Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
SENATOR THURSTON WEDS
Only Relatives and Intimate Friends Present
at the Ceremony.
START ON WEDDING TOUR TO SoUIt
Come 10 Omaha to spend Thanks
giving and Then Go to WASH
ington for the Winter
Something of the Bride.

/ WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-tSpecial Tele-
/ gram)-The marriage of Senator John NJ
Thurston and Miss Lola Purman was SOL
emnzed this morning at o'clock DR.
Frank NJ. Bristol of the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal church, and a warm pers. nal
friend of the senator's, officiating. The
ceremony took place at the residence of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
j. Purman, 1i2S @ street Tho home of the
bride was made into floral bower fSr the
occasion. palms and smiaX lending an
effective background to a wealth of color,
chryanthemums and roses predominating.
There was no pomp or ceremony attending
the wedding; in fact, it was marked by the
total absence of anything that would give it
a set appearance, simplicity being the dis
tinguishing characteristic OF the occasion.
The bride who is a tall and striking
mezzo-b blonde, wore a gown of light gray
venetian cloth filled in at the throat and
down the front with an embroidered panel
of velvet Of an ashes of rose color mounted
by black velvet collar and effectively
trimmed with an applique pattern of black
velvet extending down the front and around
the bottom of the skirt She carried mag
niicent boquet of pink roses and lilies of
the valley, the gift of the groom. Her
hat was of mode velvet with pumes of the
Sd1lc COlOT, anu OTndDlenleu WIN cut steel
to match.
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast
was served. Senator and Mrs. Thurston,
accompanied by Miss Fay Purman, sister of
the bride; Miss Rosamond Brockway of
Boston and Mr.. Carroll Purman, brother of
the bride left at 11:15 for a two weeks
trip south in Union Pacific private car O3.
The itinerary includes stops at Atlanta New
Orleans. San Antonio, Galveston, Austin
and Fort Worth. From Fort Worth the
party will go to Denver, thence to Omaha
for Thanksgiving arriving in Washing
ton Sunday, December 8.
Only relatives of the contracting parties
were present, with one or two personal
friends of the senator to represent him |
Those present were: Clarence Thurston, a
Junior at Harvard Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Tracy of New York; Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. |
Purman, father and mother of the BRIDE |
Mr.. Carroll Purman, Miss Fay Purman, MIR.
e. c.. Snyder, DR.. and Mrs. L. G. Purman
and daughters, Mrs. Hamilton, aunt OF
bride Miss Rosamond Brockway of Boston, |
Mrs. Cash CT Washington, Mr.. Wing Allen OF
Omaha, Helen, Gladys and Stanley Purman.
The bride has the charm of manner pecu-
liar to southern women, which she inherited |
fl ON her mother, who was Miss Leadora
Finlayson of the aristocratic old southern
family of that name. She has bewitching |
blue eyes and lashes of raven hue. She is
vivacious. a gifted conversationalist, sym
pathetic and thoroughly apprehensive of the
position she is about to assume in the official
life of Washington. Her father Major Will
liam j. Purman, when in active life was one
of the best known figures in southern poll
tics and power in the councils of the re-
publican party south Major Purman was
member Of the bar and at the breaking out
of the war between the states entered the
army and served with distinction under Gen
erals Meigs, Crane, Sprague and Meade. He
was a leading member of the constitutional
convention of Florida and stood among the
foremost leaders during the reconstruction
period of that state. from which he was
elected to congress.