El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24
A FASHIONABLE EVENT
Which Attracted To St. Johns S
All Of The Famous Per-
sonages At The
Capital

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The mar
riage certificate which Miss Lillian
Pauncefote, daughter OF the British
Ambassador and Lady Pauncefote,
bore away from ST. Johns Protestant
Episcopal church today contained the
signatures as witnesses of the pres
fdent of the United States and several
members of his cabinet. Miss Pauce-
fote, one of the most notable and
popular figures in Washington society,
became the wife of the Hon. Robert
Bromley. attache of the British
embassy. There were more famous
personages present at the wedding
than at any similar event Washington
has seen in a number of years, and the
ceremony was attended by many
picturesque features, the presence OF
the foreign diplomatic corps. in full
regalia, brilliant with gold lace,
orders and side arms, impartipg
gorgeous coloring to the ceremonies
that is usually foreign to wedding
celebrations in this country
The interior of the church presented
gorgeous picture. The columns at
eS,ca side { / tne rave were wound VIII
garlands of laurel and smilaX, in which
clusters of fra grant blossoms were dis
posed. Festoons of green and white
spanned the intervals between the col
umns and at the chancel rail there was
a solid bank of lilies and other
flowers.
Among those present were the pres
ident and Mrs. Mckinley, Secretary of
State Hay, Senator Mcmillan, the
Austrian Minister and Baroness Won
Hepgelmuller, the Belgian minister
and Countess de Lichtervelde, Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, M. Jules Cam
bon, the French ambassador, and the
Russian ambassador and Mile. Cas-
sini. The presidential party occupied
the front pews on the right of the
altar, and on the left were seated mem
bers of the Pauncefote household, Sir
Henry and Lady Bromley. parents of
the bridegroom: the bridegroom sis
ter, Miss Esther, and his brother Mr..
BromleyWilson.
The doors of the church were thrown
open at IL O'Clock. This was an hour
before the ceremony, but wedding
guests were arriving in such numbers
that 1t was necessary toilet them into
the church at once to avoid awkward
DELAYS. Admission was strictly by
card, but even those bearing the covet-
ed paste boards found entrance TO the
church difficult owing to the large
crowd congregsted on the streets, fas-
cinased by the opportunity of seeing at
least some fragments of q fashionable
Wedding.
The musical arrangements were on
sscale fitting to the ceremony. The |,
mem bers of the presidents party had |
barely seated themselves in the pews
reserved for them when the musical |
exercises were begun with the "Lo- |
hengrin'' bridal music, sung by the re-
gular church choir.
Soon after II o'clock, in the midst |
of glorious burst of music from the |
organ, the bridal party proceeded to
the chancel in the following order; the
bride, leaning On the arm of her dis
father; the four brides
Ia aids, first the sister of the bride, the
Hon. Sibyl Pauncefote, with Esther
Bromley, sister of the bride groom:
them came the younger sis
ter of the bride, the Hon. Audrey
accompanied by Miss Het-
ty Sargent of Boston. Following the
bridesmaids came the four ushers-i
Mr.. Gerard A. Lowther. first secre-
5ary of the British embassy: Sir
Charles Eliot, second secretary: w. |
}. Max Muller, second secretary, {:
md Mr.. Arthur Humphreys
lgen, honorary attsche. The brides 6
maids were beautifully gowned in blue
ilk, covered with white lace and '
,hiffon, and wore picture hats of black I
-elvet tied with bows and long ribbons {
f the came hue.