The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-15
MISS A. V. BOWIE WEBS.
THE BRIDE OF MR.. JOHN T. PENN
OF MARTIySvILLE.
A Beautiful Ceremony at tho Residence Of
the Father of tho Bride ut 8 O'clock
Yesterday Evening The A attendants

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street. west. Rev. DR.. w. K. Hatcher
! ofiiciated
| Miss Bowe Is a daughter Of Mr.. ". w.
Bowe, of the Well known real estate hrm,
and has enjoyed exceptional popularity.
| Personally she is charming, with an ua-
| disputed title 10 the place which she
| holds in the affectionate regard OF many
| friends. Mr.. Penn, the groom, Is men,
| Der OF the firm OF Penn * Watson, to-
| bacconists, Of Martinsville. In the social
| ana business circles OF which city he Is
| equally esteemed. Regretting, as mutual
| friends in Richmond so cordially do, that
| Miss Bowe's marriage is followed by her
| removal TO Martinsvlle, they unite in the
feeling that this is the only regret posi-
| BILE in the case. and hearty congratula-
! lions were never more sincere.
/ Throughout the forenoon yesterday the
| floral decorator was busily engaged in
adding to the interior Of the house those
| touches that are so effective and when
the lights were lit and the musicians came.
| the parlors, library. dining room and
| broad hallway presented an entcing set
ting for the ceremony. An improvised
altar. covered with white crepe, stood
between the Franklin street windows. and
| here Dr. Hatcher took his stand. About
| the room. wherever good taste suggested.
palms were placed. The mantel in the
| front parlor bore tallwhite roses, droop-
ing upon their long stems. were set In
| ground Of feathery maiden-hair ferns.
! and here and there elsewhere I'm this room
the pure bloom of other white roses was
seen. In the back parlor pink roses. IN
similar arrangement. were substituted
for white. and in the dining room Ameri-
can Beauties The porch in the rear OF
the library was rooted I'm and converted
into a place Of rare beauty by the use OF
rugs. candlelabra. ottomans' ct ceterae'
and flowers. the bridal party en-
tcrine from IL. Professor Stein
orchestra occupied seats In small
room TO the right OF the library
snnnIving the musical programme from
behind a screen Of palms.
THE CEREMONY.
As the first notes OF the narch i ii.,ra
T.ohengrin announced o'clock, nttie
Mis- lena Miller and Master y. w. Bowe;
Jr both wearing pure whlte; ehsersu
hearing the white ribbons, folowed ny
the bridal party in the foilowing orues'
Miss SaIlie Penn and MISS sad'e Ciianu-
u Mr. Bruce Bowe and Mr.. Robert VIII
n- niss Louis, Ellis venable and Miss
Emma Lewis Bowe A. William
Mr. y. Stuart B0we ana MI "iiiian'
penn Of Roanoke.
Fe 1fi1s = WA Vernon Bowe maid of honor
| alone ,.,. hor father
Misc Annie Bowe with her lI'h,t.
Little Miss Elise Garnett ana "li'y
rhe four children's part in the cere.
rnony was taken with naive grace tha'
was much admired. 81. 10,
The groom. accompanied pN me- ~
| baii meeting the bride before the altar.
/ tho Gentlemen OF the party wore the
Conventional black dress suits. with pearl
gray gloves. white ties, and boutonnieres
| OF lilies Of the valley. .-,..,,,, moro
The bridesmaids a pretty group, w.
ubife orrandie over pink, their bouquets
| being Of maidenhair ferns. -, 81
Mice Eva Vernon Bowe. the maid OF
| honor looked exceedingly chariillni -,
| mink brocade silk with chiffon TRIMMINGS
| and carving Testout roses. The Color
was admirably suited 10 her rich bru-
nette tints The brides costume WIS
| of heavy white satin. en- traine, hish neck
and long sleeves. with chiffon ana pearl
t,inmfngs Her long veil was OF white
tulle. and hGr bouquet or mes OF tnc
valley She made a charming Drlde'
| the beautiful wedding toilette nelns per
factly adapted to her style. MIS-. y; w.
| Rowe. mother Of the bride wore black
velvet. real lace and carried American
Beauty roses. l., a..
