The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31
BRIDAL OF GOLD AND GEMS.
LAVISH DISPLAY AT MILLIONAIRE
CLARK's DAUGHTERS WEDDING.
Father Gives $4,000. 0O0-New YOrk's
Fashionable Episcopal Church
Crowded by Thousands of Invited
Guests-Heaps of Splendid Pres
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| New York, May 2s.-In New York most
| fashionable Episcopal Church-St Thorn
| as on Fifth avenue-a wedding of mill
lions took place to-day. when, in the pres
ence of thousands of invited guests. Miss
Katherine Stauffer Clark, daughter of
William A. Clark, the immensely wealthy
Montana Copper King, was married to DR..
Lewis Rutherford Morris.
| In its lavish display of flowers, and in
the costliness of the gems given as pres
| ents, the wedding eclpsed all others of
| the year The scene was of a splendor
not Witnessed in this country since the
day Anna Gould became Countess de
| Casteiane.
Crowds on Fifth Avenue.
The church, of course, was packed.
| Fifth avenue for blocks. both south and
north of st. Thomas, and overlooking to
! the side streets, was an almost impene-
trable mass of men, women and children.
| The women predominated, of course, It
seemed as if half the matron and maiden
population of Manhattan had taken d half
holiday for the occasion. The police had
a giant task in clearing the streets for the
! never-ending procession of carriages.
The bridal party was only forty-five min
| utes late when 1t arrived, and was ad
mitted, with the help of policemen, at the
| side entrance of ST. Thomas.
Detectives on Guard.
Twelve policemen guarded the doors of
| the church for several hours before the
| ceremony began, and kept the crowd back
| from the entrance. In addition three de-
| tectives were stationed at the church.
while three others remained at the Gull
yer apartments. No. IT'S West Fifty-eighth
| street. They were in ordinary civilian
dress, and kept a close watch upon all
| who went in. The musiacl programme
| was simple, consisting of music on organ
and harp. W. E. McFariane played soft
| preludes on the organ until the appointed
| hour for the ceremony.
Oppressive with Flowers.
| Within the church the odor of flowers
| YVES so heavy as TO be oppressive, and
| jeweled Vinaigrettes were in constant
! use. The pews. pillars, windows, chan
| Gel. altar, all were smothered in roses
| of white and pink, sweet peas, apple and
| pear blossoms; in short, every flower
now in bloom, and many with blooms
forced not forgetting the rare orchids
and exotics for which sums capable of
| supporting the government of a city for
| years had been expended.
Many Kings wives There.
In the seats, and even crowded against
| the walls, and hanging over the balconies
| were the wives and daughters of copper
| kings, oil kings, railroad kings-all the
| various kings of the financial world.
| There, too, were senators and representa-
tives in Congress and foreign diplomats
and ladies' of gentle birth and high de-
| gree, and ladies whose fathers or grand
fathers had started life selling suspend
ers or clerking in a country store,
And while one who was of this throng
sat wondering the mighty organ pealed
| forth a wedding march and soon after a
tall, slender girl, her face hidden from
| view by masses of white lace, entered the
| door, and, leaning on the arm of a little,
! bearded man, walked slowly up the aisle,
| her satin shoes crunching with their soles
the priceless flowers that had been strewn
| in her path. IN her wake were other
| white-robed girls and men in black and
white, but few gave them heed
Sweet to Look Upon.
A graceful bride she was, CARRIED in
| priceless lace, sweet to look upon and
going to the chief event, the one great
| Joy of her life, just the same as if she
did not possess 100000 but was little
| shop girl whose only dot was the love of
| an honest man.
The brides wedding dress will long be
| spoken of as a creation of richness so
| marvelously shaped as 90 convey the i'm
preston of extreme simplicity. 1t was
| made of only two materials-ivory white
| satin and rose point lace. Its lines are
| straight, unbroken from the throat TO the
| hem of the garment. save for the faint
folds which the fitting to Miss Clark s
petite figure required at the waist line
Her Shawl Cost $1,000.
A rose point lace shawl covering the en-
| tire dress, made il one of the most beau
uful garments ever worn by any bride.
This shawl alone took twenty-five years in
making and cost $4,000.
| The bridesmaids were dressed in pink
! and white One of them, Miss Pfouts, is
the chum of Miss C1ark's early girlhood
in Butte, Mont. They played together as
children when both families were poor.
| The other bridesmaid was Miss Christine
Pomeroy, niece of the bridegroom.
bridesmaids I'm Big Hats.
The bridesmaids wore charming costumes
OF French embroidered cream mule and
rich cluny lace yelling, and pink taffeta,
ornamented with pink sashes fringed at
| the ends. Their large leghorn hats were
profusely trimmed with pink roses.
! Mrs Culver, matron of honor and sister
of the bride, followed. She wore ex-
qmsite gown of white point applique
looped over with white satin and pic
ture hat of cream lace, frilled and orna-
| mented with roses tinted with pink. Her
Jewels were ropes of pearls
These three attendants were gloveless
and upon the finger of each glittered the
gift Of the bride, a ring holding a semi
circle, formed OF three large diamonds.
The bride who came next with her father,
was also gloveless
The ushers were DR.. e. NJ. Culver, w.
A. Clark, Jr.. Mat Howe. Newbold Nor
ris. G. FRANKLIN Lawrence and DR.. Chas.
T. Parker
Bridegroom Rather Pale.
As the bride reached the altar she was
met by tall, dark. nervous man in after
noon dress, his cheeks a trifle paiid. too
as one could see beneath the close cropped
red beard. A manly, handsome fellow he
was, and as he took his place beside the
girl i'm white his eyes glanced once at her
admiringly and then he knelt with her be-
fore the clergyman in his robes.
IL was all over very quickly. The ring
| was nlaced on trembling little hand;
the words of DIR. Brown. whom God has
Joined together, let no man put asunder''
| echoed with solemn vibration throughout
! the church, the bride arOea tho brf1a-