The record-union., 1899-11-10
Quietly Welded Yesterday Morning
to Mrs. Mildred Hazen.
The Ceremony Takes Place In ST. Paul's
Catholic Church at Washington.
After a Wedding Breakfast at the
Home of the Brides Mother,
Mrs. Washington Mclean, the
Bridal Couple Depart for New
York to Spend Their Honey
moon.

York to Spend Their Honey
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-Admiral
George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen
were married quietly at the rectory of
ST. Paul's Catholic Church on v street,
near Fifteenth, in this city, shortly be-
fore 10 O'Clock this morning. The GER
emony was performed by Rev. James
F. Mackin, pastor of the church, as
sisted by the Rev. Joseph H. Foley, as
sistant pastor, and the Rev. Sidney
Hurlbut
The ceremony was of the simplest
character. according to the rites of the
Catholic Church, and the only wit
nesses, besides the officiating clergy
men, We're Mrs. Washington Mclean
and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Admiral Lud-
low, mother and sister, respectively, of
the bride, and Lieutenant Caldwell, Ad-
mral Deweys Secretary
The arrangements for the wedding
were made with all the secrecy which
has attended the whole affair. After
procuring the license for the wedding
yesterday, Lieutenant Caldwell called
on Father Mackin of ST. Paul's, of
| which church Mrs. Hazen is a COM
municant, and arranged for the we'd
ding this morning. AS Admiral Dewey
is not Catholic, special dispensation
was required for the performance of
the ceremony, and this was procured by
Father Mackin from Bishop Curtis,
Vicar General of the Diocese of Balti-
more, who granted it in the absence of
Cardinal Gibbons, who is at present in
New Orleans. Father Mackin went to
Baltimore for this purpose yesterday
afternoon.
At 9:4o this morning two carriages,
containing the wedding party, drew up
before the modest red brick rectory in
the rear of st. Paul's The general
public had no intimation of where the
ceremony was to take place, and not a
single spectator was present Us the
party alighted. Admiral Dewey and
Lieutenant Caldwell quickly stepped
from their carriage, and the Admiral
assisted the bride-elect and her mother
land sister from the other carriage Mrs
Hazen was gowned in a pearl-gray silk,
| over which she wore a long stylish
black wrap, trimmed with silver fox
and lined with lavender silk The Ad-
I'LL al NtiS d UidCh TUCK coal, gray
trousers and a silk hat Upon entering
the rectory they were ushered into the
reception room, where Admiral Dewey
was presented to Father Mackin ana
the two clergymen who We're to assist
in the ceremony.
| Upon being presented to Father
Mackin the Admiral said that he had
heard that Father Mackin had in his
early years been a sailor, and it gave
him additional happiness to know that
he was to be married by a clergyman
who had at one time followed the sea-
Father Mackin replied happily that,
when he found he could not become
an Admiral he had determined to be-
come priest
] Mrs Hazen removed her wrap ard
she and the Admiral Immediately took
| their places in the center of the little
reception room, where the ceremony
was performed which made them man
and wife. Father Mackin and his as
sistants wore simple black cassocks.
Before the ceremony Father Mackin
| addressed the contracting parties as
! follows:
Before pronouncing the solemn
words which will bind you forever to-
gether, it may be we'll to forget for q
| moment the things that are around US
and to look upward. We are the chill
| dren of God, and we have a right to
call upon Him in joy and in sorrow.
We need His help in both extremes and
never more than now, for although the
| promises you are about to make are
easily made and the work of moment.
their fuifillment is the work of life
time We call upon God to witness ard
to bless this union, of which He is the
author and which He has made sacred.
! No matter how generous and devoted
you may be to each other, there are
in every life moments of trial, when
| we, in our weakness, need the help that
| comes from above, and this help will
! be given in it's fullness in return for
the faithful fulfillment of our obliga
lions. The higher your position in life
the more incumbent upon you is the
faithful fulfillment of your. obligation,
! and the more rigorous the accounts
| that will be exacted. The neglect of
these obligations will cast it's shadow
upon eternity But this hour we hope
marks the beginning of career which
will make you wiser, better and more
useful to your fellow-creatures in this
life and the life beyond, and when
death at last shall break the line which
binds you, as death alone can break 1t,
may that last hour find two hands as
fondly clasped and two hearts as close
4 ly joined as they are to-day, and may
the joys of this life be a foretaste OF
the joys that are to come
The ceremony was performed with the
ring, according to the nuptial rites of
1.-The Catholic Church.
Including the address of Father
Mackin it consumed less than five min
utes. Father Mackin was the first to
hail the bride as Mrs Dewey. Con-
CALCULATIONS and Fluctuations followed,
and the wedding party drove directly
from the rectory to the residence of the
brides mother, Mrs. Mclean, where a
wedding breakfast was served.
After arriving at Mrs. McLean's resi-
dence, Admiral Dewey was driven to
his own house. There he changed his
clothes for travelling suit returning
to the Mclean residence on foot
The wedding breakfast lasted an
hour. There were, present only the
bride and groom, Mrs Mclean, Mrs
Ludlow, Lieutenant Caldwell and Fred