AS The party. complete stood in the
beautifully appointed and decorated par
Tor the musicians passed from the Lon
engrin march 10 Twas i'm the Fragrant
summer Time" which, played softly as
the ceremony proceeded, in turn gave
way to Mendessohn's triumphant march
at its conclusion. The anair. as a spec
tacle was finely and purely effective one
Of the urettiest home weddings which
has ever taken place in Richmond.
After the ceremony. reception ana
supper was rendered Mr.. and Mrs. Penn
the dining room being triumph for the
decorator as was the table for the cater
er Congratulations were never express
ed under more delightful condition and all
| tho good wishes of the assembled TRENDS
are heartily echoed throughout the circle
| Of family acQuaintances.
The couple took the 1890 train for the
| North. expecting 10 be absent about two
weeks Their future home will be Mar
''' THOSE PRESENT.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Venable Mr. and Mrs. William VIII
Hams. Or and Mrs II. NJ. Davis. Miss
Bessie Davis. Miss Margaret Cannon, Mt
Arthur Cannon. Mr.. and Mrs. Chiles Fer
ren DR. and Mrs. Hatcher, Miss Lizzie
! Hatcher. Mr.. Andrew Gray, Miss Lyle
| TYLER. Misses Brownie Petit, Edith Jones'
Daisy Chamberlayne, Mr.. Powhatan Bree-
! den Mr.. RObt. Whitehead, Misses kuth
| Tanner. Mary Boyd. Priddy, Fanny Lew
| is Gretchen Lewis. Alice Lefebvre Flor
4 ence Wilson, Bessie Ellyson, Judge ana
Mrs Leake. DR. and Mrs. Charles Ry-
| land. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Parrish, Mr.. ana
I ID Patton. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sutton.
| AIR and Mrs Otwav Warwick. Mr. and
| Mrs. John Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. T. Ashby
| Weller. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Boiling, Mr..
! and Mrs. James Peasants, Mr.. and Mrs.
( Eugene Massie. Mr.. ana MIS- Willlam
| Preston. Major and Mrs. +. i. ID. Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill Carter Mrs. ~ II.
/ Nash. Capt and Mrs Coke. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Ohio Owens Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cross.
Mr. and Mrs James Parkinson, Mr.. and
| Mrs. stephen Putney. Judge and Mrs.
| Waddill Mr. ana Mrs. Whitehurst' Mr.
! and Mrs. William Christian, Mr: and
! Mrs T. G. Younger. Mr. and Mrs. James
| Kearney. Mr.. and Mrs Percy Montague,
Mr. and Mrs. James Parkinson Mrs. WI,
| son Mr. and Mrs +. II. Elicit, MI. ana
| Mrs. r. White Blair. OF Danville; Misses
| Jones Waddill, Jeffress. virginia Aneh,
| Rose Mordecai. Margie knoWles bla,lcne
BEDFORD. Judith Deane. Florence Nelson,
| Edna Forbes BESSIE Hunter Ryland Mas
sic. OF Roanoke, Messrs John Elett sam
| T'ver Edwin Tanner. EDWIN Pilcner'
| Charles Burnett Hubert LefeDVre, her
bert Norneet. Ernest Long, Iaylor ana
| William Harris. Taylor Gray, Iaui ban
chard. Lewis Blair. John DE-, TO ~ al
| Redford, Drewry Carr and Kichard 1al-
| ley.
The engagement OF Miss Lewis Butt and
| Mr.. George Cunningham. both or Angus
"a. Ga, but well known In local fashlon-
! able life. Is announced. Mr.. Cunningham
| has n number Of nedr relatives living IN
/ Richmond. as well as many friends' VINO
will cordially congratulate him upon nav
ing won 20 charming a girl as Miss BUT
| She has repeatedly visited Richmond In
| the cav season. and has been much adj
mired here.