New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-30
WEDDINGS.

st. Jamess Episcopal Church. in the presence OF
only the immediate relntives Of both families. The
Rev. John q. Fawcett, rector Of the church. per-
formed the ceremony, The bride was unattended.
She wore a travelling dress. and Immediately after
tho ceremony the couple started for Washington,
where they will live for the present. Senator
Pntts home is In Meriden. Conn.
Washington Apri % (3peciaD.-"The STAR this
afternoon snys: AS long as Senator Plat. OK
Connecticut, has been In the Senate. none OF his
colleagues have ever suspected him OF being sly.
lie has always been regarded as the personihca-
ton OF frankneys. For a number OF weeks. since
he has been working the Tariff bill, HIS col
leagues the Finance Committee nave noticeo
that during the mo laborious deliberations on
duties on silks and laces and fine linens and now.
ers and bonnets. far OF look has come into his
eyes and smile OF sweet con:eniment has come
over his face. Day after day while others OF the
committee have been impatient and worried from
overwork, he has been smiling and amiaoie BE-
yond anything ever known 0, him before But
while be sn1l ed he said nothing and it was AS
sumcd that he found pleasure In the contemplation
OF complicated schedules. To-day when the Finance
necticut. was absent. Then It was announced That
he had gone to Monicair n j.; and that ne was
the ceremony has occurred. No one here sus.
pected that Senator Platt had any Intention OK
Even h!s collcl que Senator Haw.ey. did not know
this morning OF the Contemplate, marriage sit
be learned Senator Haw.ey had not the least
suspicion OF II. The lady Is Mrs. Jennie P. Hoyt,
ponnevIran'a Goa! Company Senator patti too,
but three persons into MS and Sss
for Montclair. rledging them TO secrecy. Ills son
was the Only Of mis- relatives or friends notified
Mr. PATS colleagues in the Senate it caused quite
sense ion ana was more v5cb NJ pat has
Iecn supp osed TO be Gevoting all his thoughts.'
One o, the mos, brilliant weddings Of The
month was celebrated yesterday at 800 O'CLOCK.
az the home OF Mrs Frederick Nelson. No 40
Fifth-ave The bride was TIE daughter Of Mrs.
Nelson. Miss Mary Isabelle Nelson and the bride
groom Arthur Tryon Kemp. The drawing-rooni,
In which the marriage ceremony was performed.
was cmbowered with lilies, hydrangeas. hyactnshs.
white ard apple and cherry blossoms Tan
palms were also used to form q bower over the
place where Archbishop Corr.gan performed the
marriage ceremony. The bride. who stood IN The
eamc place that her aunt, Miss Gerhard now TIE
Baroness Blanc of France, occupied on her wed
ding day. gown CT white satin. trimmed
With rare lace and few orange blossoms Tee
lace veil the same one worn by her mother, and
was caught up with diamond sun and STAR q
present from the Bridegroom. and several jewcl!ed
ornaments which were gifts from her mother.
The bride was led through aisle formed OF
white satin ribbons through stanchons, by her
brother Jules Blanc Nelson. She was unattended.
save by her little sister. Miss Cathleen Gerhard.
Nelson The Bridegroom was ATTENDED by III
Grosvenor Lowery best man. The usners. who
held the lower end Of the ribbon forming the aisle.
were william b. Coster. Reginald Ronalds Herbert
NJ Hartman Henry Eldridge. Reginald ". Rives.
John Iorfmer Worden Pauldlng Farnham. hairy
S Lehr Fitzgerald c. Peploe and George w. Kemp.
The Archbishop In performing tne GerenioNy' C vs.
molly and the Rev. Neil n McKinnon. rector of
the circle. which surrounded the Archbishop there
the Rev. Henry Van Rensselaer,. me Hev:
Vicar-Cieneral Mooney. and the Rev. Fathers
Maph Denny ana GS9s0n Of f S wedni hs
ceremony was Of the largest OF the season
Mrs Nelson received with her daughter Durlns
the reception .5n in the orary exenson Mr.
and Mrs Kemp VIII sail on Mednes s coscbn
ri Dor Trough mor1 Enrand and will return in July
take possession of the Kane cottage AZ Newport.
the guests at the wedding ana reception were Mr.
and Mrs Frederick Gerhard: Mr. and MS. VIII
and and Mrs Duncan Elliott. Miss Josephine johnson.
MIR and Mrs James AbererombIe Burden; r. M
Hermann Oelrichs. Miss Virginia Fair. Miss EyeIyn
burden Miss Kitie Garrison, NJ and Mrs Fic Td
Mrs. l. townsend Burden: Mr.. and Mrs Isaac
Ison jr, Mr.. and Mrs John j. M TSs61sd MIS-
and Mrs, Thebaud Mrs Jules Reynal. Nathaniel
9 Reynal Nh and Mrs John Innis Ks sr " sb. ana
a chds. Miss Ciews Mr and Mrs. George G;
Haven MI ard Mrs Thomas H5T nG S NJ Bur dna
Roche a5s Mr. and Mrs John Jacob Astor the Misses
Blight. Mr. and Mrs Stanley MORTIMER the Misses
Mrs William c. Whitney. lIr, and Mrs Frederic
Sheldon and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Taller
The marriage Of Miss Mariquita serrano. daugh-
Ter of the late Juan Serrsro, to Harold Garrison
Viuard a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Willard, was
solemnized at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon IN
An Souls Unitarian Church. Fonrth-ave. and
Twenteth-st The Rev. Samuel j. May. OF Phia-
deIpl:a an old friend OF the bridegrooms family
ofnciated nj the ceremony, which was followed by
a small reception at the Holland House Inc prlde
who wore a gown Of white satin trimmed Win
pont lace veil OF tulle fastened with orange bios
SONS and a necklace of pearls and diamonds, was
led 10 the altar by Fernando Parraga The maid OF
honor was her sister Miss Camilla Serrano. The
Hewitt. Miss Alice Hovey and Miss Marie Hewitt.
The bridcgroom's best man was MS Drotner Us
valid Garrison vsrd WITT the vnnsIs %eFe
Heating Or. Benjamin Tilton, Carl Schurz ana
Philip McKw Gsrrso Senior pneuy ne de LONE and
Nine dc LONE: the Spanish Consu-General, Arturo
Baldasano. and Nine Baldass s Sehor Snma acc
Mrs Gerald de Polo. Mrs Ursammi Mrs a, J.
Bentley. of Washington Joseph M MI Mrs.
or and officers Of the Spanish war vessels the IN
fanta Maria Teresa and The lntang Isabella Mn /;
Europe. will sail on Saturday on the steamship Id
Gascogne
Miss Margaret Curnen was married to Joseph
Austin McAleenan at noon yesterday in the Chapel
Of the Blessed Virgin, In ST. Patricks Cathedral.
in Fifth-ave The wedding was q quiet one. Only
relatives and personal friends being present at
the ceremony which was performed by Archbishop
Corr,gan and was followed by nuptial mass cele-
brated by the Rev Michael J. Lavelle pro-rectoE
IF the Cathedral. The bride who was given away
by her brother. Bernard V. Curnen, was ATTENDED
bv Miss Josephine McAleenan, sister or tie bride,
hes ms
Edward c. Curnen. After the ceremony there was
, wedding breakfast fer relatives al the home OF
tho bride parents Mr. and Mrs. Luke Curner NO.
20 West Eighty-seventh-st
AT noon Yesterday Miss Annabella Clerke daush-
ter OF the late William b. Clerke. was married TO
Dr. BENJAMIN Farquhar Curtis In the Church OF mo
Madison-ave. and Thirty-ifth-st lho