Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-19
BRIDES OF OCTOBER.
MOST brilliant EVENT IN
PETERSBURG SOCIETY.
The CEREMONY AN ELABORATE ONE.
ve.ted Choir and Many Attendants
The Presents and Reception-Nc"-
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state ON Yesterday.

, cial.)-The most brilliant and fasmonapie
marriage of the year, In PETERSBURG
| took place at o'clock tonight, in Grace
Episcopal church, in the presence OF
very large assemblage of the friends
| and acduaintances OF the young couple,
and their families, who are among the
representative people of the Cockade
City. The church was beautifully light
ed, and within and around the chan
! eel were tastefully arranged palms ana
ferns and flowers. upon which the light
| Of scores of candles was shed. The
scene presented was one Of rare beauty.
and the entire ceremony, accompanied
as il was, with perfect order and pre-
| cision. was memorable In the annals or
| church weddings. One Of the princlpai
and most charming features OF the &C
| casion was the choral service, rendered
| in superb style by j vested choir OF man
| q hundred trained voices. The choir oc-
cupied seats in front and on either side
of the chancel. and between the two d.
| visions the bridal party passed-enterlhs
and retiring. The officiating minister was
| Rev. John RidOut. rector OF the church
| The young couple who were made nus
band and wife by this ceremony were
| Mr.. John Moyler and Mss Mary How
| land thinner. the beautiful daughter OF
Mr.. william L. thinner, one of our most
prominent tobacco manufacturers-both
widely known and very popular in society
circles.
The bride was radiant and lovely in
her gown of white duchess satin, en-
traine. trimmed with point lace. Her or
naments were pearls, in her hair, and
in necklace-heirlooms in the family and
the same that were worn by her grand
mother and mother at their weddings
She carried a shower bouquet of brides
! roses.
The brides maid of honor was her
sister, Miss Margaret Nimmo thinner
attired in white satin. trimmed with
chiffon. pearl ornaments. and carrying
shower bouquet Of Madame Testout
roses.
The bridegroom's best man was his
brother. Mr.. James Edward Moyler, OF
Roanoke, Va.
THE BRIDESMAIDS.
The following young ladies acted as
bridesmaids. They were all attired alike,
in white satin. chiffon trimmings, car
ried bouquets Of American Beauty roses.
and individually and collectively repre-
senting the grace and lovelness and
beauty Of Virginias type of woman
hood:
Miss Louise Watts thinner, Of Peters
burg. and Miss Maria Gray Mosely, Of
Richmond
Miss Lucy Atkinson Chamberlayne and
Miss Mary Vaughan Moyler, OF Peters
burg.
Miss Sallie Blount Holiday and Miss
Anne Maupin Watts. both Of Portsmouth.
Miss Mute Agnes Moyler and Miss
Fannie Claiborne Spicer, both Of Peters
burg.
Miss Louise Leiper Venable ana Miss
Katharine May Percivall, both of Pc
tersburg.
Miss Anne Elizabeth Harrison. of Pc
tersburg and Miss Jean GreenWay Trisg'
Of Abingdon.
Holiday Mitchell, in white organdie,
and Master Samuel Phillips Mitchell, in
n white satin Fauntleroy suit-seryed as
ribbon children.
THE UsHERS.
The ushers We're:
William Gordon McCabe and Edward
Maupin watts, of Portsmouth.
John Watson and Coleman Wortham,
Of Richmond
Alfred Friend, Jr., and F. wills Gull
pepper, of Norfolk
Williams Il. Davis and William Clag-
gett Young, Of Norfolk
j. Spooncr Epes and Lewis Walker
Brander, of Richmond.
Cameron Dunlop and Hill Beasley both
| OF Petersburg.
William L. thinner, Jr., and William
Bruce Stevens both of Petersburg.
ORDER OF CEREMONIES.
The vested choir entered and marched
|
| hymn:
80, perfect love. all human thought
| transcendng."
The bridesmaids, preceded by the RIB
| bon children, entered from the rear
through the chancel and proceeded down
| the main aisle TO the front vestibule to
meet the bride in waiting there. There
| the order was reversed, ana the ushers
| and bridesmaids, alternately, in couples
| marched 20 the chancel, dividing TO the
| right and left as they reached tho posi-
| ton of the choir. They were followed
by the maid of honor, and the bride,
| escorted by her father. During this por-
| ton of the ceremony the bridal chorus
from Lohengrin, was splendidly sung by
the vested choir.
The bridegroom, accompanied by hts
| best man. entered through the chancel
| and met the bride, receiving her in the
| betrothal service at the hands of her
father. During the marriage service the
soft strains Of call Me Thine own" per-
formed on the violin by Mr.. Charles T..
| Tosh. with organ accompaniment by
| Miss Julia McRae, were heard through
out the church.
The bridal party retired TO Men
delssohns wedding march, on the organ,
| after which the vested choir marched
out singing the wedding hymn:
"The voice that breathed DER Eden,
That earliest wedding day.
The ceremony was one of the most
beautiful and impressive of the kind
| ever witnessed in Petersburg. The
couple were the recipients OF very
large number of present in gold,
| silver cut-glass, art, etc, many Of them
| extremely handsome and valuable. The
Gift of the father of the bride was a
solid silver service, and of the ushers a
case of silver.
AT the residence Of the brides father
last night the bridal party were enter
tanned. The bridal cake was cut and the
health OF the bride and bridegroom was
drunk in champagne.
After the marriage tonight the couple
| were given a brilliant reception at the
residence of the brides father, which
was attended By several hundred friends.
An orchestra from Richmond furnished
| the music.
Among the visitors present We're Mr..
and Mrs. John Clapp of Philadelphia;
| Mrs. Helen c. Leigh, of Williamsburg;