The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-09
HIT ANn GREEN WEDDING
Marriage Of Mr. e. Payson willard ana
miss mary Love West Last Evening AT
81. Jamess Episcopal Church.

when Mr.. coward TdySOH "iLdIu N 4 4
to the altar Miss May Love We ST. |
daughter of Mr.. Henry p. West, a q of |
Wilmington. The decorations fc the
occasion consisted of a tastef = en-
of palms and ferns at the ap-
proach to the chancel, and q. hedge of
cedars across the altar, bf mixed with
daisies and English snF .gballs. The
reredos was decorated W .tzh daisies and
hundreds of burning ak candles.
Long before the heur for the ar
rival OF the bridal. party, the church
was flied by the relatives and friends
of the couple, an d while in waiting, Mr.
E. II. Munson. the organist, from $50
till 8 O'Clock, artistically rendered the
following selections:
March Niaitaire .......... Whitney.
Gavote (Nignon) ..".,.... Thomas.
Lost Chord ....-..... Sullivan.
Selections from the Runaway GirP
.....- 49,. 49,. Ivan IoIyL.
SC~toronatien March .....Scotland Clark.
Meanwhile, the audience was seateu
by the groomesmen, who acted as usn-
ers, and the ribbon girls and boys were
little Miss Beck Love johnson n lit
tie Miss Wilhelmina Harlowe, and
Masters Emmett Bellamy and John
Hill Cronly. The girls stood in the
main aisle five pews from THE front to
mark off the family pews, while the
boys held the ribbons near the front
entrance to the aisle.
When the bridal party arrived, the
entrance was made to the measures of
the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin.
Down the main aisle the procession to
the altar was in the following order:
The ribbon boys, Masters Bellamy
and Cronly, led the way, and when
they reached the east end of the aisle
they halted and faced each other, TAX
ing their positions on either sid of the
aisle. The groomsmen then entered by
venson and Mr.. Joseph w. Yates; Mr..
JOIN c.. James and Mr.. w. G. Crow:
Mr.. Clayton Giles and Mr.. J. VanB.
Nets; Mr.. Warren S. Johnson and Mr..
w w. Ashe, (of Chapel HID, Mr.. r.
A. Parsley and Mr.. Charles E. Taylor.
AS each Of the pairs passed the ribbon
boys, they would TAX their positions,
facing each other across the aisle. The
groOmsmen were followed by the rib
bon girls, who passed through to the
altar. AS they passed the ribbon boys,
they fell behind the girls and halted on
the steps of the chancel.
The bridesmaids followed in couples
as follows:
Miss Mary B. Jewett, of New York,
and Miss Elizabeth c. Cotchett. AS they
passed on to the chancel through the
lines, Messrs. James M. Stevenson and
Joseph w. Yates fell in behind them.
Miss Linz Virgins and Miss Jennie
Harriss. AS they passed through,
Messrs. John c. James and ". G.. Crow
followed them
Miss Mary Calder and Miss Mary
2. Treat Pack. AS they passed On, MeSsrS,
Clayton Giles and J. VanB. Nets fell
in behind them.
Miss Eliza Bellamy and Miss Bette
DeRosset. Messrs. Warren Johnson and
w. w. Ashe followed them.
Miss Lola Martin and Miss Hattie
Bellamy. Messrs. r. A. Parsley and
Charles E. Taylor dropped in behind
them as they passed through.
AS the procession thus moved to the
altar, the maid of homo came in at
the front entrance and proceeded to
the altar, followed by the bride, lean
ing on the arm of her father. The
groom came in by the vestry Dom, &C
cOmpanied by his best man, Mr.. George
D. Crow. They met the bride at the
chancel steps, where the groom took his
bride and went w to the altar,
followed by her father and the best
man.
As the couples assembled at the al
tar, the bridesmaids took their posi-
tons in columns on either side, crossing
over, alternately, and the groomsmen
fell into a column in rear of them.
MIR. West gave the bride away, and
the ceremony was impressively per-
formed by the Rev. DR.. Flagg, acting
rector in the absence of the Rev. DR..
Robert Strange, who is in Europe.
When the marriage a been pro-
nounced, the organ swelled with the
strains Of Memberships Wedding
March as the bridal party retired, the
bride and groom leading the way. fol-
lowed 10y the maid Of hOnor and the
best man, the bridesmaids n the
groomsmen and others of the party.
The music was concluded with Trlum-
phal March, a pretty original COMPOST.
ton by Mr.. Munson, the organist.
The bride wore a handsome white
satin dress en- train and a tulle veil
caught with a pearl breach. She car
ried a lovely bouquet of bride roses.
The maid OF honor was beautifully
attired in Mile green organdy, and car
ried a bouquet of bride roses tied with
green ribbon.
Thine bridesmaids wore dresses of
white organdy and carried bouquets of
bride roses tied with green ribbon.
Inc ribbon girls were charmingly
dressed in Nile green ~organdy.
The groomsmen were in full dress
and wore b~outonnieres of star jessa-
mine and maidenhair fern.
The bells in the tower rang out in
happy peals as the party went out, and
as they emerged from the church they
took carriages and were driven to the
aNOAIlS vi CIFt - pdISlllS, OlU CIISSC-
nut street, where a reception was held
till s p. m. A large number of guests
attended, n dainty refreshments, with
the ices in white and green colors,
were served.
The bridal presents were very num-
erous and included valuable, useful and
articles in great variety.
Congratulatory kilograms came from
friends in the north and south.
AT 6:45 p. m, the rid party took
carriages INC were driven to Front
street station, where the Z p. m. train
on the Atlantic Coast Lin was board
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Willard for an
extensive tour. AS they took the train
the jolly party showered rice and
banged old shoes after them. They will
visit Washington, New York, Watkins
Glen, Niagara Falls, Saratoga and 9TH
er PLACES. They expect to return in
two weeks and will make their home on
Orangel street, btween Fourth and
Fifth streets.
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