The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-04
Miss Lila SayIes Married 10
Mr.. Frederic W. CIapp.
MANY GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE.
Elaborate Floral Decorations Delighted the
Eyes Of Those Who Witnesses Ceremony.
Two 0thsr Weddings Yesterday

The Say1es residences ON Shaw avenue,
Edgewood. was last evening absze with
light and beauty for IL was the occasion
OF the marriage of Lila, daughter of Mrs.
Ruth Sayles, TO Mr.. Frederic w. Clapp OF
Boston.
Long before the appointed hour the
spacious mansion was filled with guests.
who admired tho beautiful picters which
met their eyes AS one entered the wide
hall and glanced through the drawing
rooms, on either side. the voluntary ex-
clama ton was How beautiful" In truth
the dense masses OF luxuriant greenery
suggested some beautiful spot in a trop-
ical land. Tall palms. which reached from
floor TO ceiling were seen on every hand;
these we're intermingled with smaller
palms, ferns and grasses.
In every room the mantels were banked
high with a beautiful arrangement of
palms and ferns. The staircase too was
characterized by this same charming ef-
feet. interviewer with all this thick
growth Of green was a wealth of pink
roses tied with wide pink ribbon. The
large bay window in the front drawing
room where the ceremony was TO be per-
formed was a perfect bower of beauty. II
was enclosed by great palms while over
head was formed an arch Of green boughs
from which was suspended n huge bas-
ket Of pink roses fastened with pink rib
bon.
Promptly as the chimes from an unseen
cathedral clock rang out the hour of Z
the bride slowly descended the broad
staircase to the soft notes OF the march
from Lohengrin.
RIBBONS AND ROSES.
The passage 10 the front drawing room
was marked by pink ribbons and the
doorway leading thence was barred by
ropes of pink roses which the bride un-
tied as she passed through TO take her
place beside the groom under the roses in
the bay window.
Here the marriage services OF the Epis-
copal church was performed by Rev. Ed
win Bromley OF the Stewart Street Bap-
fist church. Mr.. Il. p. Sayles. brother of
the bride. giving her away
The bride was gowned in white satin
en- train. trimmed with duchesse and old
point lace. She wore tulle veil, fastened
with a diamond brooch. the gift of the
groom and carried a shower bouauet of
lilies OF the valley.
The maid OF honor was Miss Edith
Bromley. who was gowned I'm white lace
over pink silk.
The groom was attended by Or. William
r.. Bass OF Boston. as best man.
The ushers were as follows: Mr. Will
liam Marsden. Mr.. Charles A. Anderson,
DIR. Edwin A. Merrill OF Boston. also Mr..
John s. Marsden of Hartford. Conn. and
Dir. Frank IL. Cummings and Mr. William
X Potter. Jr.. Of Providence
Following the ceremony still another
rope OF roses, which separated the two
drawing rooms, was parted TO allow the
guests TO pass and offer their congratu-
lstions to the newly welded pair
Later I'm the evening the large company
repaired in groups TO the dining room.
Here a massive centrepiece OF pink roses
occupied the centre OF the table while the
nantel and fireplace was almost hidden
meath an artistic arrangement OF forms
and palms.
MANY GUESTS PRESENT.
Between six and seven hundred guests
had been hidden TO the ceremony They
came from Providence and its environs
fror, Boston and New York and even
from the far distant South.
Among them were the following mem
bers OF the sroom's family from Boston:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry NJ Jarrett, Mr.
and Mrs. George O. Ciapp. and Miss
Clapp. Dr. and Mrs. Osgood. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Lord.
Among the Providence and Edgewood
quests were: Gov. and Mrs William
Gregory. MIR. and Mrs william o.
Handing. Mr. Gilbert Phillips. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas W. Aldrich. Mr.. and Mrs
Nathan Barton. and Miss Barton. Mr..
and Mrs. r. X. Aidrich. Dr. and Mrs
spraspe. Mrs Harriet Swarts. Mr.. and
Ms. william Banigan. Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Berry, Mrs George W. Hub.
bard. AIR. and Mrs. Frank Marsh, Mr.