Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-02-26
NO MAIDS OF HONOR
AT THE BRIDAL OF MISS PAUNCE-
FOTE.
NOR BEST GIRLS EITHER
Fashionable Event at the National
Capital-Gifts of Rare Merit Come
From Far and Near-A Breakfast
and Reception Typically English
Follow the Ceremony.

Washington, Feb 23.-Tomorrow
Washington society will witness the
most interesting nuptial event of the
seaSOn-the marriage OF Miss Lillian
Pauncefote, third daughter of the Brit
ish ambassador and Lady Pauncefote,
to Robert Bromley, son of Sir Henry
and Lady Bromley of England. The
ceremony will be solemniZed at noon
at st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
church. The bishop of Washington,
the Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, will
oficiate, assisted by Rev. Alexander
Mackay-Smith, d. D., rector of the.
church. The members of the embassy
staff will act as the ushers and Maurice
Bromley-Wilson, brother of the bride
groom, will attend as best man. Miss
Esther Bromley and Miss Hetty Sar-
gent of Boston will be the bridesmaids
and Miss Audrey Pauncefote, the
younger sister of the bride, will be
principal bridesmaid" as in England
they have no "maids of honor" or
best girls" Their gowns are to be
blue, with picture hats trimmed with
the chosen color, and they will carry
Parma violets. Quite the most pictur-
esque feature of the ceremony will be
Master Kent Legare, little gentle
man of four summers or thereabOut,
who will wear a cavalier costume of
the time of Charles l., of white satin
~ IL nd hot
with green plumes. He will act as
train bearer. All the national dig
nitaries will be present, with a num-
Der of friends of the family from Eng
land and eastern cities.
A breakfast and reception will fol-
low at the British embassy. The table
is to be typically English. The great
wedding cake, which was made at the
most famous bakers in the world and
brought to this country only last week,
will occupy the center of the table and
it will be served to the guests.
Miss Pauncefote is an exceedingly
attrac we young girl. She is slight
n figure, with soft golden-broWn hair,
blue eyes and winsome and engaging
manner She is greatly beloved by
her friends in this country, where she
has been the greater part OF her life,
and it was through her love for them
she chose to be married in Washington
in place of waiting until the return OF
the family to England early in April.
The bride-elect has a charming voice,
and, like her sisters, is possessed OF
+o1N m
music and as linguist. Mr.. Bromley,
whose rank at the embassy is hon
orary attache, is very youthful in APP
pearance He is tall and good-looking
and an immense favorite in Washing
ton
The bridal gifts, which have been
arriving at the embassy for the last
fortnight, have come from England,
India, Africa and all parts of the
world. They make a display that would
do credit to an empress. Among the
most costly of the jewels is Lady
Bromley's gift, a necklace of five rows
of solitaire diamonds, with pearl and
diamond bracelet to correspond. The
Rothschilds sent a magnificent neck
lace OIL pearls d1u oldlAOnOo, WACAA
heart-shaped brooch. Mr.. Choate, the
United States ambassador to England,
sent pair of ornate silver candelahra.
Mr.. Carnegie's gift is silver tankard,
several feet high, ornametned with SUI
perbly wrought figures. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt sent a gold repousse paper
case and portfolio. Mr.. and Miss
Curzon, of England, brought to the
bride a heavy mounted dressing case,
filed with jeweled bottles. The sec
rotary of the navy and Senator Nc
MILAN each sent exquisite silver vases.
The Countess de Lichtervelde, wife OF
the Austro-Hungarian minister, sent
rare and beautiful fan. The Bar
oness Won Hengelmuller gave a silver
tea kettle All the ambassadors and
foreign ministers and other members
Of the diplomatic corps, as we'll as the
mebers Of the ultrafashionable circles,
have sent costly gifts. Among the
Jewels is a crescent of diamonds and
sapphires from Mrs. B. H. Warder and
Miss Warden of Philadelphia