were exquisite creations OF Worth. The
brides gown was composed of heavy
cream satin lined througnout with taffeta
| silk. The seams are outlined from waist
| To hem with orange blossoms. and the
corsage with surplice effect with fluffy
trimmings of tulle