The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-09-08
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aunt. Mrs. A. M. Davis, Miss Margaret
Ella Gaylord of this city, to Mr.. Henry
Weld Newton Of Buffalo, New York.
The ceremony was performed at seven
o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Newton
is one Of the very few young women 10
Lincoln who has won musical distinc-
ton abroad. She possesses a tuneful,
melodious voice, gentle, naif manner,
and exceeding simplicity of style. She
sings with the Inconsistencies Of a
bird, that is, her art conceals itself. and
voice and manner and style are excep-
tionally pleasing. She was soloist for
two years in Doctor Lyman Abbott's
church in Brooklyn. She was attended
like the brides OF ancient Greece by a
chorus of men and maidens who sang
Governs Rose Maiden" as the wedding
procession started, and softly sang THE
Lohengrin March during the ceremony.
Two hundred guests congratulated Mr..
and Mrs. Newton. The spacious draw
ing room was in green and white and
the ensemble effect in the spacious
rooms was very light and airy. Cob
webby lace was draped over doorwsys and
window openings. The wedding party
stood under a canopy of lace. smilax
and asparagus fronds in one corner of
the drawing room. A white rug under
the canopy and white roses here and
there completed the harmony OF the
arrangement. Sarah Ladd and Cecilia
Ward in pink frocks made way for the
bride and retinue by making a lane of
white ribbons from the doorway to the
canopy. Della Hoover, the little flower
girl, in white, scattered flowers just be-
fore the bride who walked alone and
was followed by Norman Curtice, the
page of the ring. The brides gown was
OF white crepe de chine, en- train. The
skirt made with wide vertical tucks.
The bodice was draped with Duchesse
lace OF exquisite pattern and rarity.
Her veil was of tulle fastened to her
hair by blazing jewel. The groom
met her at the canopy. supported by
the Reverend Henry I. Davis, presiding
elder OF the Lincoln district. After the
ceremony Miss Hoover played the
Mendelsohn march with spirit and that
fervor and JUNCTION which distinguish
Miss Hoover's numbers. The octette
which contributed the undercurrent of
music to the service and its stirring
voluntary was composed Of Mrs. V. o.
Stricken of Omaha, Miss Maude Oak
ley, Mrs. A. s. Raymond, Mrs. E. Lewis
Baker. and Messrs. Thatcher, Myer,
Martin and Kettering. After the cere-
mony and the beginning of congratula-
tions Mrs. Newton exchanged her big
brides bouquet for a point lace fan
with pearl sticks which the groom's
mother had carried at her wedding.
Punch, brides cake and fruit cake
were served in the dining room,
metamorphosed into bower Of green
and yellow with ferns and golden-rod,
by Miss Lunette Keith of Chicago. Ice
cream and wedding cake were passed to
the guests by Mrs. Nellie NJ. Richard.
son, Miss Florence Richardson, Miss
Kyle, Mrs. May Shockey, Mrs. Wallace
Crandall. Mrs. Phil Sommerlad, Miss
Nellie Gaylord and MISS Jessie Lansing.
After some Of the guests were gone the
bride sat down at the piano and sang
them songs full Of happiness with a
soupcon Of tears for the leave-taking.