The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-29
AT HYMEN'S ALTAR.
j, KICK Wheeler AND MISS EMMA
STEBBINS MARRIED.
SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON
Great Crowd of Friends and Relatives
witness the Ceremony, Which Was Per-
formed at st. Matthews Church at
O'Clock Tuesday Evening.

Quite the event of the social season
in Kenosha was the marriage of Miss
Emma Stebbins and Josiah Keck
Wheeler, which was celebrated at St.
Matthew's Episcopal church at 8
o'clock Tuesday evening. The uni
versal acquaintance and popularity OF
the contracting parties at the wedding
made the event one of great Importance
in all circles of the city. In honor of
the event the church was resplendent
in beautiful decorations, and almost the
entire house was mass of flowers and
palms. In the windows were draped
long, shapely sprays of maiden hair
ferns, while the openings to all the pews
in the church were decorated with
marguerites, which formed the central
| feature of the decorations The chan
eel was scene of beauty. Tall,
shapely palms were arranged all about
it, and among the leaves of green were
intermingled a countless number of
marguerites. The altar was a perfect
bank of marguerites with here and
there a spray of hydrangea to give
color to the beautiful effect produced
by the white flowers nesting in a bed
of ferns. The affairs at the rear of the
church were covered with a wealth of
orange blossoms and locust flowers.
The decorations were the most elabo-
rate ever seen in the church and made
it a fit setting for the union of two
congenial hearts.
Over three hundred invitations had
been sent out to the wedding and long
before the hour for the appearance of
the wedding party the seats reserved
for the guests we're filed. The attend
ance was not confined to the invited
guests, for many people were drawn to
the temple purely out of curiosity
After the doors had been thrown
open and while the ushers we're seating
the guests Mrs. Herbert E. Tanner
oficiated at the organ and the entire
house rung with the beautiful strains of
DeKoven's " Call Me Thine Own" As
the clock told the hour of 8 the sur
pliced choir entered and the wedding
ceremony was opened by the rendition
of The Heavens Are Telling" from
Haydn's Creation, under the direction
of Reginald Hunt, director of the
church choir. AS the last echo of the
mighty anthem died away the ushers
threw open the doors and every eye
was turned to the rear of the church to
greet the coming of the bridal party.
Edward Tarbox, organist of Christ
church, Chicago, and an intimate friend
of the groom, played the wedding
march. The bridal party entered the
church from the east door and were
preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Ben
Stebbins, a brother of the bride,
Douglas Newell, of this city, Arthur
Lucius, of Chicago, and John Van
Burton, of Batavia. Following the
ushers came the two bridesmaids,
Misses Belle Stebbins and Lewis Balm.
These were followed by Miss Bessie
Stebbins. who acted as maid Of honor.
The bride followed leaning on the arm
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reached the altar they were met by the
groom, who was attended by Richard
Welles and the Rev. Harry Thompson,
Rector of the church, who performed
the ceremony. As the parties met in
the chancel the mighty peals of the
wedding march were stilled and the
Rector read the solemn Episcopal
service, while from the organ came
sweet and low music. The bride was
given away by her father. The solemn
vows were soon registered and with a
mighty peal the voice of the great
organ broke into the we'll known notes
of the Mendelssohn wedding march and
the happy couple with the attendants
left the church.
The dresses worn by the ladies who
took part in the wedding were exceed
ingly beautiful. The bride was the
observed of all observers, and well
might she be, for seldom has SO beau
tifully gowned bride walked up the
aisle of a church in this city to the in
spring notes of the wedding march.
She was attired in magnificent gown
of liberty silk over white silk with
dainty ornaments of diamonds and
pearls. The bridal veil was of white
silk null and was held on her brow by
a wreath of orange blossoms. Miss
Bessie Stebbins, the maid of honor,
wore pretty gown of white organdie
decorated with white ribbons. In her
hair she wore a wreath of white mar
guerites and carried a huge bunch Of
the same flowers The two brides
! maids, Misses Stebbins and Balm, were
attirAd in white organdie with trim