The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-26

WEDDINGS OF YESTERDAY
Conspicuous I'm the Social Events
of the Day Were Two Unions
Notable IN So
o1ety.

The marriage Of Miss Ruth Myers
daughter of Mr14afd Mrs. Frederick
Myers, of Ashland avenue, to the Rev
Lewis Gouverneur Merris, rector of Chris
church. of oswege, IN. Y, was solem
nized last evening at o'clock at the
Church of st. John the Evangelist. Rev
Dudley w. Rhodes read the marriage
service The church was handsomely
decorated In white and green The altar
was banked with Easter lilies. and these
flowers starred the curtain Of slnilax thai
screened the organ. AS the bridal party
| entered the church the full vested choir
| that preceded it sang for a wedding pro-
eessional the hymn, TO Thee, o Father.
| Throned on High" The ushers passed
| down the aisle first. They were: A. A.
7 NIcKechnie, Paul Myers, Fred Badly, Rev.
| Harvey Officer Jr. and Fred Davis Fol-
| lowing them came the bridesmaids, Miss
| KnoWlton, of F'reeport,s H.: Miss Straw
and Miss Watson, Of Wells, Mimi; Miss
| Stone, of Minneapolis. and Miss Mar
chand. of St Paul. Miss Margaret Myers.
| sister of the bride, Immediately preceded
the bride, who entered with her father
The party was met at the altar by the
groom and his best man, Mr. Rutherford
Lee Coerr, of Williamsport, Pa The bride
was. gowned in the white satin gown in
which her grandmother was married over
forty-Gve years ago.; The satin was veil
ed with Paris muslin, over which fell the
bridal veil of tJlle. Miss Margaret Myers
wore pink organdie frock and carried a
bouquet of sp.raea. The bridesmaids were
gowned alike in white lace trimmed or
CANDIES. They wore wreaths of pink flow
ers in their hair and carried bouquets of
Easter lilies AS the bride and groom
knelt to receive the benediction the choir
sang the anthem, 80 Perfect Love" The
occasional hymn was Rejoice We Pure
Of Heart Following the ceremony there
was an informal reception at the brides
home on Ashland agehRe. .
Rev. and Mrs. Morris left last evening
for the East. They will reside in Oswego,
N. Y.
The marriage of MISS Alice May Cook.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cook, to
Louis Brown was .solemnized at high
noon yesterday at the BRIDES home On
Rondo street. Rev. A. B. Medium. of The
Central Presbyterian church, read the
marriage service. The bride was attended
by Miss Fern Brown as maid of honor
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bride wore her travelling gown of gray
broadcloth and carried bunch of Bride
roses. The bridesmaid wore pink organ
die and carried pink roses. After the
ceremony wedding collation. was served
and an Informal reception held.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown left yesterday>aft-
ernoon for a VISIT tosMankato. They will
be at home after'!J uire t;!ati PSI Nelson
avenue. Among the guests at the we'd
ding was Mrs. Donald McKenty, of Win
nipeg.
The initial dancing party of 'The
Club an organization of young marr:~d
people living on st. Anthony Hill, was
given last evening at Elks hall, and
proved most successful affair The
large hall was deliberately decorated with
palms and cut flowers. The Twin City
Mandolin club, stationed behind a screen
of palms ard ferns. played a programme
of waltzes and tWo-steps for the dancers.
The following were among the chaps--
rones: Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Kelley;
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Foley, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Freeman. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
D. OBrien, Mr.. and. Mrs. T. f. MeCor-
mick, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Foley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Murphy About 100 couples were pres
emit.
Miss Collins, of East Twelfth street,
gave a dancing. party last evening at
kitt's hall.
The Ladies Social Circ!e,@of Plymouth
church. will give a reception this evening
in the church, parlofs for the new pastor
and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Morrison.
The following women will have charge:
Mrs. Frank Jackson Mrs j. Jackson,
Mrs. Joslin, Mrs, DeGrawe and Mrs. ].
T. Jackson.
Mrs. P. O'HalIoran, $50 Marshall ave
nue., will give a charity euehre tomorrow
afternoon.
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+ The marriage. of. Miss Una Ernestine
Spencer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
i. Spencer. to James r. Gooding. was
quietly sOlemnized last evening at $3.50
o'clock, at the home of the bride, on
Nelson avenue. Rev. A. D. Harmon. OF
the First Presbyterian church. performed
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer will
be at home after May 5, at 305 Nelson
avenue
Myrtle Temple, Rathbone Sisters. gave
large euchre party yesterday afternoon
at Bowlby hall. Cards were played at
twelve tables, Favors were won by Mrs.
j. G. Mccall Mrs. A. D. Belcher. of Min
neapois; Mrs. George w. Weber and
Mrs. j. Sandy. The women who had
charge We're Mrs. E. M. Sloggy, Mrs. Rob
ert Grady and Mrs. Ellen Entrup.
The marriage of Miss Kate Louise Par
sons, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. w.
Parsons, to David sSmalley Ringrose, will
take place this evening at the Universi-
ty Avenue Congregational church.
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The wedding of Miss Myrtle Coon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Coon.
Of Detroit, Mich, and George H. Ger