The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-16

Few home weddings in this city
have been attended with so much sim
plicity and yet with so much elegance
as that Of yesterday, when Miss Clara
Simpson was married 10 Mr.. Henry
Brady, at the handsome hoplG of the
brides parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Clarence
d. Simpson, on Olive street.
AS has before been noted, this mar
riage was planned 20 h. hell IN Elm
Park church at noon. bur owing to
the sudden and Alarming attack uf
Illness suffered recently by the brides
brother, Mr.. Harry p. Simpson. ,hcae
preparations were .lblr lnnrd for the
informal ceremony vhi,h took place
yesterday at / o'clock.
The list of guests was reduced to
the relatives and a small number Of
the closest friends. Instead of the
train of bridesmaids ana the eight
ushers, there were but two little maids
to walk sedately before the bride. and
the bridal party consisted Of only the
two chief characters. the best man
and the flower girls. Mr.. simpson
who has been very ill., was able to
come down with the bride and give
her away. She was met by the groom
and his hest man, MIR. Arthur j..
Wheeler, of Philadelphia, as they
awaited her coming with her pastor,
Rev. Charles NJ. Gihin. D. D., who
performed the ceremony.
LAVISH DECORATIONS.
The house, one Of the most attrac-
tive In the city, was lavishly and
tastefully adorned under the direction
OF Clark The eastern reception room,
which is exceptionally beautiful with
the charming stair case, like n screen
in the background, had in the large
bow window bower Of tropical plants
with festoons of white roses In this
splendid arch the bridal party stood.
1t is the same room and the same
| window in which the present wife of
eX-President Harrison was married to
her young husband. Mr.. Dimmick
while visiting at the home of the
| broom's brother, Mr. G.. du Bois DIM
mick.
The wedding of yesterday was an
| exceedingly pretty event The bride
| wore a heavy ivory satin, severely
plain with the exception of a rich
| fiounce of point APPLIQUE coming from
| beneath the tablier front of the skirt.
| The bodice was mousquetalre in
fashion, with yoke and sleeves Of point
| applique outlined about the shoulders
| with little frill Of the same lace. She
wore an exquisite veil Of point appli-
| que fastened with orange blossoms,
which have n pretty history Of their
| own. They have successfully adorned
| the heads of two fair brides before be-
ing worn by Miss Simpson, AMI Will
| next month be passed on to another
of the group Of friends who thus keep
up the romance Of school day attach
| ment.
The two flower girls were little
Misses Katherine Simpson and Marion
| Kingsbury, the former being the
brides niece and the latter the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs IT. w. Kings
bury. They made fair picture with
| their baskets of carnations. Their
| white frocks were of organdia with
sashes of pink liberty silk
AFTER THE CEREMONY.
After the brief and impressive cere,
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Brady, Mrs. G
.. Simpson and Mrs. II. p. Simpson
received the greetings Of the guests
and a breakfast was served by Caterer
Davis, Of Orange, ". j.. The brida
party, as 1t was to have been IN tht
original arrangements, was served II
the morning room on the second floor
It consisted of the bride and groom
Miss Kaufman, Of Lancaster, who wa
to have acted as maid OF homer; Mis-
Florence Waring, of Plain(le!d, N. ].
Miss Eleanor Hall. Morristown, N. j.
Miss Annie Reynolds, Orange, y. j.
Miss Elizabeth Lafferts, New York
Miss Belin, Miss Welles and Miss Au
gusta Archibald, of this city, VIII
were to have been the bridesmaids
Miss katherine Simpson and Mis-
Marion Kingsbury. Mr.. Arthur l.
Wheeler, of Philadelphia. DR., Jacob c
Otto, Buffalo, n. Y: William G.. Neill
Warren, Pa; George Jarvis, jr,, Pitts
burg; Dr. ]. Windsor Decker an
James Blair, jr., OF Scranton; Harder
S. Crawford, New York,
Miss MofCatt, of Watertown, was un
able to he present
The dining room was effective II
pink chrysanthemums and American
Beauty roses. The hall was decorated
in masses of yellow chrysanthemums
while the library scheme of colo
was pink. The wedding music wa
furnished by Bauer's orchestra hiddel
in a bower of palms In the side hal
The rooms, crowded with magnifi
cent gifts. were the center OF muc'
, attraction. where was found an un
usual array Of costly and beautifu
articles
Among the other guests We're: Nj
II. II. Brady, Mrs. Charles II. CoOl
of Trenton; Mrs. Henry McCullocl
Of Elkston, Nd, the father and sis
, ters Of the groom; Mrs. c. s. Greer