The age-herald., 1899-02-09
Nathan Lee Miller Married to Miss Sarah Thur
 mOnd ROgan.
THE EVENT IoF HIGH SOCIETY
Reception Rendered the Couple at Res idence of MT. and Mrs. Lafayette Rogan on South Highlands
 Left for the East.

The marriage of Miss Sarah Thurmond Rogan and Nathan Lee Miller was solem- nized last evening at o'clock at the First Methodist church. The magnificent interior of the church precludes lavish decoration, and palms at the chancel were used exclu- eively.
 The wedding was a brilliant and notable event in southern society," the bride having been for several years a leader in fashion able circles.
 The wedding party was the largest of the season, and the bridesmaids were among the handsomest girls in town.
 musical programme preceded the en- trance of the bridal party, which was led by the ushers They were William Mudd, Martin Ernest de Funiak, John Forney, Frank Foster, Frank Ellis and Augustus Benners.
 Following the ushers came the grooms- men, Daniel Rogan, brother of the bride; Erskine Ramsay, Melville Drennen, Lucien Julien Walker, Paschall Shook, Ross Smith, J. N. Heiskell, of Memphis, and Charles Ferguson.
 The ushers and groomsmen formed semi-circle around the chancel.
 The bridesmaids followed the grooms- men, and at the chancel, facing the assem- blaze, they awaited the coming of the bride and her maid of honor, who entered the church together.
 The groom and his best man, R. c. Redus, came from the vestry room and met the bride al the chancel.
 The ceremony was performed in an im- pressive manner by pr. G. c. Kelly and the great organ again filled the church, anu to the strains of Mendelsohn the wedding party left the ehancel.
 The bridesmaids were Miss Mamie Pear son, Miss Daisy Moody, Miss Jennie Over ton, of Memphis; Miss Lura Brown, Miss Mary George Linn Miss Lucille Smith, Miss Emma Leedy and Miss Eloise Johnston.
 They wore decoete gowns with slight trains, and carried bouquets of meteor roses tied with red satin ribbon.
 The maid of honor was Miss Kate Rogan, a sister of the bride. Her gown was of white mousseline embroidered in pearls, and worn over white taffeta. The skirt was short train and opened over front panel of pearls. The yoke and sleeves were of shfrred tulle, and the throat was finished with pearl collar. The flowers were bridesmaids roses tied with pink ribbon.
 The bridal toilette was distinctly elegant in its severity. It was Parisian gown of white Duchess satin of superb texture, fashioned a la Prncesse, and fitting the figure perfectly. The high collar and the sleeves were finished with point lace. The tulle veil was caught with a circlet of dia- monds which was the gift of the groom.
 The bridal bouquet was a shower of lilies of the valley. The bride, pre-eminently one of tho most perfectly gowned women in society, was regal figure in her wedding robe. Her coiffeure was worn high and her patrician bearing was emphasized by the extreme simplicity of her gown
 As a conspicuous belle in society she Is one of those rare women whom it is a pleasure to meet under all circumstances. To an exceedingly handsome appearance she unites the additional attraction of a charming manner, which has made her greatly beloved in society and which will make her very popular in public life where it Is probable her husbands career will lead her
 Following the ceremony at the church a brilliant reception for the bridal party took 4 place at the home of the brides parents MT. and Mrs. Lafayette Rogan, on the South Highlands, when society called to say farewell to the newly welded couple, who left at midnight for wedding journey east The wedding party received in the long drawing room, which was decorated in a charming manner. White and pink tulle was used as a drapery at the first entrance to the drawing room, and from the entrance was suspended huge basket of pink roses. The windows were draped with pink satin ribbon, from the center of which hung bas- --kets of gorgeous pink roses. The entrance to the dllllilS room Was urdlSu III pIludl yelling and from the center, suspended by ribbons. hung basket of white roses. The reception hall was decorated with Ameri- can Beauties, the flowers being arranged in hanging baskets.
 In the library coffee and frappe were served, and in the dining room a buffet luncheon The circular table in the latter apartment was covered with white ac- cordion piaited mousseline over white satin, the floral decoration being a heart of white carnations and from the chandelier was suspended bow and arrow of white car nations. The apartments were lighted with innumerable tapers, and the tule draperies at the entrances, together with the exceed ingly novel arrangement of the floral bas- kets made the scene one of surpassng beauty
 An orchestra back of the palms gave a delightful musical programme.
 The wedding presents included quantities of silver cut glass, and hand-painted china Among the handsomest gifts was a chest of solid silver, presented by the groomsmen,
 After the wedding trip Mir and Mrs. Mill Ter will be at home with Mr. and Mrs G. Mortimer Williams at their residence in Highland avenue
 Mr and Mrs. Miller have been feted in many ways in honor of their approaching wedding.
 Mir. Miller Is a young Alabamian widely