The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-03
GUBELMAN- POTTS
Brilliant Yellow Wedding
Last Evening in Dr..
Brett's Church.
TWO MATRONs OF HONOR
Eight Ushers, Four Brides
maids and One Maid OF
Honor-Those Present.

Undoubtedly the most brilliant wedding
of the season was the marriage OF MISS
Ethel Hager Potts, daughter OF q eha
Mrs. Potts, to Mr.. Oscar Gubelman, last
evening in the Bergen Reformed Church.
Everything about the ceremony was done
in the latest style, even to that recent ad-
dition to the bridal retinue, the matron OF
honor, save in this instance the matron
fashion, was doubled, there being two,
while the bridal procession was unusual
ly large, comprising eight ushers, lour
bridesmaids, a maid of honor, two pages,
a flower girl and the, "matrons' already
mentioned.
1t was a yellow and white wedding, ana
the church decorations were oeauti1ui.
They consisted sof banks and bowers OF
palms and roses. Preceding the arrlvai
of the bride there was an exquisite must
cal programme by Professor Dessert ana
Mr.. Theodore Arnheiter sang Tine Aeo-
mans Wedding Song" As the ceremony
was witnessed by about a thousand
guests, both ushers and pages were IN
constant demand. There ceremony TOOK
place at eight.
The pages were Masters Herbert II.
Case of East ORANGE and Edward JARVIS
of this city, who wore natty little TUX
edo suits, and lifted the ribbons as the re-
ception guests were ushered forward.
Messrs. Ronald Coolbaugh OF Easton'
Samuel w. Richardson, Edwin 3. Potts,
brother to the bride, Fred and Leopold
Gubelman, brothers to the groom, Ed- j..
Batchelar, Theodore Hussa and DR.. Wal
lace Pyle acted as ushers.
Miss Elizabeth c.. Potts, sister to the
bride, was flower girl. She wore a dainty
of ruffled mousseline de sole over
white silk and carried a basket OF dalsles-
Closely following her came the brides
maids, two by two, in imported robes OF
yellow satin trimmed with silver spangies
and Spanish butterflies in their hair
They were Misses Lucy H. Coyne OF East
Orange, Ida Jarvis, Gertrude M Bush
field and Meta Thomas. Each carried an
enormous bouquet of white carnations
tied with yellow gibbons to match their
gowns, the two latter wearing a slightly
deeper shade of yellow han the former.
Then came the matrons of honor, Mrs.
John Alvin Young, nee Tenney, and Mrs.
Otto yolkering, nee Gubelman, who also
wore W of the same, only a shade
darker, and carried white carnations.
After the matrons came the maid of
honor, Miss Emily Westervelt, who wore
a gown of the same design In deep
orange, completing the effect of the
shaded yellow, and carried yellow carna-
lions. All the gowns were decollete.
Miss Potts, Of course, came next. She
was leaning on her fathers arm, and
wore an imported decollete gown of white
duehesse satin trimmed with duchesse
lace and pearls, ornamented by a large
diamond harvest moon, the gift of the
groom, and lined throughout with shell
pink silk. Her veil was caught by white
princess tips and fell. gracefully to the
hem of her long court train. She carried
a bouquets of lily of the valley and brida
roses. 40
The bride was met at the altar in the
usual way, by the groom, the best man,
Frank C. Richardson, and the ~officiat-
ing clergyman, the Rev. Cornelius Brett,
where the ceremony was performed with
two rings, and Miss Potts given away by
her father, Judge Potts.
After the a reception was
held at the home of the brides parents,
No. 1893 Tonnele avenue, at which about
five hundred guests were present. The
decorations here also were of white and
yellow, and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Gubel-
man stood before a bower of roses and