The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-10
ANDERS0N--PER
The Great Millionaire Wedding
Solemnized in Bos-
ton Today.

mony, the character of which placed it IN
rank as the grandest this city has ever
seen and which, in point of the wealth
represented also was first among the
great weddings of the century in this
country, was that whereby Mr.. Lars A.
derson, until very recently member of the
United States Diplomatic Corps at Rome,
Italy, and Miss Isabelle Perkins, of this
city, heiress to s17 .0OO,OOo today became
husband and wife.
The bride is the daughter of Captain
George Hamilton Perkins, U.s. N. Gre
tired), and granddaughter of the late
William f. Weld of this city, whose mil
lions she inherits, together with her
cousin, Mrs. Charles F. Sprague, the wife
of Congressman Sprague of Massachu-
sets. The groom is the son of a well
known Washington family, the head of
which, General Nicholas Anderson, died
abroad a few years ago. He is a Har-
ward graduate and was associated with
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln in the United
States Embassy at London. and later was
First Secretary of the Legation in Italy
under Wayne MacVeagh.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
John erickson, in the Arlington Street
Church, at noon. The historic audi
torium. with it's ancient pillars and box
peWs under the skilled hands OF florists
and designers presented beautiful APP
pearance. Potted plants, ferns and
banks OF cut flowers of every description
was one of the largest ever constructed
In Boston 1t was composed of hundreds
of bridal roses, .fringed with lilies of the
suspended from the ceiling by strands of
broad white satin sash ribbon. Each
column of the church was wound with
ssparagus gSpst gus fern and domousa vine and
framed on asparagus vines, were sus-
psded between the pillars and across the
altar in endless profusion and with great
cnurch resemble dense garden.
me reserved pews comprising over two
thiros of all in the church were marked
off by wide white satin ribbons. which at
each pew were knotted to hold in place
a cluster of white roses.
When the hour for the performance of
into the strains of Mendelsohn's We'd
ding March, and the bridal party enter
ed. Preceded by ushers and bridesmaids
Anderson, sister of the groom, Miss
Perkins proceeded to the altar, leaning
upon the arm of her father. Two lads
dressed as XVI. Century Pages, follow
ed the bride as train bearers. AS the
bride neared the head of the broad CEN
tire AISLE, Mr.. Anderson, who was ac-
companied by Charles Francis Adams,
I'd, as best man, advanced, and meeting
Miss Perkins beneath the floral wreath,
they stood together before the clergy
man.
| The words of the Episcopal ceremony
were spoken with solemn inpressiveness
and the man and woman were pronounc-
ed husband and wife,
Immediately after the ceremony, the
bridal party proceeded to the Perkins
| home, on Commonwealth avenue. where
the wedding breakfast was served upon
built in the rear of the mansion. If
the decorations In the church were beau
tiful those at the house were surpass-
| ingly SO. All that could be accomplish
ed with flowers, arranged by most ar
tlstic taste, seemed to have been done
The bay windows. were banked and gar
| landed with growing plants and festoons
of pink and white roses. Around the
rooms were draped beautiful tapestries
from corner to corner, and their folds
were filled with roses, thrown with all
the seeming careleSsneSS of art and left
as they had CHANGED to fall. From the
! centre Of the walls of the main rooms,
| ropes of long stemmed roses, attached to
| asparagus vines, radiated to the cell
ings.
The candelabra supported pendant
roses till the effect of bursting was pro-
| duced.
| The banisters and balustrades were in
tertwined with white ribbons and strings
of roses and lilies of the valley, and the
| reception rooms up stairs were equally
| ernbowered.
tables holding the great number Of pres
en!ts. The breakfast tables in point of
| floral decorations were most simple. Tall,
| slender vases, fashioned like Greek
lillies of the valley were heaped in shall
low vessels.
In rear room adjoining this balcony
| an orchestra played during the breakfast.
A reception was held later The couple
departed for New York en- route for
| Europe and the far east The brides
maids were Miss Eleanor Gray, Miss
! Susan Dalton, Miss Theodore Knight and
Miss Bessie Seabury. The gowns of the
bride and the bridesmaids were the ex-
| quisite creations of Worth, Doucet and
| Faxon. The brides gown was composed
of heavy cream satin lined throughout
| with taffeta silk. The seams are outlined
+! from waist to hem with orange blossoms
and the s. corsage with a surpbice effect