The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-01

him and after waiting until he dared
wait no longer he had to run for 1t,
a mile he arriving at the altar rather
breathless but looking happy.
At another wedding i'm this town the
bride was late in her robing prepara-
tions and had given orders to have
the ceremony delayed which, as IL was
a home wedding could easily have been
arranged. But part OF her directions
were omitted as instead of waiting the
signal the remainder of the bridal
party proceeded to descend; the groom
stood in his place and the minister was
ready with his book and the bride
appeared not for twenty minutes there
after during which time some of the
relatives nearly went into Mysteries as
mental pictures of dire tragedies were
conjured up--in which a fair maid,
dead in her bridal robes-or eloping
from second story window with Il
handsomer man or lying in a faint,
appeared ad libitum. The groom even
began TO grow pale when a very red
checked and irate bride walked i'm with
her father vainly trying to keep step
in the hasty march to the front,
There was wedding the other day
when the bridesmaids clamored in vain
for the brides bouquet to be tossed
down toward. their outstretched hands
that the traditional presaEe of the first
one to marry could be made. The
beautiful girl-wife in her shining robes
| leaned over the stair but held closely
| the great bunch of white roses, She
! did not tell the merry company below
| that her bridal flowers were to be
| given to one bridesmaid alone to the
one who was not there but who, in the
| fond eyes Of the bride who had loved
| her SO, walked softly down the church
aisle in the white procession. Others
could not see her. but that by the
friend in the bridal veil she was not
forgotten may be known, for above her
quiet rest in Dunmore cemetery soon
after could be seen the roses which tho
bride carried to the altar
The Second Presbyterian church
while it contains neither long drawn
aisles nor fretted vault is peculiarly
adapted to forming the background
for a pretty wedding, was the scene
of one unusual effective on Thursday
when Miss Margaret Dorothea Hanley
was married to Mr.. Harry l.. Kirkpat.
rick. The floral decorations in white
and green were scarcely more exquisite
in artistic effect than the soft toned
| windows over which the rich tracery
of ivy made an infnitude of fairy-lik,
pictures. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. DIR. c. f. Robinson. The bride
was given away by her father. Mr.
Willis Kirkpatrick was groomsman
The brides sister, Miss Emma Hanley
was maid of honor. The bridesmaid,
were Miss Mary Linen, Miss Alice Sic
bert, Miss Ruth Hanley and Miss Ann,
Hand. Miss Grace Mclean was floWe
girl. The ushers We're Messrs. Wi
Hanley, ]. b. Cook, of Bellefonte; Ar
thur Foster of West Pittston; Rober
Snyder and Bevan Decker.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
reception to relatives and few imme
diate friends was held at the home o
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam Hanley, on Monroe avenue II
the receiving line with the bride an,
groom were Mr.. and Mrs. Hanley, an,
the groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs c
w. kirkpatrick.
At the the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S
p. Hull Wednesday afternoon thei
daughter, Miss Louise was married t