The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-27
A BRILLIANT WEDDING.

One of the most brilliant weddings and most notable social events in a long period in this city was the we'd ding yesterday of Sara Tracy Whitney and Dr. Leonard Cutten Sanford. which took place at Center church at 12 o'clock noon. The church was filled with guests, and the decorations of the church for the occasion were very beautiful. Entirely around the church festoons and ropings of southern smilax hid the galleries and posts almost from view.
 The entire pulpit was banded in with palms, with white hydrangeas and Easter lilies, used in pleasing profusion. Palms had also been used below in banking in the stairs leading to the pulpit, and the open space in front so that all that was to be seen as one entered the church was a most attrao- tive bank of green relieved with the white.
 While the guests were being seated Prof H. W. Parker, who presided at the organ, delightfully."- played the fol- lowing fine programme of music:
 'Triumphal March,. .Lemmens Prayer and Berceuse".. .. .Guilmant "Cortege Nuptials'.. ..I.....:. Dubois
 Tn Paradlsum' ...... ......... Dubois
 At the entrance of the wedding party Prof. Parker played the wedding march from 'Lohengrin."
 First came the six ushers, all former Yale men, who were: Charles Howland of New York, Dr. John Rowland of New York, Thomas Bayard of New York, Dr. John A. Hartwell of New York, pr. Sherwood Ives of New York, and J. Sanford Bacon of New York, followed by the six bridesmaids, Miss Adeline Sanford of New Haven, a sis ter of the groom, Miss Van Wrinkle of New York, Miss Sage of Albany and Miss Carolan of San Francisco. Two maids of honor. Miss Henrietta F. Whitney, sister of the bride, and Miss Harmonic Twichell of Hartford, pre- ceded the bride, who entered on the arm of her father, meeting Dr. Sanford, ac companied by his best man, Herbert Parsons of New York; at the altar,
 The bride entered the church with her father, Her gown was of white satin, tucked as to the skirt with 1ounces of white Valenciennes lace worn by her mother at her own wedding. Small sprays of orange blossoms fashioned the last f1ounce of the lace at the side. The yoke and sleeves were also of the lace with a jabot of the same, and she wore q veil which was very becoming, carrying a bouquet of lilies of the val ley. Her only ornaments were a neck lace set with tiny emeralds from which was suspended a large emerald pend- ant surrounded with diamonds and skeleton brooch of diamonds in the shape of a heart.
 Dr Newman Smyth, assisted by pr. Joseph H. Twichell of Hartford, per- formed the ceremony, using in part the Episcopal service. MT. Whitney gave his daughter in marriage. Both the elergymen wore gowns, and Dr. Smyth wore the red stole and Dr. Twichell the white, their insignia of office.
 Prof Parker played very softly dur ing the entire service and the wedding party came down the aisle to the strains of the wedding march from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights Dream," finishing with the postlude by West.
 Following the ceremony at the church a wedding breakfast was served by Sherry of New York at. the brides home on Whitney avenue to about one hun dred guests, which had been beautiful ly and elaborately trimmed by Cham plon. The wedding gifts were very beautiful array. Dr. and Mrs Sanford after their wedding trip will reside at PIG Crown street