Bridgeton pioneer., 1899-06-08

TOM THUMB WEDDING.
An Entirely Novel and Interesting We'd
ding at the First Baptist Church.

An Entirely Novel and Interesting We'd
ding at the First Baptist Church.
In response to the invitations sent out
by Mr.. and Mrs. Warren. the First Bap.
tist Church was crowded Monday, by
an audience that was anxious to see the
nuptials of Miss Minnie Warren to
Thomas Thumb.
The ceremony was fixed for 7.3O O'Clock,
and long before that time the people be-
gan crowding in the stately old church.
There was short, interesting program
previous to the ceremony, Miss Alma
Baker singing pretty song, which was
followed with recitation by Marguerite
Albertson. Miss Hildegarde Edwards
sang solo, and second recitation was
rendered by Beth Mulford.
Then began the arrival of the Lillipu-
tians, the guests who went to make up
this wedding picture. Each little Miss
with flowing trains, carrying flowers
was gracefully escorted up the aisles by a
courteous little usher, attired in full
evening dress. There was much interest
manifest in the seating of the guests, but
this was nothing compared with the in.
terest in the arrival of the wedding party.
The folks" of the little principals were
important. personages, and they could
not conceal it. The wedding party was
made up this way:
Grandfather, Eddie Stanley; grand
mother, Maizie Lummis; father of
groom, Leslie Ba.on; mother of groom.
Jennie Kirby; father of bride, Edgar
Theis; mother of bride, Alice Watson;
rector, John Reeves Watson.
Then appeared the radiant, beautiful
bride. little Miss Edith Lott. She was a
perfect picture, her fashionable dress,
large train, veil and orange blossoms be-.
ing in perfect accord with her shapely
figure and pure sweet face. Modestly
she was escorted up the broad aisle while
the groom, Hugh Reeves Perry, would
have done credit to man of years. He
was entirely composed, and the wedding
could have been no more successful, had
the principals been participating in a
matrimonial venture for the second and
third time. Those surrounding the
couple as they stood before the solumn
little minister were:
Maid of honor, Mary Buck; best man,
Robert More Mulford; flower girls,
Helen Whitaker, Imogene Elder, Mildred
Hunt, Miriam Campbell, Ruth Williams,
Mary Towle; pages, Everett Robbins,
Herbert Thompson.
Bridesmaids: Dorothy Bacon, Oleta
Mincb, Isabel Bacon, Dorothy Harden,
Ada Riley. Hildegarde Edwards, Pauline
Sithens, Ruth Towle, Ruth Davis, Ada
Wentzell.
Ushers: Robert Minch, Robert CARL,
Frederic Erringer, Dudley Janvier, Jona-
than Elmer, George Grosscup, Arthur
Peck, J. c. Peck, Romaine Ware.
Howard Supplee.
The all important words were spoken,
the answers from both bride and groom
came plain and emphatic, and the grand
wedding march burst out in all its power
of sweetness and harmony. The wedding
was over. The little folks had taken the
steps, and there was the usual fiutter and
buzzing over the church. 1t was all so
real. One almost forgot that it was but
bit of by play. moving picture. There
was an apparent earnestness about it all.
that it made the audience forget all about
an entertainment and it was next to i'm
possible to seperate the event from the
truth.
The wedding was followed with this
bit of entertainment: Chorus, Wedding
Guests; Song, Isabel Bacon; Recitation,
Mildred Hunt; Song, Pauline Sithens !;
Duett-"Quake er Courtship," Eddie STAN
ley and Verna Bozarth; Recitation.
Robert Everett Robbins; Song, Pauline
Sithens.
The departure of the wedding party
then occurred, and the entire audience
began to go down to the basement, where
there were wedding refreshments, straw
berries, ice cream and cake. There was
a great demand and the ladies having
charge of the entertainment did exceed
ingly we'll. There was nearly $l25 taken
in at the door, aud abont $50 more was
realized from the refreshments, making
the entire entertainment one of the most
successful given by any church.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plainfield, Ill.,,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family ply
sician, but grew worse. He told her she
was a helpless victim of consumption