The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-22
BRILLIANT WEDDING.
The Marriage of Edward G. auckland
and Miss Sally Tyler Clark.

ahu MISS sally Tyler Clark.
The wedding of Miss Sally Tyler
Clark, daughter of Charles p. Clark,
president of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad, and Edward
Grant auckland, Junior member of the
law firm of Watrous & auckland, at the
brides home, 444 Orange street, yester-
day afternoon at o'clock, was attend
ed by about two hundred invited guests.
The ceremony was beautiful for it's
simplicity, and the nuptial knot was
tied by the Rev. Edmund L. Clark, pas
tor of the Central church, Boston, and
uncle of the bride. Rev. Mr.. Clark is g.
former pastor of the United church,
this city. The wedding ceremony was
performed in the east drawing room,
which was profusely decorated with
ropings of laurel and intermingled with
orchids. An immense bow window was
completely hidden by the laurel, which
was suspended in immense quantities
from the ceiling to the floor. Through
out the spacious and elegantly fitted
residence this same scheme of colors,
pink and green, was carried out. The
chandeliers were intertwined with it,
while the several mirrors, doorways
and the main stairway were gracefully
outlined with the laurel and orchids.
There was an immense bower of laurel
and orchids suspended between the two
large east drawing rooms while at one
end of the room was draped large ma
tional flag. Immediately in front of
the bow window and suspended from
the ceiling was a huge marriage bell
Under this the happy couple plighted
| their troth and were made man and
wife.
The bridal party formed an unusually
pretty group. Preceded by her six
bridesmaids, Miss Edith Palmer of this
city, Miss Alice Chase of Waterbury,
Miss Emma G. McClintock of Pittsburg
Miss Jennie Coffin of Lyon, Mass, Miss
Clara Burton of Massilon, Ohio, and
Miss Elizabeth Baird of Chicago, sew
eral of whom had been classmates at
| Miss Porter's famous school at Far
| mington, the bride entered the room on
| the arm of her father. The maid of
honor was Miss Carita Clark, sister of
| the bride.
! The wedding party was led by the
| six ushers-Wilbur E. Day, jr., George
| d. Seymour, John l.. Hall. James p.
| Wheeler, Edward G. Clark, all of New
Maven, and Charles P. Kellogg of Wa
| terbury. The bridegroom and his best
man, Harry G. Day, met the procession
| at the altar.
| The maid of honor wore sheer white
organdie over pink taffeta, while the
gowns of the bridesmaids were white
| over pale green, with collars and sash
| es to match the underdresses. The
| skirts were covered half way to the
waist with narrow valenciennes trim
| med ruffles, while the low bodices OPEN
| ed over high-necked, long-sleeved
| guimps made of val lace and insertion.
| Short wells of tulle, fastened low to the
side of the coiffure with black velvet
| bows, fell to the waist and finished
| the most effective costumes. Their bou-
| quets We're large punches of white
| sweet peas.
| The bride wore a superb gown of soft
| white satin, a material known as lib
| erty satin. The skirt, ending in very
| long sweeping train, was finished at
the bottom with wide circular flounce,
| which merged itself into the train.
| Around the corded satin bodice and
| joining it to the shirred guimp of chif-
| fon was a splendid bertha of rare old
| point lace. The long, narrow sleeves
| like the guimp, were Of shirred chiffon.
| A long veil of tulle was held in place
with a simple sprig Of lilies of the val
| ley, which blossom composed the bridal
| bouquet, a huge affair in seven parts,
| which the bride flung to her brides
| maids as she entered her carriage.
Mrs Clark, the brides mother re-
| ceived her guests in a costume of grey
brocade crepe, worn over rose-pink taft
| feta the bodice trimmed with beautiful
| old point lace. Mrs. Breslin's (Mrs.
| Clarlk's sister, gown was of grey silk,
the bodice finished in violet velvet with
steel and jet spang1ed net.
| Immediately after the ceremony and
| until z o'clock was held reception, to
! which about sixteen hundred persons
| had been hidden. Because Of the large
number of guests invited the reception
was held largely on the spacious lawn
| under two immense canvas tents. Sher-
| ry of New York served the refresh
| menus. lH0Te were IWO OICHeSLidS uu"
| der the direction of We'll. One was sta
| toned in the north drawing room and
which played during the ceremony,
! while the other furnished music for the
| reception which followed and was in
| one Of the tents.
The presents received were elegant in
| the extreme and consisted of furniture,
(. china solid silver services, bric-a- brac,
| pictures and two silver loving cups, one
from Corbey Court, a Yale law school
/ society of which the groom is men,
| Der, and the other to the bride from a
number of her classmates at Miss Por-
| ters school.
| The bridesmaids were each the recip-
| tents of dainty stick pins in the design
| of flags, enameled with the national
| colors, while the ushers received cuff
links of a similar design from the
| groom.
| Mr.. and Mrs. auckland left last night
| at o'clock for a months wedding trip
and for the present will reside at the
home Of the brides parents.
| "Papa, the paper this morning, in
speaking of the battery at Cardenas,
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